Mark Gerretsen

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the time he has spent in the House. I certainly will not forget when he was first elected in 2019. I had been here for four years, and I was sitting in the House when he was about to give his first speech. He turned around to me and said, “Do I start talking now?” He was just getting his feet established here, but it did not take him long to become a force to [more]

Mr. Speaker, on behalf of over 1,000 residents of Kingston and the Islands and surrounding communities, I am pleased to present a petition that highlights the limits to freedoms that exist around communication, Internet access, etc., in Iran. In particular, they are calling on the federal government to assist in maintaining Internet access for those who are affected, to advocate for [more]

Mr. Speaker, I believe if you seek it you will find consent to apply the results from the last vote to this vote, with Liberal members voting yes.

Mr. Speaker, I believe if you seek it, you will find consent to apply the results from the last vote to this vote, with Liberal members voting yes.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for bringing forward that very important private member's bill, which did eventually get the support of the House without any Conservative support. The member would know this having studied the issue, but Canada was the last of the G7 countries to get a national school food program. Even the United States had a national school food program before Canada. [more]

Mr. Speaker, the member voted against it. He votes against every single one of these programs that I talked about. He voted against a national school food program. He voted against the disability benefit. He voted against all of this. How am I supposed to take him seriously when he gets up in the House and tries to lecture me on supporting Canadians?

Mr. Speaker, it would be a lot easier for me to take that question seriously if the member did not belong to a political party that, as I demonstrated in the example I just gave, handed checks to millionaires. Now I am supposed to suddenly expect its members to care about the affordability challenges many Canadians have. I am very proud of the work the government has done. Could we do things [more]

parliamentary secretary Mr. Speaker, he is the, not the deputy House leader. Perhaps the Leader of the Opposition can get the— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!

Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley Leader of the Opposition Mr. Speaker, I did not say what he said. I did not say that this would benefit only the ultrawealthy. What I was doing, and I said it many times, was talking about the exchange between the member forand the, who claimed that this would be more of a benefit for low-income Canadians. My argument is, no, it is not more of a benefit for [more]

University—Rosedale Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member forfor sharing her time with me today to debate the opposition motion that we have before us. Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley Leader of the Opposition I think I will focus my 10 minutes primarily on the exchange that took place earlier between the member forand the. They had a really interesting exchange. The member had asked the [more]

Mr. Speaker, this is very brief. There have been discussions among the parties, and if you seek it, I believe you will find unanimous consent for the following motion: That Motion No. 6 to concur in the fourth report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (extension of time, pursuant to Standing Order 97.1, to consider Bill C-241, An Act to establish a national [more]

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome leaders from Queen's University to Parliament Hill. Founded in 1841 in Kingston, well before Confederation, Queen's has a long tradition of academic excellence and public service, helping shape generations of leaders in Canada and beyond. Today, it remains a national leader in research, innovation and education, with work that aligns closely with Canada's [more]