Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I am going to ask a third time. The minister is perpetuating a stigma here. She is the one who can act. She is the one who can deliver. She is the one who can put an end to this. Does she not feel comfortable, with me being a gay man, taking my blood?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, this is not funny. This is not what she promised gay men: to end the stigma over five years ago. Here is the part that makes it worse. There is an easy, science-based and fair solution that could end the stigma and the discrimination against gay men. The Canadian Me

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, let me get this straight, no pun intended. The minister does not even know what the simple answer is to end this discrimination. It is simple. We can change our blood donation policy in this country by not basing eligibility on sexual orientation, but rather on sexu

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I actually share all my colleague's views. I was not a member of the chamber back when the original legislation went through, however I have concerns here now about some the changes and safeguards. With her background, particularly as a nurse and in health care, c

Blood Donation  Mr. Speaker, it has been nearly two week since the Minister of Health and I exchanged a debate on the floor of the House about ending the gay blood ban. The government was reminded that it has been five years since the Liberals promised not to study and research the issue anymore

Health  Mr. Speaker, five years ago and counting, the Prime Minister promised to end the blood ban against gay and bisexual men. All parties are united in ending this outdated stigma now, not in months or years. More than ever, safe blood donations are needed urgently. The Canadian Medic

Broadcasting Act  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise to speak to and give some thoughts on Bill C-10, which makes amendments to the Broadcasting Act with respect to changes the government is proposing. As a parliamentarian, when I first learned of the legislation and began doing research on it, I re

Broadcasting Act  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the hon. member for Winnipeg North adding more comments, as he does on many pieces of legislation. There is unanimous agreement that we need more Canadian content. The issue is how best to do that. We will hear more from our shadow minister. His openi

Broadcasting Act  Madam Speaker, I find myself saying this too much when we have these debates, but I agree with the member for Timmins—James Bay. I cannot believe I am saying this, that we have some agreement on the frustrations. I go back to the member's point about kicking the can over to the

Team Murphy  Mr. Speaker, residents in our part of eastern Ontario are standing behind a friend and a leader who has always been there for us. For years, David Murphy has volunteered and raised money for numerous causes in Cornwall and area. Whether in the boxing ring, flipping burgers at a b

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to directives given by the Minister of Canadian Heritage to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission since January 1, 2016: what directives have been given and what was the date of each directive?

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to privacy breaches since November 1, 2019, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation or other government entity: (a) how many privacy breaches have occurred; and (b) for each privacy breach, (i) was it reported to the Privacy Commissioner, (ii) how many in

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to social media posts that were posted and later deleted or edited on government accounts since January 1, 2019, and broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity: what are the details of all such posts, including the (i) subject mat

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the promises made in the 2015 and 2019 Liberal Party of Canada election platforms to end the discriminatory blood donation ban for gay and bisexual men: (a) on what exact date will the ban end; and (b) why did the government not end the ban during its first five ye

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise here today in support of the positive words and well-deserved comments made so far on Bill C-220. I congratulate my colleague from Edmonton Riverbend for his work on this and for garnering support. Hopefully, if we go by the optimism and tone