Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, this evening, some members will vote against this bill for conflicting reasons. The government will have accomplished that. With regard to conscientious objection, I believe that, if certain people do not want medical assistance in dying because of conscientious obj

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I would first like to tell you that I will share my time with my colleague from Windsor—Tecumseh. As a new member, I had, for my very first experience on a committee, the immense privilege of sitting on the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying. It was

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, when we asked Department of Justice and Department of Health officials to identify the legal or legislative basis for the reasonably foreseeable natural death clause, they referred us to the minister. I am not yet convinced that this clause, which nobody really see

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the mandate letter to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, as it pertains to the development of a Canadian poverty reduction strategy: (a) what timelines have been set by (i) the Minister, (ii) the Department; (b) what (i) stakeholders, (ii) o

Access to Information  Madam Speaker, the Liberals promised major reforms to access to information. They promised to give the commissioner order-making power, namely the power to force the government to make information public. However, the Liberals also want to give the minister veto power to say no

Physician-Assisted Dying  Madam Speaker, this is starting to look like another broken promise. Let us now talk about another mismanaged file: medical assistance in dying. The government keeps talking about the Supreme Court's June 6 deadline as justification for limiting debate and refusing to work with

Medical Assistance in Dying  Mr. Speaker, after applauding Quebec's non-partisan approach in dealing with medical assistance in dying, the Liberal government is taking the exact opposite approach. It is stifling debate, refusing to listen to experts about the constitutionality of the bill, and rejecting the

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I got into politics to try to help make people less cynical about politics. I believe that what happened yesterday only made people more cynical. As I said from the outset, I was lucky because the first parliamentary committee I sat on is a committee where we were a

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question. Indeed, taken out of context, my words could have meant a lot of things. The key word in his question is “parallel” because yesterday I was indeed drawing a parallel. From my experience working on domestic abuse cases, often in

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Nanaimo—Ladysmith. Before I comment on the matter before us this morning, I would like to make a comparison with the discussions we had about Bill C-14. The discussion started off well enough. I am very happy to have be

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, before I speak to the topic we are discussing this morning, I want to remind the minister that we are not debating Bill C-14 because of the government's actions and the Prime Minister's behaviour yesterday. I agree with the minister that our life experiences shape

Employment Insurance  Madam Speaker, I took up the cause of employment insurance when I decided to become a member of the board of directors of Saint-Hyacinthe's Mouvement action chômage in 1996. I found the Liberals' employment insurance reform completely appalling. The problem is that fewer than fo

Employment Insurance  Madam Speaker, I have spent my life serving the community. I have worked in community organizations and in a shelter for battered women. This evening, I am here to talk about employment insurance. However, when I became an MP, I never thought I would hear the same excuses here i

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, the minister made reference to comments made at second reading stage. She also spoke about the importance of listening to physicians. Quebec has been leading the way on this issue, so I think that the government should give great credence to the Collège des médecin

Canada Border Services Agency  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to hear that the Auditor General's report was at least well received by the CBSA and the government. I also know that the Canada Border Services Agency is well aware of its mission, which involves risk assessment. That being said, I just spoke about a l