An Act to Amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying)  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his third speech today. I had the opportunity to listen to him at the special joint committee, which helped me better understand his position. I think that no human being makes light of asking for medical assistance in dying.

An Act to Amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying)  Madam Speaker, it is a privilege for me to rise again in the House to speak about the sensitive and complex issue of medical assistance in dying. This morning, I had the honour of seconding the motion of my colleague, the member for Victoria. I would like to reiterate how much

An Act to Amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying)  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his speech. I had the privilege of sitting with him on the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying. This committee's meetings were marked by respect and a willingness to listen, and I was able to better understand

An Act to Amend the Criminal Code and to make related amendments to other Acts (medical assistance in dying)  Madam Speaker, I would like to begin by expressing my admiration and respect for the commitment and sense of responsibility that my colleague from Victoria has demonstrated in this complex and sensitive issue. I have benefited from his expertise in constitutional law on a number

Taxpayer Bill of Rights  Madam Speaker, every time I rise in the House, I am always thinking about representing the people in my riding of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot and doing a good job of defending their interests. I decided to run for office in order to improve the day-to-day lives of my constituents and

Status of Women  Mr. Speaker, gender-based analysis within the federal government is nothing new. In fact, a Liberal government committed to introducing it in 1995. It is now 2016, which means we have been waiting for over 20 years. For 20 years, the departments have been making decisions without

Main Estimates 2016-17  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. As everyone knows, Canadian household debt levels are worrisome, and that makes families acutely aware of the impact of debt on a budget. What I hear every week when I go back to my riding, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, is that peopl

Main Estimates 2016-17  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. He talked about his tour across Canada. He must have heard the same comments I hear in my riding, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot. Before becoming an MP, I was a municipal councillor for many years, and the municipalities have long been

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the parliamentary secretary for his speech. It is fascinating to hear from him that the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development met with all the provincial ministers and that this meeting only resulted in the promise of another

Physician-Assisted Dying  Mr. Speaker, the government is clearly all over the map with its bill on medical assistance in dying. After assuring us that Bill C-14 complied with the Supreme Court's decision, the Minister of Justice is now telling us that her bill does not need to comply with the decision an

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to federal spending in the riding of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot in each fiscal year from 2011 to 2016 inclusively: what are the details of all grants, loans, contributions and contracts awarded by the government, broken down by (i) the department or agency that awarded the

Physician-Assisted Dying  Mr. Speaker, medical assistance in dying is about the law, but it is, above all, about people. The Carter family fought for years alongside their mother to make it possible for people to die with dignity in Canada. Today, they are saying that they feel betrayed by the Liberal go

Physician-Assisted Dying  Mr. Speaker, the medical assistance in dying bill is historic. The government should have done the right thing. That is exactly what it did not do. Knowing the timeline was tight, it nevertheless waited until April to introduce its bill. It refused to listen to the experts. Tod

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Component, National and Regional Projects, of the New Building Canada Fund, for the amounts budgeted for projects of interest: (a) what amounts were allocated to each province and territory; (b) what is the expected number

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I am sorry that my colleague was offended by what I said. What I said is that there is a difference in how the two committees operated. I invite him to talk to his colleagues who were there the evening we first began studying the bill clause by clause and his colle