Arnold Viersen

Mr. Speaker, Easter is the most important celebration, because it marks the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the son of God. Humans are not perfect. We sin, and this sin requires justice. That is why it is an incredible act of love that our Creator descended to earth to bear our punishment and rise again on the third day. As Jesus himself said in the Gospel of John, “I am the resurrection [more]

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for being here today. This is for VAC. We've heard from a number of witnesses on this. We've read the news articles about this. It appears to me that this whole system has a trust deficit. The public is concerned about Lifemark being bought by Shoppers Drug Mart, by Loblaws. You hear that come up more often. Your service providers, who have [more]

Okay. That didn't make it any clearer to me. A number of them have come forward saying that they were in a program and they had to move to a new program. They were told that if they didn't go to the new program, their benefits would be gone. Can you try one more time for me there?

I'm getting it. You can see how that doesn't feel very voluntary, when you're saying that they must move from the program they're in to this current program, and if they don't move to this program, they lose their benefit. They feel that—

One of the other alarming concerns that I heard was around veterans who perhaps didn't want to participate in the new program. I'm not sure that it's actually true, but they felt like the financial benefits they were receiving from VAC were being threatened because they were being administered by PCVRS. That is the perception. Is that a real perception? How do we alleviate that? Why are we [more]

Not at all, Mr. Speaker. I think I laid that out very well in my speech. Another thing that is really cool about free trade and free markets is that high prices cause these products to move, so I am excited to see increased production here in Canada.

Mr. Speaker, I am not aware of why we did not vote for that amendment. I am not familiar with the amendment, to begin with. What I do know is that our allies that are also part of the CPTPP are looking forward to this being assented to, so that the U.K. can enter into the CPTPP. I do not think we want to hold that up. I do not know the particulars of that, but I do know we want this to go [more]

C-9 Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present a petition brought by constituents from across Canada who are concerned about Bill. They are concerned that this bill could be used to criminalize passages from the Bible, the Quran or the Torah. They call on the Government of Canada not to pass this bill. They want to ensure that the Government of Canada protects religious freedom, upholds the right to [more]

Mr. Speaker, I do not know what to say. I do not think the member even listened to my speech. I made the exact opposite case. I said there are sentiments that Ottawa does not listen to Alberta. Once again, this here is an example. When trying to get our beef into the U.K., we see the dissimilar rules around beef coming into Canada or beef going to the U.K. They are different. Again, it does not [more]

Mr. Speaker, I love the topic of free trade. Canada's Conservatives are the party of free trade, and we have been advocating desperately for free trade between the provinces. We have been calling on the federal government to stand on the provinces a little bit to ensure that the barriers between provinces are also eliminated. While we are excited to be assenting to the free trade agreement with [more]

Mr. Speaker, it is my honour to rise today on behalf of the good people of Peace River—Westlock and to talk about the accession of the U.K. and Northern Ireland to the CPTPP. As a bit of background, it has been frustrating for me to watch the government let one opportunity after the other pass us by as it governs Canada. It speaks on our behalf around the world. When Brexit happened, I thought [more]