Black History Month  Mr. Speaker, February is Black History Month. All year round, but in this month in particular, we highlight the contributions of Black Canadians and Black excellence. In Pierrefonds—Dollard, we have a number of luminaries. Joan Lee is the president of the West Island Black Commu

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for that. In my remaining time, I want to ask you about Canada's presence today over the last eight-plus years with respect to being involved in multilateral organizations like the UN, UNHCR, the G7, the G20, etc., and how that contrasted with the previous governments

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Minister, for being here today. There is so much happening in the world today. I know that your job is extremely challenging at this time. I recognize that and appreciate what you're doing in these difficult circumstances. Top of mind right now

Foreign Affairs committee  I hope I get that time, Mr. Chair, that 20 seconds.

Foreign Affairs committee  Excellent. I was about to get to the question, but I wanted to thank you for the work you did around Mansour Shouman, who is a Canadian citizen and is now not detained. I know your ministry did a lot. To my question, Mr. Chair, through you, with respect to the challenges that a

Foreign Affairs committee  The conversation around foreign interference has been quite robust. We saw the concerns around Mr. Nijjar's death. That will be going to court. There have also been reports around interference in other areas, including in the Conservative leadership race of 2022 and a nomination

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for being here today. As you mentioned, the people-to-people ties between India and Canada are very important. We have a lot of Canadians of Indian heritage who still have important ties to India, and our relationship is critical

Foreign Affairs committee  With respect to visas, which are important for people to visit their families and also to come to Canada, has there been an impact with respect to the issuance of visas from Canada to India or India to Canada for people who want to see each other or study in Canada?

Persons with Disabilities  Mr. Speaker, I want to again thank the member for Kitchener Centre for his advocacy. To pick up on the previous reply, we are currently collecting the responses of Canadians who have fed into the process thus far. They are being put into regulation. Those regulations will be fi

Persons with Disabilities  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Kitchener Centre for his important advocacy around the disability benefit, for highlighting concerns and bringing them to this House. The disability community is keen and anxious to see that the benefit will be realized, and realized correctly

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a), as of December 4, the Department of Canadian Heritage has not been successful in its efforts to recover any of the $122,661 in funds that had been issued to the Community Media Advocacy Centre, or CMAC. With regard to (b), the contract with CMAC

Religious Freedom  Mr. Speaker, seven years ago, a heinous act took the lives of six men and injured 19 others at the Centre culturel islamique de Québec. Ibrahima Barry, Mamadou Tanou Barry, Khaled Belkacemi, Abdelkrim Hassane, Azzeddine Soufiane and Aboubaker Thatbi were fathers, husbands, broth

Foreign Affairs committee  I mean a local language other than English or French.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks to the witnesses for being here. My first question is for Guy Saint-Jacques. It's on the Indo-Pacific strategy with respect to how it's been received by our partners, business leaders and stakeholders overseas and by Canadians living abroad. Can