Instruction to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women (violence against women)  Mr. Speaker, I rise on this important debate on Motion No. 504, which is before this House today. I intend to support this motion, because it presents a valuable opportunity to explore ways we all can help reduce and prevent violence against women and girls by engaging Canadians,

Instruction to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women (violence against women)  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, the member for Sault Ste. Marie, for his contribution in this debate. This motion is not only worthy of support, but also I want to give him kudos. I have found in working with him at the public accounts committee that the member is very inclusi

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member's intervention today. It sounds to me like she has brought up some good examples, like Germany. Germany, obviously, with its Mittelstand of small and medium-sized manufacturers, is an excellent point. I think she should also reflect on the fac

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, it is important to be mindful that one out five jobs in Canada is dependent on trade. The NDP member for British Columbia Southern Interior had written that free trade agreements “threaten the very existence of our nation”. I believe that Canada has a special future

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a step back. When we look at trade, we see that trade benefits both parties, or else they would not agree to trade in the first place. Trade balances and surplus change from month to month and from year to year. We had a case where Canada was sel

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I certainly appreciate the member's comments as well as his support for some of my work on the interprovincial transfer of wine. To go back to the topic of trade deficits versus trade surpluses, those change over time. We should also remember that economies also cha

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I just would remind the member that what I said in my speech earlier was that Canadian businesses, small, medium, and large, are working on an unlevel playing field. The European Union already has a free trade agreement with Honduras, as does the United States of Ame

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member for Winnipeg North for basically putting in Hansard all of my failures. When he comes to pointing out that the Chrétien government was so great on trade, there were 3 agreements versus 38 agreements with us now. To paraphrase a former Liberal

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to speak in support of the Canada-Honduras free trade agreement today. Since 2006, our Conservative government has been focused on the priorities of Canadians: creating jobs, growth, and economic opportunities for all. One of the ways we have been

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member opposite for her contribution to the debate of Bill C-31, the budget implementation bill for the 2014 fiscal year. There is a lot of things in her speech that I disagree with, but I would hope the member would take a question and hopefully

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, the member referenced the middle class several times in his speech today, and to some extent I would hope we would be here for all Canadians, not necessarily just one segment. However, given he made that the focus of his speech, I would like to ask the member his tho

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the minister for elucidating to the House the importance of sectors like agriculture. In my riding of Okanagan—Coquihalla, many ranchers stand to benefit from this legislation among others, including CETA, the comprehensive economic and trade agreement betwee

Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act  Mr. Speaker, I have to thank the member for Okanagan—Shuswap for his contribution with respect to putting this bill forward. Obviously, I also have to pay tribute to the member of Parliament for Selkirk—Interlake for originally presenting this bill. I have to say that there have

Privacy  Mr. Speaker, according to the opposition, real government work experience in the area of privacy protection would make someone less qualified to be the privacy commissioner. It is truly hypocritical for the New Democrats to claim to be the champions of public servants. When a pu