Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, as I said at the beginning of my speech, elections have a lot of non-substantial issues and some substantial issues. I rather hoped we could stay on the substantial issues. After all is said and done, historians will record that the Prime Minister consolidated all the benefits that accrued to families and to children, wrapped them into one very significant program, and that significant program has alleviated massive amounts of child poverty across the country.

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I am thankful for the opportunity to take part in the reply to the Speech from the Throne. Before I do so, I want to congratulate you on your election. You will make a very honourable Speaker. I want to express my appreciation to the people of Scarborough—Guildwood who have returned me to this chamber for the eighth time.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I too will take advantage of this time to thank the people of Scarborough—Guildwood for electing me this eighth time. I continue to be honoured by their respect shown. I will also take this opportunity to welcome my friend back. We enjoyed some interesting times on the defence committee together when he was previously here.

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the unanimous 38th report of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, entitled “Cybersecurity in the Financial Sector as a National Security Issue”. The reason this report is unanimous is that the members worked together in a fashion that would do credit to our Parliament and the functioning of committees.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, this might be an appropriate moment to remind colleagues that it is an ancient right of citizens to present petitions to the Crown, notwithstanding what the member might think. These petitioners are concerned about devices that have been planted in their brains without their knowledge and consent, affecting a variety of health issues.

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table the 37th report of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Bill C-98, an act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act and the Canada Border Services Agency Act and to make consequential amendments to other acts.

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, two reports from the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. They are the 35th report, regarding Bill C-93, an act to provide no-cost, expedited record suspensions for simple possession of cannabis, and the 36th report, regarding the Main Estimates, 2019-20.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is right; I have been here a long time. For some bizarre reason the people of Scarborough—Guildwood keep sending me back here. I am rather hoping that they will do it one more time. My comments are directed to the issue of House management, and House management is an all-party function.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act  Mr. Speaker, I have absolute confidence in the hon. member's contribution to the flow of legislation through the House. We are getting to the end of a Parliament and frankly, we should be looking in the mirror. There are times that this place is thoroughly dysfunctional. It is even dysfunctional on things that we agree on, which is really quite sad.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act  Mr. Speaker, that is a very good question. Service standards have not always been met, and this is true throughout a variety of agencies across all governments. The member's representative on the committee, the member for Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, should, as his number one concern, raise that very issue.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act  Mr. Speaker, as I have listened to several hours of speeches thus far, there have been significant concerns raised by the hon. member, such as the concern raised previously about time standards and service standards. Much of the debate, however, has been taken up with how ineffectual or whatever either the government or the opposition parties are.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act  Mr. Speaker, we have just seen a classic example of people not being able to get out of their partisan lanes. We now know that the Liberals, the Conservatives, the NDP and the Green Party agree that Bill C-98 is a good bill and that it should move forward. However, what are we going to do?

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act  Mr. Speaker, let me ask a blindingly obvious question. The Liberal government agrees with the bill. The official opposition agrees with the bill, and the NDP agrees with the bill. Why, therefore, are we not simply allowing debate to collapse rather than there being an almost express invitation to have time allocation?

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to commend the hon. member for his work as vice-chair on the committee. It has been a pleasure to work with him and the hon. member from the NDP. I would describe it as a high-functioning committee. Given that there is a general consensus by all parties that Bill C-98 is an important bill and that there has not been a great deal of disagreement among the parties, and given that the committee members work well together, would the hon. member be prepared to deal with this bill in an expeditious manner at committee, and would he be prepared to let the motion for second reading come to a vote today so that it can be referred to the committee and avoid all of the angst that comes with time allocation motions?

Jean Vanier  Mr. Speaker, last week, the world lost a great Canadian, Jean Vanier. Born to privilege, this erudite intellectual and social visionary pursued the simple idea that we are all made in the image of God, that we have “unique value”, especially those among us who have been discarded by society.