Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, that is a good question. I have a lot of questions about the Conservative leader's positions. For example, to me, his decision to vote against supporting Ukraine was unacceptable. The leader of the Conservative Party claims to be the leader of accountability, excep
February 27th, 2024House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, that is an excellent question. I think the member should be asking the minister in charge of the file how the heck that happened. The issue is that the government is giving out enormous sums of money to groups like McKinsey, which has a very dodgy record on everythi
February 27th, 2024House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise, and I will be sharing my time with the member for Courtenay—Alberni. The question of how public money is spent or misspent is a fundamental question of an obligation for parliamentarians, because the Canadian people do not need to pay attent
February 27th, 2024House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I was on the committee that looked into the spending. We looked at Baylis Medical. We looked at Palantir. We looked at WE Charity. We found no evidence on Baylis. There were certainly many questions about WE, but the question about the spending on ArriveCAN, to me, i
February 27th, 2024House debate
Shannen Koostachin Mr. Speaker, we are on the 12th anniversary of Parliament's passing the “Shannen's Dream” motion, named in honour of the young Cree leader Shannen Koostachin, who stood up to challenge the systemic denial of rights for indigenous children. Shannen had never seen a real school. Ch
February 26th, 2024House debate
Government Orders No. 35—Extension of Sitting Hours and Conduct of Extended Proceedings Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, my Conservative colleague is correct, and it is unfair to make these comparisons. The leader of the Conservatives was in the House to vote against Ukraine.
February 26th, 2024House debate
Government Orders No. 35—Extension of Sitting Hours and Conduct of Extended Proceedings Mr. Speaker, I am very wary in doing this. I do not think I have ever made a point of order while interrupting a colleague's speech, whose speech is very important, but it is important to raise my concern. This is about a motion instructing the House to be able to get legislation
February 26th, 2024House debate
Government Orders No. 35—Extension of Sitting Hours and Conduct of Extended Proceedings Mr. Speaker, the Conservative member then made personal attacks against the Prime Minister. We need to focus on the motion at hand—
February 26th, 2024House debate
Government Orders No. 35—Extension of Sitting Hours and Conduct of Extended Proceedings Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I know that we are not supposed to say when someone is not in the House, and it should be fair. The leader of the Conservative Party did show up in time to vote against Ukraine. Then he went home.
February 26th, 2024House debate
Criminal Code Mr. Speaker, we are about 32 days away from a legal deadline that was arbitrarily thrown at us by the unelected, unaccountable Senate, forcing us to allow people who are depressed, people who are isolated and alone, to die through medical assistance in dying. Now my colleagues ar
February 15th, 2024House debate
Criminal Code Madam Speaker, I am very concerned that you are rewriting rules in Parliament. Is the issue that I used the word “unelected”? Is that not parliamentary? Is “unaccountable” not parliamentary? It has been used in the House.
February 15th, 2024House debate
Criminal Code Madam Speaker, I would ask you to review the debates today, which I think have been very respectful. You mentioned disorder. Did anyone speaking about unelected or unaccountable senators cause disorder where it was raised? You are putting yourself in a discussion where I think
February 15th, 2024House debate
Criminal Code Madam Speaker, I asked a question. I think I should be allowed to have an answer, even if I mentioned unelected and unaccountable senators. I should not be denied an answer from my colleague.
February 15th, 2024House debate
Criminal Code Madam Speaker, I want to follow up on something my colleague pointed out that people in Canada really need to understand. Because the federal government failed to challenge the Truchon decision, the legislation came back to the House. Parliament went through it, and it was to be
February 15th, 2024House debate
Criminal Code Madam Speaker, we know that a joint committee was struck, and we heard a lot of testimony, in particular, that the process in place to make this work is not there. We need the legislation to say that the right of someone to die because there are no other options out there for the
February 15th, 2024House debate