Business of Supply  No, Madam Speaker, I do not. I think we are dealing with two separate issues here. One is the whole issue of trade in goods and services, and the other is how we decide to move forward as a country in terms of our technology approach to 5G. I have made it very clear in my remar

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Don Valley West. I also want to thank the member for Wellington—Halton Hills for bringing forward the motion because I think it is an important debate and an important motion. I want to start by making a comment on th

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  Mr. Speaker, the member for Kings—Hants said that he would support a side table for the commercial fishermen to have their say, and I agree with that. I will give a bit of history. Previously, when we were talking about commercial allocations under Marshall, the commercial fishe

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  Madam Speaker, I am somewhat concerned by most of the remarks I heard tonight. They have all be on the moderate livelihood side, and yes, that does need to be addressed. However, there was also another key point in terms of the Marshall decision, and that relates to conservation.

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, after those compliments by the member opposite, I really hate to say it, but strenuously disagree with him. The fact is that there is not an Ottawa-knows-best approach. We have heard consistently from the oil and gas sector. This government has shown that it is be

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, the federal government has shown time and time again that it is there to assist the provinces. About $19 billion was transferred to the provinces through the safe restart program. One of the concerns I have with the Bloc Québécois relates to taxpayers. Canadian ta

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, there is mention of the opioid crisis in the throne speech, but the throne speech basically outlines a road map. I agree 100% with the member and with the concerns he has raised. My seatmate throughout many past parliamentary sessions was also from Vancouver. I hav

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Chicoutimi—Le Fjord. I am most pleased to speak on the throne speech. I do believe this throne speech, and the legislation and policy that will flow out of it, will put Canada on the right track going forward. We are

Orange Shirt Day  Mr. Speaker, you have my apologies. I had a piece of a bar because I did not have lunch.

Peter Dowling  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Mr. Peter Dowling of Howe Island, Ontario, who recently passed away. Peter was a central figure in the National Farmers Union for nearly his entire life. His parents, John and Joyce, were founding members of the organization, and it was

Proceedings on the bill entitled An Act relating to certain measures in response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, the government has shown us throughout this that it was willing to listen to members. Look at how some of the original programs were designed and how they have changed. The member opposite said that with CERB there needs to be employment incentives, and there are.

Proceedings on the bill entitled An Act relating to certain measures in response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, the member raises a very legitimate concern about broadband Internet across the country. One thing we have learned from the pandemic with people working from home, etc., is that they need good Internet access. The minister, in response to a question in question perio

Proceedings on the bill entitled An Act relating to certain measures in response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, I certainly have enjoyed working with the member for Edmonton Centre on the finance committee as well. In fact, between early April and probably early June the committee heard between 300 and 400 witnesses provide their views on COVID–19. We are in an urgent situat

Proceedings on the bill entitled An Act relating to certain measures in response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, indeed, I am pleased to speak to Bill C-4, an act relating to certain measures in response to COVID-19. Although I did start out to speak to Bill C-2, which has the same name, I am pleased to speak to Bill C-4. I certainly agree with the ruling the Speaker just made

Peschisolido Report  Madam Speaker, the member's main argument was that it would be good to have more time to debate the bills before us. The motion right now is absolutely taking away from that time. As I said in my remarks, why today, why now? That is political gamesmanship and I do not believe the