Taxation  Mr. Speaker, the reality is this is personal. I did not realize that the Prime Minister and I had so much in common. We both grew up in taxpayer-funded housing, he in 24 Sussex; me in the projects in Barrie. The Prime Minister said that low-income Canadians did not pay tax. He

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to Statistics Canada’s plan to harvest data from Canadians’ bank accounts: for each of the next five years, what is the projected revenue that the agency will receive as a result of selling information or statistics obtained as a result of the project?

Standing Committee on Health  Mr. Speaker, it is certainly an honour to rise to speak to this motion, which we heard the member say earlier was put forward in honour of Mr. Peterson, the member's father. Certainly, it is an honour to be here and to put forward motions and bills as private members, and also t

Customs Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to follow up on what the parliamentary secretary just asked the member with regard to white supremacists. It is really difficult to understand why anybody in the House would try to put other members of the House in the same bed as extremists. It undermin

Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Chair, I want to thank the member for helping to bring this debate to pass. I really do hope tonight is not just a debate, but a spark to bring all parties in the House and all governments in this country at all levels onside in a single movement forward, because that certain

Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Chair, specifically with respect to safe injection sites, the member mentioned that those sites could help, depending on where it was, etc. Does the member believe there should be as easy access to rehabilitation and treatment services as there is to a place to go and inject

Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Chair, I would like to thank the members for appealing to some real change in terms of dealing with the crisis itself, but also dealing with grieving parents and family members. It was just brought up that in Portugal there was a move toward decriminalization. This is not ac

Opioid Crisis in Canada  No, you didn't. That's not true.

Opioid Crisis in Canada  Madam Chair, I certainly want to thank the member for all the work she continues to do on this file to ensure that it is brought up day in and day out. One of the things that was just asked was about the Portugal model. We need to go a little deeper. Could the member perhaps sho

Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Chair, certainly prevention and education was a major theme in Portugal. In our report, “Care and Compassion: Fighting the Opioid Crisis”, we found that it was a major theme. It prevented people from going down this road. They met with people, specifically those who were at r

Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Chair, my office did a lot of research from around the world on harm reduction. The reality is that a wide spectrum of things are involved in harm reduction, from education right through to clean needle supply, to ensuring that whatever is being used can be put in a proper pl

Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Chair, I just want to clarify. The member said “my premier”. I will leave that alone. As we look at the opioid crisis in Ontario, we need to realize that it is spreading very quickly. I understand what the member is saying, that it is not two murders, it is 38. I completely

Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Chair, it does not matter what we call them. We can call them safe injection, we can call them safe consumption, it does not matter what language we use. There is nothing safe about injecting illegal heroin. That is why I call them illegal drug injection sites, because that i

Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Chair, we have an opportunity to talk about a strategy going forward and the member wants to know what my opinion is of the government seven to eight years ago. I do not think the Liberals are getting the point. Eleven Canadians are dying daily. The answer is not to look back

Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Chair, a week ago, I had the opportunity to stand in the House and request an emergency debate on the opioid crisis, because it is not just affecting one province anymore. It has been spreading across this country from large urban municipalities to medium and smaller municipa