Justin Trudeau

[Democratic Reform, February 4th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives continue to attack Elections Canada.

Elections Canada was asking for one change in particular: to be able to ask a judge to order a witness to appear during investigations.

Instead, this bill strips Elections Canada of its powers and attacks its independence. Why?

[Democratic Reform, February 4th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, Conservatives continue to attack Elections Canada, an agency respected as a model in democracies around the world. What is the government's response to repeated findings of Conservative wrongdoing? It wants to strip Elections Canada of its investigative powers, attacking its independence.

Why?

[Lajeunesse Community Recreation Centre, February 4th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, I proudly rise in the House as the member for Papineau to mark the 25th anniversary of the Centre de loisirs communautaires Lajeunesse.

By promoting civic engagement and volunteerism and by encouraging the various local organizations to work together, this centre has become an integral part of the community's well-being and has made all the people of Papineau proud.

I would like to thank Marcelle Bastien and her terrific team for their dedication to creating a great and healthy place to live for everyone in Villeray by offering accessible activities focused on personal growth. I wish them every success.

I invite the people of Papineau to come and see the activities that all my friends at the Lajeunesse centre are organizing to celebrate its 25 years of contribution in Villeray. I would also invite them to take part in those activities.

Congratulations.

[The Senate, January 29th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, the government is in a tough spot because the Liberals took action this morning.

We took action to remove partisanship and patronage from the Senate. We believe that the only people who should be in our party caucus are those elected by the people of Canada.

Will the Prime Minister finally take action on the Senate, and only allow elected members of Parliament in his caucus?

[The Senate, January 29th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, we believe that the only people who should be in our party caucus are those put there by the people of Canada. Will the Prime Minister finally take action and only allow members of Parliament in his Conservative caucus?

[The Senate, January 29th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister does not need to wait for his government's reference to the Supreme Court. Liberals have taken action this morning to remove partisanship and patronage from the Senate.

[Veterans Affairs, January 29th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, those who have served their country and put themselves in harm's way for all of us deserve our respect, and they deserve our courtesy. The Canadian heroes who tried to meet with their minister yesterday received neither. Will the Prime Minister fire his Minister of Veterans Affairs?

[Employment, January 28th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, when the Prime Minister announced the labour market agreements in 2007, he said that the provinces have “the primary role and responsibility in the design and delivery of training programs”. But now he is contradicting himself, cutting those programs to fund his poorly conceived made-in-Ottawa Canada job grant.

In his upcoming budget, will he provide the funding to keep these effective job training programs alive?

[Employment, January 28th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, the Centre de formation et de perfectionnement du grand Sudbury helps francophone adults get the essential skills they need to enter the job market.

This program is funded under agreements that the Prime Minister wants to do away with so that he can pay for his failed Canada job grant program.

Will the Prime Minister scrap his plan so that the training centre can continue providing services to the people of Sudbury?

[Employment, January 28th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, the Skookum Jim Friendship Centre in Whitehorse offers basic skills to young people who need a job. It is funded through a labour market agreement that the Prime Minister wants to cut to pay for his failed Canada job grant.

Will the Prime Minister scrap his plan and ensure that the friendship centre can continue to get Whitehorse youth into the workforce, building pathways into the middle class?