Liberal Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, last week, the Liberals revealed that they have not dropped their plan to impose a carbon tax. Their spokesperson, the member for Kings—Hants, said: A carbon tax is not a left-wing or a right-wing policy, it’s simply a sensible, pragmatic, courageous [policy]. We

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present today. First, I have the honour to present a petition signed by thousands of Canadians across our great country. They draw the attention of the House of Commons to the fact that the Internet is unregulated and that it is a pipeline fo

Freezing Assets of Corrupt Regimes Act  Mr. Speaker, today, our government tabled the freezing assets of corrupt regimes act in order to freeze the Canadian assets of former dictators. Canada took swift action to freeze the assets of Moammar Gadhafi's regime in Libya. This act would ensure that we have the tools to ac

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 14th report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. In accordance with the order of reference of Wednesday, February 9, 2011, the committee has considered Bill C-576, An Act to amend the C

National Tree Day  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would ask that you seek consent to see the clock at 6:30 p.m.

Strengthening Aviation Security Act  The Conservative Party.

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the 13th report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. In accordance with the order of reference of Monday, December 6, 2010, your committee has considered Bill C-54, An Act to amend the Crimina

Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, for some time, Canadians have wondered about the Liberal secret agenda on fighting crime. This week, the its real agenda was revealed. The Liberal leader shocked Canadians by announcing that his MPs would not support our bill to impose tough new prison terms on ser

Abolition of Early Parole Act  Mr. Speaker, I do not think anyone in this House will ever accuse that member of not being entertaining. He has taken us from Manitoba to California to New York. What stuck out was the fact that apparently the NDP members are taking their marching orders from the experience in t

Abolition of Early Parole Act  Madam Speaker, my colleague from Windsor—Tecumseh serves a useful role on the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights that I chair. We have had a chance to work through many different bills. The bill before us is intended to eliminate accelerated release so that white-col

Abolition of Early Parole Act  Madam Speaker, I picked up on what I think is a little weasel phrase. The member said that she wants to return the bill to committee because she wants to get it right. Really, those are code words for removing the retroactivity provisions of this bill. She talks about wanting to

Abolition of Early Parole Act  Mr. Speaker, I commend my colleague across the aisle for his support of our legislation. He mentioned fraudsters like Vincent Lacroix and Earl Jones. I think he shares with me the shock that the Liberals and the NDP in the House appear to be opposing the bill. It just blew me awa

Disposition of Abolition of Early Parole Act  Mr. Speaker, I do not believe Canadians will take any lessons from the NDP on how to protect communities and get tough on crime. As chair of the justice committee, I can say that the New Democrats oppose our efforts to get tough on drug-related crimes. They oppose our efforts t

Disposition of Abolition of Early Parole Act  Mr. Speaker, the member has asked three different questions. I do not think we have time to answer all of them, but it bears noting he is a member of a party that has consistently preferred the rights of criminals over the rights of victims. Time and time again, I listen to Lib

Disposition of Abolition of Early Parole Act  Mr. Speaker, before question period, I was highlighting the many different initiatives our Conservative government had taken since 2006 to make our communities safer, such as bills that strengthen our justice system and efforts to put more police officers on the streets and the f