Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, let me remind this place and the Conservatives that it was actually our government that closed financing loopholes that their unfair elections act actually left wide open for foreign interference. In addition to that, let us remind Canadians what CSIS and our

Democratic Institutions  Mr. Speaker, that could not be further from the truth. Let us review some of the facts about what our government has actually done. One of the first things we did was repeal Stephen Harper's unfair elections act. What did that do? It actually closed foreign funding loopholes

Bank of Canada Accountability Act   with the bank. We have seen this movie before. We have seen what happens when Conservatives try to get their hands on independent public institutions like Elections Canada. There are a few of us here in the House who still remember the “unfair elections act” that the member for Carleton

Elections Modernization Act   sent a very clear message that affronts to our democracy should not and will not be tolerated. I recall very specifically the campaign of 2015 when engaged citizens in my riding spoke to to me about what they called the “unfair elections act”. They demanded change. The folks

News Media Industry  Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from a party that made it harder for Canadians to vote with its unfair elections act. Indeed, as we all know, it was found guilty of breaking election laws in multiple elections. The Conservatives even made it illegal for Elections Canada

News Media Industry   guilty of election fraud in multiple past elections, give any lessons on independence. What they tried to do with their unfair elections act was muzzle Elections Canada, preventing it from talking to young people, removing the right to vote from thousands of aboriginal people

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to stand in this place and speak to the Liberals' attempt to fix the Harper Conservatives' unfair elections act. The bill we are debating today is Bill C-76. How did we get here? The 2015 election campaign and the lead-up to it were certainly full

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, the minister is right to point out that Bill C-23, the unfair elections act, is much undone by this bill. We are actually moving amendments to allow for vouching to make more sense, not people just within a polling station but more broadly. I have a question

Elections Modernization Act   the unfair elections act. Then it did nothing with it for 18 months. It did not move it, debate it, or talk about it. It waited until we had this bill, Bill C-76, which is much larger and takes on more issues. For those watching, I just asked my Conservative colleague if she joined

Democratic Reform  Madam Speaker, in all fairness, we will take no lessons from the other side about making changes to the electoral system. The legacy of the unfair elections act has been long, and we heard about it extensively in 2015. We acted promptly to deal with it. With respect

Democratic Reform  Madam Speaker, we categorically reject the premise of that entire question. First, Bill C-76 was fundamental to ensuring the stability of the democracy in this country in response to the unfair elections act. Second, when we are talking about elections and electoral fairness

Procedure and House Affairs committee   as the government gets credit for Bill C-76 and unravelling some of the ugliness that was in the “unfair elections act” that the previous government enacted, the way they did it was ham-fisted and borderline incompetent. However, am I correct in stating that the government, like the previous

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to share my time with the member for Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères if I may. [Member spoke in Cree] [English] The unfair elections act was a bill enacted by the Harper Conservatives. It was introduced on February 4, 2014 by the minister

Elections Modernization Act   to be an election issue, with everyone saying, “They did it more. They did it too. They are hypocrites.” We should not live in glass houses if we are going to collect stones. This bill is good legislation. It is very good legislation. It undoes a lot of what happened in the unfair elections act

Elections Modernization Act   some discussion from the Conservatives in regard to Bill C-76, and that is where I would like to start. A few years back, when I was sitting in opposition, we had Stephen Harper's Fair Elections Act, as the Conservatives called it. In opposition, we called it the “unfair elections