Foreign Affairs committee  We, of course, always strive to turn these around in the best possible time, but I will say that the exponential explosion of permit requests we have received has forced us to prioritize those that are of higher priority and significance.

Democratic Institutions  There is the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, the Canadian minerals and metals plan, the chemicals management plan, the Explosives Act, the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act, the Fisheries Act, the Impact Assessment Act, the Indian Act, Indian mining regulations, interprovincial movement of hazardous waste regulations, metal and diamond mining effluent regulations, and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act  The binary of that choice was very harsh but, fortunately, today a smaller and smaller proportion of families face that kind of sharp binary. Technology has allowed an explosion in work-from-home and flexible work arrangements. It has also allowed the dramatic growth of so-called “momtrepreneurs”. My wife runs a web-based family medicine practice, offering appointments at the same odd hours that are most likely to be convenient for the women she serves.

Carbon Pricing  Centre for Disease Control revealed today that it now costs over $1,200 a month for a basket of nutritious food for the average family in that province. It is an explosion of costs that have taken place under the Prime Minister. Those numbers come from a year ago, and the same report says that prices are higher now. Now the Prime Minister's solution for that is a 61¢-a-litre carbon tax that will push gas prices well over two dollars a litre and increase the cost to farmers and truckers who bring us our food.

Veterans Affairs committee  Then it manifests in, as we're hearing, a lot of chronic pain issues and family struggles, and not feeling supported on the family end as well. It becomes an explosive situation for them in all domains of their lives.

Bill C-332 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (coercive control of intimate partner)

Income Tax Act 8 Clause 241(9.5)(a)(i)(D) of the Income Tax Act is replaced by the following: (D) sections 144, 264, 264.01, 271, 279, 279.02, 281 and 333.1, paragraphs 334(a) and 348(1)(e) and sections 349, 435 and 462.31 of the Criminal Code , 1995, c. 39 Firearms Act 9 Subparagraph 5(2)(a)(iii) of the Firearms Act is replaced by the following: (iii) an offence under section 264 (criminal harassment) or 264.01 (coercive control of intimate partner) of the Criminal Code , 2002, c. 22 Excise Act, 2001 10 Clause 211(6.4)(a)(i)(D) of the Excise Act, 2001 is replaced by the following: (D) sections 144, 264, 264.01, 271, 279, 279.02, 281 and 333.1, paragraphs 334(a) and 348(1)(e) and sections 349, 435 and 462.31 of the Criminal Code , Coordinating Amendment 2023, c. 32 11 On the first day on which both subsection 13.3(1) of An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms) , chapter 32 of the Statutes of Canada, 2023, and subsection 5(1) of this Act are in force, subsection 515(4.1) of the French version of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following: Condition additionnelle (4.1) Lorsqu’il rend une ordonnance en vertu du paragraphe (2) dans le cas d’une infraction perpétrée avec usage, tentative ou menace de violence contre autrui, d’une infraction de terrorisme, de l’infraction visée aux articles 264 (harcèlement criminel), 264.01 (contrôle coercitif d’un partenaire intime) ou 423.1 (intimidation d’une personne associée au système judiciaire) ou au paragraphe 423.2(1) (intimidation — services de santé), d’une infraction à l’un des articles 9 à 14 de la Loi sur le cannabis , d’une infraction à l’un des articles 5 à 7 de la Loi réglementant certaines drogues et autres substances , d’une infraction relative à une arme à feu, une arbalète, une arme prohibée, une arme à autorisation restreinte, un dispositif prohibé, une pièce d’arme à feu, des munitions, des munitions prohibées ou des substances explosives, d’une infraction visée au paragraphe 20(1) de la Loi sur la protection de l’information , ou d’une infraction visée aux paragraphes 21(1) ou 22(1) ou à l’article 23 de cette loi commise à l’égard d’une infraction visée au paragraphe 20(1) de cette loi, le juge de paix doit, s’il en arrive à la conclusion qu’il est souhaitable de le faire pour la sécurité du prévenu, de la victime ou de toute autre personne, assortir l’ordonnance d’une condition lui interdisant, jusqu’à ce qu’il soit jugé conformément à la loi, d’avoir en sa possession de tels objets ou l’un ou plusieurs de ceux-ci.

