Libya  Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the hon. Minister of National Defence if he is at all troubled by the fact that the Libyan rebel commander has admitted previous ties to al-Qaeda. He has actually spoken favourably of al-Qaeda members as being “good Muslims fighting against invade

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member's passionate defence of civil liberties and the rights that we have taken on internationally to protect the rights of refugees who come to our shores. Has she examined the claim by government members that there is some kind of queue for refug

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, similar to the hon. member for Thunder Bay—Rainy River, I also have concerns. We have a lot of legal opinion that this bill would violate the charter and be struck down by the courts. However, we also have, pertinent to the last question, obligations under the righ

Safe Streets and Communities Act  Mr. Speaker, the member made a point that he could not imagine why people would be against mandatory minimums. I would suggest to him that a great deal of the evidence suggests that putting some people in prison for a period of time under mandatory minimums returns them to societ

Safe Streets and Communities Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend for a very good, clear and articulate description of the problems that I think all members on the opposition benches have with Bill C-10. I would have liked to have been able to pose this to a government member but I have not had an opportunity in

Safe Streets and Communities Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to ask the hon. parliamentary secretary if the government would give any consideration to allowing this House to consider these individual bills as individual bills and not as an omnibus bill. The omnibus bill does present difficulties for many of us w

Safe Streets and Communities Act  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Charlottetown for his critique of the bill we are now examining on safe streets, otherwise known as the omnibus crime bill. My question is whether there are any portions of this bill that the hon. member finds that he might want to supp

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Minister of the Environment. Years ago, it was my great privilege to be part of the Canadian negotiating team for the Montreal Protocol on the ozone layer. My question follows those of other colleagues. We have heard today in the House that th

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the fact that the member has read the bill very carefully. We have been assuming in much of this that the bill is only directed to people arriving by ship. That seems to be an assumption. However, it has also been the case that we have heard the minister

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada’s Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the hon. member a question about Canadians' reaction to refugees in Canada. I remember a situation, about 10 years ago, where a refugee ship arrived on the coast of Nova Scotia. Many people from the village, near the small town of Chester, I beli

Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, my point of order relates to the conduct of hon. members in question period yesterday and today. I regret to raise this, but I am hoping that by mentioning it early enough in this fall session, we might remember the good intentions when we first met after the electio

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Madam Speaker, could the government member opposite provide any empirical evidence for the repeated claim that Canada is being targeted? Most refugees around the world seek asylum in other countries of the developing world and Canada receives a very small proportion of the world'

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Madam Speaker, this issue of having a Canadian law that will require jailing children of potential refugee claimants in Canada, the entire family, man, woman and child to be kept in detention for a full year, with only one review by the minister, is one of the most egregious part

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Madam Speaker, I checked yesterday's information because I am baffled by the government saying that as a developed, industrialized country we have provided more support for refugees than any other industrialized country. According to the minister, we will be accepting 14,000 refu

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the hon. member for Winnipeg North. We are really struggling here with the notion that there is a queue for refugees. I used to practise in immigration law. I had a lot of refugee claimants. In fact, they mostly were ship-jumpers in Halifax. They