Transport committee  , if you so wish. My name is Jean-Pierre Bazinet and I am a municipal councillor for the City of Levis. I am also president, Chutes-la-Chaudière East Sector, which includes the neighbourhood of Charny, Breakeyville, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome and Saint-Romuald. I am accompanied today

Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals and firearms) and the Firearms Act  , recognizes for the first time that animals are not just “property,” but rather beings in their own right who feel pain and are therefore deserving of legal protections. I can't overstate the importance of this change. This elevation of animals in our moral and legal view is precedent

Property Rights   and Freedoms included property rights but they were deleted in political bargaining. Perhaps particularly meaningful to my liberal colleagues across the floor, the Right Hon. Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau wrote in 1983: "I reiterate the full support of my government for the passage

Bank Act  , a number of things will need to be discussed in committee, and I will talk about those in my speech. We will therefore vote in favour of Bill C-37 at second reading, but we reserve the right to improve the bill, with the help of the other parties in this House, so that it better meets

Settlement of International Investment Disputes Act   that those agreements protect certain rights, especially the sovereign rights of the states involved, whether the agreements are between states or between states and companies. It is only natural for investors to try and make sure that they will not be divested of their property

Business of Supply  ) of the Constitution Act, 1867 clearly states that the exclusive powers of the provinces include property and civil rights, therefore they include securities. If one wants to abide by the Constitution of Canada, this initiative should not be considered. The Minister of Finance should withdraw

Public Health Agency of Canada Act   at the time under Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who was not himself particularly sympathetic to decentralization. It was she who introduced in this House a Canada health act that included a number of principles, such as universality, comprehensiveness, portability and, of course, public health

Civil Marriage Act   the same financial, property and other forms of rights as married couples, but that the meaning of the term “marriage” ought to be preserved as a union between one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. I start by making an observation. Had the people of Nepean--Carleton

Criminal Code   at the offices of his newspapers. That was not the only incident in Canada where journalists had been the subject of attack, where they have had the courage to stand up and say the right things and write the right things. Jean-Pierre Charbonneau, who is now speaker of the Quebec legislature

Property Rights   and Reformers. Property rights is an issue which transcends partisan politics. Property rights were first protected in Canada by John Diefenbaker with the passage of the Canadian bill of rights. Both Pierre Elliott Trudeau and our current Prime Minister argued forcefully without success

Speech From The Throne   safety for Canadians we believe the federal government must embrace the principle that the protection of the lives and property of the citizens must be the highest ideal of the criminal justice system. The right of Canadians to this protection and consideration must take precedence

International Bridges and Tunnels Act   metres long—which is quite long—and spans a gorge in a wonderful landscape. It is worth seeing. It is the property of Vermont and, to a lesser extent, the municipality of Sutton. I noted the positive aspects of this bill. A legal vacuum existed, and the Bloc Québécois is happy

Patent Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise to speak to Bill S-17, an act to amend the Patent Act. We in the Bloc Quebecois believe that the issue of intellectual property is fundamental and important in the context of stimulating innovation and creativity, especially in the health

An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Cruelty to Animals and Firearms) and the Firearms Act   use of animals. Of course, the definition of animal as is currently in the bill should be amended. Defining an animal as a vertebrate other than a human and having the capacity to feel pain is what will be used. As Pierre Berton would say it is furthering the animal rights agenda

Canada Transportation Act   do not know how I am going to explain to my constituents the situation we are in right now, but depending on the result of the vote on this bill, I will have to say a few words about those who are undoing the democratic work that we undertook. It is important to point out, as my