Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, when the Truth and Reconciliation Commission requested $1.5 million for research for mass burial sites, it was a Conservative government that denied the request. This member was given an opportunity to vote in favour of UNDRIP just days ago, but neither he nor his Conservative colleagues voted in favour of the legislation.
June 3rd, 2021House debate
Pharmacare Madam Speaker, with all due respect, there was an opportunity for the Liberal government to support pharmacare when a bill was brought forward. The member will forgive me if I am cynical about the government's commitment to pharmacare, as the Liberals voted with the Conservative Party not to support a pharmacare program.
June 2nd, 2021House debate
Pharmacare Madam Speaker, I asked a question some time ago and today, on Lou Gehrig Day, I want to share my discontent with the answer I received. I owe my life to our public health care system. I simply would not be here today without it, so, like most Canadians, I cherish our public health care system.
June 2nd, 2021House debate
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mr. Speaker, ALS is a devastating disease that affects thousands of Canadians. Today, on Lou Gehrig day, we think about the brave people who faced ALS with profound dignity and strength, people like Gehrig, like Stephen Hawking and jazz great, Charles Mingus. Today, I would like to recognize those who tend to remain unseen and unheralded, the caregivers. the ones caring for their parents, spouses and children who are battling this disease.
June 2nd, 2021House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Chair, does the minister honestly believe that Canada will ever be considered for a Security Council seat and will ever be considered as a legitimate peacekeeper when it fuels conflict and war, as it is doing in the Yemeni conflict?
May 31st, 2021House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Chair, according to Human Rights Watch there are 47 Canadians detained in camps in northern Syria. Of those 47, 26 are children. They are innocent Canadian children. They are not responsible for what their parents have done and are being held in deplorable, abhorrent conditions.
May 31st, 2021House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Chair, the Afghan peace talks are crumbling. There has been an increase in violence. Canada has, of course, contributed an awful lot to Afghanistan over the years. What is the government doing to ensure women and girls are protected and that their voices are included in the peace talks?
May 31st, 2021House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Chair, does the minister feel that Canada has an obligation—
May 31st, 2021House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Chair, does the minister feel that Canada has an obligation to protect and support witnesses who testify before parliamentarians?
May 31st, 2021House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Chair, could the minister tell me how she proposes to protect this witness?
May 31st, 2021House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Chair, in February 2020, the Liberal government announced that it would develop a coherent feminist foreign policy. Our global allies are increasingly moving toward a single approach consisting of interrelated and mutually reinforcing agendas of trade, international diplomacy, co-operation and peacekeeping.
May 31st, 2021House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Chair, the ministry indeed triggered consultations for a white paper on feminist foreign policy, but it is only looking at diplomacy and international assistance components. Are there plans to commence a broader process on feminist foreign policy? If so, when can we expect this to happen?
May 31st, 2021House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Chair, an example of the incoherentness of our foreign policy is when we provide humanitarian funds to Yemen and still sell arms to Saudi Arabia to use against the Yemeni people. In fact, Canada's foreign policy is so incoherent that Canada was condemned by the United Nations for contributing to grave human rights abuses.
May 31st, 2021House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Chair, I am now going to ask some questions of the Minister of International Trade. I have spent many years working to ensure that Canadian companies working abroad uphold Canadian values of fairness and justice. Of course, I was understandably excited when the government established the CORE ombudsperson.
May 31st, 2021House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Chair, the minister launched the “together for learning” campaign and has committed to refugee education, yet neither of these commitments was mentioned in budget 2021. Are there plans to back these development commitments with financial resources?
May 31st, 2021House debate