Effective and Accountable Charities Act  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure for me to be able to speak in support of Bill S-216, a bill that would do away with the direction and control requirements currently in Canadian charities law. As I speak to this bill, I would like to recognize the excellent work of the sponsor i

Criminal Code  , seconded by the member for Pierrefonds—Dollard, moved that Bill S-223, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (trafficking in human organs), be read the second time and referred to a committee. He said: Mr. Speaker, my grandfather ha

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, now that the collapse of debate on this bill at this stage is secure, let me take a few moments to say a few thanks to all of those who have been involved in moving this important bill forward at this stage. Of course, it is very important to start by recognizing th

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is very moving that, on what happens to be Falun Dafa Day, a day when we remember the Falun Dafa community as being a particular victim of organ harvesting and trafficking in China, I can present this petition in support of Bill S-223, a bill to combat forced orga

Service Canada  Mr. Speaker, my office is being overrun with correspondence from constituents suffering as a result of passport delays. I recently received a note from Jason, whose son Mason is hoping to travel with his hockey team. Jason asked if he could pay the extra fee to have his passport

Online News Act  Mr. Speaker, I have just a simple question for the parliamentary secretary about the discussion around spreading misinformation and disinformation. Is “spreading misinformation” simply a fancy way of saying “telling a lie”? Does it mean the same thing as telling a lie, or does i

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, the member talked about expressing solidarity with francophones outside of Quebec. He would have to acknowledge how devastating it would be, particularly for francophones outside of Quebec, if his preferred scenario of separation were to proceed. It would really un

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, on another note, I encourage the member to take a look at the article I just tweeted from The Globe and Mail about indigenous women and violence, and the energy sector. Back to the main topic, I wonder if the member could just comment on some of the provisions in

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, it has been interesting to hear the government try to trumpet its work on this. Of course, members remember that it put forward a bill in June of last year, at the very tail end of the last Parliament, but instead of ever bringing that bill forward for debate, the

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure working with the member on the immigration committee. I note that she focused a substantial portion of her remarks on this bill, as did I, on the issue of francophone immigration. This bill includes another aspirational statement. It asks the mini

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, the member spoke about non-compliance in the travel industry, and he talked about the appropriate responses. Now, I wonder if the member could speak to the maximum fine that could be levied, and whether he thinks that maximum fine is sufficient, given the size and

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I believe we have fallen below the requirements of quorum.

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I rise on another point of order. On page 295 of the second edition of Joseph Maingot's Parliamentary Privilege in Canada, Maingot lists constitutional requirements regarding parliamentary procedure that must be obeyed and includes in that list section 48, which d

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I just want to be clear that I respect the authority of the Chair. We are debating a different bill tonight, and the implications for how courts might rule on what has taken place are important to put on the record in the context of a different piece of legislation

An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada's Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his good question. It is obvious that this bill does not have enough teeth to solve the problem. I spoke about some measures that I believe we should implement. I think we need to address the problems of significant backlogs. I think peop