Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member just has to wait a few moments until the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness gets up to speak and she will see what I mean by dividing Canadians. The idea that the minister has set out is that if we do not support this bill, we are somehow bad Canadians and are not in favour of protecting national security, while what we set out to do with the amendments in this bill and in our debate was to make it a better bill, one that all Canadians could support and one that would be more effective in protecting our national security interests.

Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise with some regret today to speak to Bill C-44 at report stage. This comes from the fact that when the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness introduced this bill, he said he wanted all-party support on a very important national security matter. On this side of the House, we took him seriously and looked forward to having a full debate and discussion about what we could best do to combat some of the serious problems we face.

Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act  Mr. Speaker, does the member have any comment on the amount of time the government allowed for the bill to be dealt with before debate was limited in the House and also in committee, and the impact of that on whether this really will be an effective bill?

Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act  moved: Motion No. 3 That Bill C-44 be amended by deleting Clause 10. Motion No. 4 That Bill C-44 be amended by deleting Clause 11. Motion No. 5 That Bill C-44 be amended by deleting Clause 12.

Correctional Service of Canada  Mr. Speaker, let us try this again. Edward Snowshoe needed treatment for depression. Instead, he was left in solitary confinement for 162 days, and then he finally took his own life. The Correctional Investigator has repeatedly warned of the danger of the overuse of solitary confinement.

Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca  Mr. Speaker, whether it is a national child care program, restoring a federal minimum wage to a living wage level, or fighting to keep home delivery of our mail, New Democrats have practical solutions for making life both more affordable and more fair. In my riding, we face imminent threats to achieving a more sustainable community and protecting existing jobs in tourism, recreation, and fishing.

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, this week we have reports of the stoning to death of two gay men in Syria. That is the reality too many LGBT refugees face around the world. When seeking asylum in Canada, LGBT refugees rightly fear disclosing their status for fear that the basis of their claim will be revealed and violence will follow.

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, the report tabled by the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner today paints a troubling picture. RCMP flights took off overweight and then logs were falsified to cover it up. This report raises concerns from both a safety and an integrity perspective. What is even more alarming is the lengths the Conservatives went to in order to keep this report from being public.

Privacy  Mr. Speaker, the Conservative government's instinct for secrecy has reached new and absurd heights. A newly revealed memo released under an ATIP request shows that when telecom companies decided to tell the public how often they share subscriber information with the police and intelligence officials, it was flagged as a security concern, and the minister's officials scrambled to figure out how to limit what information the telecom companies could disclose.

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, in the wake of the Liberal sponsorship scandal, the Office of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner was created to give principled whistleblowers a place to go. Conservatives promised it would stop corruption and abuse. Now, La Presse is reporting that serious allegations of abuse within the RCMP are contained in a report from the integrity commissioner.

Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act  Mr. Speaker, on the same point of order. While the member may not be breaching a specific rule here, he is breaching the spirit of debate in the House and taking a complete departure from the reality of what is going on inside the House. I heard no one sneer at hunters and fishers, and no one laughing at him, but if he continues in this manner, it is going to undermine his credibility as a speaker completely.

Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act  Mr. Speaker, at the beginning, I was pleased to see the minister staying for the debate, but I wonder if the member for Malpeque thinks like I do that perhaps his extreme agitation is because of the shaky ground he is standing on with regard to this bill. We heard the minister, during his remarks in the chamber, promise to change the classification of two guns.

Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act  Mr. Speaker, as I said in my speech, I am concerned that there was not a broader range of people consulted about the impacts of the bill—in particular, in-depth consultations with the law enforcement community—on the very questions he raising. However, there are also many groups working in Montreal and Toronto, in particular, which are trying to reduce gun violence on the streets.

Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act  Mr. Speaker, I have two points. I am a former municipal police board member, and I have done a lot of international policing work. It is very rare to come across police who believe that gun regulations are red tape. Police are very supportive of reasonable regulations. They do not want extra forms.

Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act  Mr. Speaker, that is exactly my point. Public safety has to be our first concern in any of the changes we are making to gun licensing and gun regulations. However, I would also like to remind the House that, when the gun registry was being eliminated, the Conservatives were saying that was all we needed to do.