Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act   suffer the most. Where does this leave us with the new NAFTA? We have always had strong relationships with our southern neighbours and we must continue to value these trusted partners through a strong, well-thought-out free trade agreement. However, while doing so, we must always

Finance committee  It's a free country.

Finance committee   on top of charges. What are the provisions in this program for smaller companies to pay interest in kind or to have an interest-free deferral over a period of a year or two, as with the LEEFF program?

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I have enjoyed working with the member on a number of committees and always appreciate her input. She and a number of other colleagues have talked about the lack of transparency in the current process around trade. The NDP has negotiated an agreement moving forward

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act   the past couple of years by the Liberals and their negotiators, areas such as the softwood lumber problems and of course the American challenges to free trade with regard to the buy America process. These were not even addressed by Canadian negotiators as they were forced to accept

Finance committee  Do you worry that because of the time we're in...? For example, you heard from Mr. Julian, who was talking about basically moving away from trade and focusing entirely on the domestic, on generating a domestic supply for some of these things, whether it's PPE or other vital

COVID-19 Pandemic committee   program, LEEFF. It is open to companies that use tax havens, which is over 90% of Canada's largest publicly traded companies. Why didn't this government shut the door to LEEFF to all companies that use tax havens?

Industry committee   to the trend in Canada's trade agreements for the last 30 years. If we adopt this change, Canada will send a strong signal that it is not open to foreign investment. It would reduce the options for Canadian business owners at a time of great financial distress, and it would call

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  , one of the stated goals of the government. Let me add my voice to those who say the Conservative Party of Canada is the party of freer and more liberalized trade. We were party to the original North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA 1.0. Let me state that this agreement before

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, that is why I mentioned the University of Montreal. I urge my colleague to go and see for himself the long line of Quebeckers waiting to be seen at the University of Montreal and at Quebec's free dental clinics. We know that there are people in Quebec who do

Business of Supply   saw at the University of Montreal a few years ago. The dental clinic at the University of Montreal offers free dental care provided by students of the faculty of dental medicine who are studying to be dentists. Fortunately, thanks to the University of Montreal, dental care

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade’s trip to Davos for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in January 2020: (a) who travelled with the minister, excluding security personnel and journalists, broken down by (i) name, (ii

Finance committee   basically having a free-for-all. They can get around an income tax system and not have to pay all of the obligations that we pay as Canadians. What is the cost of not acting, if the budget does not respond to the needs of putting in place a tax system for the web giants? They have gotten

Canada-China Relations committee   ahead and signing a free trade agreement with China, which in her view would have made getting over the current impasse that Canada finds itself in—the current challenges—easier. How long do free trade agreements take to negotiate, especially when thinking about a country like China?

Finance committee  I appreciate Mr. Poilievre's intervention. That said, since we are talking about the Canada account, which is approved by the Minister for International Trade and the Minister of Finance, these are probably the two people who would be the most appropriate people to call