Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend my colleague from Saint-Maurice—Champlain for his extremely positive speech. I say “extremely positive” because the speech given by the member for Outremont was decidedly negative. I think that is why Canadians chose the Liberal Party in the l

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, I listened very attentively to the hon. member for Outremont, and he sounded quite angry in his speech, not his best look. I got elected to this place, and hopefully other members will recognize that up until this point I have never once got up in this House and sa

Air Canada Public Participation Act  —changing the official bilingual status of Air Canada, and that Air Canada is still required to provide all services in French and English. How does the member for Outremont suddenly raise the issue of bilingualism when he knows very well that is not the subject of this proposed

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, I think everyone in the chamber is absolutely wonderful. I have a question for the member for Winnipeg North. As the hon. member is well aware, Air Canada has more than 28,000 jobs. There are no legal requirements, other than to keep the head office in Montreal, or

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the hon. parliamentary secretary on her excellent comments. I am very pleased that the Air Canada head office needs to remain in Montreal, and I understand the obligations of the bill to retain Air Canada jobs in maintenance in Quebec, Ontario, and Ma

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the second report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, in relation to Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying).

Côte Saint-Luc Senior Men's Club  Mr. Speaker, today we are joined by over 125 residents of my riding. Of course, they have not arrived yet. The Côte Saint-Luc Senior Men's Club is the largest senior men's organization in Quebec. With over 520 members, it plays a huge role in the life of our community. Whether

Holocaust Remembrance Day  Mr. Speaker, Yom HaShoah approaches. It is the day we remember the victims of the Holocaust; the men, women, and children who were executed in the fields of Ukraine; those who were murdered in the gas chambers of Auschwitz and Treblinka; those assigned to slave labour who starved

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague from Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas on her excellent speech. I very much appreciate the conversations I have had with her on this subject, and I appreciate what I have learned from her in her experience with working with teenagers.

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his very wise words. I imagine that as one of the MPs who wrote the dissenting report, he must be generally pleased. In drafting the bill, the government really took a look at the dissenting report. I would like to ask a

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, it is clear that the hon. member is very passionate about life, and that certainly comes through in what he has said. I want to ask the member about his comments with respect to the Supreme Court. He seems to believe that the Supreme Court needs to defer to the will

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to answer my friend and colleague. I will answer him in a less aggressive tone. Frankly, I believe that the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner already answered that question. She said that the rules have not been broken. My colleague mai

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I believe I have a limited amount of time to speak in this debate, probably not as long as the hon. member for Eglinton—Lawrence used in the questions and comments period. However, that is good, because to be honest, when I was first elected to Parliament, I did not

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Madam Speaker, that is true. I was a mayor in the region of Montreal. Since the forced mergers in 2001, the MUC has not existed in that name, so technically we would certainly want to amend the law for that reason. As I mentioned in my speech, the situation has changed in 27 yea

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Madam Speaker, what the Prime Minister was speaking of was a deal with a foreign country, where Canada's reputation abroad is at issue. We are talking now about amending the law. There was no signed agreement related to the federal government adopting a law. These were terms laid