Business of Supply   members of Parliament, except for maybe the leader of the NDP who is not a member of Parliament yet. However, otherwise all MPs are governed by the Ethics Commissioner. The Minister of Finance was provided recommendations, those recommendations were followed, and the rule of law

Business of Supply   with their government and parliamentary work. The Minister of Finance proactively sat down with the Ethics Commissioner when he was elected as the MP for Toronto Centre, and subsequently appointed as the Minister of Finance. He followed her advice. He set up a conflict screen and he went forward

Finance committee  Thank you, sir. My next question is for Corinne. You spoke about about childhood obesity. I think everybody on the panel agrees that more should be done to target childhood obesity, but you had a specific emphasis on the sugar tax. I've studied this issue more than most MPs

Finance committee   business, your number one objective is to pay less tax. That's the nature of being an entrepreneur or businessman. I am an MP, and my number one objective is to provide accessible service to my constituents. When we hear that people take these—I would hate to use that word, so I won't

Finance committee   that this is an issue. All the MPs from Atlantic Canada are doing a phenomenal job advocating for immigration levels. Sometimes there is frustration with the immigration department and the programs we currently have. They miss the boat in that they make it overly complicated. Right now we have

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the panellists for coming today. My first question is for Ms. Rowe. You commented on the Canada summer jobs program. One of the unique things about being a backbench MP is that you can actually control that one program and where its

Finance committee   youth unemployment is not that high, but we still received $500,000. It's great for the local MP, but is it best for the country, moving forward? That's something we'll take away. You mentioned mentorship. I'm a product of great mentorship. I used to work for the Minister

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you both, Raj and Lorne. Two fine lawyers are here, but we are attacking crooked consultants. I agree with both of you, in regard to what you have said so far. The real issue is that the previous Conservative government tried to fix the issue

Business of Supply   the lives of a generation of Canadians until stories of racism, religious discrimination, and intolerance are rare occurrences. I ran in 2015 to be the MP for Brampton East because I wanted future generations to have the same opportunity I did. I want the sons and daughters

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2   to its return. We made international headlines when in our eagerness to complete the census, we crashed the website. Now that is something we can be proud of. As an MP from the Kitchener—Waterloo region, I was thrilled to see that the Perimeter Institute received $50 million

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you very much for being with us again this morning, Mr. Therrien. Thank you for your presentation. I think the MPs have a number of questions for you. We will begin with Mr. Raj Saini, for seven minutes.

Government Operations committee  Thank you. My next question is from a planning perspective. How much will the government and MPs benefit from the changes that we're about to implement?

Information & Ethics committee  But I don't think they have the highest screening. Correct me if I'm wrong, as a new MP, but I don't think the MPs have top security clearance. If you're going to have somebody review those documents, they obviously have to have a higher security clearance.

Foreign Affairs committee  I have one follow-up question, since you're in Mozambique. The question I have is about the political system in Mozambique, where 40% of the MPs are women. Because 40% of the MPs are women, it seems the power is still not shared equally in terms of income and employment, access

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Kyle. We will turn to questions. Before we do that, however, we usually have MPs introduce themselves so you know what riding they're from and where they represent. I didn't do that at the beginning of this panel. Raj, you can start.