Tim Louis

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to pay tribute to Ron Schlegel, whose passing leaves a profound loss for the Waterloo region and for communities across Canada. Driven by a deep Mennonite faith and a commitment to helping others, Ron devoted his life to building stronger, more caring communities. Through Schlegel Villages, the Research Institute for Aging and the elder wisdom program, he transformed [more]

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Ron Schlegel, whose passing leaves a profound loss for the Waterloo region and for communities across Canada. Driven by a deep Mennonite faith and a commitment to helping others, Ron devoted his life to building stronger, more caring communities. Through Schlegel Villages, the Research Institute for Aging and the elder wisdom program, he transformed [more]

Thank you for that. I have the same question for Restaurants Canada.

I appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to all the witnesses who are appearing today. Farmers from our region, Waterloo region, and across Ontario load their trucks in the morning and drive hours to the Toronto food terminal to sell the food they grow. At the very same time, restaurant owners, caterers, institutional buyers and independent grocers are driving to Toronto to buy that [more]

Thank you, Chair. I want to thank all witnesses. Thank you to the Dairy Farmers and Food Banks Canada as well. I will start with Ms. Beardsley from Food Banks Canada. Thank you for the work you do in supporting Canadian food security. In my region, in Waterloo, we see this every day in how you help our community. We have larger cities and small communities. We have local partners like Woolwich [more]

Thank you so much. I have such limited time, and I have many more questions for everyone. I'll turn to the Dairy Farmers of New Brunswick. You mentioned in your opening statement the importance of processing infrastructure, modernization, upgrading and building. You spoke about product-specific modules to lower barriers and create opportunities. Can you give us an example of what a [more]

That's great. Thank you, both. Thank you, Chair.

Niche or value-added.... In the 30 seconds I have, Mr. Matheson, if you can, please add to that.

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to speak to the building Canada strong act. We find ourselves at a critical juncture in our nation's history. Around the world, global trade patterns are shifting, geopolitical instability is rising and competition for capital is fierce. For years, Canada has relied heavily on a single trading partner, leaving our businesses, workers and communities vulnerable to [more]

Mr. Speaker, my colleague and I have had meetings about this. We have worked together. When people on the other side of the aisle work together, it works okay. When people work with provinces and territories, it works. Next week, we are going to be sitting down with the provinces and territories, working chapter by chapter to get rid of interprovincial tariffs, including for direct-to-consumer [more]

Mr. Speaker, my French is not there yet to answer in French. I am getting there. The Impact Assessment Act is still in place. Some of the projects that are used to going through the CER, the regulator, are still going to go through it, but it is an arm's-length process. By working together through the Impact Assessment Act and through the CER, we are going to make sure that these projects happen [more]

Mr. Speaker, let us imagine going for a driver's licence. We have to get our driver's licence in one place, go to another place to get our picture taken, go to another place to get eye-exam certified and then go back to the first place and start that process over again. By consolidating the processes and making the departments work together concurrently instead of consecutively, we can get things [more]

Mr. Speaker, I respect my colleague. These are the kinds of conversations we need to have now in the House. By setting up an indigenous advisory council, we will get in consultation right away on projects. Also, we will start earlier. If we know that projects are going to be in certain areas and certain ports, we are going to start environmental assessments and start working even before a [more]