Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister broke the law on conflict of interest during his exclusive vacation for him and a few friends. When the Prime Minister was forced to admit this fact, he said, “we don't see an issue on that”. My question for the Prime Minister is this. Has he personally met with the Ethics Commissioner, and what excuse did he provide her for breaking the law?

Ethics  Sorry, Mr. Speaker, but knowing a billionaire for a long time does not excuse the Prime Minister of breaking the law. The Prime Minister can do what he wants to try to distract us and blame others, but the fact remains that this is the first time the Ethics Commissioner has decided to investigate a sitting Prime Minister.

Pensions  Mr. Speaker, the billionaire class and those hoping to join the billionaire class. Yesterday, the Minister of Finance's economic advisory panel suggested increasing the retirement age. When the minister was asked about this recommendation, he said that the government would, and I quote, “take that into consideration”.

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has abandoned his commitment. He has betrayed Canadians. A political party promises something in order to get elected and to appear progressive, but then, once elected, it shamelessly breaks that promise. I would call that a massive political deception.

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister obviously never read the report. The MyDemocracy.ca charade did not even ask Canadians if they wanted to change the voting system. However, do members know that at almost every single one of the Prime Minister's town halls, someone asked him about democratic reform?

Democratic Reform  Cyber-attacks? What about attacks on truth, Mr. Speaker? The Prime Minister is always bemoaning the fact that cynicism is the biggest problem in politics today. Promising democratic reform to get elected and then breaking that promise once in office is crass cynicism. Is he not ashamed of himself?

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, when 90% of people are in favour of a more proportional system, I think we can begin to call that a consensus. The Prime Minister made this promise hundreds of times during the election. He wrote it in his party's platform. He put it in his very first throne speech.

U.S. Decision Regarding Travel Ban  Of course, Mr. Speaker. Twitter is not my word; it is a trademark. I cannot help it. I withdraw it unreservedly.

U.S. Decision Regarding Travel Ban  Mr. Speaker, I was answering my colleague. Earlier your colleague said that there would be no points of order, but I would be pleased to respond to both at once. We are here this evening to debate an issue of utmost importance to the future of human rights around the world. When one of the most important democracies adopts an executive order that bans—

U.S. Decision Regarding Travel Ban  Mr. Speaker, the question is what we are doing for refugees generally. Whether they are Yazidis, Christian, Muslim, it does not matter. That is the whole point of this debate. Our American neighbours have just enacted a presidential decree that singles out people on the basis of their religion or their national origin for special treatment.

U.S. Decision Regarding Travel Ban  Mr. Speaker, I get the feeling the member for Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation was listening to his colleague from Winnipeg North when he said that I complimented the so-called speech delivered by the Prime Minister on this issue. The Prime Minister did not actually speak to this issue.

U.S. Decision Regarding Travel Ban  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to participate in this emergency debate to address the presidential executive order issued by Donald Trump prohibiting the travel of all refugees and individuals from seven Muslim majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Canadians are deeply concerned about President Trump's appalling racist immigration ban.

Resignation of Members  Mr. Speaker, today I rise on behalf of the NDP to bid farewell to two colleagues who, together, have served the Canadian people in the House for almost four decades: the hon. member for Saint-Laurent and the hon. member for Markham—Thornhill. It is a privilege and an honour to be elected to this place, but it is also often a tumultuous path.

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's failure to answer speaks for itself. The Prime Minister used to love to say that 2015 would be the last election under first past the post, but he will not say it any more, and neither will his newly minted minister for democratic reform. Will the Prime Minister publicly call for his new minister to begin finally drafting legislation to change the voting system, or now that he is Prime Minister, does he no longer feel it is important?

Human Rights  Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States has banned access to anyone if they happen to come from a number of Muslim countries. A Canadian ally is blocking access to its country to individuals based on their religion and place of birth. The Prime Minister talks about the importance of standing up to intolerance and racism.