Canadian Heritage committee  , and in 2010 called the proposed iPod levy a “tax”, and said: “this idea is really toxic and, frankly, really dumb.” The Copyright Board is inexplicably keeping this zombie tax alive and allowing the music industry to use the small revenues of about $2 million a year, almost 30% of which

Fisheries committee   introduction of the invasive aquatic plant, Eurasian water milfoil, we believe we are on the precipice of a dramatic ecosystem impact in the Saint John River system. Eurasian water milfoil, which can grow so quickly it's called the zombie plant, can completely fill water bodies

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I fully support this clause. I certainly support the repeal of section 159, but I have to say I don't understand why it has taken this government so long to repeal this zombie section of the Criminal Code. I can remember back in the fall of 2016

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Professor Coughlan, I appreciate your submission with respect to zombie laws. You mentioned the case of Travis Vader, who murdered Lyle and Marie McCann, an elderly couple from my home community of St. Albert. Following Justice Thomas's decision and under

Veterans Affairs committee   life in that respect. I can be a dad, not a zombie on the couch who doesn't want to do anything—even leave the house. I think it allows me to function better. Is it perfect? No, it's not perfect, but that's my reality. It will never be perfect. Nobody would say it is perfect

Veterans Affairs committee   on the pills and the multiple medications, drooling like zombies and not being able to put a thought together, suicide was very, very close.

Foreign Affairs committee   of that, there are zombie provisions in the Criminal Code that we've sought to remove and that members of Mr. Genuis's party have sought actively to remove, just for that very reason. Having provisions in the Criminal Code that are no longer operative or are inconsistent can lead to misinterpretation

Justice committee   by trial images constantly throughout the day, regardless of where I was or what I was doing at the time. Completely unable to sleep, I would sit like a zombie, and if I slept at all, I was subject to traumatic nightmares. I knew something was wrong with me. I knew this wasn't normal

Criminal Code   the mandate letter by the Prime Minister told it to is a serious missed opportunity. I promised I would focus on some of the positives in this bill, from the perspective of the NDP. First, the elimination of so-called zombie provisions of the Criminal Code is a good thing. For example

Criminal Code   issues and therefore has forced the legislation down to a snail's pace where it now has been sent to the Senate. Three years into the Liberal government's mandate, when we look at its accomplishments at cleaning up the Criminal Code, so far nothing has been done. The zombie

Criminal Code   languishing in purgatory at first reading. The government then moved forward with a number of cleanups of the Criminal Code, the so-called zombie or inoperative provisions and the many redundant sections of the Criminal Code. That is the thing about the Criminal Code: It is littered

Criminal Code   was to basically string us along with the introduction of these justice bills that would clean up the inoperative provisions of the Criminal Code and then leave them in some kind of purgatory stuck at first reading. When the Minister of Justice took office, everyone knew that there were zombie

Criminal Code   the unconstitutional provisions, the zombie provisions, that we update the laws around sexual assault and intimate partner violence and that we look at the victim fine surcharge as well as section 159. All of these are issues raised in government bills the member opposite has spoken to. We

Criminal Code   advanced, we have been working expeditiously to move forward with Bill C-39, Bill C-51 and Bill C-75 so that we clean up the so-called zombie provisions and the unconstitutional provisions. I would look to all hon. colleagues in this place to work with us to make sure that these pieces

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, whom I enjoy serving with on the justice committee. I share his concerns about the Senate amendments. Therefore, I want to ask him a question about what he initially spoke of, which was the zombie sections