Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  moved that Bill C-330, an act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (landlord consent), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to stand and debate my private member's bill in the House today. I look at the two votes we jus

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Madam Speaker, I am absolutely stunned by that question. Municipalities across this country have been begging for changes. This is not a provincial issue. The provinces are very appropriately dealing with the recreational issue. The government realized that they needed the abil

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Madam Speaker, I think it is appropriate that insurance companies need to have some input. However, what I articulated is that because of the privacy rules, no one even has a right to know, much less to look toward inspecting. Insurance companies are going to have adjust and adap

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Madam Speaker, I have seen pictures, but I have not been in one of these homes. However, in my own neighbourhood there was a house that was rented out, and we watched as what appeared to be mould grew up the outside walls of the house. Then one night there was a fire. Again, this

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  This is about protecting landlords. It is about Spencer.

Donna Richardson  Mr. Speaker, today I want to pay my respects to a special friend who lost her life last week after a four-year battle with cancer. Donna Richardson was known to many of us on Parliament Hill not only as the wife of our former parliamentary colleague John Duncan, but for her ded

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, my colleague shared very powerful words in the House today. As we have been having this conversation, I know some people reflect on what happened in 2009, which I believe was an important moment in terms of the AFN and others meeting with the Pope. I wonder if my

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I want to build on the comments of the member for Timmins—James Bay, thank him for bringing this important issue to the floor today, and build on the comments that were made by the minister. I also want to note that I will be sharing my time with the member for Per

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, to have the opportunity to truly understand the issue, the pain of the residential schools and the destruction it caused for too many families and communities, we need to look at how we can move forward together. There are many ways. Certainly the apology and the w

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, of course, none of us can speculate on what will come from today's motion. However, I think apologies need to come from the heart. They need to matter. The Prime Minister has asked for an apology. Some of my colleagues have expressed concerns. They believe that a

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, having had the extraordinary privilege of sitting down with elders who did not attend residential schools and then witnessed three generations that came after that suffered the enormous impact, I think it is going to be an extreme challenge for us to continue to do

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on her very thoughtful comments today. The NDP has chosen to focus on one call to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, obviously in response to some disappointing news a few weeks ago. I wonder if she could

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the debate we are having today and the very specific nature of the debate, but I want to look at the larger picture. There were 94 calls to action, and the Liberal government committed to moving forward on all 94, about 45 of which, I believe, are under

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am going to follow up with a question I asked an NDP member earlier. It is something I have heard somewhat consistently since the motion came up. It has been asked with all sorts of respect and in puzzlement. People are asking, “Did the Pope not make an apology in

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, we have talked briefly about the three components of this motion. One is the apology and another is the financial part, but the third is about the records. I am wondering if my colleague could talk a little more on why the NDP felt that having that was an important p