Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   in this House for their election to the 43rd Canadian Parliament. I would like to reiterate the sense of honour and privilege that I feel in having the opportunity to serve my neighbours in Milton. My neighbours and I ran a really long campaign, over a year. We knocked on doors for about

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply   gear, people willing to coach him and after this viral tweet, fans from across Canada and the world. This heartwarming story is a good reminder of two very important things. The first is that being Canadian is about the kindness that we strive for every day, our commitment

Coldest Night of the Year Walk   of this event in Milton. They are both in their nineties now, and they have walked every single year, true champions of this cause. Our government introduced Canada's first-ever poverty reduction strategy, and the recent Canadian income survey indicates that over one million Canadians have

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   as you see fit. Chief Belleau, you've already touched on the subject a bit, so if you'd like to elaborate a bit, that's fine. Perhaps your colleagues will go first so that you can hear their take on it as well. My question is specific to women, children and mental health. I'm hoping

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   I guess I will direct it first to Mr. Ejesiak, but somebody else might have follow-up afterwards. Mr. Ejesiak, the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency has two COVID-19-related support systems for small and medium-sized businesses in the north, the $15-million northern

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you so much to all the witnesses today, here on site. It's been so valuable. First I'd like to acknowledge that I'm on the traditional unceded Algonquin and Anishinabe territory in Ottawa, in our nation's capital. Given that we

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee   communities. I'd love to hear from everybody, so I'd ask you, if you could, to keep your interventions brief. Then we can hear from everybody. I think I'd start with Chief Poitras, if I could, to more thoroughly understand how the supports with respect to mental health can be better

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thanks, Chief. Mr. Jackson, my dad and I watched a lot of North of 60 when I was growing up but we also watched a lot of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and when you appeared on that show, it very cool to see a Canadian and an indigenous person represented in space. Could you

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Before I start, I would like to acknowledge that I'm on the sacred territory of the Haudenosaunee, the Huron-Wendat and many first nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. My questions will focus on youth. Minister Miller, we know

Criminal Code   these consultations, approximately 300,000 Canadians completed an online questionnaire. In addition, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, the Minister of Health and the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion met with experts and stakeholders

Business of Supply  —James Bay. I just heard a really good idea: that we investigate how we can help students. With all of the things going on right now in Canada, whether it is everything going on in Nova Scotia with the Mi'kmaq and the lobster fisheries or other various first nations issues, I would

Business of Supply   on much longer, but I would ask my friendly colleague opposite from Carleton if he thinks we have spent too much helping Canadians over the last eight or nine months at the most difficult time in the history of the world, and—

Criminal Code   with disabilities, that the benefit we have promised is too little and too late and that we must continue to do more for Canadians with disabilities, in particular, with regard to mental health.

Bills of Exchange Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise again to express solidarity with my colleague and to thank him for teaching me so much about Mi'kmaq culture and for speaking the Mi'kmaq language in the House of Commons for the first time. His interventions and interjections on the committee we mutually

Criminal Code   be abolished. Sexual diversity is part of the human experience. Efforts to change and to limit that diversity cause harm, and that harm needs to end. Stopping this harm will protect LGBTQ2+ people throughout Canada, but putting an end to this harm will also benefit Canada overall. We know