Fred Davies

Mr. Speaker, I am going to bring the temperature down just a touch, get a little decorum and speak a little more calmly, but I am happy to participate in this debate today on the auto sector. Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake I am also happy to let the House know that I will be splitting my time with my friend and colleague, the great member for. As my friend from Niagara Falls knows all too [more]

Mr. Speaker, I really enjoy the banter back and forth with the hon. member. Every time I make a speech in the House, he has something interesting to say. It is not always on point or relevant, but it is generally good for comedy. In all seriousness, we have had a lot of members stand up today to talk about the auto industry in their riding. I am probably the only one in the House who has two EV [more]

Mr. Speaker, the heart of our policy is to recognize that with respect to the cars that we manufacture in Canada and that are going to be purchased by Canadians, there is a two-way street with the United States. We need to be able to ensure that with the cars that are built here, that are purchased by Canadians and that have access to the American market, it is done the same way. We would not [more]

Mr. Speaker, I do not know where the hon. member is getting her information, because this side of the House has been meeting with auto workers and unions for several years. They understand our plan and support our plan. I do not know what the plan of the government is. I wish the Liberals would explain it beyond just criticizing our plan, which is based on a historic and successful tradition of [more]

But not 18,000.

About 1,000 Canadian international medical students were turned away last year for residencies. Is part of the problem that hospital capacity is not there to give jobs to these doctors?

This is pretty low-hanging fruit. You have internationally trained doctors and graduates, some of whom are Canadian, who can't get residencies here. As they go through the application process, are these issues not identified? Why would they be turned away?

No, they're not.

These are people who are already in Canada.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The announcement today in the news, the Auditor General's report and the questions around the table today are very critical to the entire topic we've been talking about all day. I need to return to my earlier questions about the express entry program. The crisis in our medical system across Canada is as equally important as all of the issues we're talking about today. [more]

This sort of goes to the heart of all the interprovincial trade barriers. In everything we do in Canada, we seem to have barriers as we go down through jurisdictional levels. I have two hospitals in my riding that are closing because we can't find primary care doctors, yet we have between 13,000 and 18,000 doctors sitting in Canada waiting to go through that process. With great fanfare, the [more]