National Council for Reconciliation Act  The House resumed from April 19 consideration of the motion in relation to the amendments made by the Senate to Bill C-29, An Act to provide for the establishment of a national council for reconciliation.

National Council for Reconciliation Act  It being 3:15 p.m., the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion to concur in the Senate amendments to Bill C-29. Call in the members.

Housing   the national effort to solve the housing crisis by working with municipalities to remove outdated approaches to permitting and zoning that have blocked the housing Canadians need. Through our agreements, we have secured ambitious housing reforms in communities big and small, in every region

Justice committee   members' bills or Senate bills over the years on this issue, but this Parliament—and past Parliaments, in their wisdom—have not repealed section 43 in its entirety. The reason they didn't do that is the consequences and the follow-up. To reinforce this point, now we hear that Minister

Justice committee   is that should this bill pass this committee, pass the House and then pass the Senate, it would become law, irrespective of what Minister Virani has said he would do. It's quite unprecedented to say, “Don't worry about passing that law, because at some point”—a point that I'm certainly

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, that member knows and should know that the bail reform bill, which the member actually voted in favour of, tackles serious violent repeat offenders, which include those who use serious violence in committing an auto theft. What the member should also realize

The Budget  , then, that this oft-promised EI reform has been postponed indefinitely, and there is simmering discontent in the community. People have been waiting for this for a long time, especially in a region such as ours where seasonal industries abound. The Mouvement action chômage Gaspésie—Îles-de-la

Amendments to the Standing Orders   in 1984, Prime Minister Mulroney appointed James McGrath, the then member for St. John's East, to chair an all-party parliamentary committee that looked at parliamentary reform. The mandate of that committee included reviewing the Standing Orders. Out of the McGrath report came

Finance committee   of years, as the government has undertaken a major reform of the Competition Act, the first since 2009. As you know, the reform has been split into three parts: Bill C-19, enacted in June 2022, then Bill C-56, enacted in December 2023, and now Bill C-59 before you. In the interests

Corrections and Conditional Release Act   is more important than any victim can be. In their topsy-turvy world view, it actually sees those committing the crimes as the people who need to be cared for, while the actual victims continue to suffer over and over again. Senator Kim Pate, appointed by the current Liberal Prime

Carbon Pricing  , this is a common-sense way to do something immediate and concrete to help farmers produce affordable food for Canadians. The elected members of Parliament passed this bill over the objection of the governing Liberals. It was sent to the Senate where the same legislative process takes place

Parliament of Canada Act   of Parliament or a senator requests a secret security clearance, that the member would be treated as being deemed to need to know the information for which the security clearance is sought. This is important because, as it presently stands, it is highly unlikely that any individual member

Finance committee  I will now turn to another subject. We are obviously disappointed—though unsurprised—that there was no reform of employment insurance in the newly tabled budget. The budget announces a planned reform of the computer system, which will take five years and cost $3 billion

Finance committee  We agree. The governing party has been proposing this reform for a long time, since 2015. There were consultations in 2022. We believe the time has come to pass a bill and implement measures, since we're talking about vulnerable people right now. Reform should be undertaken

Agriculture committee   it to the House. That's the context. My question within that context is this: Would the contents of the report, even without a submission to the House, be publicly available? That's my first question. Question number two is this: Would it be available to the Senate committee, and if so