Fair Elections Act   the March 2012 motion when the government had agreed that it would be tabling a bill within six months and 18 months after that deadline passed. All that time was spent coming up with a bill that we have dubbed “the unfair elections act”, which explains why the first motion

Business of the House  -23, the unfair elections act, time allocation of closure and forcing that through this morning; after these deplorable attacks, the question is very simple. Will the Conservatives stop their attacks on eminent Canadians who happen to disagree with them and what will the government

Fair Elections Act  Mr. Speaker, once again, I rise to talk about Bill C-23, the unfair elections act. We have sat through committee. We have gone through several amendments, the vast majority proposed by the government. I would love to say that I take satisfaction in knowing that two of my

Fair Elections Act   on some of the fundamental aspects of the unfair elections act. Unfortunately, they have also shut down the study of this bill with half of the NDP's common sense amendments still under debate. In good faith, the NDP proposed close to 100 ways to improve this widely denounced bill

Fair Elections Act   the current government was capable of. They read the bill, they understood it, and they used very strong language. “Stack the deck” is something that clearly suggests an effort to create an unfair elections act, the opposite of the title of the bill, the “fair elections act

Fair Elections Act   attack by first nations representatives? This electoral reform, this unfair elections act, will make it harder for aboriginal people to exercise their right to vote. It will also come under attack by students at schools and universities, who will no longer be encouraged to vote

Fair Elections Act  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my colleague for her spirited and passionate presentation on the unfair elections act. I believe we are debating the amendment moved by the member for Toronto—Danforth in which he proposes that we decline to give third reading to this legislation. I

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, last night the Conservatives disappointed Canadians and voted down improvements to the unfair elections act. The Conservatives opposed giving the Commissioner of Canada Elections the power to compel testimony. They opposed requiring political parties to provide

Fair Elections Act   of the committee is here to join in the heckling. He does not get to do that when we are at committee, but he is glad to get a chance to do it now. Bill C-23 really does deserve to be called the unfair elections act. I ask anyone watching to hear the evidence and conclude for themselves

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, it is with a certain degree of disappointment that I must rise in the House today and challenge members of the government caucus for passing the unfair elections act at third reading. It is an act widely panned as an attack on our democracy. It is a bill whose

Business of Supply   with the unfair elections act and repeatedly over the last few years. It is not only under the Conservatives that the government has been eroding CBC/ Radio-Canada's capacity to fully play its role. It started well before. It started under the Liberals. The gradual erosion of CBC and Radio

Business of Supply   it was the in-and-out scandal, illegal election fundraising, robocalls, the Senate scandal involving both Liberal and Conservative senators, temporary foreign workers, maligning a Supreme Court justice, or creating an unfair elections act, the government has been determined to undermine the CBC

Extension of Sitting Hours   that normally function that make this democratic place a democracy. Only the Conservatives can use them. It is unbelievable. If we had not been through the unfair elections act, where the Conservatives were trying to subvert the next election campaign, we would actually think this could

Extension of Sitting Hours   that there is a lot of reason for cynicism and despair on behalf of the Canadian people. They look at the unfair elections act, to take one example of one bad piece of legislation. The government seems to be unable to find one expert witness anywhere to defend its act. At any point

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act   Southwest, from representing my constituents' views on things like the budget or Bill C-23, the unfair elections act. The Conservatives continually cut off debate. I am rising to speak to Bill C-20, an act to implement the free trade agreement between Canada and the Republic of Honduras