Government Business No. 34—Proceedings on Bill C-62  Madam Speaker, I believe access to care really is a key issue. I agree that having a continuum of suffering is unacceptable. I am not against MAID eligibility for people who are suffering due to a disease and who have shown that their suffering is real. We must act. However, we

Government Business No. 34—Proceedings on Bill C-62  Madam Speaker, it is not an easy choice. I was in this place in the Harper years, when time allocation started to be used on every single bill. In those days, the Liberals were against it, as I was. Things change. Whoever is in power thinks that the tools that were used by the la

Government Business No. 34—Proceedings on Bill C-62  Madam Speaker, I must say, I was very disappointed that the hon. leader of the official opposition was not rising to ask me a question. It would have been a first, and I was so looking forward to my response to him. The hon. member for Châteauguay—Lacolle has asked me a very imp

Government Business No. 34—Proceedings on Bill C-62  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak to this. Having been in this place for all the debates we have had, I have been trying to figure out the best way to explain to Canadians, if there is an argument here, why it is not between Liberals and Conservatives, or betwe

Government Business No. 34—Proceedings on Bill C-62  Madam Speaker, my friend, the member for Kelowna—Lake Country, and I share many of the concerns expressed today. This is one of those issues on which I would beg everyone in this place not to seek partisan advantage. The divide we have here is really the most non-partisan thing

Government Business No. 34—Proceedings on Bill C-62  Madam Speaker, this has become an issue, because it was inserted in the legislation at Bill C-14 by the Senate. Does the hon. member have any knowledge of what attitude the Senate is going to take? We are operating under the gun here. We have to do something before March 17. Do

Government Business No. 34—Proceedings on Bill C-62  Mr. Speaker, I thank hon. Minister of Justice for sharing these comments with other members of the cabinet, particularly the Minister of Health. This is perhaps the most difficult issue any of us will ever deal with as members of Parliament. Strangely enough, I will just add tha

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise and present a petition from constituents in Saanich—Gulf Islands who are concerned about the nexus between the climate crisis and the health of humanity. The petitioners note that the World Health Organization has determined that, “Climate cha

National Council for Reconciliation Act  Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague from Winnipeg North has, in congratulating his party and his government for bringing in UNDRIP, invited the inescapable question of how the government ignored and violated UNDRIP by giving the Crown corporation we own, the Trans Mountain pipeline

National Council for Reconciliation Act  Madam Speaker, please forgive me. I thank the hon. member for Nunavut.

National Council for Reconciliation Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for Nunavut for providing me with a chance to speak to Bill C-29. This is a bit of an explanation and background, and a bit of mea culpa, because when Bill C-29 came forward, I recognized it of course as being in response to one of the ca

Petitions  Madam Speaker, in this petition, the petitioners note that the climate crisis will require massive efforts to reduce energy consumption. They point out that 17% of all energy consumed in Canada is used in heating, cooling and other activities in our homes. COP28 calls on governme

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, here is the tragedy: Again, the government ignored the advice of the experts it had empanelled. I want to just stress that the extent of public consultation undertaken by that expert panel was extraordinary. There were hearings in every single province and territory

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, I am returning to a question I asked in question period on October 18, 2023, just last fall. The question was asked five days after the Supreme Court of Canada struck down sections of the government's bill on environmental assessment, which it redubbed “impact assess

Parliament of Canada Act  Madam Speaker, I am honoured to take the floor this evening remotely. I want to signal to the member for Cloverdale—Langley City my support for the private member's bill, Bill S-202. I appreciate it, because I remember the work that former senator Patricia Bovey did on this bill