Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's comments. ISIL is not waging a conventional war. The Conservative opposition seems to be fixated on air strikes as the ultimate tool for countering the horrors committed by ISIL. Would my colleague tell us how the CF-18s can prevent re

Madawaska—Restigouche  Mr. Speaker, I wish all members of Parliament a happy and constructive new year. I want to thank all of the volunteers and voters in my riding who put their trust in me on October 19 and chose me to be their representative in the House of Commons. Of course, I also want to take

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, speaking of New Brunswick, the people of Madawaska—Restigouche are worried about the country's economy and want to know how they can share their thoughts and concerns. Next week, I am hosting public meetings in Edmundston and Campbellton, and I invite people to come

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination  Mr. Speaker, today we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This scourge still affects many Canadians. The UN recently examined contemporary forms of racism and intolerance, which are much easier to disseminate via the Internet. In this contex

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to share my thoughts on Bill C-14. I had the privilege of sitting on the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying. Along with the members of the committee, made up of 11 of our colleagues and five senators, I beli

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, my colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent's question is an excellent one. The words “reasonably foreseeable” can cause some confusion from a legal point of view. What is reasonably foreseeable? There are many ways to interpret those words. It is true that those words do

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I am not sure I understood my colleague's question correctly. The independence of doctors is not included anywhere in the bill. Doctors can in fact be independent, because two doctors are needed to approve the consent when a competent adult is seeking medical assis

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his excellent question. He definitely must have read the report produced by the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying, which recommends taking a long, hard look at palliative care and developing a policy on the issue. Because

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I would like to first thank my colleague for his comments, which will make us carefully reflect on Bill C-14. We should reflect on what is at the very heart of the debate on the Carter case and the Supreme Court decision. In one passage of the Supreme Court ruling

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, as we all know, Canadians often head to Service Canada offices when they need to engage with our government. For quite some time now, people in Madawaska—Restigouche have been complaining about the service and the long delays they have to deal with when they are app

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I listened closely to our colleague's comments and concerns. I attended public hearings during which the Canadian Medical Association said that freedom of conscience for doctors who would be responsible for providing care related to medical assistance in dying woul

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, francophone communities across the country have always contributed to Canada's culture and history. However, the francophone immigration program established in 2012, known as the francophone significant benefit program, was abandoned after only two years. Francophon

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I must admit that I have been very touched by all the praise that our colleagues in the opposition benches have been heaping upon people from the Maritimes, their abilities and their potential. Not that long ago, however, their outgoing leader said to anyone who woul

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her excellent question. As a New Brunswicker with an Acadian background, I am very proud to see a government finally officially stand up and say that the next appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada will go to a judge who is functionally

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. In the past, the outgoing leader of the official opposition party acted in an extremely cavalier and disrespectful manner towards the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. This just goes to show how much culture shock p