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   really change a child's life. The reason I am an MP is in large part because I had access to post-secondary education. At the same time, I also had access to government grants and loans, but I still have student debt as an MP, and that gives me a unique perspective. We're really

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?

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.

Finance committee   it if you could hold to as tight to five minutes as you could for presentations so we get time for questions. We will introduce the MPs who are here as well. We'll start with you, Raj. Please introduce yourself and say where you're from so panellists know.

Finance committee  I couldn't agree with you more. I think the Minister of Immigration now understands this. A lot of it has been because of the feedback that MPs have been getting on the ground. Immigration is a big issue in my riding, and the labour market impact assessment is something that all