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Petitions June 17th, 2009
Mr. Speaker, the second petition is regarding identify theft. It is estimated that identity theft costs Canadian businesses and residents more than $2 billion annually. The petitioners call on the House of Commons to pass government legislation that would create three new offences: obtaining and possessing identity information intent for criminal crimes; trafficking in identity theft; and unlawfully possessing and trafficking government issued documents.
Petitions June 17th, 2009
Mr. Speaker, I have three petitions. The first one states that there are a number of severe, potentially life-threatening conditions that do not qualify for disability programs because they are not necessarily permanent. The petitioners call upon the House of Commons to enact legislation that would provide additional medical EI benefits at least equal to the maternity EI benefits.
Criminal Code June 16th, 2009
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate working with my friend and colleague across the way on the environment committee.
This is a very important topic. Identity theft is a serious problem in my riding of Langley. The typical thief is breaking into mailboxes and stealing identity documents through the mail. These individuals are addicted to drugs, usually stay up until all hours, and they work for organized crime. First, is my colleague experiencing a similar problem in his riding?
Second, from his comments it sounded like he was going to support this legislation going to committee, and I want to get confirmation of that.
Criminal Code June 16th, 2009
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for supporting this important bill.
My question is about how all of us, as Canadians, can make our communities safer by making sure our cars are safe.
The issue of immobilizers came up. It is true there are a lot of vehicles that do not have immobilizers. In Canada, a lot of people will leave the keys in the car while warming it up on a cold and frosty morning. In the Lower Mainland, where I am from, there have been a lot of cases where people have driven off in a car that had been warming up in a driveway. Last winter, a car was being fuelled up and the person went in to pay for the gas and left the keys in the ignition.
How important is it for all of us, as Canadians, to do our part to make sure we do not expose our vehicles to being stolen?
Petitions June 10th, 2009
Mr. Speaker, the last petition says that the long gun registry was originally budgeted for $2 million, but the price tag is now out of control at an estimated $2 billion, a decade later. The registry has not saved a single life since it was introduced. The petitioners are calling upon the House of Commons to support legislation that would cancel the Canadian long gun registry.
Petitions June 10th, 2009
Mr. Speaker, the next petition calls upon Parliament to pass legislation for the protection of human life from the time of conception until natural death.
Petitions June 10th, 2009
Mr. Speaker, I have three petitions from the constituents in beautiful Langley, British Columbia.
The first one says that there are a number of severe, potentially life-threatening conditions that do not qualify for disability programs because they are not necessarily permanent. They are calling upon the House of Commons to enact legislation to provide additional medical EI benefits at least equal to the maternity benefits.
Criminal Code June 9th, 2009
Mr. Speaker, I again want to thank my colleague for his commitment and all his hard work on this.
I have two questions. When a bill goes to a standing committee there is often the comment that it would not withstand a constitutional challenge. Therefore, are investigative hearings constitutional; and do other countries have investigative hearings?
Criminal Code June 9th, 2009
Mr. Speaker, I listened intently to my colleague, the member for Leeds—Grenville.
I found what he had to share today very interesting and a bit of the history lesson of how we ended up where we are and the encouragement to support this good bill. He reminded us that he was the chair of the subcommittee that dealt with this Anti-Terrorism Act a number of years ago, and I want to ask him what happened. He touched on it briefly.
My understanding was that the Bloc and the NDP did not support the majority of the recommendations and had their own report, a dissenting report. Why was that?
I have served on the justice committee and now serve on the environment committee. Often what I see is the taking of a strong stance against crime or terrorism in public, but when it actually moves to committee, we see the NDP, the Bloc, and often the Liberals starting to play games and they do not support it. They use those parliamentary games.
My question to the hon. member is, why did they not support it, and what happened at committee?
Petitions June 5th, 2009
Madam Speaker, the last petition states that identity theft is a serious criminal activity that is becoming increasingly lucrative and Canadians need to be protected.
The petitioners call upon the House of Commons to support and pass the government legislation that would create three new offences: first, obtaining or possessing identity information with the intent to use it to commit certain crimes; second, trafficking in certain information with knowledge of or recklessness as it is intended to use in the commission of certain crimes; and third, unlawfully possessing and trafficking in government-issued identity documents.