Michael Barrett

Mr. Speaker, I am presenting a petition from Canadians and residents of eastern Ontario who are concerned about the LaSalle Causeway's Bascule Bridge. This bridge was damaged during work in the spring of 2024, and a modular bridge was installed to allow vehicles and pedestrians to cross. There is now a schedule in place for when the bridge is added and then is removed, at a great cost to [more]

Mr. Speaker, the Government of Canada provides all kinds of money to municipalities, to towns and cities. We can help to incentivize, in every province and territory, new home construction by increasing or bonusing municipalities when they make regulatory changes that accelerate the construction of homes. Whether it is building fourplexes or making sure that there is housing densification near [more]

Mr. Speaker, Canada is in a housing crisis. This does not come as a surprise to anyone in this place, and it certainly does not come as a surprise to Canadians who are looking for a home or a place to live, be it a first-time home purchase or simply shelter. We can agree that there is a crisis, but how do we solve it? The government has made some proposals and has some ideas on how best to [more]

Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague is from the beautiful city of Edmonton, which I am proud to have called home when I served in the Canadian Forces. I want to draw him back to the PBO's estimates on this program: that it would add 26,000 homes, 5,000 homes per year. That is certainly a long way from what the government is promising. What we need is a reduction in taxes, a reduction in regulations [more]

Mr. Speaker, Habitat for Humanity is a real lifeline. It is a program that, frankly, provides dignity to folks. I think that the creation of conditions where we can allow people to continue to live with dignity or to find it for the first time is an area where we can collaborate. These not-for-profits are experts in being able to deliver these types of solutions, and partnering with them and [more]

Mr. Speaker, Canadians have recently learned that the Liberal government provided a $206-million loan below market rate and nearly $150 million in subsidies to a wind farm in Nova Scotia linked closely to former Liberal MPs. Meanwhile, a similar project secured $240 million in private sector funding at no cost to the taxpayer. The difference between the two, of course, is the closeness to the [more]

Mr. Speaker, members will have to excuse me if I do not take the Liberals' word for it. They call themselves a new government, but they are the same Liberals who 10 times have been found to have broken Canada's ethics laws. They always deny it, and they always defend the indefensible. What we are talking about here is hundreds of millions of dollars going to a sweetheart deal for well-connected [more]

Would your office be able to manage what you believe to be likely a lot more? With your existing envelope of funding that you have and with your current staff complement, would you be able to accommodate that?