Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member for Saskatoon West indicated, our government is committed to making the desperately needed investments in indigenous people and communities, including those in infrastructure, social services, and child welfare. Indeed, the budget is very differe

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, obviously, we have been making tremendous progress in supporting first nations children in this country. We are the first government to step up and accept Jordan's principle and are investing more than $382 million immediately in first nations children. We were the f

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I certainly understand the concerns expressed by the member opposite on behalf of her constituents and riding. The Government of Canada is fully supportive of indigenous students in post-secondary education. We are making historic investments to ensure that indigen

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to respond to the question that has been posed by my colleague this evening, and I recognize that we are on traditional Algonquin territory. The government believes in investing to improve indigenous students' access to more and better educational oppor

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present this petition on behalf of my constituents in Labrador, hundreds of people from the town of Wabush and Labrador West, who are calling upon the government today to ensure that pension plans for workers are guaranteed under CCAA, the Companies'

Indigenous Affairs  Madam Speaker, we are very pleased with the work we have been doing with indigenous people in Canada. Rebuilding and renewing our relationship with Canada's first people is a priority for us as a government. We are also proud of the work we have been able to do in tackling the r

Indigenous Affairs  Madam Speaker, we have to be very clear. The tribunal ruling is one that we have accepted, as a government. We are taking concrete actions to implement it. In addition to that, the tribunal ruling said that the Government of Canada should invest in the child welfare of indigeno

Indigenous Affairs  Madam Speaker, we as the government have been working very hard and taking very concrete steps to address the ruling of the tribunal as it relates to child welfare on reserve in Canada. We know that we need to overhaul and reform the entire child welfare system. That is what we

Indigenous Affairs  Madam Speaker, to truly end discrimination, we have to reform the current broken system that we have with child welfare on reserve in Canada. We recognize that, as a government, and we are committed to making that happen. We have accepted the rulings of the tribunal council. We

National Seal Products Day Act  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure for me to speak to this bill. Those members in the House who know me know my passion for the sealing industry and my support for Inuit across Canada who depend so heavily upon the sealing industry, as do the people in the my riding and those across

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, one of the things my colleague raised was about the government not coming forward with enough money, in his opinion. We took very seriously the ruling of the tribunal. In fact, we know the system is broken and that it has to be reformed as it relates to child service

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, what I find ironic is that what we are doing today as a Liberal government is something that should have been done in this country a long time ago. It should have been done by the former government, the party of the member opposite. When the rulings came in 2007 to

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the motion on the floor today is asking the government to conform to the ruling of the tribunal, which we are already doing. It asks us to accept Jordan's principle and to fund it appropriately, which we are already doing. It also asks us to fund it based on the numb

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I really enjoy debates, but I also really enjoy informed debates. What I will say is that the debate today is very misguided. It is misguided simply because we should be debating how we are going to reform the entire child care and child welfare system for children

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I listened attentively to the member's comments. I first want to say that we have accepted the rulings of the tribunal and we have started implementing those rulings. We have accepted the definition of Jordan's principle, and we certainly did not need a motion from t