Questions on the Order Paper  With respect to the RCMP for the year 2015, broken down by province and territory: (a) how many investigations led to charges under the Criminal Code for animal cruelty; (b) how many charges of animal cruelty led to convictions; (c) how many convictions of animal cruelty led to f

World Water Day  Mr. Speaker, New Democrats strongly believe that access to clean water is a human right. In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly recognized that clean drinking water and sanitation are essential to the realization of human rights. Today is an opportunity to recognize and l

Situation in Indigenous Communities  Mr. Speaker, earlier my colleague from Timmins—James Bay told the House that the greatest resource in Canada is not oil. It is not our metals, our forestry, our fish, or our agriculture. It is our children, and our children's greatest resource is hope. It is that wholehearted opt

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, before I begin, I want to let the House know that I will be splitting my time with the hon. member for Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou. We have all been waiting for this budget for some time now, and I am honoured to stand in the House today to speak to it. Listeni

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, the member will find no argument from this particular section of the House on the need for infrastructure funding. As I alluded to in my remarks, we have been wandering through the desert for quite some time. I will agree that the Liberal budget does include some muc

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, as to the why, I am not sure I can answer that question, but it is a real disappointment. We have heard far less than satisfactory answers in the House from the Minister of Agriculture . They have been short, almost one sentence answers that gave no detail. As the me

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, as a fellow British Columbian, I am very interested to hear the comments of my colleague, the member for Vancouver Centre, on BC Ferries. It was noted in a news article last year that Atlantic Canada's ferries are subsidized to the rate of 350 times more than BC Fer

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague chose to use words like “efficiency”, “flexibility”, and a “changing” environment in her speech. It is the same old discourse we hear time and time again in neo-liberal arguments: that corporations must remain competitive in a dangerous time, and we

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, I will start by making a few comments. Air Canada is a private corporation. Everyone in this House acknowledges that, but it is a unique company in that it was privatized in 1989, and it is in the unique position of having inherited many assets that were paid for by

Sarah Beckett  Mr. Speaker, this is the first opportunity I have had to rise in the House since the terrible car accident that took the life of Constable Sarah Beckett of the West Shore RCMP detachment in the early morning hours of April 5. I want to thank the hon. member for Vancouver Quadra

Canadian Organ Donor Registry Act  Madam Speaker, I congratulate the member for Edmonton Manning for bringing forward this legislation. It is a wonderful bill. However, I have a question for him. In 2014, the NDP supported removing the ban on certain organ and tissue donations made by men who have sex with men. E

Canadian Organ Donor Registry Act  Madam Speaker, I would like again to offer my congratulations to the member for Edmonton Manning for bringing forward this legislation. I am proud to be one in the long line of New Democratic Party members of Parliament to speak in favour of this issue over the years. It is abso

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Madam Speaker, I appreciated listening to the member's speech, especially his recounting of the Prime Minister's quotes in 2012. At that time, the Conservatives were in power. I would argue that the Liberals will do something worse now, because they actually will change the act,

Instruction to Committee on Bill C-2  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate hearing my hon. colleague's comments on this. I appreciate that the Conservatives and the NDP look at the TFSA from different viewpoints, and that is fine. We in the NDP have always said that we do not want to get rid of it; rather, we want to bring the

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 of a relation