Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for West Nova for his great work on behalf of his constituents. Our government was proud to recently invest $3.4 million to improve green infrastructure in the municipality of Argyle. This investment in Argyle is to build a new, fully accessib

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Repentigny. I would like to remind her about our historic infrastructure investments worth over $180 billion over the next decade. That includes major investments of close to $30 billion in public transit and almost $27 billion in green inf

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Lévis—Lotbinière for showing the House his talent for drama. However, the real leadership is on this side of the House. Last week, in consultation with the member for Louis-Hébert and the member for Québec, I actually met with Mayor Labeaume,

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, I admire the theatrics of my colleague opposite, especially on a Friday. I remind the member that I was in Quebec City yesterday to talk to Mayor Labeaume to talk about projects in the greater Quebec City area. We are working on more than $287 million in projects in

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, it is a great pleasure to see my colleagues on the other side of the House take an interest in infrastructure. After 10 years of disinvestment in infrastructure, here we are on a Friday with some interesting questions about infrastructure. I can tell my colleague th

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, that gives me an opportunity to talk about the member for Louis-Hébert today. He is doing exceptional work for the greater Quebec City area. Every time the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance rises, he reminds Canadians about what members on this side

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his hard work on Canada's north. I was pleased to join him in the Northwest Territories last week to announce investments of over $14 million to upgrade the Snare Forks hydro plant, as well as $30 million to help build four wind turbines in I

Privacy  Mr. Speaker, we have no lessons to receive from the Conservatives, and Canadians know that. High-quality, reliable data is key in making decisions that truly reflect the needs of Canadians. Unlike the Conservatives, we think that facts are a pretty good place to start to make p

Privacy  Mr. Speaker, what we are going to start doing is to trust Statistics Canada. They should be doing that, because Canadians know that Statistics Canada is on their side. We know that data is a good place to start to make policy decisions in this country, and I think Canadians told

Privacy  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent for his question. Of course our government takes Canadians' privacy very seriously. Working with confidential data is obviously nothing new for Statistics Canada. The agency has been using personal information for a cent

Privacy  Mr. Speaker, what Canadians find intolerable is the Conservative Party's fearmongering. That is what Canadians have found intolerable for years. Statistics Canada has been handling Canadians' personal information for a century. The data collected will be processed to make it ano

Privacy  Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we do trust Statistics Canada and we do trust Canadians to make the right judgment. Statistics Canada has been handling Canadians' personal information for over a hundred years now. The data it receives will be stripped of all personal inf

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for London North Centre for his great question and his good work on behalf of all southern Ontarians. After many years of discussion and planning, our government is proud to have officially broken ground on the Gordie Howe International Br

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. Obviously, the port at Contrecoeur is an important issue for Montreal, Quebec and Canada. I am confident that the Minister of Environment and Climate Change will carefully examine the issue; she will have the opportunity to answ

Public Transportation  Mr. Speaker, in fact, we are investing across Canada. Our plan for infrastructure is more than $187 billion, which will see investment in northern and rural communities in public transport. I can assure members that on this side of the aisle we are committed to delivering 21st