Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a), Veterans Affairs Canada uses a contract with Medavie Inc., to manage health claims processing services. The major services provided to Veterans Affairs Canada under the current operational contract with Medavie Inc., include: provider claims proce

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a), as of March 31, 2014, 2,356 Allied veterans have applied for the war veterans allowance program since it was expanded in June 2009. With regard to (b), effective January 1, 2010, low-income Allied veterans of the Second World War and the Korean

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank that hard-working member for his work on export markets for Canada. The year 2014 saw us continue to eliminate tariffs and grant preferred access to Canadian businesses. In this year alone, exporters and Canadian investors became more competiti

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I enjoy this period called questions and comments after speeches in the House. My friend has demonstrated the comment portion, because there was really no question there. I will tell him, and he may find it interesting, that the government consulted with an expert b

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I enjoyed serving with my friend from Charlottetown on that committee. We talked quite a bit about the Last Post Fund. I am glad his colleague from Guelph is here in the House today. This is the way budgeting works. We have to set aside aside revenue that we foreca

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time today with the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Transport. I am pleased to rise on Bill C-43, economic action plan 2014 act, no. 2. In my preparation for these remarks, I was struck by the importance of the date on which I am spe

Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act  Mr. Speaker, sometimes I am surprised that the NDP often takes positions that are so radically detached from reality and the public security and safety environment in which we live. In fact, the hon. member has Valcartier in her riding, the proud Canadian Forces base. For over

Steel Industry  Mr. Speaker, as the minister indicated in this House earlier this week, our government is deeply concerned by the appearance that the U.S. intends to apply buy American restrictions to the project at Prince Rupert. This is just another example of how illogical and actually coun

Steel Industry  Mr. Speaker, as the member of the trade committee well knows, our government has consistently stood in opposition to such protectionist measures. What is interesting is that her colleague the member of Parliament for Burnaby—New Westminster has been promoting such measures, call

Northern Development  Mr. Speaker, as I said before, the government wants to ensure that northerners have the same access to healthy food that constituents like mine have. That is why we created the Nutrition North program, and it has seen good results. Since 2011, there has been a 25% increase in shi

Northern Development  Mr. Speaker, as the parliamentary secretary indicated earlier, those reports are untrue. The minister, as the member for Nunavut, is constantly in touch with her community on all reports. In fact, in contrast to the rhetoric being thrown around by some of those members, northern

Northern Development  Mr. Speaker, the only thing found in dumps here this morning is the questions and the approach of the opposition. This is a time where we could be talking about how the Nutrition North program is helping families in the north, just as we are hearing. The minister is in touch re

Northern Development  Mr. Speaker, nothing indicates better the experience that the minister brings than the fact she was previously the MLA for Gjoa Haven. In fact, she grew up in and is from Nunavut. She brings that passion and knowledge to the House. She is not just reading lines on a piece of pape

Northern Development  Mr. Speaker, it is rather quite shameful that the member for Churchill is using unfounded, untrue personal attacks when she should be talking about the importance of the Nutrition North program, which has provided areas like hers with a 25% increase in shipments of healthy food.

Northern Development  Mr. Speaker, as I said in my previous response, the member knows that the program is working. The Auditor General said that it can be improved, and we will see improvements that ensure that retailers are a part of a solution for northern families. But already we are seeing a net