Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights  Madam Speaker, I am so delighted to be standing here today speaking to the bill from the member for South Okanagan—West Kootenay. I want to start by saying how proud I am to be his colleague in the House. He is one of the nicest parliamentarians in this place, if not the nicest.

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Mr. Speaker, the NDP agrees to apply the vote, and we will be voting yes.

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Mr. Speaker, the New Democratic Party has agreed to apply the vote, and we will be voting no.

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Mr. Speaker, the NDP agrees to apply the vote, and we will be voting yes.

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for bringing forward the motion. Of course, as a member of the New Democratic Party, I can echo much of the concern that he has expressed. We are very worried about this and the precedent that this has set. We are supportive of thi

Foreign Hostage Takers Accountability Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Thornhill for introducing Bill C-353. At a time when Canadians and people around the world are concerned about cases of hostage-taking and arbitrary detention, we are all desperate to see action in having people returned who hav

Foreign Hostage Takers Accountability Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Thornhill for bringing forward this legislation. It is very commendable. I think everyone in the House recognizes the part about bringing Canadians home as being so important. My one worry with this bill is this. I certainly ho

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, it has been reported that Russia is getting made-in-Canada land mine detonators through Kyrgyzstan. This would mean that Russia is using Canadian-made detonators in Ukraine. This is outrageous. Canada used to be a leader in demining efforts, and we should be doing

Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, today during question period, the member for Miramichi—Grand Lake used extraordinarily unparliamentary language. It was slanderous. I bring this to your attention, because it is not the first time the member has spoken in that manner. The member used hateful language

Government Business No. 30—Proceedings on Bill C-56  Madam Speaker, my colleague from Alberta spoke a lot about housing. Obviously, we hope that we could get through to the bill so that we could actually get some supports in place for people who are fighting for housing. However, my concern is around how he expects that Canadians

Government Business No. 30—Proceedings on Bill C-56  Madam Speaker, I would just like to reiterate the comments that my colleague made about the Conservatives voting against supporting a trade agreement with Ukraine. In fact, they did it on the Day of Dignity and Freedom for Ukraine, just to make it that much more appalling and ine

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the government’s participation in negotiations for a pandemic instrument or treaty: (a) what is Canada’s current position on the pandemic treaty, specifically with regard to equitable access to medical countermeasures such as drugs and vaccines, in particular (i) w

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the government’s procurement of vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic: (a) what price did Canada negotiate per vaccine from each manufacturer, and what was the final price paid per vaccine for each manufacturer; (b) what were the amounts, in Canadian dollars, broke

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for her intervention in the House today. Through the work she has done on this file and how eloquently she speaks, I have learned a great deal from her on this issue. We have heard criticisms that domestic abuse is already covered

National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague is a new member, as am I, of the international development caucus, and I enjoy working with him very much on that work. I have a couple of things. First of all, he talked about the need for Canada to play a bigger role in the world so that our alli