Tim Watchorn

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mark National Consulting Engineering Day. This is an opportunity to celebrate a Canadian success story, namely the experts who design and build the infrastructure that is essential to our daily lives. Canada is, without question, an engineering superpower. The sector employs nearly a quarter of a million Canadians and contributes about $35 billion to our economy. As [more]

Thank you. I pass my time over to Mr. Greaves.

Being a member of the Order of the Engineer, I've participated in many classes. I've taken many classes about how climate change adaptation is necessary and we have to do it. Have you seen collaboration, as my colleague Eric St-Pierre said, with academics, professional orders and government officials to make sure that the right information is being passed on?

Thank you very much. I'll be sharing my time with the member for Victoria. Ms. El Bied, I want to give you a chance to respond. The member opposite didn't give you much of a chance to respond and talk about how good the program is. How will this program benefit Canadians?

Thank you very much for explaining that. I'll give Mr. Greaves the rest of my time.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Victoria I will once again be sharing my time with the member for. Commissioner, I'll continue in English. The defence department has a strategy called the defence climate and sustainability strategy 2023-27. We're making historical investments in the defence department right now. One of the measures that we're putting in place is building new barracks. These barracks [more]