Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to have this opportunity to speak to Bill C-26, which is the government's effort to expand and enhance the Canada pension plan. As many in the House know, the expansion of the CPP has long been a policy objective of the NDP. From the campaigns

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise in the House today to continue the debate on Bill C-14. I truly believe that this debate we are having, and the quality of the debate I have heard throughout the day, is going to be a watershed moment for our country. It is certainly going

Electoral Reform committee  I'm a rookie member of Parliament. One thing you learn quickly about this job is that it's very much a balance between being a trustee and being a delegate. Sometimes it's somewhere in the middle. On some very important questions, like Bill C-14, I consulted very widely with my

Electoral Reform committee   with me. It was the phrase “institutional changes to behaviour”, and I'm really glad you mentioned my colleague Kennedy Stewart's Bill C-237. I'm glad that it's actually making the news, because often private members' bills get lost in the mix. I appreciate that the bill would do some

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Madam Speaker, it is an honour to rise in the House today to start debating Bill C-10, or at least have my turn at it. I come from the riding of Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, all the way out on the west coast on beautiful Vancouver Island, so I do not really have much

An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians   the Liberal government off the hook. I know that the Liberal government will say to the Canadian public that it has provided oversight in Bill C-22 and that its job is done. We will not allow that to stand. There is still a lot more to be done.

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, it is nice to be debating Bill C-2 after what has gone on this week. I do not think debate on Bill C-2 is going to make the highlight reel on CPAC; let us not kid ourselves. I appreciate the comments the member made and I understand the position he is coming from

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, we have certainly heard a lot of questions from the Conservative side about Bill C-525 and how we are not supporting secret ballots and all that, but what I do not hear from that side of House is discussion of Bill C-377. In my mind that was the more onerous piece

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I appreciated my hon. colleague's speech. I want to concentrate on part (c) of the motion where it states, “targeting gays and lesbians who have been tortured and murdered; and, as a consequence, that the House strongly condemn these atrocities...”. In light

Business of Supply   of having equal votes for every Canadian, and having one Canadian and one vote. I will also take some time here to talk about some legislation that I had the honour of introducing on Tuesday. Bill C-279 is a part of this continuing conversation that we as parliamentarians must have

Canada Elections Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-279, an act to amend the Canada Elections Act (length of election period). Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce a bill that will amend the Canada Elections Act to limit the length of our elections. As we examine changes to our electoral

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, of course we in the progressive opposition will always stand and and agree with conclusive measures to help those who are most vulnerable, whether it is children, the elderly, or poverty overall. However, we are debating Bill C-2 today. That is why I am

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply   the previous government's Bill C-51, and sadly, there has been no indication from the Liberal government on repealing this horrendous Conservative legislation. More than 100 of Canada's brightest legal experts from institutions across the country expressed their deep concern about Bill C-51

Air Canada Public Participation Act  . With regard to reason number two, I have been present for the debate for Bill C-10, and Liberal after Liberal has stood up in the House and talked about finding efficiencies. For me, that is a subtext that corporations use to justify shipping jobs overseas. Third is the most important

Criminal Code   condition that causes enduring suffering that is intolerable to the individual in the circumstances of his or her condition. In Bill C-14 under proposed paragraph 241.2(2)(d), the legislation specifically mentions that a natural death has to be reasonably foreseeable. I want to know