Respect for Communities Act  Mr. Speaker, I have been listening to the debate for a good number of hours now. What I find absolutely stunning is hearing the opposition members referring to four pillars, but really, all they are talking about is one pillar. That is, of course, the harm reduction and the impor

Respect for Communities Act  Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest and I heard many things about the safe injection site, how many lives it saved and a little about detox. However, does the member know how difficult it is for people who want to get into detox and rehabilitation? There are no beds avail

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I listened to my colleague's speech with great interest and noted that she said she studied occupational health and safety in school. In looking at the changes to the Canada Labour Code, it is important to note that in 80% of the appeals in the last 10 years, it has

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to stand today to speak to BIA 2 and, more specific, to the government amendments to part II of the Canada Labour Code. I want to be clear. The focus of our government and the purpose of these amendments is to improve the health and safety of Canad

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2  Mr. Speaker, it is important to recognize that delegation of responsibility is very common in statute after statute. I go back to my previous world where I had delegation as a licensing officer for community care facilities. Delegation allows for consistency across the country. I

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2  Mr. Speaker, we obviously all have the same goal, and that is that workers are safe, workers are protected. Truly, I do not know how the member could stand up and say that when he looks at the statistics, which say that 80% of those who went forward on appeal were found to be n

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2  Mr. Speaker, absolutely senior citizens are critical to this country and they have contributed so much over the years. That is why I have constituents in my riding who have said to me that splitting their pension plan has made all the difference in the world to them. There have

Employees' Voting Rights Act  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to speak today about the member for Wetaskiwin's private member's bill, the employees' voting rights act. This bill aims to amend the rules for union certification and decertification in federally-regulated workplaces, to ensure that all individuals

Support for Volunteer Firefighters Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak on the second reading of Bill C-504, an act to amend the Canada Labour Code. First of all, I, too, like many people in this House, want to not only salute our volunteer firefighters, but our search and rescue folks, and the many

Respect for Communities Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciated my colleague's speech and perspective on this issue, but I think, as a nurse, she has probably had many patients over the years who were absolutely desperate to get into detoxification services and rehabilitation services. To be quite frank, those servi

Respect for Communities Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to raise a few points that the member perhaps did not address very well. As someone who was formerly involved in local politics, decisions around what goes in neighbourhood zoning is very important to those communities. The ability for a community to ha

Air Transportation  Mr. Speaker, the member raises a very good question and we will certainly get back to him as soon as possible. As a government, our commitment is to the health and safety of all Canadians in all workplaces.

Respect for Communities Act  Mr. Speaker, having been involved in the health care field, I regularly dealt with people who were absolutely desperate for the support of detox services and rehabilitation services. To be quite frank, the services that were needed were not there. To the member, how can she supp

Fair Elections Act  Mr. Speaker, when I first went to the briefing on this piece of legislation, I was very impressed. I looked at the opportunities to move the issues around compliance to the Director of Public Prosecutions, which made perfect sense. I looked at the issues around robocalls and movi

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to stand up here today and speak to our economic action plan 2014. I also want to congratulate the Minister of Finance on again having a budget that is absolutely right for Canada in these times. Today I will talk about the context, because I think it