Public Safety committee   application for permits and authorizations for the growing of marijuana and for the dispensing of marijuana. One of the responsibilities of public safety portfolio partners, including the RCMP, is to conduct screening for security purposes as part of that process, so there was a transfer

Business of Supply   to use the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer a number of times with regard to getting information that is pertinent to the government, particularly in the administration and enforcement of marijuana use before it was licensed and in other areas as well. When we get

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply   generation and the generations before for an opportunity. Instead, all they got was legalized marijuana. The generations that preceded them felt the dignity and honour of working, of building equity in their businesses and homes, but increasingly the youth of our generation are being

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   of medical marijuana by veterans for their treatment. I would be happy to work with the member for Vancouver East with respect to access to that. I know the parliamentary secretaries were announced today and there is a new Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs, who

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   has been having difficulty accessing medical marijuana through the Veterans Affairs system. In fact, some veterans are having such grave difficulty that it is causing additional stress and distress in their lives. I am wondering if this is something the member can work with me

Criminal Code   have lost children or loved ones who have been killed by somebody driving impaired. To reduce this to a conviction of less than two years or a fine is totally unacceptable, especially from a government that legalized marijuana, knowing that Colorado and Washington saw a doubling

Federal Trades Strategy   they will want to make up for the huge deficits they racked up over the past four years. In 2016, they imposed conditions on health transfers. Then, they rushed ahead with the legalization of marijuana even though the provinces wanted more time. Then, they imposed the carbon tax on provinces

Veterans Homelessness   turned away, as they do not meet the qualifications. For example, some veterans who are using medical marijuana are turned away from support programs that would otherwise help them, despite the fact that they are using marijuana under the advisement of a physician, as medication

Criminal Records Act   by the right people, who are often in precarious situations. We are talking about vulnerable Canadians, racialized people, indigenous peoples and low-income Canadians. Factually and statistically, these people are the most likely to have a criminal record for simple possession of marijuana

Criminal Records Act   to recommendations by industry experts would have served this piece of legislation well. With a view to fairly implementing the new legislation in what should have been lockstep with the legalization of marijuana, the Conservatives are going to support this piece of legislation, but, as I said

Criminal Records Act  , did not make it legal because they felt it was morally wrong to ingest or use marijuana. They thought it was the best way to protect people from their own unwise instincts. It was a wrong move. It did not work. It ruined a lot of lives, but those people were not put in prison

Criminal Records Act  Madam Speaker, it is actually nice to see the spirit of the House as we are trying to move forward collectively in a way that is going to help those people who have been convicted for small possession of marijuana, especially the most marginalized persons. We hear in Regina

Criminal Records Act   record suspension and we have talked about expungement. The MP for Victoria put forward a bill on expungement, which was defeated by the government. It just does not make sense to us that everyday Canadians can go ahead now and legally use marijuana recreationally, while

Criminal Records Act   with. Companies do not know that it may be a simple possession of marijuana, but it is a simple way of separating the good from the bad, even though the best employee may be lost in that later pile. Those are some of the things we have to understand. One of the key elements to this issue

Criminal Records Act   bill. It reminds me of the NAFTA bill. However, sometimes a bill is better than no bill. As I have said many times in the House, I was never in favour of the legalization of marijuana, Bill C-45, which was another typically ill-conceived bill brought in by the Liberal government