Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise this morning to present two petitions. The first one deals with an ongoing issue of human rights and civil liberties in this country, and that is the use of security certificates. The petitioners ask the Parliament to abolish the security ce

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition deals with the issue, which I believe the new government is committed to improving, of the lack of adequate funding to our national public broadcaster.

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1.  Mr. Speaker, the Green Party agrees to apply the vote and votes yes.

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1.  Mr. Speaker, I agree to apply the vote and vote yes.

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1.  Mr. Speaker, the Green Party agrees to apply the vote and is voting against the motion.

Railway Transportation  Madam Speaker, what a joy to participate in the debate in adjournment proceedings where the comments from a parliamentary secretary are relevant to the topic at hand and are actually responsive to my concerns. That is new in the 42nd Parliament, and I want to thank the parliament

Railway Transportation  Madam Speaker, it is my honour today to rise in adjournment proceedings to pursue a question I asked in question period on March 9. It pertained to a new report. It was commissioned under the previous government, chaired by former cabinet minister David Emerson, and it focused on

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Longueuil—Saint-Hubert for his question. I think that this budget implementation bill really is an omnibus bill. However, it is not at all like the omnibus budget bills introduced by the previous government. At least this bill does not cont

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I feel as though this budget suffered from the fact that, when input went into Finance Canada to draft this, ministers were just beginning to establish their staff, just getting briefed up. I am hoping that this is like a budget with training wheels, and the Ministe

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, resuming more or less where I left off, I am speaking to Bill C-15 at report stage. I had earlier canvassed a couple of key points. One is that this is not an improper use of an omnibus bill, but it certainly is an omnibus bill. It does stay and pertain to one centr

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, I rise for a brief 60-second tribute to the people of British Columbia who stand united against the Kinder Morgan trans mountain expansion. Earlier today, Mayor Gregor Robertson was here, speaking in this place, along with Chief Maureen Thomas of the Tsleil-Waututh

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise at report stage to speak to Bill C-15. In the seven minutes I have, I will try to be very economical and focus on a few points that have been mentioned by other members. I have a very strong view about the improper use of omnibus budget bills

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, let me add to that point. Where did Norway get the brilliant idea of setting aside royalties that were priced appropriately to the value of the resource, for the benefit of their public? They got it from Peter Lougheed, the former premier of Alberta whose brilliant i

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, my second petition is also from residents of Saanich—Gulf Islands who are very concerned about aspects of human rights and that the use of security certificates as part of the public security regime in Canada is inherently open to abuse and violates an individual's r

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today and present two petitions signed by residents of every single part of my riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands, from the Saanich Peninsula, Saltspring Island, Pender Island, Galiano Island, and Mayne Island. They are calling upon this House to