Online Streaming Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House. As I rise today, it is a bit like Groundhog Day. I am rising to speak on Bill C-11. The reason why it is so familiar to me is because I rose to speak on virtually the same bill in the last Parliament, when it was known as Bill C-10

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, a 16-year old was stabbed to death at Keele subway station in my riding of Parkdale—High Park. Gabriel Magalhaes was simply sitting on a bench minding his own business when a complete stranger, unprovoked, randomly attacked him, stabbing him three times.

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, that question allows us to outline the important initiatives we have taken over these last seven and a half years. We have put in place measures that help alleviate the burdens that are on small business owners in this country. On two occasions, we have lowered taxes

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, Blanche de Chambly comes to mind and its version with blueberries from the Saguenay region. It is important to support industries like microbreweries in Quebec and across Canada. As I mentioned in my speech, with the excise duties currently in place, the cap is 65

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the question from my colleague, who also sits on the trade committee with me. What I would say to him, quite directly, is that we are ensuring that our Canadian micro producers, whether that is for beer or wine from his region, etc., are competitive v

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, again, I highlight the member's advocacy for his sector of Niagara and the tourism that takes place there. It is critical to the Canadian economy, to the Ontario economy and to the region of Niagara. What I would put to him quite simply is that the issues I hear a

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I appreciate contributing to this evening's debate, although we had a bit of a late start. What is important about today's debate is that it is set in the context of basic issues about affordability, basic issues about rising costs and the cost of living, which i

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, my colleague talked about leadership on the global stage. We know that Canada remains the only country in the world to have created a Canadian ombudsperson for responsible enterprise. Another area of Canadian global leadership has been the environment. I want to pu

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, the member posed some questions earlier with respect to identifying issues that were much broader than just one particular part of the world. In fact, there are human rights violations occurring throughout the planet for which people need to be held accountable. I

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, building on my friend's intervention, I will take the occasion today to wish all Ismaili Canadians a very happy Navroz Mubarak, the start of the new year and the first day of spring. I appreciate the speech given by my colleague who sits on the Standing Committee

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I can say that we are all aware of the fact that there were serious threats to and serious violations of human rights around the world during the two centuries my colleague mentioned. We must not, however, lose sight of the fact that change is occurring in terms of

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, the mere fact of this debate, the issue that came up at committee, is important in terms of having a salutary impact on the behaviour of Canadian government institutions and raising this is an important priority on the part of the Parliament of Canada with respect

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for starting this debate. I think the level of sarcasm in his intervention is beneath him as a parliamentarian, but I will put that aside. With respect to the question that was raised, substantively, on the issue of this debate, it is important

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the question from the Bloc member. This type of question highlights the pervasiveness and complexity of the situation. We could talk about the fact that clothing is produced with cotton from Xinjiang, China. However, when we consider our computers, te

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I have a couple of things in response to the member's question. Obviously, I am not going to opine on the floor of the chamber about determinations made by an individual court in Ontario or at the federal level with respect to what is called the extraterritorial a