Federal Trades Strategy  Madam Speaker, in one word, I say absolutely. Just recently, the minister and I met with all of the building trades of Ontario, which I mentioned earlier. That subject was brought up and that we would be looking at those very issues. This is not just the obvious. There is a lot w

The Environment  Madam Speaker, throughout the past years, the current and well-into-the-future local governments, as well as the property taxpayers and water and waste water ratepayers have been experiencing higher rates in taxes due to climate change. With that, the government has taken on a ve

Parole System  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to stand in the House today to speak on this very important issue. I have my Métis jacket on today in celebration of indigenous month. Aboriginal day is this Friday. As was very well articulated by the member for Winnipeg North, victims have an impo

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I will take this opportunity to wish all a merry Christmas, a happy Hanukkah and a happy new year. I hope that members spend much quality time with their families, friends and neighbours in their communities. I am honoured to rise today in response to the Speech f

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

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, that is a very important question. It was a very important issue during the campaign and in the last session in the House. I have been discussing that issue with a lot of our different agencies. The short answer is, yes, I agree with what you are saying. I believ

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

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

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

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

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

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

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