Stephen Harper

[Ethics, April 1st, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, we have already answered those questions.

We have been very clear. My practice as Prime Minister is that any use I make or anybody else makes of the Challenger for anything other than government business is reimbursed immediately at commercial rates.

That has been done in this and all cases.

[Justice, April 1st, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, obviously, the government will respect the letter and spirit of this ruling.

I must point out that, during hearings and consultations, the NDP said that it did not object to appointing a Quebecker from the Federal Court to the Supreme Court. Now, the NDP has changed its tune.

[Ethics, March 5th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, as the RCMP made very clear, this government, this administration, has turned over all emails and all information in our possession and turned them over as soon as we had them, and the suggestions contained in the preamble of the question are completely false.

[Ethics, March 5th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, just about every single assertion in that preamble is categorically false.

However, on the issue of Library and Archives Canada, as he will know well, these are decisions of Library and Archives Canada, and these questions should be directed to that independent organization.

[Ethics, March 5th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, once again, this question has been asked and answered on many occasions. As we know, the RCMP has thoroughly looked at the matter and been very clear that I had no knowledge of the discussions to which the hon. member refers.

[Democratic Reform, March 5th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, the one thing I agree with the leader of the NDP on is the longer they listen to him, drop by drop something really is sinking in.

I would just point out that the law outlines 39 authorized various forms of identification that voters can use, and any two of those would be valid. Obviously, this is to facilitate identification and make it easy for people to vote.

[Democratic Reform, March 5th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, having registered voters is one of the foundations of democracy. Each person gets one vote and needs to be identified.

The only question Canadians are really asking is why the NDP would think it is so important for people to be able to vote without any identification whatsoever. We obviously do not think that is appropriate.

[Democratic Reform, March 5th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, independent authorities are responsible for investigations. The purpose of the bill is to ensure that there are systems in place to guarantee that votes are valid.

[Democratic Reform, March 5th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, the intention of the act is to make sure that all people who vote are valid, registered voters and that they can identify themselves. These are objectives making sure that the vote is fair and that all people who vote are entitled to vote and only vote once. I think these are the fundamental characteristics of a democracy.

[Democratic Reform, March 5th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, once again, I have no intention of indulging the opposition leader's conspiracy theories.

The reality is the following. The NDP had decided for its own partisan reasons to approach this entire bill with a series of conspiracy theories rather than actually examining the contents of legislation, which, as the public recognizes, do not support any of those conspiracy theories. These are important matters for our democracy, they are important reforms, and I would encourage the NDP to reverse course and start looking at them seriously.