Instruction to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage  We are seeing several points of order that are clearly matters of debate. I would encourage members to reserve points of order for true points of order. We will return to the member for New Westminster—Burnaby, who can please proceed to his question.

Instruction to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage  I apologize for interrupting the member for Brampton North. There are members having various conversations who may want to ask questions of the member. I would encourage those having conversations to take them outside and if they have questions, they should save them for questions and comments.

Online Streaming Act  I do not believe that is a point of order. The hon. member for Brampton North.

Instruction to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage  The hon. President of the Treasury Board is rising on a point of order.

Instruction to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage  It is standard practice not to comment about those who are in the House or attending virtually, so I would encourage members to continue following the ruling that has already been made. We will now go back to the House leader of the official opposition.

Instruction to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage  I thank the member. The hon. Minister of National Revenue has a point of order.

Instruction to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage  We have a point of order by the member for New Westminster—Burnaby.

Instruction to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage  The member for Brampton North has a point of order.

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia for her speech. According to Statistics Canada, 75% of gun deaths, the vast majority, are unrelated to gangs or crimes. They are suicides. Harvard research refutes the misconception that people who are determined to kill themselves will find a way, but the lethality of the chosen method is important.

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, one of the reasons why I believe in repealing mandatory minimum penalties is that it is one of the calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. While there is a lot of talk of following through on these calls to action, we need more follow through. Call number 32 specifically calls upon the federal government to amend the Criminal Code to allow trial judges to depart from mandatory minimum sentences and the restriction on the use of conditional sentences as well.

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, my understanding of the member for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, from hearing her speeches in this place before, is that she generally seems to prefer less government interference. Removing mandatory minimum penalties gives more judicial discretion to remove government interference from the sentencing, so I wonder if the member could help me understand this disconnect in this particular speech she just gave.

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I am sure the member is aware that a number of years ago the Supreme Court struck down a number of mandatory minimum penalties because they were unconstitutional, specifically with respect to section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees against cruel and unusual punishment.

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I listened to the member's speech, and in it he purports that mandatory minimum penalties do not contribute to over-representation of Black, indigenous and racialized folks across the country. That is not the opinion shared by those from the Black Legal Action Centre, the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Frye Societies and the Women's Legal Education & Action Fund who have called for the repealing of all mandatory minimum penalties for exactly that reason.

Housing  Mr. Speaker, we are facing a housing crisis in this country, and my community is reeling. There are 53 people who have resorted to pitching tents on publicly owned land in downtown Kitchener, but they are being evicted at the end of the month. They are among the 412 people who we know are unsheltered in Waterloo region.

Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I will answer in English, only to ensure that I get my words right. Yes, I would agree that funding is critical. National standards for long-term care that are brought about in collaboration and consultation with provinces and territories, in my view, are also really critical to ensure that we address what we strongly agree on, which is that there is a crisis in long-term care, that we have not moved through that crisis yet, and that we need to ensure that we do so much better by our elders right across the country.