Tamara Kronis

Mr. Speaker, on the west coast we do not just live near the ocean. We live on it. Time on the water is how we connect with friends, clear our heads and put food on the table. It is practically therapy, and we might even catch dinner, but now the Liberals are putting 9,100 jobs and a $1.76-billion industry at risk with proposed changes to the salmon allocation policy. minister Will this east [more]

immigration minister Mr. Speaker, 153,000 student visa cases were flagged for fraud, with less than 3% probed, and 92% of fraudsters were waved through for shots at work permits, residency and asylum. The Auditor General has exposed an immigration system so broken it cannot enforce its own rules. However, instead of fixing it, the Liberals are going to issue even more permits. Even Liberals say [more]

Mr. Speaker, there have always been conflicts abroad. The government's job is to make sure they stay there, because when they do not, Canadians pay the price. We fear a missing Iranian man may have been murdered by Tehran. Three more synagogues were shot at this week and another was vandalized. Meanwhile, IRGC agents continue to live in Canada, hanging out in cafes and going to the gym. Liberals [more]

Thank you so much, Madam Chair. I'm going to ask my questions of Mr. Hébert. I come from Vancouver Island, where access to health care is a real challenge, so I was happy to hear you talk about outcomes because that is all that matters to us. Our tertiary hospital often isn't staffed like one, so many residents have to travel significant distances to get specialized care. Our local university, [more]

My colleague across the way asked you about a time under a former prime minister, Prime Minister Harper, when he indicated that government science officers often felt muzzled. Is that correct?

That advice is most useful when your office is consulted before decisions are made. Is that correct?

What about universities that don't do that?

What you're saying is that pressure on grants is increasing. There are thousands of grant proposals that are not supported each year, so there are high-quality projects that peer reviewers would consider fundable, including in communities like mine that are not able to be supported because of limited resources. Most of the funding is going to large institutions in urban areas. Given the [more]

I'd like to ask you this: If you're not consulted about something, is it possible to feel muzzled?

Thank you very much for that. I want to go back. I represent a relatively rural part of Canada, and in the first hour we got an indication of the relative inequity in funding for urban versus regional centres. Dr. Charbonneau, you talked a lot about your governance practices. Does your office measure the disparity between urban and rural funding in this country?

Let's talk about VIU.