Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   social media, selfies and tweets. I ask again: When is the moment? If I look back on the actions of the government toward the major foreign affairs activities that have taken place in our world since the Liberals have been in office, I have the same question: When is the moment? We

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   are eligible, I encourage everyone to continue making appointments. I also want to thank everybody who worked at a clinic, volunteered at a clinic, shared a vaccine selfie or chatted with or encouraged a hesitant neighbour or family member to get the shot. It has been a team effort

Committees of the House   or a budgetary framework for an entire year. We have had nothing more than a fiscal selfie, yet there is such extraordinary spending. Now, we see increasing evidence that we are being set up for an inflation rate that could drive more Canadians into poverty. These are all very concerning

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, my sincere apologies. Looking at the approach of the current Prime Minister's administration, we see a foreign policy approach that is based in selfies and tweets, like the current Deputy Prime Minister's tweet regarding Saudi Arabia. We do not see it based

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020   it, the “economic selfie” by the former minister of finance, Mr. Morneau. This is an improvement. What is also an improvement is the fact that the current finance minister has probably come a little closer to the chaos that is being created by the government for in the financial future of our

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act   and fine words. The government says that it is going to take action and that it is going to do this or that, but nothing much actually gets done. One of the key promises the Liberal government made a year ago was to plant two billion trees. We saw the Prime Minister taking selfies

Government Business No. 8  Madam Chair, what we witnessed today was, for the first time in history, something a government called a “fiscal and economic snapshot”. A snapshot is defined in most dictionaries as a quick photograph, or in modern lingo we call it a selfie, an economic selfie. The finance

Government Business No. 8   of Finance could have been working on a budget that, certainly, I would have been happy to sit this summer and debate, so that we as Canadians and as members of Parliament could see the plan for this country going forward, as opposed to a fiscal selfie that simply talks about the $350

COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Matters  Madam Chair, I would actually like to ask the minister about it, but the government is not giving its economic selfie until after question period. Tracy from Oshawa, and thousands of travel agents, have suffered greatly due to the restrictions of COVID-19. What

Shop Local: Airdrie   business options. The community came together and the Facebook group has transformed into a movement that supports and empowers local businesses in Airdrie. Shop Local: Airdrie has led events, such as a flash mob lunch date; a selfie challenge that encouraged community members to take

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, while the hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en nation were defending their rights and lands and solidarity protests were being held across the country, the Prime Minister was taking selfies around the world. The crisis is here. Today, the leaders of the Assembly

Health committee  , however, anti-Chinese racism is fuelled by the powerful and dangerous tool of social media. In the past week, a CTV journalist was fired for posting an Instagram selfie with a Chinese hairdresser wearing a mask, stating in the caption, “Hopefully ALL I got today was a haircut

Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752  Madam Speaker, it was a viral photo that touched so many hearts. A selfie of a mother and daughter in their airplane seats sent to the family they were on their way to see. Unfortunately, Sahar and Elsa would never make it home. Their flight out of Tehran was shot down shortly

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act   discussions today at the Canada-China committee. Sadly, I think what my colleague is referring to is a symptom of the greater problem that exists, which is an overabundance of selfies and costumes and not enough strategic, coherent policy.

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply   production. When it comes to policy, the choice comes down to doing good or feeling good. As Conservatives, we will always support legislation that does the former, even when there are no sound bites and selfie opportunities that go along with it. Concerning the tanker ban bill, Bill C