Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, the speech by my hon. colleague was delivered with passion, particularly when we are talking about vulnerable populations in our community. I wonder if the member could expand on the community safety element. This particular piece of proposed legislation broadens th

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I am glad I got another opportunity to rise and ask a secondary question for my colleague, especially when she mentioned, at the end, animal fighting and its correlation—I do not know if I should be using a statistically significant word like correlation—or its integ

Criminal Code  As usual, Mr. Speaker, the member is very passionate about the issue, particularly when it comes the vulnerable in our society, and having government step in to ensure that gaps are adequately filled to prevent further harm and protect victims. As this bill goes to committee, I a

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his speech. His passion is clearly evident in the words that he spoke this morning. I applaud him for the work that he continues to do to raise a number of issues in this House. I will preface my question with the fact tha

Elections Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, again, I want to thank the PROC committee and others for their strong study of this bill. I preface my comments by saying that I want to thank them, because they made a number of amendments to this piece of legislation and did a lot of work. One of the amendments m

Elections Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, the amendments and the act itself have made it very clear that we strongly want Canadian elections to remain in the hands of Canadians. Therefore, no foreign investments are allowed at any particular time. However, as my colleague said, if investments are made in p

Elections Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, one of the foundations of our democracy is ensuring that our electoral process is inclusive and that Canadians are given the opportunity to vote. This legislation introduces more equitable opportunities and more accessible opportunities for people to vote. In fact,

Elections Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, I rise today in the House to participate in the report stage debate of Bill C-76, the elections modernization act. The bill represents a generational overhaul of the legal framework that governs our federal elections, one of the most important events in our Canadia

Elections Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, I listened to my hon. colleague's speech. He spent some time talking about the fact we have introduced time allocation on this legislation. We know that time allocation is necessary to advance legislation and to do the work that Canadians have sent us here to do.

Elections Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, I want to go back to the beginning of the member's speech and make some very clear distinctions around the voter information card. To be clear to anybody who is listening or who inadvertently received a card frm Elections Canada, the voter information card is not

Elections Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, the amendments made by committee and throughout this process would allow for persons with disabilities to have better access to be able to vote. We know our democracy is only improved when we allow access, as my colleague just mentioned, to Canadian citizens who ar

Polio  Mr. Speaker, I rise today on World Polio Day to recognize the efforts of governments, health workers, partners, donors and volunteers who are working hard to stop this virus for good. Two years ago, the Minister of International Development announced major Canadian support for

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Madam Speaker, I am going to repeat the same things that I have said in my other questions. When we talk about removing administrative segregation and still having the capacity to separate individuals who pose a safety risk, we would separate them from the general population an

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. I have listened to the Conservatives say that this will endanger Correctional Service Canada staff. However, this bill will make more resources available for reintegration programs, mental health care and other interventions an

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Madam Speaker, I too am a mom. I am hoping to be able to speak to this piece of legislation from possibly a different perspective, but I do want to talk about the needle exchanges within prisons. The member talked about safety in prison, including for staff. Right now in federa