Leona Alleslev

[Public Safety, May 28th, 2019]

Mr. Speaker, it is the Minister of Public Safety who is charged with keeping Canadians safe, but he does not know what is happening at our border and cannot tell us how many drug lords and contract killers are flooding into the country on fake Mexican passports. Every day the minister does not have control of our border is a day that Canadians are at risk.

Can the minister tell us when he might be able to verify the number of criminals entering Canada unchecked, or even how these criminals are able to enter Canada with fake passports?

[Public Safety, May 28th, 2019]

Mr. Speaker, the media is reporting that hundreds of criminals, including drug dealers and contract killers from Latin America, have entered Canada on fake Mexican passports. Yesterday, the Minister of Public Safety attempted to reassure us, saying that the numbers reported by the media cannot be verified. Canadians are not reassured if the public safety minister does not immediately know what is happening at our border.

Has the minister managed to verify the numbers today?

[Justice, May 16th, 2019]

Mr. Speaker, the prosecution may have been completely independent, but the current government was anything but. Canadians know the Prime Minister was wrong to politically interfere in the Mark Norman case. Now Canadians expect the Prime Minister to say he is sorry.

It is clear the Prime Minister did everything he could to punish Admiral Norman. From tarnishing his reputation to destroying him financially, the Prime Minister was unrelenting.

When will the Prime Minister—on behalf of the government, not this House—apologize to Mark Norman and give him his job back?

[Justice, May 16th, 2019]

Mr. Speaker, we know there was an orchestrated effort by the Prime Minister to politically interfere in the Mark Norman case. Documents were withheld and redacted, code names were used to suppress information, witnesses were tampered with and clandestine meetings were held at which no notes were taken. The Prime Minister's own lawyer talked about the need to engineer the issues at stake.

Will the Prime Minister apologize to Mark Norman and immediately return the admiral to his job?

[Doors Open, May 16th, 2019]

Mr. Speaker, both communities in my riding of Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill know the importance of opening their doors and welcoming people throughout York Region, Ontario and Canada to the cultural, religious, historic and athletic excellence that our community has to offer.

Last weekend, organizations across Richmond Hill participated in Doors Open Ontario, including the Lake St. George Field Centre, Swan Lake Centre for Conservation and Innovation, Boynton House and many more. A special thanks to the Richmond Hill Hindu Temple and St. Mary and St. Joseph Coptic Orthodox Church for the fabulous personalized tour they gave me.

Members should mark their calendar for August 17 for Doors Open Aurora to visit the Aurora Farmers' Market, Church Street School, Hillary House, Koffler Museum of Medicine and Theatre Aurora just to name a few.

Many thanks to all who participated in Doors Open in Aurora and Richmond Hill for sharing who they are and what they do so we can celebrate the vibrancy of our communities and all that makes us who we are as Canadians.

[Business of Supply, May 15th, 2019]

Mr. Chair, this is probably the most fundamental point of this entire conversation.

Our democracy is based on the fact that a standing army is accountable to the elected official so that Canadians can trust that our military is not running rogue and is totally accountable to what the will of citizens has decided. That is why the National Defence Act has the chief of the defence staff reporting directly to the minister of national defence.

If the Minister of National Defence is not going to assume his responsibility for ensuring that the chief of the defence staff behaves in accordance with the National Defence Act, then I would like to understand from the minister what precisely he thinks his role is.

[Business of Supply, May 15th, 2019]

Mr. Chair, if the chief of the defence staff reports to the Minister of National Defence, is the Minister of National Defence not accountable to every citizen and every member in uniform to ensure that he carries out his duties in accordance with the Queen's Regulations and Orders?

[Business of Supply, May 15th, 2019]

Mr. Chair, in actual fact, QR&O number 101.09(6) states that once the reason for the suspension of the military member is no longer valid, he or she will be reinstated to his or her former position. Therefore, I would like a comment from the minister on why the former vice-chief of the defence staff has not been reinstated to his position.

[Business of Supply, May 15th, 2019]

Mr. Chair, when will the minister publicly acknowledge the former vice-chief of the defence staff's innocence and reinstate him as the vice-chief of the defence staff?

[Business of Supply, May 15th, 2019]

Mr. Chair, did the reason given, stating that Admiral Norman was guilty and that is why he was not entitled to financial assistance, not prejudice his presumption of innocence before his day in court?