Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, the Conservative member does not seem to have heard my presentation. The Immigration and Refugee Board already has a process for investigating smugglers and examining claims for asylum. We are asking that all refugees, no matter how they arrive here, have access to t

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Winnipeg North for his very pertinent question. Indeed, that would be the case. Clearly, this bill does nothing more to address the issue of smugglers. The current Criminal Code already sets out a maximum sentence. As for the other aspect

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, my colleague's question is very pertinent, and the answer quite simple. We must provide the people responsible for law enforcement—the coast guard, the police, the courts—with the means to do their job, together with our international partners, in order to get rid of

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, first, it seems like the Conservative members are extremely confused about the difference between immigrants and refugees. This morning, we heard the hon. member for Burlington refer to his Italian in-laws. By no means do I wish to say anything negative about in-laws

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, the Conservative government has talked a lot about the fact that boatloads of refugees come to Canada, and it describes this as a problem that needs to be solved right away. What the Conservative government has failed to mention, however, is that in 2010, when the bo

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Toronto Centre for his very thoughtful speech. I also thank him for his very touching words yesterday during the tribute to our leader, whom we miss very much. There is one thing I find very interesting regarding the creation of classes o

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Newton—North Delta for her excellent and very relevant speech. My question has to do with the provisions of the bill that prevent refugees from appealing to the appropriate authorities. We know what happened. Yesterday, the Minister of Ci

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague, the member for Rivière-du-Nord. Over the 37-hour debate, the sound of a broken record has been reaching my ears from the other side of the House. The same arguments have been brought up over and over. The Conservatives claim that the N

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her question. We are always on the side of small businesses. I think it is obvious. We said so in our election platform as well as in the motion we moved, which was passed in the House. We are quite happy about that. We are as concern

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from British Columbia for her question. Obviously, if a labour relations process is to work well, it takes good relations and good faith on both sides. In this negotiation, there has been a lack of significant good faith on the part of Canada

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, I have heard a lot of people debating on both sides of the House, and it really gives me the impression that what is going on here goes beyond the current debate and even goes beyond the dispute between Canada Post and its employees. If you look at the record of pr

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, first, I would like to clarify something for the hon. member for Oshawa, who does not seem to understand the situation. He put both parties on the same footing. He said that both parties are guilty, which is why the government needed to take action. I would remind ou

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  I would like to thank the member for his question. When I began my speech, I said I was sincerely sorry and offered my apologies to my constituents in Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques that I could not be with them because we are here debating this issue. This is a fundam

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, I did not really hear a question. At the moment, it is very easy to put the situation in a left and right context, but that is not the issue. As I said in my speech, the fact is that we have a polarizing government right now that had other options than introducing

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, I will repeat what I said because there may have been an interpretation problem. I was acknowledging that the federal government provided assistance to the automotive industry in the form of $10 billion in loan guarantees. That said, it is unacceptable to say that th