MP Warkentin reflects on 2017

Our MP says the last parliamentary session of 2017 was a busy one.
 
Chris Warkentin says among the things the Opposition is continuing to talk about is the Prime Minister being found to have violated the ethics code when he vacationed at the Aga Khan’s private island.
 
“The Prime Minister has been found guilty, for the first time in Canadian history, that a Prime Minister has ever been found guilty of breaking these ethics laws. These illegal trips, of course, having cost the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of

dollars, this leaves a lot of questions as to if the taxpayer should really be on the hook for all this expense.” 

He adds it is up to Canadians to decide if this kind of conduct is appropriate for a Prime Minister.
 
Warkentin says the Opposition will continue to fight against proposed tax changes for small business in 2018.
 
He says the Conservatives believe that Finance Minister Bill Morneau cannot go ahead with the changes Warkentin characterizes as an attack on business people.
 
“So, we’re going to continue to fight on that front. We’re going to continue to fight some of the measures that they have proposed in the past of changing the way that farms are passed down from one generation to another, making it more

expensive to sell a farm to a child than it would be to a multi-national corporation.” 
 
2017 brought a new leader for the federal Conservatives when Andrew Scheer took over.
 
Scheer later named Warkentin Deputy House Leader.
 
“This is really one of the busiest roles that I’ve had, the most engaged that I’ve been in terms of taking on a leadership position within our party and on behalf of our caucus. It really is a privilege for me. It means that it’s very early mornings,