Don Davies

More time is needed for witnesses and for debate.

“Together, we’re sending a clear message to the Liberal Government that you cannot build a stronger Canada, at the expense of workers’ rights, the rights of Indigenous communities, and crucial environmental protections,”

The real nature of this government is starting to appear.

I don’t think taxpayer dollars should be used to mislead Canadians or to advance propaganda. I think that’s what’s happening here as well.

Obviously the climate crisis is right in everybody’s faces. Canadians are being evacuated from communities, we have a typically horrific and increasing wildfire season, Europe is experiencing all sorts of wildfires, Japan flooding, the…

To put it most bluntly, we think the Carney government is using taxpayer dollars to mislead Canadians and greenwashing. And not only is that unethical and inappropriate, but it’s also illegal.

The Prime Minister has admitted that emissions will rise under its energy plan, yet his government is running ads claiming it will lower them.

As Canadians watch their communities burn, the Carney government is spending millions of tax dollars to mislead them.

Collective bargaining has always been the best way for workers to bring home a fair, livable wage.

Having followed every step necessary to ensure their strike is legal and legitimate, CUPE cabin crew workers should not have to fear that government will intervene on behalf of WestJet to force them back to work.

I think that’s just going to reignite the housing crisis, just when it was starting to maybe soften up a bit.

It’s not that we have a lack of supply — we have a lack of affordable housing supply.

We don’t really have a housing crisis. We have an affordable housing crisis, and that’s a key distinction. There’s not a shortage of the kinds of product that wealthy people or investors may want.

I’m very proud of my caucus colleagues, as this is the third consecutive week in a row that we have introduced legislation to strengthen unions in Canada and also to support workers.

I think it'll cost jobs. And until there's measures that are in place that will address that, I don't think the strategy is complete.

The onus should not be on the voters to try to rectify a negation of their voting preference.

The idea that only government members get resources for their constituencies brings pork-barrel politics to the table.

You can floor cross. You just have to make the case to your constituents, and if you think you have good reasons for it, you’ll get a mandate from voters. If you don’t, then you won’t.

The prospect that MPs have been enticed by backroom deals emerges.

We have a problem with voter turnout in elections, and this contributes to that.

When a parliamentarian crosses the floor to join a different party than they were elected with, they are unilaterally — at the very least — altering the will of their electorate.

So that’s another reason I’m more concerned about this bill now than I used to be, because now you have MPs who cross the floor openly saying that they think they can get more government pork in their riding.

While that may not be illegal, it is inherently undemocratic.

We can harness the best parts of AI and use that technology for positive purposes, but at the same time I think it’s … completely unregulated and terribly dangerous if we don’t get some guardrails up on it soon.