Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about a timely subject and that is decorum and etiquette in the House of Commons and committee meetings. I must admit that I am a new member. I have been in the House for a year. I was very surprised and disappointed to see how members behave in

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, when I was elected I told myself that I was coming here for Canadians first. I am coming to be a parliamentarian for Canadians, not for the Liberal Party. I have talked numerous times to all types of people when I have seen good behaviour and when I have seen inappr

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, that is a wonderful statement, because it starts with every one of us. The member is absolutely right. I cannot control my neighbour. I can only cajole, push, try to change the rules. However, if I engage in this behaviour, then I am doing nothing. As the old saying

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I carry this piece of paper, this article, in my briefcase. It is about Christy Clark who makes the following statement, which I cannot say any better: As for attracting women to politics, Ms. Clark believes changing the negative tone of Question Period would make

Standing Orders and Procedure  This is exactly what I am talking about, Mr. Speaker. I have already answered a question, and they feel privileged to interrupt me with nonsense. It is unacceptable. If I were the Speaker, he would not be sitting there anymore.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, what we are debating today is the question of preferential access. Fundamentally what we have seen the government do is a series of consultations across the country. We can talk specifically about the Minister of Finance who went across the country doing consultati

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Mr. Speaker, opioids are an important issue. I personally happen to know a lot about the bill, because prior to becoming a politician, I had a medical device company, and we spent a lot of time developing pain management products and pain management devices. Many times people co

Universal Children's Day  Mr. Speaker, on November 20 we celebrated Universal Children's Day. It was an opportunity to promote children's rights in order to create a better future for all our children. In my riding, Pierrefonds—Dollard, the mission of many charitable organizations is to ensure the well-b

Islamophobia  Mr. Speaker, today I will be presenting a petition that condemns Islamophobia. In a powerful statement of support, this petition has garnered the most signatures in the history of e-petitions in Canada. Though I stand as a Liberal, this petition was supported across party lines.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I present an electronic petition initiated by Samer Majzoub, of Montreal, Quebec. The petition calls upon the House of Commons to recognize that extremist individuals do not represent the religion of Islam. Since its founding more than 1,400 years ago, Muslims have

Statistics Canada  Mr. Speaker, during the last election and recently with the census, Canadians showed their belief in supporting good quality data from an independently trusted source. The data collected by Statistics Canada helps everyone—the private sector, governments at all levels, not-for-pr

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, Security Awareness Week starts today. This is an opportunity to make sure all Canadians feel safe. Unfortunately, in the wake of the tragic shootings at the Centre islamique culturel de Québec, we can understand why many Canadian Muslims and members of other minorit

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I, too, undertook to do consultations and I found that there was a core of people who were deeply interested in learning about electoral reform, but there were about as many people who felt that we were misplacing our energy. They asked why we were not focusing on th

Business of Supply  As I mentioned earlier, Mr. Speaker, I am struggling to reconcile the difference between what I found when I did my consultations and what the Liberals found. I did not find any consensus, but listening to members across the aisle, it is clear that they found consensus. What do

Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I have a question for my colleague about extended pharmaceutical patent protection. He mentioned extensions of three or three and a half years. However, from what I understand, it is two years. I would like some clarification on that.