Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure this evening to rise in the House to speak to the modernized NAFTA, specifically to the important outcomes contained in the labour chapter. The Canada-United States-Mexico agreement preserves, as well as modernizes, the North American Free Trade

Emergency Debate  Madam Speaker, I was waiting for a question from the member, but I will try to anticipate what he meant by his statement. I will make it very clear for the member from B.C. that this is a different project than was originally planned by Kinder Morgan. In fact, it will now suppor

Emergency Debate  Madam Speaker, there is no doubt that this government is showing a great deal of respect for indigenous communities by working with them. I appreciate the comments made by the member for Edmonton Strathcona, particularly because she is from Alberta. She rightly points out the ef

Emergency Debate  Madam Speaker, I want to reiterate. Over 3,000 people have started working on this project. Over 5,500 people are expected to work on this project. The Conference Board of Canada estimates that this project will add over $160 billion to the Canadian economy and add $46 billion in

Emergency Debate  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to contribute to the debate this evening. Let me remind the House that over the last four years, our government's plan has been focused squarely on investing in the middle class and helping people who are working hard to join it. We believe all Canadi

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, last week, in Niagara Centre, I was proud to share more great news about the Canadian economy with my constituents, 35,000 new jobs. In just the first 31 days of 2020, that is an incredible accomplishment by our Canadian folk, a credit to all business and fantastic n

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, since 2015, our government has reduced the EI waiting period from two weeks to one week. Since 2015, we introduced new legislation for caregiver leave. Since 2015, we made the working-while-on-claim provisions permanent, and expanded them to include people receiving

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to be here today and to rise in the House to talk about the employment insurance program and, more specifically, about maternity benefits, extended parental benefits and parental sharing benefits. Becoming a parent can be a stressful time for many C

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, the new NAFTA safeguards more than $2 billion a day in cross-border trade and tariff-free access. Prime Minister, how will the new NAFTA encourage economic diversification and contribute to strengthening our nation's international trade performance, including for my

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I did not hear a question, but I will speculate on the question the member was asking with respect to the aluminum industry. The aluminum sector is not discounted under this new agreement. As was mentioned by the minister on many occasions, discussions are going t

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, it is quite rich for the member to talk about HALFTA, since, quite frankly, back when NAFTA was drawn up and authored by the Conservative government, the Conservatives gave away the farm. When we are looking at what has happened to some of the industries throughout

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I am honoured to rise in the House today to talk about the new NAFTA deal, which Canadians throughout this great nation have worked so hard on. For over a year we have negotiated hard, for a good, modernized free trade agreement with our partners: the United State

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, it is a great question, because sometimes we only see the face of it and do not see the residual benefits of those investments. The member is correct. For every investment we make, whether it be through the child care benefit or old age security or whether it be

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, the one thing I did in the last term, and will continue to do, was speak with a lot of our seniors, different seniors' organizations and seniors' homes. I have made that a habit, as much as I can, when I get back to my riding. I have heard loud and clear that it is

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, that is what we are all do here. We fight for the interests of our riding and, in this case, the best economic interests of our riding. I give credit to the minister, the Prime Minister and, more important, the teams that were there on a daily basis, negotiating t