Canada Pension Plan  I am sorry, Mr. Speaker, but I am having trouble speaking through the noise. I wish that Bill C-26 dealt with another pension issue. There is an omission, and I hope that the Minister of Finance will get back to it in the spring budget. It is an egregious situation that affects

Canada Pension Plan  Madam Speaker, I am going to raise a larger concern. We went through ten years, and I know my friends on the Conservative benches may object to my reminding us, when we had a government that did many things the new government promised would not be repeated, including the use of t

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present two petitions. The first petition pertains to a critical issue of human rights globally, and that is the treatment of Falun Dafa and Falun Gong practitioners within the People's Republic of China. The petition is signed by numerous petitioners from

Petitions  The second petition, Mr. Speaker, is primarily from residents within Saanich—Gulf Islands: from Mayne Island, Saanich, Sydney, Salt Spring. The petitioners are calling for the government to follow the advice of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and urgently move to an a

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, my friend's riding name has changed, but he is still my friend. It is now Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame. My question is going to be as brief as I can make it. Premier Danny Williams did not expropriate a mill. There was a 99-year lease, if members can imagine, be

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, of the investor-state cases under chapter 11, so far we have not had one directly related to water quality. If we as a Parliament could pass a law that removed particular contaminants, microbeads companies could decide they want to bring a charge against Canada under

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, the member for Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa has just asked such an absurd question. I do not think the third world plays any role in the EU-Canada trade agreement, but perhaps he can correct me. I did not say in my speech at any point that I opposed the trade provisio

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to have the opportunity to address Bill C-30, the act to implement the comprehensive economic and trade agreement between the European Union and Canada. It is my intention to focus on the investor-state provisions within CETA. I want the record to

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, the investor-state agreement is not actually a dispute resolution in the conventional sense that Canadians would understand. It is not about having a trade dispute and going to a dispute resolution. This is investing in foreign corporations superior rights to what Ca

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the fact that my hon. colleague has focused on the investor-state provisions. When I have an opportunity to speak at length in the House, I will focus on the investor-state provisions. While it is clear that there is some improved transparency in the i

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, my colleague and government members would know that the Green Party has opposed this trade agreement for specific reasons, particularly the investor-state provisions. It is time for us to sit back and look at the history, starting with chapter 11 of NAFTA, and have w

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to ask a very specific question. The parliamentary secretary will know that I oppose CETA and many aspects of it, including pharmaceutical prices going up, intellectual properties locations, and that our auto sector is not fairly treated. However, my main conc

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present two petitions today. The first petition is from residents throughout my riding as well as a number from Montreal. The petitioners are calling for, even after the years that have gone by since the 2011 election, a full investigation of the use of r

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition is primarily from residents in and around the area of Temiscaming near Lake Kipawa. The petitioners call upon the present government to protect the unique ecological and cultural historic values of the Kipawa lakes and to protect them from the pr

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, I rise to pick up on the point of the hon. opposition House leader. When these debates about time allocation take place, the questions and responses are directed to the substance of the bill, in this case Bill C-26. However, the real issue lies beneath the surface, a