Protection of Pregnant Women and Their Preborn Children Act (Cassie and Molly's Law)  Mr. Speaker, it is pretty clear to me that the member's question was formulated before my speech or, possibly, the member did not listen to my speech. The law is very clear. It would not in any way change the definition of a “human being”. We are not dealing with circumstance wh

Protection of Pregnant Women and Their Preborn Children Act (Cassie and Molly's Law)  Mr. Speaker, we are concerned about any kind of any violence, in any circumstance, against women, men, and children. The truth is that this is a specific law that needs to be put in place because of the extra vulnerability women face when they want to carry their children to te

Protection of Pregnant Women and Their Preborn Children Act (Cassie and Molly's Law)  moved that Bill C-225, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (injuring or causing the death of a preborn child while committing an offence), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to stand today in support of my private member's bill, Bill C

Veterans  Mr. Speaker, Robin Brentnall, a veteran and advocate from Newfoundland and Labrador, has been denied his claim to a disability award by Veterans Affairs and the Veterans Review and Appeal Board. He so strongly believes that he qualifies that he is protesting through a hunger stri

Veterans  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals promised investments in mental health and suicide prevention for our veterans. The Liberal budget completely failed to deliver. Building two new centres for research and treatment will not address these issues. Many veterans need to travel often and ove

Situation in Indigenous Communities  Mr. Speaker, I really appreciate this opportunity we have tonight to discuss this issue. The comments from the leadership on the other side of the House as well as here have been really encouraging to me. As a member of Parliament who has three reserves in my riding, I want to s

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I have a concern about the term “conclusive diversity as a source of strength”. Specifically, I am concerned about the protection of religious freedom being watered down by the government. When the mandate for bringing the refugees into our country was shared with

Veterans  Mr. Speaker, the mandate of Veterans Affairs Canada includes keeping alive the achievements and sacrifices of those who served Canada in times of war and peace. The Liberal decision to cancel the community war memorial program is contrary to the department's affirmation that the

Citizenship Act  Mr. Speaker, in following the dialogue that has been going on about the fact that we have laws in Canada against terrorism, which obviously is a very good thing, that has been a large portion of the argument today. My question is around that. There are 57-some other countries, I

Veterans  Mr. Speaker, we learned this week that the Liberals are cancelling the community war memorial program. This program that was implemented by the Conservatives in 2010 has enabled communities and organizations across Canada to build new or to upgrade old cenotaphs and war memorials

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the president of Canada 2020 is Tom Pitfield. His spouse is the president of the Liberal Party. They are both self-described friends of the Prime Minister. Understandable. The Conflict of Interest Act is clear that one cannot further the interests of one's friends,

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, Canadians want Parliament to know the tragic story of Cassandra Kaake who was 31 weeks pregnant when she was murdered in Windsor, Ontario, just over a year ago, on December 11, 2014. Tragically there will be no justice for Cassandra's preborn baby girl Molly, who was

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, the majority of people with tax-free savings account have incomes of $80,000 or less. Sixty per cent of those individuals contributing the maximum had incomes of less than $60,000. I am not sure what the member opposite is calling the middle class. These are folks wh

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to stand today as a Conservative who was part of a government that saw our country through one of the worst depressions the world has ever seen. It required going into some debt to survive that. However, our country is not facing that kind of a dynamic rig

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, there is no question in my mind that the tax-free savings accounts, which our government encouraged be raised to $10,000, were significantly appreciated across the board by lower- income families as well as middle-income families. This has an impact my own family,