Bill C-48 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (bail reform)

C-46 Criminal Code Amendments to the Act 2019, c. 25, s. 225(3) 1 (1) Paragraph 515(3)(b) of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following: (b) whether the accused has been previously convicted of a criminal offence, including any offence in the commission of which violence was used, threatened or attempted against any person. 2008, c. 6, s. 37(2) (2) Subparagraph 515(6)(a)(vi) of the Act is replaced by the following: (vi) that is an offence under section 95, 98, 98.1, 99, 100, 102 or 103, 2008, c. 6, s. 37(2) (3) Subparagraph 515(6)(a)(viii) of the Act is replaced by the following: (viii) that is alleged to involve, or whose subject-matter is alleged to be, a firearm, a cross-bow, a prohibited weapon, a restricted weapon, a prohibited device, any ammunition or prohibited ammunition or an explosive substance, and that is alleged to have been committed while the accused was under a prohibition order within the meaning of subsection 84(1), including a release order made under this section, that prohibited the accused from possessing any of those things; 2019, c. 25, s. 225(6) (4) Paragraph 515(6)(b.1) of the Act is replaced by the following: (b.1) with an offence in the commission of which violence was allegedly used, threatened or attempted against their intimate partner, and the accused has been previously convicted or discharged under section 730 of an offence in the commission of which violence was used, threatened or attempted against any intimate partner of theirs; (b.2) with an offence in the commission of which violence was allegedly used, threatened or attempted against a person with the use of a weapon, and the accused has been previously convicted, within five years of the day on which they were charged for that offence, of another offence in the commission of which violence was also used, threatened or attempted against any person with the use of a weapon, if the maximum term of imprisonment for each of those offences is 10 years or more; 2015, c. 13, s. 20 (5) Subsection 515(13) of the Act is replaced by the following: Victim’s and community’s safety and security (13) A justice who makes an order under this section shall include in the record of the proceedings a statement that the justice considered the safety and security of every victim of the offence and the safety and security of the community when making the order.

Criminal Code  Conservatives voted with the other parties, so all parties voted together, on the vast majority of the amendments, including those around ghost guns. That is important because ghost guns are of a critical nature. We have seen an explosion of the use by criminals of untraceable firearms across the country, so the ghost gun provisions are absolutely essential. Law enforcement has been calling for them for some time. In the United States, the Biden administration has seized over 20,000 ghost guns used in the commission of criminal acts over the course of the past year.

Public Safety committee  In French, since the phrase “de tels objets” is defined in subsection (4), there is no change to paragraph 117.05(4)(b) of the Criminal Code, which still reads: where the justice is satisfied that the circumstances warrant such an action, order that the possession by that person of any weapon, prohibited device, ammunition, prohibited ammunition and explosive substance, or of any such thing, be prohibited during any period, not exceeding five years, that is specified in the order, beginning on the making of the order.

Public Safety committee  This amendment would replace lines 31 to 36 on page 2 with the following: 110.1(1) A member of the immediate family of a person or a person who resides with that person, or an organization authorized to submit an application on their behalf, a peace officer or a medical professional may make an ex parte application to a provincial court judge for an order prohibiting the person against whom the order is sought from possessing any firearm, cross-bow, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, ammunition, prohibited ammunition or explosive substance, or all such things, if they believe on What this amendment does is make immediate family members or cohabitating persons eligible to file an ex parte on the request, and it lowers the chance of malicious false claims.

Privilege  The fact that members on the side opposite, that government bureaucrats and that entities at the very highest level of government knew and sat on information of such an explosive nature for two years and did nothing is an indictment of the government and of the systems and apparatuses it has set up. They have failed to protect Canadians. This morning, I was able to bring my children to Parliament Hill.

