Air Canada Public Participation Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Sherbrooke for his question. That is precisely why we should all support this bill, so that it can be examined in committee, where he and his party could propose an amendment in that regard. Personally, I am quite pleased to see that the

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Madam Speaker, it is my great honour to rise in the House today to talk about the changes to the Air Canada Public Participation Act. The bill is very short, and I do not suppose that much of it is controversial. For example, I do not think that the changes with respect to the C

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Madam Speaker, Air Canada employs 26,000 people across Canada. We need to ensure that Air Canada can be successful moving forward. Could my hon. colleague explain to us how the bill would give Air Canada more flexibility to be more successful moving forward?

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, I had always been of the belief that the Conservative Party stood for free enterprise and stood for Canadian companies, private companies like Air Canada, that needed to be able to compete with our international competitors, including U.S. companies that have recentl

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, as a member of Parliament who comes from Montreal, I am very pleased that the Air Canada head office would continue to have to remain within the Island of Montreal. I would like to ask the parliamentary secretary whether or not she believes that, for the foreseeable

Tax Avoidance  Madam Speaker, I have a question for my colleague. I appreciate his passion for this matter. We are talking about Barbados, but we have tax treaties with about 114 countries. Other countries, like Panama, are also tax havens. If we adopt the resolution as it stands and agree to

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, the government recently announced plans to invest heavily in arts and culture. That includes keeping its promise to double funding for the Canada Council for the Arts by 2020. Can the minister explain how this investment in the Canada Council for the Arts will benef

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to thank the hon. member for Yellowhead for his service in the RCMP and protecting Canadians for, I believe, 32 years. That is very impressive. I appreciate the comments by the hon. member and the fact that at committee there has to b

Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act  Madam Speaker, I congratulate my colleague from London North Centre for his excellent speech. I also want to salute the RCMP. All of us on this side of the House, and throughout the House, care about the men and women in the RCMP. Whatever our perspectives are on this law and t

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for Durham for his fine defence of religious liberties. I want to congratulate him as well, for having congratulated the government on how we handled the Syrian refugees, and pointing out that many, if not most, of the people who cam

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I share my hon. colleague's passion for religious freedom, as do many people on this side of the House. I am not quite sure how the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan can presume to determine that the government is not committed to religious freedom. However

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, as the hon, member for Sarnia—Lambton mentioned, we do in Canada have a department on the status of women. However, we do not have an office of women's freedom for women's human rights abroad. I am sure the hon. member would agree that women's rights are also very im

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I certainly share the hon. member's conviction that we need to stand forefront for religious liberties across the world. I heard him say that the biggest struggles in the world today were solely religious liberties. I would like him to look at Cuba where, just yeste

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, in the same way that I do, the hon. member very much appreciates the Office of Religious Freedom and the importance of the good work it has done. Based on that speech, does the hon. member not agree that in broadening the mandate, enhancing the number of rights we a

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the first report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, entitled “Supplementary Estimates (C) 2015-16: Vote 1c under Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and Votes 1c and 5c under Just