Evidence of meeting #14 for Justice and Human Rights in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was c-9.
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Conservative
Larry Brock Conservative Brantford—Brant South—Six Nations, ON
No, sir, I'm getting to my point of order.
Conservative
Larry Brock Conservative Brantford—Brant South—Six Nations, ON
I have to put some context into the point of order.
Mr. Chair, I am seeking the consent of this committee. I ask that, to improve public safety in our communities and to protect Canadians from repeat and violent offenders, the committee (a) immediately prioritize the consideration of Bill C-14 and work together to report the bill to the House at the earliest opportunity; (b) sit through the winter adjournment to undertake meaningful consultations with victims, community leaders, police services and associations and other relevant witnesses; and (c) pause consideration of Bill C-9 to make room on the agenda for Bill C-14.
Liberal
Conservative
Larry Brock Conservative Brantford—Brant South—Six Nations, ON
That is what I seek unanimous consent for.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal James Maloney
Mr. Brock, that is not a dilatory motion, and you cannot move a motion on a point of order.
Conservative
Larry Brock Conservative Brantford—Brant South—Six Nations, ON
I was asking for unanimous consent, Chair. I wasn't asking that you have a vote on a motion.
Conservative
Larry Brock Conservative Brantford—Brant South—Six Nations, ON
Clearly, the interruptions by Ms. Lattanzio and Mr. Housefather show that they are not interested in—
Conservative
Larry Brock Conservative Brantford—Brant South—Six Nations, ON
—the swift passage of Bill C-14. How ironic.
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal
The Chair Liberal James Maloney
Okay, here we go again.
Mr. Brock, we went through this the other night. I was quite clear, and you agreed with me at the time. We are not going to use that language at this committee.
Conservative
Liberal
The Chair Liberal James Maloney
Okay, but we're not going to refer to members of Parliament with that type of language. If you do, you will not be allowed to speak again, full stop.
Ms. Anstey, you have the floor.
Conservative
Conservative
Andrew Lawton Conservative Elgin—St. Thomas—London South, ON
Changing course and underscoring what we're trying to do here, I have an article that I would like to seek unanimous consent to table: “Man facing 1st-degree murder in partner’s killing had allegedly threatened her before”.
Conservative
Andrew Lawton Conservative Elgin—St. Thomas—London South, ON
There are three Quebec members of the committee who should be very interested in people getting murdered by people out on bail.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal James Maloney
Mr. Lawton, it is not a point of order.
Ms. Anstey, you have the floor, finally.
Conservative
Carol Anstey Conservative Long Range Mountains, NL
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the opportunity to come to this committee today to address the committee specifically about Bill C-9 and the subamendment that has been brought forward. Please don't misinterpret my passion on this issue as disrespect, as I recognize that my colleague Mr. Brock is also passionate about this issue.
As I'm a person of faith, this is extremely important to me. Faith has played an important part of my life, and it's something that I am very passionate about preserving and protecting in Canada.
As a parliamentarian for a riding in Newfoundland and Labrador, I have the immense privilege of representing people of many different faiths, traditions and world views. Our province has a long history of religious diversity from Christian denominations, and it now has growing Muslim, Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist communities. My role as a parliamentarian is to ensure that their rights are respected and to safeguard the freedoms that allow them to live and express their beliefs openly.
To begin, I'd like to point out that the work of this committee seems to be misguided and misdirected based on what I hear from the people in my riding and what I've clearly seen today in several interventions.
Conservative
