Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2   aware that CBC/Radio Canada has asked for an additional $400 million from the government. The opposition has made great fanfare of this request, decrying it as just a cash grab. What they fail to mention, however, is that this request comes because CBC/Radio Canada wants to eliminate

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  , and that is good. I encourage the government to do all it can on this front. I would also like to encourage the Liberals not to dismiss the good work of my colleague, the MP for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, with his Bill C-267, the justice for victims of corrupt foreign officials act. With all

Paris Agreement   environment committee colleagues and I recently met with seven MPs from Norway. They shared what a disappointment the EU's cap-and-trade system had become. Witness also the failed environmental policies of the Ontario provincial government under Wynne Liberals that have embarked upon

Statistics Act   this particular clause exist? It says: The Minister may issue directives to the Chief 5 Statistician on the statistical programs that aim to collect, compile, analyse, abstract and publish statistics on all or any of the matters referred to in section 22. Again, more information being made

Business of Supply   conditions in the workplace. That was the former prime minister of Canada, Jean Chrétien, who said that. He was elected because of it. At the time, Doug Young, the former Liberal MP, did not have nice things to say about the Conservatives. On July 31, 1989, he told Acadie Nouvelle

Canadian Heritage committee   members and MPs from all parties also took part in these important exchanges. We received more than 5,000 responses online, we held round table discussions in 22 cities, and we heard from more than 350 leaders and stakeholders. Our government understands that the best way to learn from

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise to speak to Bill C-29, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2016 and other measures. I would like to use this opportunity to address a number of concerns about this legislation

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   to show exactly where the money is coming from. Even when people stop and think about the word “mining”, the mind conjures up images of gold and silver, diamonds and riches, and exploration with cash as the reward. The word “tourism” makes people think about exploring. Not many

Victims Bill of Rights   happen to be witnessing. If there is any group of people who should understand how quickly and viscerally violence can impact on our lives, it would be MPs who were exposed to what happened on October 22. In the real world, we were not actually all that much at threat, it turns out

Official Languages committee   the letter: Sir, As a follow-up to the complaint about the former auditor general, Ms. Sheila Fraser, dated November 1, 2011 and submitted by Yvon Godin MP, we hereby submit a second formal complaint. At the meeting of the Standing Committee on Official Languages, held on November 22

The Budget   will also share some other emails, tweets and reactions from the public. I will be talking for some time, so NDP members are inviting members of the public to take a look at the budget and send their NDP MP—or a nearby NDP MP if they do not have one of their own—their thoughts about

Privilege   to the Speaker in a situation that involved the right of an MP to sit and vote in the House when he had not complied with the then-in-force 1960 Canada Elections Act provisions with respect to filing campaign expense returns. At the outset of my remarks, I would note that it is passing

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2   attacks on the very people who serve both them as government and the Canadian public, then they must vote to oppose the bill. I am sure all members heard the interview that the Conservatives' colleague, the MP for Parry Sound—Muskoka and President of the Treasury Board gave on CBC

Finance committee   in funding, CBC is also planning to close the only TV production studio in Canada east of Montreal, the home of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, in Halifax. This country would not have a TV production sector without significant government supports, starting with the CBC. We urge Parliament

The Budget  , the government intends to address the contentious issue of federal public servants' compensation and pensions. One MP in particular was interviewed on an Ottawa radio station within minutes of the budget speech wrapping up. He said that the 4,800 jobs that would be lost in Ottawa in some form