Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the Business Credit Availability Program (BCAP): (a) how many businesses have received loans from (i) Export Development Canada, (ii) the Business Development Bank of Canada, (iii) other sources under the BCAP program since the pandemic began; (b) how many applicat

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, that is a great question. What I would have preferred to see in a bill like Bill C-7 would be something to deal with palliative care and other treatments, even before considering a bill like this. Again, as was brought up by my colleague previously, the governmen

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, what the member across the way needs to understand is that we are legislators. We are sent here by our constituents to represent them and to represent their concerns. They have clearly spoken, across Canada, about their concerns with respect to the bill as it is wr

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member, who is a good friend and colleague. Absolutely, as a parent of four children myself, it is our responsibility. We feel that responsibility especially with this bill. I have senior parents who are still alive today. My dad is 86 and mom is

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, in case I do not have time at the end, I would like to wish you, your family and those at the table a very merry Christmas. I would like to finish up my speech on Bill C-7 and my concerns. What highlights it more than my speaking for another four minutes are quotes

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I feel honoured tonight to be speaking to Bill C-7 given the many great speeches by my Conservative colleagues, who are concerned about our citizens and especially those in the disability and senior communities. I speak today deeply concerned about Bill C-7 and th

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, Chris Bos, of the South Vancouver Island Anglers Coalition, has said, “The past two years, where DFO have implemented catch and release from April 1 to August 31...it's killing the fishery and all those who rely on it for their income. They won't be able to survive t

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, recreational sport fishing provides a livelihood and/or is a loved pastime for eight million Canadians, providing over $10 billion in economic activity per year. What is the minister doing specifically to support this community?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, instead of working with groups on the water that are experts in fish conservation, such as the Public Fishery Alliance, the Fraser Valley Salmon Society or the South Vancouver Island Anglers Coalition, she simply went against sound advice and shut everything down. W

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, that is interesting as they sure do not share your optimism, Minister. This is from Dave Brown from the Public Fishery Alliance. From April 1 to August 31, there were unprecedented chinook closures placed on the public fishery around Vancouver that had devastating

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, this is from Peter Krahn, a selective fishing expert. For the 12 years since the sport fishing community has been petitioning DFO to do a similar study of a selective fishing technique called bar rigs, which is virtually guaranteed not to intercept the endangered so

Fisheries and Oceans  Mr. Speaker, what the parliamentary secretary just said sounds great, but we have actually talked to fishers on the water who are trying to implement some of these projects. I will list one. So far, the South Vancouver Island Anglers Coalition has successfully reared 1.87 million

Fisheries and Oceans  Mr. Speaker, I am here tonight because of a question we asked the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans about. She simply did not answer it. The Liberal strategy for Fraser chinook salmon has been an utter failure. Instead of implementing an effective recovery strategy for our iconic

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions today on two very serious subjects. One petition wants the government to formally recognize that the Uighurs in China have been and are being subject to genocide, use the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act and sanction those who

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition is very similar to my colleague's from Ontario, raising concerns about international trafficking in human organs removed from victims without consent. These organs are being harvested and being sold. There is a group of many Canadians who are conc