Fort McMurray Fire  Madam Speaker, I want to bring to the attention of the Prime Minister and the House a little Canadian with a big heart. An elementary school student, Malachy Haran, while participating in an annual village cleanup held by local Councillor George Carlson, with his father, asked

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, we should always use technology as it advances. As I mentioned, the passive alcohol sensor has been around for quite some time, but before it was a self-contained unit. Now it is a feature in the approved screening devices that many of the agencies carry. It is a t

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, to the best of my knowledge, it is being used in the United States, specifically California. I believe similar devices are being used in Australia. I do not know of any charter challenges that may have occurred in those jurisdictions, but I believe this passive alc

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I am sorry to hear of the member's loss. As he said, MADD does endorse the bill. I have spoken to a number of police agencies. I have yet to have an official endorsement, so I would rather have them unnamed at the moment, but I am working in consultation with them. I

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, when using the passive alcohol sensor, not only would we speed up the RIDE program but we would have a greater degree of accuracy. It would allow the current approved screening device to use the feature of the passive alcohol sensor to pretty much detect whether ther

Criminal Code  moved that Bill C-247, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (passive detection device), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise today to speak to my private member's bill, Bill C-247. If passed, Bill C-247 will prevent injuries and deat

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, the leak of the Panama papers has highlighted the need for collective action to crack down on people and companies who are trying to get out of paying their fair share of taxes. At last week's G20 finance ministers' meetings, the world's major economies took a unit

Vaisakhi  [Member spoke in Punjabi as follows:] Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh. [English] Mr. Speaker, today I rise to celebrate the harvest festival of Vaisakhi, specifically, the festival which celebrates the founding of the Sikh community known as the Khalsa. The fu

Donald Munroe Blackmere  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honour the life of Donald Munroe Blackmere, a veteran in my riding, who recently passed away at the age of 95. Don served with the Royal Canadian Army during World War II, from 1940 to 1945, and was a member of the Streetsville Royal Canadian Legion

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, Families for Justice is a group of Canadians who have had a loved one killed by an impaired driver. They believe that Canada's impaired driving laws are much too lenient. They want the crime to be called what it is, vehicular homicide. It is the number one cause of c

Criminal Code  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-247, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (passive detection device). Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to introduce a bill on behalf of Canadians who have been affected by a drunk driver. I would like to thank the member opposite, the member for Langle

Coldest Night of the Year Fundraiser  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about a very special event that took place in my riding. On Saturday, February 20, I had the great honour to participate in the Coldest Night of the Year Walk with a wonderful group in Mississauga. The purpose of the walk is to raise money for

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, one benefit we see is with respect to our location relative to Toronto. If we invest heavily in public infrastructure and public transit, that will naturally increase the property values for areas like Mississauga—Streetsville, because now you will have more accessib

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, during the campaign I actually heard the contrary. There were not many people I spoke to who had $10,000 lying around at the end of the day to invest in a TFSA. They were putting food on the table, paying bills, like utility bills. Mississauga—Streetsville, within th

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, Streetsville is home to our former mayor, Hazel McCallion, who is in the Guinness Book of World Records, for being a long-standing mayor. She has openly stated that she has never received the co-operation she needed from the federal government, and our current mayor