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Leadership in Niagara Falls Mr. Speaker, I wish to recognize four outstanding individuals from my beautiful riding of Niagara Falls who have made significant contributions in our communities and in this country. They are as follows. David Mostoway, better known as Duff Roman from his broadcasting days, fro
May 18th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Canada Border Services Agency Mr. Speaker, two small vessel CBSA reporting sites in my riding have been closed since the start of the pandemic: one at Smugglers Cove in Niagara-on-the-Lake and the other at the Greater Niagara Boating Club in Chippawa. Their continued closure is causing all kinds of issues for
May 16th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Petitions Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present a petition on behalf of concerned citizens and residents of Canada who have called upon the House of Commons to adopt human rights and environmental due diligence legislation when dealing with foreign countries. I would like to thank and ackn
May 12th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Questions on the Order Paper With regard to hospitality events hosted by Canadian embassies, consulates or missions abroad, since January 1, 2019: (a) how many events were hosted by each embassy, consulate, or mission, broken down by location, and by month; (b) what was the total amount spent on hospitality
May 9th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Health Mr. Speaker, recently I received a very concerning email from the general manager of the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority. He warned that the continued use of the ArriveCAN app would result in much longer processing times and lengthy border wait times as we approach
May 5th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Taxation Mr. Speaker, this year's budget raises more questions for Canada's wine industry than it answers. Last year's budget dedicated $101 million over two years in support of a trade legal excise exemption replacement program, an amount the industry says falls way short of what it need
May 2nd, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Taxation Mr. Speaker, on July 1, wineries in my riding producing 100% Canadian-grown wines will now be hit with the excise tax. This is the result of the government's failure to protect the sector and the 2006 excise exemption the Conservatives provided to allow the industry to flourish.
April 4th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021 Madam Speaker, what I was alluding to in my remarks with regard to the 1% underused housing tax was the impact it would have on specific local residents in my community, such as those American visitors and local residents who live there during the summer months. We have yet to ge
April 4th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021 Madam Speaker, just recently or several weeks ago, Dr. Tam, in one of her public news conferences, talked about the whole notion of moving from requirements to recommendations. Therefore, the government is looking at this; is it not? From the standpoint of stimulus spending, we
April 4th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021 Madam Speaker, to the hon. member's point, the government has spent the most to achieve the least when it comes to the housing issue here in Canada. It is simply a fact that the average price of a home has now doubled from when the Liberals were elected in 2015, making it more un
April 4th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021 Madam Speaker, it is an honour for me to speak once again to Bill C-8, an act to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update from December, which is now before us at report stage in the House of Commons. In February, during second reading debate, I questioned
April 4th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to polling data obtained by the Privy Council Office since January 1, 2016, concerning Canada Post: what are the details of all such polling including, for each poll, (i) who conducted the poll, (ii) the start and end dates of when the poll was conducted, (iii) the nu
April 1st, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Tourism Madam Speaker, my riding of Niagara is the number one leisure tourism destination in the country, yet since April 2020 there has been zero representation from Niagara on Destination Canada's board of directors. This means that, through the whole pandemic, which has hit our nation
March 25th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, I would like to say the member's riding is just as wonderful and beautiful as mine from a tourism perspective, but mine is the number one tourism destination in all of Canada. Let us not forget that. I would like to reiterate that the government has taken vaccines
March 24th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, I will just reiterate the comments of Canada's chief public health officer, Dr. Tam. On February 18, she said, “We should be able to manage the pandemic going into the future without, I think, some of the more stringent or restrictive public health measures.”
March 24th, 2022House debate
Tony BaldinelliConservative