Petitions  Mr. Speaker, lastly, petitioners from Saanich—Gulf Islands, as well as locations in Ontario, call for stable and predictable funding for our public broadcaster, the CBC.

Anti-terrorism Act, 2015  Mr. Speaker, it grieves me to hear my hon. colleague from Winnipeg North take a partisan jab at the official opposition for what is a principled position opposing dangerous legislation. The Green Party opposes this legislation and does not believe it would make us safer. I have

Citizen Voting Act  Mr. Speaker, we are now looking at the 95th occasion of time allocation, and this time on Bill C-50, which would amend the Canada Elections Act particularly to deal with Canadians who are overseas. I appeal to the minister that this is a bill that we have not had any opportunit

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I am very troubled by the events related by the hon. member for Skeena—Bulkley Valley, but I must say that I am not at all surprised. The level of interference around the House of Commons in the Parliamentary Precinct by RCMP officers has markedly increased to my dir

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, let me parenthetically agree entirely with the member for Northwest Territories. Canada's performance as chair of the Arctic Council was a disgrace. My question is related to Bill C-51 and the 94th application of time allocation. Earlier today, the government House

Anti-terrorism Act, 2015  Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind the House that the bill was rushed through the committee process, the witnesses were piled on and pushed through in a week in which there was not adequate time to even learn what the witnesses before committee had to say, much less to hear from

Ongoing Situation in Ukraine  Mr. Chair, considering the parties in this House have been remarkably supportive of a mission for which we do not have a lot of information, it is unfortunate that this has turned into some partisan sparring. I want to ask the member for Winnipeg North what information his party

Ongoing Situation in Ukraine  Mr. Chair, I would like to thank the hon. member for running ads that said that the hon. parliamentary secretary supports free democratic elections. I can probe the question of the budget for humanitarian assistance in Canada. We just received the budget. It does not give us a

Ongoing Situation in Ukraine  Mr. Chair, despite the fact that it is clear that Putin's aggression is illegal, there are complexities to this issue that former USSR leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, brought up in terms of the historical context, the rapid breakup of the former Soviet Union, the failure of perestroik

Ongoing Situation in Ukraine  Mr. Chair, while the context of this debate is that there is great unanimity around this chamber, the Government of Canada has taken a number of unprecedented steps in aiding Ukraine, none of which has come before Parliament for debate. One was providing the RADARSAT-2 data to Uk

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I want to raise something that troubles me about this budget. Unfortunately, I was not able to present a full speech on the 2015 budget due to the difficulty of finding a speaking slot that did not interfere with the national Holocaust remembrance. Had I had the opp

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today to present two petitions. The first is primarily from residents of Saanich—Gulf Islands, although it is also signed by some residents of Victoria and Edmonton. The petitioners are calling for urgent action from the House of Commons to

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition is from over 1,343 petitioners from many provinces, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario, calling on this House to reject the anti-democratic and anti-constitutional Bill C-51. I hope the petitioners will be well-received on this

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, the budget is extraordinary for what is left out. I want to mention something so that Canadians will know, because I continue to be astonished by what has been left out of the budgets over the last number of years. They do not contain what I used to regard as the nu

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, perhaps this is a question that should more properly go to the finance minister but I have not had a chance to put a question to the finance minister yet. We could have balanced the budget last year had the minister been willing to go into the contingency fund. The