Air Canada Public Participation Act  Madam Speaker, I agree with my hon. colleague across the way that the process has not been honoured, and I do not think that some of the major players who have been fighting for those good jobs are being honoured. For the 2,600 people from Aveos, their union is still fighting tha

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Madam Speaker, the member is referring to the actual wording. We have heard from members of Parliament from the Liberal benches that they are expanding it to ensure greater parts of Ontario, Quebec, and Manitoba will have these jobs. However, the clause that is very important is

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the motion put forward by the member for Berthier—Maskinongé in the House today is incredibly important. I want to give a shout-out to the hardworking farmers in my riding of Cowichan—Malahat—Langford. For those members in the House who do not know, the Cowichan

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I already answered that question during the course of my speech. I do not support a watered-down amendment. What our original motion calls for is the correct one. The comments with respect to not handling this issue and that we inherited it from the Conservatives

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I will agree with my colleague that we have keep the focus on the present government. I am trying to keep my comments to that subject. I have highlighted this many times. Six months have gone by. It is time to stop living in the past and start living to the presen

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, my hon. friend knows this very well. She has done an excellent job on this file. She has asked a number of questions of the Minister of Agriculture on this. However, the answers we get are completely unacceptable. There is no ownership of responsibility with respec

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, part (c) of our motion recognizes that the entire industry is standing together to call for the problem to be resolved immediately. I just want to draw the attention of my colleague from Windsor West to the quote from Mr. Peter Gould, who is the general manager a

Justice  Mr. Speaker, we are dealing with a lot of confusion on the marijuana file, because the government is refusing to have a clear conversation with Canadians. I hope, sincerely, that tonight we can get to the bottom of what actual action will be taken on this file, without hiding beh

Justice  Mr. Speaker, I am very disappointed to hear that kind of response from a supposedly progressive government. The fact of the matter is that in my province of British Columbia alone, marijuana is worth $6 billion a year. The current laws are not effective. All of that money is goin

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I appreciated the parliamentary secretary's speech. In the Carter ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada when it held up the appeal, it defined a competent adult person as one who clearly consents to the termination of life and has a grievous and irremediable medical

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 to

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I will agree with the member that the timeline is not ideal. Here we are on May 2, and June is next month and that is the deadline. This bill still has to make it through committee, come back for report and third reading, and go through the Senate before the Governor

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I recognize that everyone in the House to some extent has had personal experience with the loss of a loved one. For me, it was my wife's grandmother, who was suffering from dementia. Had we stepped back a few years with her when she was present and cognizant and if s

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, after promising to clean up Liberal patronage scandals, the Conservatives decided rewarding bagmen and donors was the way to go: 80% of the CBC's board, all previous prime minister's appointees, are conservative donors, and just last week one board member quit so he

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Madam Speaker, I want to recognize the important work my friend from Nanaimo—Ladysmith has done as the NDP status of women critic. Looking at the bill through the lens of her critic portfolio, what kind of message does it send to the strong women in the RCMP that harassment has