Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives place emphasis on all the things that should be done before a safe consumption site is put in place, such as looking at the evidence. In Vancouver, there has not been an increase in crime rates anywhere around the safe injection site at Insite. We h

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Mr. Speaker, if I omitted to say that it is only international mail, I apologize. I do not write my remarks out. It is clearly intended to deal with letters that are mailed internationally. However, those letters mailed internationally could be from Canadian citizens. It is a que

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Mr. Speaker, I understand that we need a broader strategy. When we had the previous bill, Bill C-2 at the time, the Respect for Communities Act, so branded by the previous government, we needed to get rid of a lot of the provisions that were making it extremely difficult, close

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Mr. Speaker, I think the answer to the hon. parliamentary secretary's question is that it was something in the order of 16 months, or perhaps even longer, for the groups in Montreal to get the safe consumption sites. I wanted to point out for the hon. member for Oshawa that the

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present an amendment to the bill, but I want to say that it is extremely important that this legislation be passed and that we move expeditiously on the fentanyl crisis. The opioid crisis is a national public health crisis, and for the first time in my life

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  , seconded by the member for Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères, moved: Motion No. 2 That Bill C-37 be amended by deleting Clause 53.That Bill C-37 be amended by deleting Clause 53.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present two petitions this morning. The first petition is from residents of the Toronto area primarily. They are calling on the government to exercise precautionary principles in relation to the damage to pollinators done by neonicotinoid insecticides. The

Petitions  The second petition, Mr. Speaker, is from residents of Chilliwack as well as Boston Bar and Westminster areas. The petitioners are calling on the government for an outright ban on genetically modified organisms.

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I recognize my colleague's efforts to draw an analogy for why investor-state agreements are useful. He only criticized the NDP for its opposition. I guarantee the hon. member that I oppose investor-state agreements more. I have never voted for them at all and unfortu

Petitions  The second petition, Mr. Speaker, is from residents of Vancouver Island. The petitioners hope that the House of Commons will put together a plan to confront the crisis of homelessness. They in particular point to the national affordable housing program as envisioned by the Canadi

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present two petitions to the House today. The first is from constituents primarily in the Toronto area. The petitioners call upon the government for mandatory labelling of any consumer products, including genetically modified organisms.

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, my friend from Edmonton West appears unaware of the litany of cases Canada has lost where the motivation for taking action was to protect public health and protect the environment, such as regulating against a toxic gasoline additive. I do not know why anyone would w

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, I agree with my hon. friend and colleague, the parliamentary secretary, that if the government engages in a consultation it should listen to what it heard. What it heard was overwhelming support for proportional representation from more than 80% of the witnesses who

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in adjournment proceedings this evening to return to a question I originally asked on February 1. The House will recall, because we have spent today discussing the subject of electoral reform, that it was on February 1 that the Prime Minister cha

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I certainly do not agree that the report that was tabled lacked consensus. It was a majority report. I do wish it had had all five parties around the table in agreement. The clear question was the one that we put in the report. People would have a choice in a ref