Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. When I hear the word “consultation” coming out of the Conservatives' mouths, I cannot help but chuckle. I did not think that word was in their vocabulary. In contrast, we have always consulted very closely with indigenous peoples.

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Yukon, who works very hard for indigenous communities in his region and across the country. As I mentioned, this problem was created in 2014 when the Conservatives split up the boards. This bill seeks to put more power in the hands of indigenous communities.

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Jonquière for her question. To come back to the bill, as I said earlier, the Government of the Northwest Territories and indigenous peoples have been calling for a bill like this. They want to develop their own natural resources and manage their land the way they see fit, based on their own needs.

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today in support of Bill C-88. The Government of Canada, our government, is taking a new approach. We are currently conducting extensive consultations with indigenous governments and organizations as well as other key stakeholders on issues that will affect them.

Democratic Institutions  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Pierrefonds—Dollard for working to protect our elections and our democracy. Protecting Canadians and our democracy and ensuring that the next election is free and fair is a priority for our government. To that end, the Communications Security Establishment is working with the Minister of Democratic Institutions and her team to implement measures that will strengthen people's resistance to disinformation.

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, I know that my colleague, along with the other committee members, went to Mali for this visit. On their return, they seemed quite impressed by what is being done on the ground. Our government is determined to promote peace and stability in the world. Where the Conservatives backed off, we are taking action, especially when it comes to UN peacekeeping operations.

National Defence Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. I can understand my colleague's concern. As we have said many times in the House, the former government had many opportunities to introduce this bill, but it chose to do so at the last minute, just before the last election. With this bill, we are strengthening victims' rights.

National Defence Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. As he indicated, the previous bill was quite different from our bill. We included indigenous people and LGBTQ communities in ours. We want a good bill, one that strengthens victims' rights. In his comments on the military justice system, my colleague mentioned that it can be difficult to understand.

National Defence Act  Mr. Speaker, before I begin my speech, I would like to inform you that I will be sharing my time with my colleague from Marc-Aurèle-Fortin. I am very pleased to rise today, as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, to support Bill C-77, an act to amend the National Defence Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other acts.

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, as you know, our government is committed to the care, health and well-being of our military personnel and their families. We recognize that we need to continually adapt the way we care for people with mental illness. That is exactly why the minister has asked the Standing Committee on National Defence to examine the issue of suicide and self-harm within the Canadian Armed Forces with a view to making recommendations to the government for dealing with these challenges.

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Mississauga—Lakeshore for his question. Our government supports our active and reserve military personnel. We enhanced job protection legislation with new provisions for military training leave and job protection when serving on deployment.

Veterans Affairs  Mr. Speaker, once again, the member is not talking about the question she raised for this adjournment debate. I will therefore refer to what I said in my speech. We are very pleased to be involved in peacekeeping operations where the Conservatives refused to get involved. Our air task force and our people on the ground are making a difference and are appreciated by our international partners.

Veterans Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my colleague that she asked for answers about our men and women in uniform who are part of a peacekeeping mission in Mali. She also said that there was no debate or vote in the House on that mission. My colleague knows the rules of the House better than I do, but I am going to stick to the questions she raised.

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question and his excellent work on the committee. As we all know, our government is committed to strengthening victims' rights in the military justice system. That is what we are doing with Bill C-77, which adds a declaration of victims rights to the Code of Service Discipline.

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, with our new defence policy, we are putting men and women first. We will invest significantly in that defence policy while making sure that our men and women have the capacity and equipment they need and that their rights are upheld in the Canadian Armed Forces. We have dedicated ourselves to the men and women of the armed forces, and that is what we will continue doing in the years ahead.