Digital Privacy Act  Mr. Speaker, I would have to say for my hon. friend from York West that I cannot offer any explanations for why amendments are rejected. We can say, though, that there is a pattern. I have had the great good fortune—and I have to say I was very pleased—that in the committee look

Digital Privacy Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to start by expressing my sincere thanks to my colleague from Terrebonne—Blainville, who just delivered a very important speech. She worked very hard on her own bill on this topic, and I think her bill should have been passed. In my opinion, her bill was far s

Digital Privacy Act  moved: Motion No. 2 That Bill S-4 be amended by deleting Clause 1. Motion No. 3 That Bill S-4 be amended by deleting Clause 6.

Digital Privacy Act  moved: Motion No. 5 That Bill S-4 be amended by deleting Clause 10.

Safe and Accountable Rail Act  Mr. Speaker, I absolutely agree with my colleague from Sherbrooke. I feel that cities must have the right to be informed in an emergency situation. I would like to add something else. It is important to point out, given that there has been no inquiry into this disaster, that in

Safe and Accountable Rail Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to sincerely thank my colleague for giving me the opportunity to emphasize this point. As I already said, cuts are being made at Transport Canada. My colleague is absolutely right: there is nothing in the 2015-16 budget to help Transport Canada increase

Safe and Accountable Rail Act  Mr. Speaker, I completely agree with my friend from Hamilton. I am a former resident of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, and it was a tragedy to see railcar manufacturing by TrentonWorks moved to Mexico by its U.S. owner, Greenbrier. It had actually experienced profits every year, but

Safe and Accountable Rail Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for Winnipeg North for that question, because it is the subject of a lot of public debate and it needs to be addressed. I know that the pipeline industry tried to seize on Lac-Mégantic as an argument for pipelines in a way that was seen at

Safe and Accountable Rail Act  Mr. Speaker, before I begin, I just wanted to double-check because I believe there was still some time on the clock for the hon. member for Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine. I thought I saw him here a moment ago, but if that is not the case, I am more than prepared to proceed. I ri

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I was here as well. I am not suggesting for a moment that the RCMP is not performing admirably, and I appreciate him calling me up short on that. As we know, we do not have a report. However, as I understand, and I have talked with virtually everybody to get differe

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague. Quite simply, it is important to preserve those privileges. We must protect our system and the principles of Parliament. The incidents raised by this question of privilege are important events that warrant a more in-depth examination.

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, yes. This has been raised a bit in this debate, but I do think that it needs to be underscored. We know through an access to information request, there was a point when the current Prime Minister was checking out the cost of taking the former U.S. embassy and convert

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I also, with my friend from St. John's East, do not intend to use the full 20 minutes. We have been talking in this place this morning about parliamentary privilege and its roots in our Constitution. I just want to review some of them. I want to start by saying tha

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I want to reiterate something that was just mentioned by the member for Burnaby—New Westminster and ask my friend from Winnipeg North about this. There have been dramatic changes in the security here that I believe do infringe on fundamental constitutional principle

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, this opportunity to discuss the role of Parliament, parliamentary privilege, security and the role of visiting dignitaries needs to be examined at PROC, and we need to go back to first principles. Parliament is supreme. Parliament is not the place of the head of sta