Steven MacKinnon

Mr. Speaker, I know we will get to these matters further in question period today, but I do want to join with, I am sure, all of my colleagues around the House in congratulating Anne— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!

Mr. Speaker, first of all, we certainly want to acknowledge the very high ratings for this part of the week with the Thursday question. Prime Minister I also want to celebrate the fact that, while every week is a good week to help Canadians with affordability, this week was a particularly good week, because the groceries and essentials benefit, which is up to $1,800 or $1,900 a year, went into [more]

Mr. Speaker, Canada, including Quebec, is determined to become a superpower in conventional and renewable energy. C‑39 That is why I urge the Bloc Québécois to vote in favour of Billto accelerate renewable energy projects and the hydroelectric development in Churchill Falls, where the Government of Canada and the 44 Quebec MPs have advocated for a generational investment in the future of [more]

Mr. Speaker, beyond thinking big, as my colleague so aptly put it, and beyond the next James Bay project, which is at Churchill Falls and Gull Island, beyond all that, there is the high-speed rail project. It will connect four of Quebec's largest cities and will be a game-changer for people across Quebec, whether they are studying, working or visiting one of our municipalities or major urban [more]

Mr. Speaker, I am baffled, because the member will literally be able to look out his window in Repentigny and have a view of one of the best possible ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. I am talking about the Alto high-speed train, which will connect four of Quebec's largest cities to Ontario, reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and form the backbone of Quebec's transportation system. This [more]

Mr. Speaker, I know we will get to many questions today, but I do want to extend the greetings and the congratulations of the entire House. It does not happen every day that Canada welcomes a brand new Nobel laureate, this time in literature. We congratulate Anne Carson of Toronto, a proud graduate of the University of Toronto, author of over 20 books, a 2005 member of the Order of Canada and a [more]

Mr. Speaker, I can tell the member that we were in power this spring when we passed six pieces of criminal justice legislation on things such as hate, bail and safe spaces. Where was the member? Every time the roll was called, he sat in his place and opposed the law-and-order agenda of the new government in Canada. We are the anti-crime party. We are the people taking the measures. The member [more]

Mr. Speaker, my colleagues have given a number of examples of how we are supporting Canadian jobs, Canadian materials and Canadians throughout our procurement process. If the Conservatives want to support perhaps the most quintessential of Canadian investments, they could get out of the way of Alto high-speed rail going from Quebec City to Toronto and now also studying very closely the [more]

Mr. Speaker, making decisions faster does not mean we are lowering our standards. I am a little perplexed by the Bloc Québécois's line of questioning. We are here in this democratic chamber debating a government bill designed to build and strengthen our country. Why is the member calling that undemocratic? She should participate in the debate, express her views and take a position. Then we can [more]

Mr. Speaker, I have two pieces of advice for Bloc members today. First, if they want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Quebec, Canada and around the world, they should get on board with the high-speed train, which will slash greenhouse gas emissions. Second, they could enthusiastically get behind the Churchill Falls project. The federal government brought Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador [more]

Mr. Speaker, first, the energy regulator in Calgary is the Canada Energy Regulator, just like the space agency in Saint-Hubert is the Canadian Space Agency. Regardless of where these organizations are located in the country, we have regulators that make us the envy of the world and that have access to sound evidence and science. The Bloc Québécois keeps throwing spaghetti at the wall, but [more]

Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Bloc Québécois said that we were meddling with Quebec's areas of jurisdiction. Of course, none of that is true. Today, it is saying that we are going to ignore environmental assessments. That is not at all the case. There will be very robust environmental assessments when it comes to pipelines and any other process or project that is federally regulated.

Mr. Speaker, honestly, they just keep throwing spaghetti at the wall. What we are doing is setting limits and guidelines for the use of section 107. The Government of Canada does not want to meddle in collective bargaining. We want to support the parties, both labour and management, so they can finalize their collective agreements, agreements—

Mr. Speaker, as the member knows, she lives in a community that hosts Canada's largest port by far, and we want to thank the hard-working men and women at the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and everyone who works in the port of Vancouver ecosystem. Port lands are just that. They are federally owned lands run by port authorities that report, obviously, through the Minister of Transport to [more]

Mr. Speaker, I want to extend my own welcome back to Parliament to my colleague across the floor. I know that this particular slot in the week keeps people on the edge of their seats rapt, as we do the Thursday question at this time every week. This is season two, episode one, and we do have to leave some cliffhangers, in the best TV tradition. I have taken careful note of the requests of my [more]