Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, Inclusion BC is seeking additional safeguards for people with disabilities. Would the Liberal government consider providing each province and territory with additional health transfers to cover, under this legislation, supports for mental health and psychiatric car

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, petitioners highlight this summer's sham election in Belarus that reinstated President Lukashenko but was thoroughly denounced by international monitors. The opposition leader was forced into exile. Tens of thousands of protesting Belarusians face violence, detention

Health  Mr. Speaker, can the Prime Minister please share whether he consulted with Dr. Theresa Tam on how a federal election would be held during a national pandemic? What is the science-based approach to keep Canadians safe? If an election is called today, how will immunocompromised Can

Health  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister refused to answer the question from the member for Calgary Nose Hill, the member for Durham and the member for Richmond—Arthabaska. The question is simple: Why is he refusing Canadians an answer to a simple question on how a federal election would

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  Mr. Speaker, I had a really emotional experience a couple of months ago. I asked the Sts'ailes first nation to take me onto its land near the Harrison River to see where their people have fished since they began recording time. They have always fished there. One of the members of

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  Mr. Speaker, I would not speak to the broader treaty rights that my colleague from Vancouver Island raised today. That is a question the minister should be responding to. I will speak to first nations autonomy this evening. My first remarks I ever made in this House of Commons i

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  Mr. Speaker, it is not lost on me what happened with the RCMP. That is why it is so unfortunate that the ministers responsible are not in Nova Scotia right now, trying to defuse the situation. Regarding the broader issue of first nations' rights in the fishery and the Marshall

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  Mr. Speaker, as I said in the beginning, I have not studied the clear complexities that exist in the Nova Scotia fishery, but hopefully tomorrow the minister is going to sit down and start working out some of these questions. Maybe having a Nova Scotian aboriginal authority is th

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  Mr. Speaker, the member is right, the minister needs to be the one on the ground, eliminating the conflict and animosity between these two groups, first and foremost. My comments earlier regarding an aboriginal police force and the RCMP were speaking to a broader societal issue

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  The smile on my face is there because I am trying to reflect the mood. It is not in any way a reflection of—

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  I am responding to the issues. What we are seeing here in Nova Scotia is part of a broader societal issue that we are facing. I am concerned that what happened in Nova Scotia is only the beginning of what will start happening in other communities across Canada if Parliament doe

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank everyone who participated in this debate tonight. Before I begin, let me state what I do not know. I do not know the Marshall decisions, although I read them. I do not know the member for Sydney—Victoria, the only Mi'kmaq member of the House of

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for his very important speech and the insight he has provided as an Atlantic Canadian to tonight's discourse. What does the member think the minister of fisheries and oceans could do right now to get over the severe lack of lead

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  Mr. Speaker, Canadians across the country think that DFO is not directing its operations properly. Could the Bloc Québécois member give us an example of how the government could do better and find a middle ground for indigenous and non-indigenous fishers in Nova Scotia?

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, like a lot of members of Parliament, I consulted my constituents extensively on Bill C-7. One area of commonality everyone seemed to share was that the Government of Canada, we collectively as legislators, can do more for people to have more options when they reach a