The Environment  Madam Speaker, first I would like to clarify one thing for my hon. colleague. It was the Conservative prime minister, Stephen Harper, who came into power and cut subsidies for hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles. I remember that because I bought one of those vehicles and was no

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives want to make us think that they want to protect our borders and change the safe third country agreement, but their record definitely proves otherwise. The Conservatives cut $1.2 billion from the budgets of our security agencies and, what is more,

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I apologize on behalf of all the children and young people who show up at our border without a passport. Here are the facts. Our government managed to reduce by 45% the number of asylum seekers coming across our border irregularly. Unlike the Conservative government

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, every day is another opportunity for the Conservatives to scare Canadians. Let me share three very important facts. First, since last year, the number of irregular crossings at our border by asylum seekers has dropped by 45%. Second, a majority of the people coming

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, perhaps the member misunderstood. There has been a 45% reduction since 2018. That is a fact. I know that the Conservatives do not like to talk about facts that contradict their arguments, but it is true. I will repeat that your Conservative government cut $1.2 billio

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, their Conservative government cut $1.2 billion from the budgets of the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency. We are the ones giving them the resources they need to do a good job and protect Canadians.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, first, here is what is not compassionate: cutting health care for children who come into this country seeking our protection, which is exactly what the Conservatives did. Once again, this gives me an opportunity to repeat some very important facts. There has been a

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Madam Speaker, I just want to reiterate, getting back to the point about asylum seekers, as Jean-Nicolas Beuze, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' representative in Canada clearly stated, the measure is “in line with international law”, because asylum seekers are

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to respond to the hon. member for Vancouver East and outline investments that our government has recently announced to enhance the integrity of Canada's border and asylum systems. Recently, the Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction

Criminal Records Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his question and his honesty in the House. I appreciate that very much. Over the last four years, he has been a steadfast supporter of initiatives aimed at bettering the lives of youth all across the country, so I want to

Criminal Records Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. Unfortunately, the question is a bit disingenuous. Our government has done more than what the NDP was proposing. We are the ones who wanted to legalize cannabis. The NDP wanted to keep fining young people, especially you

Criminal Records Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. To be very clear, our government's goal is to keep cannabis out of the hands of young people, and out of the pockets of criminals and organized crime. This has worked in other jurisdictions in the U.S. and elsewhere. Tha

Criminal Records Act  Mr. Speaker, during the last election, we promised to legalize and regulate cannabis. In October, we kept that promise. The goal was to be more effective in keeping cannabis away from our kids and reduce the illegal profits of organized crime. As L'actualité journalist Alec Cast

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act  Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague just asked that we stop mentioning that the Stephen Harper government stripped the people who work at our borders of hundreds of millions of dollars. I wonder whether he can stop insulting Canadians' intelligence by saying that a tweet from the Prim

Criminal Records Act  Madam Speaker, there are a couple of components to my hon. colleague's question. With regard to the introduction of this law in the last year of our mandate, Canadians expect us to continue to work until the end of our mandate. Some of the laws and bills we have put in place ca