International Human Rights Act  Cluster munitions are weapons made up of a number of submunitions. They scatter a large number of explosive devices over a wide area. These weapons are notorious for leading to many deaths and serious injuries each year. The victims are often children, since the small, brightly coloured, baseball-sized bombs do not always explode on contact with the ground.

International Human Rights Act  They continue to pose a threat post conflict by leaving remnants, including submunitions that fail to explode upon impact, becoming de facto land mines. These explosives kill and harm victims around the world indiscriminately. International humanitarian law prohibits the indiscriminate use of any weapon, including cluster munitions, and prohibits the deliberate targeting of civilians.

Status of Women committee  There was also a risk in harm for those living with emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Many colleagues worldwide described an “explosion” in eating disorders. With regard to eating disorders, the prevalence of anorexia nervosa in adolescent females is 0.3% to 0.7%, with an incidence estimated at eight per 100,000. To put this in perspective, this compares to a minimum incidence of 1.54 per 100,000 per year of type 2 diabetes in Canadian youth.

Public Safety committee  Shipley—and I don't know whether you agree with it—that is not arbitrary. There is a connection between the explosion of the handgun universe, which was increasing by approximately 45,000-55,000 new registrations a year for the last decade, and the fact that handguns are now the number one type of gun used in homicides.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Brock's question, you actually put a specific request in to the RCMP to do this chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive detection test, and they did not do that. Is that correct?

Hurricane Fiona  We know of power workers from Maine coming across the border. It reminds us of the Halifax explosion back in 1917, which killed thousands of Haligonians. A train departed from Boston loaded with medical supplies, surgeons and other medical professionals. This assistance has always been bilateral, of course.

Information & Ethics committee  Do you believe that you're set up and fully funded in a way that you'll have all the tools and resources necessary to keep up with the subject matter expertise and this growing explosion of surveillance tools that are being used?

Criminal Code  I think that actually all in this House share that concern. One of the really troubling parts of the Supreme Court decision was an explosion of misinformation online. I am not saying that it was in bad faith; it was just a misunderstanding. It was that all of a sudden there was a defence in the vast majority of cases in which intoxication might have been a factor.

Vijayalayan Mathiyalaghan  He notably served in Ukraine in 2018 as part of Operation Unifier, where he used his expertise in explosive ordnance disposal to train local forces in mine clearing. These skills undoubtedly helped save the lives of many Ukrainian soldiers and civilians in the dreadful war that ensued. In 2020, Vijay joined the Ottawa Police Service and was assigned to frontline operations with A Platoon Central.

Bill C-281 International Human Rights Act

If Parliament is prorogued or dissolved before the response is tabled, the response must be tabled as soon as feasible after the commencement of the next session of Parliament. 1991, c. 11 Broadcasting Act 4 The Broadcasting Act is amended by adding the following after subsection 22(1): Restriction — broadcasting undertakings subject to influence (1.1) No licence shall be issued or renewed under this Part in relation to a broadcasting undertaking, including one that distributes foreign programming that is — despite any measure that the Commission could take under this Part — vulnerable to being significantly influenced by a foreign national or entity (a) that has committed acts or omissions that the Senate or the House of Commons has recognized as genocide; or (b) that is the subject of an order or regulation made under section 4 of the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) or section 4 of the Special Economic Measures Act . 2014, c. 27 Prohibiting Cluster Munitions Act 5 Section 4 of the Prohibiting Cluster Munitions Act is replaced by the following: Purpose 4 The purpose of this Act is to implement Canada’s commitments under the Convention, particularly its obligations under Article 5 (Victim assistance) and Article 6 (International cooperation and assistance) of the Convention, prohibit the provision of financial assistance and to restrict investments in relation to cluster munitions, explosive submunitions and explosive bomblets. 6 (1) Paragraph 6(e) of the Act is replaced by the following: (d.1) directly or indirectly, individually or as a shareholder or partner or otherwise, acquire or have any pecuniary interest in — or make or guarantee a loan to — a person, knowing that the person has committed, or has aided or abetted in the commission of, any act referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d); (e) attempt to commit any act referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d.1); (2) Paragraphs 6(f) to (h) of the English version of the Act are replaced by the following: (f) aid, abet or counsel another person to commit any act referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d.1); (g) conspire with another person to commit any act referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d.1); or (h) receive, comfort or assist another person, knowing that the person has committed, or has aided or abetted in the commission of, any act referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d.1), for the purpose of enabling the person to escape. 7 (1) Paragraph 11(3)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following: (a) aiding, abetting or counselling another person to commit any act referred to in paragraphs 6(a) to (d.1), if it would not be an offence for that other person to commit that act; (2) Paragraphs 11(3)(b) and (c) of the English version of the Act are replaced by the following: (b) conspiring with another person to commit any act referred to in paragraphs 6(a) to (d.1), if it would not be an offence for that other person to commit that act; or (c) receiving, comforting or assisting another person, knowing that that other person has committed, or has aided or abetted in the commission of, any act referred to in paragraphs 6(a) to (d.1), for the purpose of enabling that other person to escape, if it was not an offence for that other person to commit that act.

Criminal Code  That is why one of the provisions in this bill that I particularly like is the ability to seek an ex parte motion on the strength of concerns from people who are concerned that some person may be threatening others, not just with firearms, by the way, but with crossbows or with explosive substances. This is really important. This is found under “Application for emergency prohibition order” in clause 4 of this bill, which would amend section 110 of the Firearms Act.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Brookson said there was concern during the convoy that there could be, possibly, possession of materials or explosives or other things—

Criminal Code  If we look at previous Parliaments, that might seem a bit odd for the public safety committee because we do deal with some fairly explosive issues where there is not always a lot of agreement to be found. I come at this debate tonight as a representative of a rural riding. My riding of Cowichan—Malahat—Langford is about 4,700 square kilometres in size.

Ukraine  You set your alarm for 6:00 a.m., but it never goes off. Instead, your world is shattered by the deafening sounds of explosions. You're not sure what's going on. Your phone incessantly beeps with notifications. The war has started. Death steals your mind. Adrenaline fills you. You grab your passport, stuff your life into a backpack and try to escape.

Global Food Insecurity  As my colleague said, the war in Ukraine means that there is less food globally, which is deplorable, hence the explosion that we can already see in food prices. We may be facing a worldwide shortage and famine. At the same time, we see that our farmers here need fertilizers, which are produced primarily in Russia on a global scale.