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Public Safety Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have failed to make life easier for violent criminals by repealing mandatory minimums. Many of these mandatory minimums were implemented by the Prime Minister's father. They have failed to stem the tide of illegal handguns coming across the border, inclu
November 28th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022 Madam Speaker, we can debate whose wine is better. One concern I mentioned in my remarks just now was the excise tax. In April it will be going up almost 7%. That will be hitting our wineries and our producers and hurting them tremendously. Another thing happening at the end of
November 17th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022 Madam Speaker, looking at the government's own financial document, the recent statement, it shows the actual service levels for the debt it has created. Let us remember that Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of Canada, and Tiff Macklem, the current Governor of the Bank
November 17th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022 Madam Speaker, I mentioned what we are supporting. If governments are looking to spend, the policy we would be putting forward is this: For every dollar spent in new spending, one has to find a dollar in savings from other departments and other types of spending. That is to be us
November 17th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022 Mr. Speaker, before the Minister of Finance introduced Bill C-32, the fall economic statement implementation act, on November 3, the Conservative leader made two clear demands on behalf of our party. First, we wanted the Liberal government to stop the taxes. This included cancel
November 17th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Hotel Association of Canada Mr. Speaker, this morning I was pleased to meet with members from the Hotel Association of Canada who travelled to Ottawa this week as part of their annual day of advocacy. The contributions of the hotel sector to our tourism economy are significant, and I saw first-hand how ba
November 15th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Government Accountability Madam Speaker, the residents in my riding of Niagara Falls are suffering under 40-year high inflation caused by this government's reckless policies. While the Liberals make more false promises for a better tomorrow to distract us from the issues of today, none of the problems t
November 4th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to the purchase of Canadian flags or lapel pins depicting the Canadian flag or the Canadian coat of arms, which were manufactured outside of Canada, since January 1, 2020: (a) what specific merchandise was purchased, broken down by individual item; and (b) what is the
October 31st, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Judges Act Mr. Speaker, the member talked about maintaining public confidence in our system. Perhaps the member could further elaborate about public confidence in our justice system, after seven years of Liberal policies that have eroded the public's trust.
October 28th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Tourism Industry Mr. Speaker, I am proud to support my new Conservative leader and the results he is getting for Canadians. Less than one month after the election, the federal Liberals threw in the towel and gave up on defending the disastrous ArriveCAN app. For many months, medical experts hav
October 24th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, the Liberals' continued use of the ArriveCAN app destroyed any chance of recovery this summer for our Canadian tourism sector. Canadians are struggling and deserve so much better, so they can be excused for being upset when the government committed $54 million to the
October 20th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Tourism Mr. Speaker, this morning I had the pleasure to meet with members from the Tourism Industry Association of Canada. Tourism matters. It enables economic development and job creation. My community of Niagara Falls is the number one leisure tourism destination in all of Canada, gene
October 20th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Public Services and Procurement Madam Speaker, Canadians cannot afford this costly coalition between the Liberals and the NDP. We all know they want to triple the carbon tax. Now The Globe and Mail has reported the government is on pace to more than double its spending on the disastrous ArriveCAN app. This app
October 7th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 2 Mr. Speaker, currently in the province of Ontario, there are programs that exist that support those low-income individuals. Children under 17 in the province of Ontario can get coverage. Let me just quote again this email that I received from Jessica, a constituent of mine. She s
October 5th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 2 Mr. Speaker, again, the provinces have been asking the federal government for three years now to sit down and increase transfer payments so that they could properly fund the programs that currently exist. In Ontario, we have a program called “healthy smiles”. Children whose paren
October 5th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative