Privilege  , on letters and on starting campaigns to rescue political prisoners in other countries, that maybe we should do it a different way. Some of us travel to regions of the world that are dangerous, like Ukraine. Some of us travelled to Iraq just a few years ago, which is not exactly

Committees of the House   involved itself in conflicts in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Syria, should not be allowed to freely export violence and chaos. The IRGC is open in its support for Hamas and Hezbollah, two organizations that have been recognized as terrorist entities. It does not make sense

Natural Resources   that Canada is the world's fourth-largest oil monarchy. With Trans Mountain, it is consolidating its ranking, between Russia and Iraq, at the top of the list of the worst polluters. We know the minister never imagined that he would be a “petromonarch”, so will he ever put an end to his

Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act   step further and say that Canada is an oil monarchy and wants to stay that way. We are among the four biggest polluters in the world, and we share that enviable position with Russia and Iraq. I do not know whether the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources planned to become

Committees of the House   have to see and how much more has to be done by this terrorist regime before the Canadian government finally recognizes and lists it as a terrorist organization? There are the civil wars in Yemen and Syria; terrorists operating systematically outside of the law in Lebanon and Iraq

Business of Supply   century. In fact, this was even making news internationally. The New York Times said that Canada's middle class was richer than America's for the first time. At the same time, trouble was brewing in the world, with wars in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Ukraine, none of which caused

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   department failed to work with Pimicikamak and the ICMP? Are you willing to extend the programming available to Cross Lake at this time? I will point out that the great irony is that Canada is willing to work with organizations like the ICMP in Ukraine and Iraq but unwilling to support

Business of Supply   under Liberal regimes. I was here for the debate when we were deciding whether to take part in the war in Iraq, and I can say there was never a point in time, in debates back and forth, we could escape the fact that we played some role with the UN or the United States or other

Business of Supply   of unilateral declaration in the House of Commons, just like we cannot declare in this House of Commons that an authoritarian state is suddenly a democracy. I would think that in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, in the aftermath of the second war in Iraq and in the aftermath of what

National Defence committee  Okay. We have the law of armed conflict, and we have the situation in Iraq. How would you intervene and ensure the issue is being addressed from your standpoint?

Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act  . While chemical warfare was not ultimately used during that conflict, the threat of its use on a massive scale remained. During the 1980s, we saw that Iraq used chemical weapons against Iran and also against its own Kurdish population. Chemical weapons have been used by the Assad

Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act   on no fewer than nine occasions and likely more. The terrorist group Daesh used mustard gas in both Syria and Iraq. Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was assassinated with the nerve agent venomous agent X, or VX, in the Kuala Lumpur International Airport

National Defence committee   centuries. There was too much discussion of Iraq and Afghanistan. The second issue was that discussion of security was missing, and without security, reconstruction will not succeed. They go hand in hand. I'll focus my five minutes on reconstruction. I welcome discussion of security co

Veterans Affairs committee   and Iraq, and he has fought for years with VAC just to get coverage and treatment for his disabilities. Retired lieutenant-commander Dr. Greg Passey says that his claims for support took 29 months to adjudicate while he battled cancer. Retired master corporal Eric Lavergne

Foreign Affairs committee   the top six official development assistance donors in each of the four countries in the Middle East under the strategy, those being Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. Two hundred million square metres of land have been cleared of explosives in Iraq and Syria. We provided some