Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to Correctional Service Canada: what is the breakdown by security classification of the facility of how many offenders serving life sentences for multiple murders are currently in each type of facility, including those on parole or conditional release?

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the government’s response to drones being used in the proximity of penitentiaries or other correctional facilities, within the past five years: (a) has the government tested or used technology to jam or nullify mobile phone or drone use in relation to any penitenti

National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, as we know, this bill would not measurably impact investments coming from the United States, because we have special carve-outs for our free trade partners. Having said that, it is important that we do have an act like that and that, from time to time, we review i

National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, we are talking about the Investment Canada Act. We are not talking about the Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement. I will say this, to complete my thoughts. The Investment Canada Act is there to protect Canadians against investments that are not in Canada's nationa

National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, that kind of decision takes a lot of thought. It takes a lot of due diligence. It is much better to have cabinet review, through a cabinet process, a national security-related matter or an investment when we are trying to determine what the net benefit to Canada is

National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, at least this question relates, although obliquely, to the Investment Canada Act. With respect to the Nexen transaction, prior to that point in time, Canada had absolutely no rules about how state-owned enterprises could invest in Canada or if they even should be

National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, this is a great opportunity to talk about foreign direct investment in Canada, why it is important and why this legislation is before us. Our viewers might ask why foreign investment is so important to Canada. There are many reasons that we should be looking to at

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I enjoyed my colleague's speech. She was critical of the FIPA, the investment treaty, that Canada signed with China, but the 1994 FIPA, or investment treaty, with Ukraine and this new modernized free trade agreement with Ukraine both contain similar provisions. I

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I am not going to go into the revisionist history that my colleague recited here in this House. He should know that as the minister who was responsible for negotiating the original Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, I would be supportive of any reasonable steps we

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I very much enjoyed my colleague's speech. Like him, I am a Mennonite with family that immigrated from Ukraine. There are many within our Conservative caucus who have Ukrainian roots and take great interest not only in the terrible situation Ukraine finds itself in r

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, I enjoyed the member's speech. However, it did concern me that he was somewhat disparaging toward our oil and gas industry. The member accused some in this House of scoring cheap political points, but when one does that, one had better not be guilty of doing the ve

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, the member spent a lot of time talking about investor protections, and she suggested that foreign investment protection promotion agreements are corrosive to democracy and to how we represent Canada's sovereignty at home and abroad. However, I would ask her a quest

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's comments about the Canada-Ukraine free trade agreement. He mentioned that MCC is very active in Abbotsford in helping refugees from Ukraine settle in our beautiful community. I would invite him to expand on that. Where have they settled

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I just following up on the previous question from my NDP colleague, who has suggested time and time again that Canada has a free trade agreement with China. That is patently false, and I think he knows that. What he is actually referring to is a foreign investment pr

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, one of the major challenges facing Ukraine is energy security. Ukraine formerly depended on Russia for its natural gas supplies, and of course that opportunity has quickly evaporated. Canada stands in a perfect position to sell natural gas to Ukraine. Unfortunately