Anti-terrorism Act, 2015  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to stand and speak today to one of the most significant pieces of legislation to come before the House, certainly while I have been a member of Parliament. It is indeed a piece of legislation touching on the two most important topics that we ever deal with

Anti-terrorism Act, 2015  Mr. Speaker, I am extremely disappointed that the minister launched this third reading debate with an attack on the opposition by saying that somehow we are not concerned about terrorism. As one whose partner lost one of his best friends in the plane that went from Boston into th

Anti-terrorism Act, 2015  Really, Mr. Speaker, shame is the only word that comes to mind. This is the 94th time the government has used what it likes to call scheduling, but what is really closure, on important bills before this House of Commons. When it comes to debating Bill C-51, the Minister of Publi

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, Bill C-51 is so detrimental to our rights and freedoms that thousands of Canadians have come out to protest against this one piece of legislation. Now Stephen Toope, former dean of law at McGill, former UBC president, and currently the director of the Munk School of

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Mr. Speaker, I know that I have very limited time tonight, but I do want to chime in on this debate because I think, with all due respect to the very honourable intentions of the member for Saint John, it is never really a good idea to craft legislation around a single incident.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I note that the hon. member mentioned how part of the policies, which he talked about in great detail, forbid the use of advertising money to promote political candidates. Does he not believe that once someone becomes a candidate in the next election, he or she shoul

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, there is a new member of the growing coalition of Canadians telling Conservatives and Liberals not to pass Bill C-51. That is the high-tech business community. This is an absolutely critical sector of our economy, and now high-tech entrepreneurs and CEOs say this dan

Navigation Protection Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-667, an act to amend the Navigation Protection Act (Sooke River). Mr. Speaker, I am introducing this private member's bill today to restore federal environmental protection for the Sooke River by adding it to part 2 of the schedule of the Navi

Navigation Protection Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-668, an act to amend the Navigation Protection Act (Colquitz River). Mr. Speaker, I am introducing this private member's bill today to restore federal environmental protection for the Colquitz River system. Again, this is protection that was r

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to know if the member agrees with her colleague from South Shore—St. Margaret's who claimed that after the cleanup there was less than a third of a litre of oil left in the water. The second thing I would like to ask is if she agrees with her other coll

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I could not help hearing the hon. member place a lot of emphasis on polluter pay. My question is to how he understands that. My understanding of polluter pay is that it is just the cleanup costs. It does not account for damage to our tourism industry. It does not acc

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I, too, wondered. Out-of-the-world class is probably where the government is heading with this. I do not know. It is very clear that all the things we are doing along the coast in marine safety and security and all the things that are being cut reduce our capacity.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the member raises the important point that while the environment is very important, this is also about jobs. Many people on the west coast work in tourism, recreation and in areas that depend very much on these pristine waters off our coast to maintain those industr

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, first, I am sure the commissioner's statement was approved in the minister's office before it was issued. I am prepared to go with someone who has no dog in this fight, and that is the former commander of the Kitsilano Coast Guard station who said, when he was there

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise on this debate today. I think that the story of the bunker oil spill from the bulk grain carrier, the MV Marathassa, is now becoming clear, not from what the government is telling us today, but through the work of journalists, sailors, and mariti