Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for his question. He is right. There is nothing in the new NAFTA regarding softwood lumber. I would have liked to see a least a reference or a chapter on it, for the workers in this economic sector. It is a very important issue in northern Albert

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I am always in danger if I agree with an NDP member. It might start a trend, but I will say, yes, but with conditions. It would be nice if we were involved earlier in the process. If he looks back to the Debates and the past free trade agreements, for many years di

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my constituents again for sending me here for a second term to represent their interests and passions as well. I really believe that political parties are a way for people to organize their passions. Whatever side of the House we are on, we are motivated to

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, the member mentioned the modernization of an agreement, but I do not see anything in here about the buy America provisions the United States government often uses in its public procurement, especially to prevent Canadian bidders. I do not see a softwood lumber co

Petitions  Madam Speaker, I have two petitions to table today from my constituents. The first petition is regarding increasing taxes. The petitioners are calling on the Liberal government to stop raising taxes on the middle class. They are specifically asking for a rejection by the Govern

Petitions  Madam Speaker, the second petition comes from more of my constituents. The petitioners are asking for the repeal of Bill C-48 and Bill C-69. They draw the attention of the House of Commons to the fact that Canada has lost 7,000 kilometres of proposed pipeline. Well over 125,000

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I want to thank the member for her remarks. She addressed a number of issues that were also raised by Conservative members. I think this is about more than just training for the members of the Parole Board who made this decision. It is also about the kind of judgme

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to table today from constituents in my riding. The first petition is signed by 27 of my constituents, who remind the government that the Alberta government repealed the carbon tax and also that the environmental tax known as the carbon tax is no

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition I wish to present is signed by 26 of my constituents. The petitioners call upon the federal government to repeal Bill C-48 and Bill C-69. They draw the attention of the House of Commons and the Government of Canada to the amount of pipeline built

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act  Madam Speaker, there is a Yiddish proverb that says “Ask and you won't get lost”. I had a great love for Yiddish proverbs in the last Parliament, so I will use them again in this Parliament. Someday I will learn enough Yiddish to be able to say it in that language, so fair warnin

Finance  Mr. Speaker, government documents show that the Liberal finance minister tried to fudge the government's balance sheet by reclassifying the $256-million gift to the China-controlled Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank from a provisioned expense to an investment. If a private cor

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the federal Crown Borrowing Program (CBP), which seeks to increase the liquidity and efficiency of Crown corporation borrowings, from January 1, 2017, to date: (a) how many requests for loans were received by the CBP lending facility’s lending desk; (b) of the appl

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive (FTHBI) announced by the government in 2019, from September 1, 2019, to date: (a) how many applicants have applied for a mortgage through the FTHBI, broken down by province and municipality; (b) of the applicants in (a), how many

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the government funding transfers to the Asian Infrastructure Bank (AIB): (a) what is the total amount of money transferred to date; (b) what are the details of each transfer, including (i) date, (ii) amount; (c) how many Canadian infrastructure projects have been f

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, a Yiddish proverb says, “All that glitters is not gold.” The member talked about fleecing the rich, about taxing the rich some more. Looking at the tax numbers in 2017, we see that 54.1% of all taxes paid were paid by the top 10% of income earners. If 54.1% is no