Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, I believe Canada has a reputation to look after its complicity in some of these struggles and fights before anything else. I believe we would have more credibility on the international stage if we were able to give our partners around the world the assurance that w

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time with my colleague from the beautiful riding of Sherbrooke. I welcome the opportunity to debate in the House about how best to engage and defeat ISIS. I thank the House and the government for this opportunity. New Democrats are glad to

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, two pieces of the war on ISIS that a lot of us feel would be helpful would be to stem the flow of fighters going overseas by focusing on deradicalization efforts here at home and slowing the flow of money and arms, which intensify the conflict overseas. That, for t

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, although the UN Security Council has passed three resolutions on Iraq, none of them actually authorized the military mission. The Security Council, though, is requiring action to prevent the flow of funds to foreign fighters and to suppress the financing of armament

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, when the Conservatives were the government and approved this mission in the first place, they did not allocate any incremental funding to support the mission and that had impact. The forces had to find resources internally, and that impacted front-line workers and th

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member's speech. What I am especially hearing from others—and certainly the UN Security Council resolution reinforced this—is that if we can stem the flow of foreign radicals going overseas that complicates this fight in the first place, we will all

Financial Administration Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-220, an act to amend the Financial Administration Act (balanced representation). Mr. Speaker, today, New Democrats again propose legislation to require that the Government of Canada have balanced appointments, men and women, on federal crown c

Canada Shipping Act, 2001  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-219, An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (wreck). Mr. Speaker, for too long, coastal communities have been given the runaround when an abandoned vessel washes up on their shorelines or enters their harbours. I worked with a communi

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am so happy to hear this astonishing change in tone from the Conservative bench. Clearly voters have sent a different brand of Conservative to the House. I appreciate very much the strong statements of support for pay equity. I too would like to see the members all

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am hopeful we will have more opportunities to talk some of these issues through on one committee or another. I look forward to the conversation. Last night, I heard a presentation from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. It described what happened at time

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General's report, released this morning, suggested that concrete policies are needed. It is clear that the Conservatives' commitment to gender-based analysis was simply non-existent over the last term of government, so very little progress was made here s

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, we do not consent. Removing the section on implementing the task force recommendations and asking for the committee to advise Parliament on how to make that implementation would remove any real action from the motion. It would put us right back to where we were 40 ye

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am encouraged to hear the comments from my colleagues, the member for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country and the Treasury Board president. I was feeling nervous about the government's commitment because pay equity was not in the Liberal election pla

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, we have been waiting such a long time in this country that we want to establish this as a priority of Parliament and start to move forward toward finally making real change in this area. I commend the Prime Minister for his cabinet appointment decisions, but we cann

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question from my colleague. The rationale, first, is that this is a broader issue than simply the status of women. This is a nationwide economic issue. It is not just about women. It is about all of us. The second more technical reason is that the st