Government Business No. 25—Proceedings on Bill C-21  moved: That, notwithstanding any standing order, special order or usual practice of the House, Bill C-21, An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms), be disposed of as follows: (a) it be an instruction to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, that during its consideration of the bill, the committee be granted the power to expand its scope, including that it applies to all proceedings that have taken place prior to the adoption of this order, to: (i) address unlawfully manufactured, unserialized and untraceable firearms, electronic in nature or otherwise, including their parts, that can be purchased online and/or assembled at home by amending the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act, (ii) address the illegal acquisition of cartridge magazines by requiring a Possession and Acquisition License to purchase cartridge magazines, (iii) amend the definition of “prohibition order” and provisions relating to prohibition orders (sections 109 and 110) to include prohibiting a person from possessing any firearm, crossbow, prohibited weapon, restricted weapon, prohibited device, firearms part, ammunition, prohibited ammunition, or explosive substance, or all such things, (iv) amend the definition of “prohibited firearm” in the Criminal Code to include a further technical description for an assault-style firearm and criteria that includes any unlawfully manufactured firearms, (v) allow for an amendment that will ensure a statutory review of the technical definition proposed in paragraph (iv) above, (vi) amend the Criminal Code as it relates to the proposed definition of prohibited firearm, (vii) add a definition of “firearm part”, which means to include a barrel for a firearm, a slide for a handgun and any other prescribed part, but does not include, unless otherwise prescribed, a barrel for a firearm or a slide for a handgun if that barrel or slide is designed exclusively for use on a firearm that is deemed under section 84(3) not to be a firearm, (vii.1) add new offences, and exceptions to the offences, relating to a firearm part or relating to computer data and provide for their enforcement and provide for the court to impose restrictions in relation to firearm parts; (vii.2) expand the concept of orders under section 117.011 to include orders in respect of access to a firearm part, (viii) add a new definition of “semi-automatic”, which, in respect of a firearm, means that the firearm to include a firearm that is equipped with a mechanism that, following the discharge of a cartridge, automatically operates to complete any part of the reloading cycle necessary to prepare for the discharge of the next cartridge, (ix) add a non-derogation clause affirming the rights enshrined under section 35 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, (x) allow for the addition of a regulation-making authority and definition respecting unregulated firearms, (xi) make any consequential or technical amendments; (b) during consideration of the bill by the committee: (i) the committee shall have the first priority for the use of House resources for committee meetings, (ii) amendments filed by independent members shall be deemed to have been proposed during the clause-by-clause consideration of the bill, (iii) not more than 20 minutes be allotted for debate on any clause or any amendment moved, to be divided to a maximum of five minutes per party, unless unanimous consent is granted to extend debate on a specific amendment, and at the expiry of the time provided for debate on an amendment, the Chair shall put every question to dispose of the amendment, forthwith and successively without further debate, (iv) the committee shall meet between 3:30 p.m. and midnight on the two further days following the adoption of this order, (v) if the committee has not completed the clause-by-clause consideration of the bill by 11:59 p.m. on the second day, all remaining amendments submitted to the committee shall be deemed moved, the Chair shall put the question, forthwith and successively without further debate on all remaining clauses and amendments submitted to the committee as well as each and every question necessary to dispose of the clause-by-clause consideration of the bill, and the committee shall not adjourn the meeting until it has disposed of the bill, (vi) a member of the committee may report the bill to the House by depositing it with the Acting Clerk of the House, who shall notify the House leaders of the recognized parties and independent members, and if the House stands adjourned, the report shall be deemed to have been duly presented to the House during the previous sitting for the purpose of Standing Order 76.1(1); (c) not more than one sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration of the bill at report stage and on that day the ordinary hour of daily adjournment shall be midnight, and, not later than 11:59 p.m. or when no member rises to speak, whichever is earlier, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this order, and in turn every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment; (d) not more than one sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration of the bill at the third reading stage and on that day the ordinary hour of daily adjournment shall be midnight, and that, not later than 11:59 p.m. or when no member rises to speak, whichever is earlier, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this order, and in turn every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment; and (e) on the sitting days the bill is considered at report stage and the third reading stage, after 6:30 p.m., no quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for unanimous consent shall be received by the Chair.

Public Safety committee  I also note that item (e) of amendment G‑4 was removed from the definition of what constitutes a “prohibited firearm”, which stated “a firearm that is capable of discharging a projectile with a muzzle energy exceeding 10 000 Joules, other than a firearm designed exclusively for neutralizing explosive devices,”. Item (f), which stated “a firearm with a bore diameter of 20 mm or greater, other than a firearm designed exclusively for neutralizing explosive devices,” has also been removed.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It arbitrarily breaks apart communities of interest and is predicated on the fundamentally flawed proposition that even though northern Ontario's population has grown since the last boundary changes, it isn't growing as fast as the explosive population growth in suburban-urban southern Ontario. From this flows the second false promise: that rural Ontario is now somehow overrepresented in Parliament and must give up a seat to accommodate the suburban-urban south.

Democratic Institutions  Speaker, the question was for the Prime Minister, and he should have the courage to stand up and answer it. The former head of CSIS indicates that a briefing note with explosive revelations about a threat against the family of a member of Parliament would have been brought to the Prime Minister's top advisers. His top adviser says everything is brought to the Prime Minister.