Tamara Kronis

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for bringing this forward. I am wondering if, in his discussions with families and organizations that have been advocating for this, the member has seen first-hand the way that Health Canada's bureaucracy has created so much paperwork and administrative burden that it prevents people from getting access to health care. How would this bill help?

Mr. Speaker, the Liberals failed to negotiate with Cowichan Tribes, so they got sued and lost. They told their lawyers not to argue fee simple property rights, so the one argument they need is not viable on appeal. British Columbians bought their homes, paid their mortgages and followed the law. They want answers, so we spent the week asking. Instead of answers, we got insults, intimidation and [more]

C-265 Thunder Bay—Rainy River Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for the chance to speak today to Bill, an act to amend the Food and Drugs Act regarding a list of therapeutic products pre-approved for special access. The bill attempts to address a very real and human problem. I laud the hon. member forfor bringing it forward so we can have the collective opportunity to think about and act on this [more]

Mr. Speaker, I tried to stick to some pretty boring, cold, hard legal facts in my speech. Unfortunately, this is a very complicated case. It has been made more complicated by the litigation decisions that the government made in this particular case. It has been made more complicated by litigation directives that, quite frankly, do not make sense to many Canadians. If we are going to move forward [more]

Mr. Speaker, I spoke about the negativity that comes across the aisle when we ask questions and raise issues. Stephen Harper delivered the residential school apology in the House. A Conservative government, led by former prime minister Stephen Harper, created the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which resolved hundreds of specific claims, extended human rights protections on reserve and [more]

Mr. Speaker, I have to admit that I am confused by the hon. member's question. Of course we respect the Constitution. As for everything that I have stated in this speech, there is nothing in it that suggests that I want to do anything other than uphold it. Our proposal is to create a special committee. It is to work together. It is to find a way through this. The reason that I support that [more]

Mr. Speaker, I cannot help but reflect that if the circumstances were different, this would have been a very interesting discussion. I thank all of my colleagues for their commentary on case law and for all of the legal arguments that have been made. I am just wondering if, in the short time that we have left, my colleague might reflect a little on the fact that it is such a tragedy that the [more]

Mr. Speaker, the most important changes in life are often invisible at first. Seeds sprout underground before the first shoots appear. A ship that changes course by one degree makes no waves, but ends up somewhere entirely different. A coastline can look unchanged for years, while the tide quietly reshapes it, grain by grain. On August 7, 2025, when the B.C. Supreme Court released the Cowichan [more]

What homeowners in British Columbia are able to use tools for a risk portal that we've just been told the province hasn't opted into?

Okay. The report indicates that less than half of the mapping projects that are currently under way cover high-risk zones that your department identified in 2022. Can you tell me how you justify mapping low-risk areas when the most vulnerable Canadians remain unprotected?

Is anyone using those tools?

It's not the people who die in atmospheric rivers in British Columbia, the people who lose their homes or the people who can't get flood insurance. What we're facing in British Columbia is an increase in the intensity of atmospheric rivers. We're seeing more of these atmospheric rivers on a yearly basis than we've seen in previous decades. What's happening is that we're paying for this twice. [more]