Income Tax Act  I will conclude by saying that we have been proposing some truly progressive things that could have made a real difference to low-income earners. I am sad to see that Bill C-2 did not live up to those standards and for that reason I will be voting against the bill at third reading.

Bill C-279 An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (length of election period)

Cover Summary BILL C-279 First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-279 An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (length of election period) FIRST READING, MAY 31, 2016 Mr.

Life Means Life Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise to speak to Bill C-229, introduced by the member for Calgary Signal Hill. Let me be clear from the outset that we in the NDP oppose the bill. Bill C-229 is based on a measure from the dying days of the last Parliament.

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Why was Bill C-12 swallowed up by this omnibus bill? Why are veterans not getting the proper care and treatment they need?

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, it is nice to be debating Bill C-2 after what has gone on this week. I do not think debate on Bill C-2 is going to make the highlight reel on CPAC; let us not kid ourselves. I appreciate the comments the member made and I understand the position he is coming from.

Criminal Code  They have looked at the ruling from the Carter decision and compared the provisions of Bill C-14 with it and have found it lacking. I have heard other hon. members in the House say that, no matter what bill comes out at royal assent, they do see challenges in the future, but it is up to us as parliamentarians to do the best we can with the time we have.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I appreciated my hon. colleague's speech. I want to concentrate on part (c) of the motion where it states, “targeting gays and lesbians who have been tortured and murdered; and, as a consequence, that the House strongly condemn these atrocities...”. In light of this specific motion, one of the problems I have had with Parliament is that we inconsistently apply our moral outrage.

Business of Supply  I will also take some time here to talk about some legislation that I had the honour of introducing on Tuesday. Bill C-279 is a part of this continuing conversation that we as parliamentarians must have on democratic reform. While we talk about how we elect our members, I think we also need to talk about some of the situations that exist around how we elect people, some of the money that is being spent, and how long our elections are.

Air Canada Public Participation Act  If Bill C-10 receives royal assent, it certainly will have that carte blanche. We want to keep those good-paying jobs. I mentioned earlier that aviation maintenance engineer jobs start at a salary of around $60,000 salary and can go up to $90,000.

Canada Elections Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-279, an act to amend the Canada Elections Act (length of election period). Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce a bill that will amend the Canada Elections Act to limit the length of our elections.

Air Canada Public Participation Act  That is reason number one. With regard to reason number two, I have been present for the debate for Bill C-10, and Liberal after Liberal has stood up in the House and talked about finding efficiencies. For me, that is a subtext that corporations use to justify shipping jobs overseas. Third is the most important reason, and maybe I will help the member by actually reading the text of the bill: the Corporation may, while not eliminating those activities in any of those provinces, change the type or volume of any or all of those activities in each of those provinces, as well as the level of employment in any or all of those activities.

Bill C-252 An Act to amend the Navigation Protection Act (Shawnigan Lake)

Cover Summary BILL C-252 First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 64-65 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-252 An Act to amend the Navigation Protection Act (Shawnigan Lake) FIRST READING, MARCH 10, 2016 Mr.

Criminal Code  In the Carter ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada when it held up the appeal, it defined a competent adult person as one who clearly consents to the termination of life and has a grievous and irremediable medical condition that causes enduring suffering that is intolerable to the individual in the circumstances of his or her condition. In Bill C-14 under proposed paragraph 241.2(2)(d), the legislation specifically mentions that a natural death has to be reasonably foreseeable. I want to know the member's opinion on that specific section of the bill.

Canada Labour Code  The two bills that would be repealed were known in the 41st Parliament as Bill C-377 and Bill C-525. These bills were not only mean-spirited attacks on unions, but they were, as Jack Layton said in his last speech to the House, part of a larger agenda by a government that preyed on the concept of dividing Canadians one from the other.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, part (c) of our motion recognizes that the entire industry is standing together to call for the problem to be resolved immediately. I just want to draw the attention of my colleague from Windsor West to the quote from Mr.