Jonathan Rowe

Mr. Speaker, I have a question for my colleague. Would he agree that it is particularly sad that the Commissionaires lost this contract to save less than 1%?

Mr. Speaker, I have heard this all before. This is not the first time that the Liberals wasted over $175,000 and gave the same shameful excuse for inflight catering. The reality is this trip cost hard-working taxpayers $300 for each meal for each person. Prime Minister Does the silver spoon, Bay Street bankerreally think that Canadians have the luxury of spending $300 on a meal? Quite frankly, I [more]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, while families across Canada are struggling to put food on their table, thehas no problem putting food on his table, most of which we cannot pronounce: truffle risotto, veal blanquette, entrecôte beef with demi-glace sauce, sea bass fillet and desserts like crème brûlée to top of it all off. This adds up to the low price of $175,000. Prime Minister How does thehave [more]

Mr. Speaker, it was not very long ago that BC Ferries awarded a contract to China. That was not in the interests of the Canadian people, and most people we talked to on the street thought it was absolutely ridiculous. Meanwhile, the federal government gave billions of dollars to BC Ferries, but the Liberals just shrugged their shoulders with no regard. Would allowing this Crown corporation open [more]

Madam Speaker, when I am in my riding, I hear a lot of small business owners say that they cannot succeed or get ahead because there is so much red tape and there are so many rules. They cannot even sell a loaf of bread without all of these regulations. I am curious if the hon. member would like to speak to how we need to strike a balance among reducing red tape, having a deregulated economy [more]

Mr. Speaker, youth unemployment is skyrocketing right now. When I was in high school, not very long ago, if someone wanted a job, they went down to McDonald's with their resume and were given a job on the spot. As long as someone showed up for work and did a good job, they could work. Kids are coming up to me, almost in tears, saying that they applied to 130 places and put out hundreds of [more]

Mr. Speaker, they are great ideas and great proposals. A lot of them seem like our ideas, but the devil is in the details. Let us talk about the school lunch program. It is a great program that feeds kids, but out of 64 schools in my riding, four get lunches. Where is the fairness in that?

Mr. Speaker, we put forward a motion today. The Liberals voted against our motion to admit that we are in this affordability crisis that my colleague just spoke of. I wonder if my colleague may want to share. Perhaps admitting there is an affordability crisis could lead to a permanent reduction in taxes and gas tax, to give permanent relief to Canadians. Would he like to discuss that further?