Don Davies

Madam Speaker, the Filipino Canadian community in British Columbia has worked for decades to make a permanent Filipino cultural centre a reality. Today, that goal is closer than ever. This week, New Democrat Premier David Eby pledged $15 million to help make this dream come true. The community has led, and British Columbia has stepped up. For 18 years, I have championed this worthy project in [more]

Madam Speaker, 500 Canadian steelworkers at Stelco are being thrown out of work by a U.S. corporation and its Trump-supporting CEO. Cleveland-Cliffs violated the commitments it made as a condition of this foreign takeover. This is a MAGA-driven attempt to deindustrialize Canada by stripping away our manufacturing capacity and jobs. Steel is a strategic industry. It underpins our economy, our [more]

House leader Mr. Speaker, I am rising to add my voice in support of the question of privilege raised by the hon.from the official opposition on Tuesday evening. As members know, it is a well-established principle of this place that while government has the right, the ability and, in many cases, the obligation to speak to the public and to consult on potential legislation before it is introduced, [more]

Mr. Speaker, two blocks from this chamber, the Bank of Canada's security officers have been on strike for over three months. Shockingly, the bank has twice been caught breaking federal anti-scab laws. It even brought in Pinkerton, a contractor with a notorious history of violent strikebreaking. Prime Minister Thebuilt his reputation as the governor of the Bank of Canada. He is now silent while [more]

Mr. Speaker, the second petition is identical to many previous petitions introduced in the House over the years that express concern about the welfare of live horses exported for the purpose of slaughter. These horses often endure long journeys and inhumane conditions, and the federal government has no ability to ensure animal welfare in the importing country. Minister of Agriculture The [more]

Mr. Speaker, the answer is clearly no. In fact, I believe the real reason the legislation has been brought forth here in the House is that 12 hours after the flight attendants of Air Canada walked off the job, the Liberal government ordered them back to work. It was 12 hours after the rail workers went on strike that the government ordered them back to work. Do members know what happened? The [more]

Mr. Speaker, finally, the third petition notes that when federally regulated workers are terminated without cause, their pay in lieu of notice of termination, as well as their severance pay, is inadequate, particularly for those who have served for many years. The petitioners point out that under common law, workers are entitled to significantly more severance pay, but almost all employers will [more]

C-39 Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak to Bill. To begin, I want to point out to Canadians that the Liberal government has once again introduced an omnibus bill of some 246 pages that inappropriately combines measures that do not belong in the same legislation. This ploy is an attempt to blur issues and blunt criticism. It disrespects Parliament and the voters who send us here to properly scrutinize [more]

Mr. Speaker, it is funny that whenever this member and the current government want to deflect attention from their own actions, they point to someone else. It reminds me of my mother when I was in grade 3, when she asked me, “If Johnny jumped off the bridge, would you?” It is a ridiculous argument, but I want to address the misinformation embedded in the member's question. There is not a single [more]

Mr. Speaker, it is not a matter of thinking; it is a matter of observing. I have watched workers in this country in the last 36 months have their rights violated 10 times by the Liberals, including by the member across from me. Of course, they have violated strike rights, and every time they take away a worker's right to strike hours after they began. They did not even wait until there was any [more]

Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce three petitions. The first is petition e-7227, on pensions for injured workers. I rise to point out to the House that the petitioners note that when federal government employees experience severe or prolonged disability caused by a recognized occupational injury, they face financial disadvantages, including the loss of pension entitlements. While the Government [more]

C-38 Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak to Bill, the Canadian fuel affordability act, which would temporarily extend the government's fuel tax suspension at a further cost of $2.9 billion. No party in the House has raised greater concern about the affordability crisis facing working Canadians and their families than the New Democrat Party. We know how expensive life has become with the sky-high costs [more]

Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague is absolutely right. The intentions of this policy may have been good, but the execution has failed miserably. People are paying 14¢ per litre more today for gas than they were before the government decided to give $5 billion in a cut to the fuel excise tax. That is because oil companies pocketed the difference. Here is another piece of math, and it is a matter of [more]

Mr. Speaker, it is very easy math. In fact, it is not just math. It is what has actually happened in the last five months. When the tax was cut at the pump, nothing stopped oil companies from bumping up prices, so the consumer ended up paying more anyway. That is what we are talking about, and there is no price control on the oil companies whatsoever. Here are the statistics taken from the [more]

Mr. Speaker, I think what my hon. colleague and I agree on is that Canadians need immediate relief and need help with the affordability crisis. I pointed out, and quoted statistics on this, that the policy of the Liberal government to cut the excise tax on oil and gas has not resulted in that. That is not just my opinion. It is the numbers; it is the math. I quoted that the price of gas the day [more]