Garnett Genuis

Madam Speaker, I am tabling a petition today from Canadians deeply concerned about unemployment in this country. In particular, the petitioners highlight the issue of high youth unemployment. New numbers out today show youth unemployment jumping up to 13% in a context where we have the lowest labour force participation in almost 30 years. The petitioners highlight how alarmingly high youth [more]

Madam Speaker, the government must answer for today's devastating job numbers. Canada now has the lowest labour force participation in 29 years. A smaller percentage of Canadians are working today than at any point in the last 29 years. On the eve of Thanksgiving, we see that Canadians are not just losing jobs; many are losing hope. Canadians will judge the government by the results, so will the [more]

Madam Speaker, that answer is both callous and fact-free. This is not just a month-over-month escalation. We were shedding jobs as a result of Liberal policies long before this trade war, and job losses are concentrated in sectors that are not trade-exposed. There were 68,000 jobs lost in the last month and 110,000 in the last two months. Unemployment is up to 6.5%, and youth unemployment is up [more]

Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure for me to be able to address the House tonight and highlight the Conservative push for more flexible parental leave. We recognize and celebrate those who are doing the hard work of having and raising children, and also, we note the sad fact that many people report in polls that they would like to have more children than for whatever reason their circumstances have [more]

Madam Speaker, I am trying to track down the miscommunication here. It is a good-faith one in any event, and we will have to get to the bottom of it later. I look forward to returning to press the government more on the issue of parental leave, because it seems that an email I received is different. The date of the original question is different from what the Table has. We will track that down. [more]

We fixed that in the last Parliament.

Madam Speaker, I was recently at UBC Okanagan, which is, I believe, either in my colleague's riding or very close to it. I have been now in six provinces, at many university campuses, asking students in public areas, as they go by, the question, “Are you better or worse off than your parents' generation?” That has been a starting point for lots of great conversations about economic issues, but [more]

Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to address the House this evening, as always. C-39 When I was growing up, I had four siblings. Members will be shocked to know that, as my desk often is today, my room was very messy growing up. My parents would, from time to time, insist that I clean it and then conduct a thorough inspection to ensure the room had been cleaned. I mastered the technique of [more]

Madam Speaker, what we need in this country is project reviews that are appropriate, accessible and timely. We should expect and look for simplicity and timeliness. I think we can achieve effective reviews that are meaningful and invite the engagement of those who need to be heard from, within clear, reasonable and defined timelines. I think sometimes there are those who just do not want to [more]

Madam Speaker, I think the member was maybe not listening too carefully. He maybe listened to the anecdote at the beginning and then prepared his question before hearing the rest of it. I do acknowledge that the stated aspirations in this bill are, in many cases, aligned with things we have been calling for for a long time. The question will be the results. I look forward to the study that is [more]

Mr. Speaker, to summarize, this petition calls on the Government of Canada to block any attempt to allow the killing of children.

Mr. Speaker, I will begin by presenting a number of petitions on the real horror that the so-called medical assistance in dying regime in this country has become. We have seen how this is really a matter of national shame. In debates in parliaments around the world, Canada has been identified as a cautionary tale of what can happen when things go wrong in the health care system as a result of an [more]

Mr. Speaker, the next petition I am tabling highlights the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in the People's Republic of China at the hands of the CCP. It notes that the CCP has been engaged in a multidecades' long campaign to promote the eradication of this peaceful spiritual movement, a movement that is simply focused on truthfulness, compassion and forbearance. At a time of so-called [more]

That's right. However, I guess the point—and you've agreed—is that, with regard to the framework, the minister does have the power to do those things anyway. Suppose this bill passed and the minister either didn't comply with the framework in general or missed one of the timelines set out. What are the consequences for a minister or for the government if some part of this new law is not [more]

I'm sorry. The question is this: Where in the bill is the government given new legal authorities to address issues around trade barriers?

Okay. I'll have another round later, because I've read the bill—I've been through it several times—and I don't see any evidence that it provides the government with new powers whatsoever. Would the minister have been able to create a framework without this bill? If the bill had not been put forward, would the minister have been able to do a framework absent that?