Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act  moved: Motion No. 9 That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 8.

Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act  moved: Motion No. 11 That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 10. Motion No. 12 That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 11. Motion No. 13 That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 12. Motion No. 14 That Bill S-7 be amended by deleting Clause 13.

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, I would like, through you, to ask the Prime Minister this question. If he could cast his mind back to when he was an opposition leader, imagine a prime minister, maybe a Liberal with a majority, who decided to practice legislative alchemy to magic away a law that was

Digital Privacy Act  Mr. Speaker, the hon. Minister of Industry is here in an unenviable position in that the government House leader moves time allocation on bills over and over again. This has the effect of reducing the ability of smaller parties, such as my own, as the leader of the Green Party, t

Digital Privacy Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order and would appreciate your guidance on this, but it is a question of relevance. I understand that the government House leader can at any point rise to put forward such a motion as the one to put time allocation, yet again, on another governm

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition today from residents of Saanich—Gulf Islands who are concerned about accountability within the overseas development assistance budget and the activities of what used to be CIDA but what is now part of DFATD. The Official Development Assi

Creation of Small Business Impact Assessment Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-682, An Act to amend the Department of Industry Act (small businesses). Mr. Speaker, it is my honour today, along with my colleague from Thunder Bay—Superior North, to present for the consideration of the House a bill to, for the first time, c

Safe and Accountable Rail Act  Mr. Speaker, I agree with many of the comments that were just made by my hon. friend from Scarborough—Rouge River, about rail safety and the minimum amount that is now in this legislation. While, overall, I think everyone in the House sees the bill as an improvement, there is m

Safe and Accountable Rail Act  Mr. Speaker, I was dismayed that my hon. colleague from Halifax chose a bill that is primarily directed to liability in relation to rail safety to promote pipelines in his address. I certainly do not believe that pipelines carrying unprocessed bitumen to tide waters for refinerie

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition is from residents of Calgary. Over 225 petitioners call on the government to take action, following Europe's lead, to protect pollinators in Canada by acting against neonicotinoid pesticides.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present two petitions today. The first petition is from residents from throughout the Victoria region, including, within my riding, Salt Spring Island and other areas of Saanich—Gulf Islands, calling on Parliament and this House to put forward a real plan

International Development  Mr. Speaker, again, we have heard this before. I am certainly gratified to know some dollar amounts, but I do not think it is unreasonable that a parliamentarian and every MP in the House should be able to see the budget for overseas development assistance as a whole. I am still

International Development  Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening in adjournment proceedings to review and hopefully to find answers to a question that I initially put forward on April 23. It relates to funding in our overseas development assistance budgets. In past years, and for many years until recently, wh

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the muzzling of scientists under the current administration has been unprecedented. I worked in the minister of the environment's office during the Mulroney administration, and Environment Canada scientists spoke freely. Sometimes the minister was disturbed by the fo

Justice  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member has created the impression that the issues I raised about Bill C-51 are taken in ignorance or denial of the risk of jihadi terrorists. It is quite the contrary. My point, which he would have heard had he been listening, was that by creating disruption