White Helmets  Mr. Speaker, I watched footage of a small boy, covered in dust, face streaked with blood, eyes baring hopelessness, being pulled out of rubble and into an ambulance. The brave people who saved this boy's life, along with tens of thousands like him, wore white helmets, and belonge

Gender Equality  Mr. Speaker, in the words of Nellie McClung: Have we not the brains to think? Hands to work? Hearts to feel? And lives to live? Do we not bear our part in citizenship? Do we not help build the Empire? Give us our due! One hundred years ago today, some women in Canada won the

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I thank the member opposite for his very impassioned speech and his dedication to having open debate and prolonging debate. Why did he and his party try to kill the debate earlier today? Why not have had that dialogue and continue to talk about the issues that are

Instruction to Committee on Bill C-71  Madam Speaker, I want to thank the member opposite for his very impassioned speech. In 2016, there were 223 firearms-related homicides in Canada. That is 44 more than the year before. It was a 23% increase. Between 2013 and 2016, the number of female intimate violence victims, w

Main Estimates, 2018-19  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the hon. and very dynamic member for Newmarket—Aurora. Canadians may not hear about the over 24 hours of voting on the estimates that will start tonight, but they will definitely feel the impact of our government's plan to put peopl

Main Estimates, 2018-19  Mr. Speaker, I have to disagree. Canadian women do not need to be told anything. They are empowered. We, as a feminist government, have the first-ever gender parity in a cabinet. We have a feminist foreign policy. We are investing in women's education in Canada and across the w

Main Estimates, 2018-19  Mr. Speaker, I really thank the member across the way for all her advocacy on this very important file. As I mentioned in my speech, I initiated a Women's Council, with 12 very dynamic women in my riding, one of whom is over 70 years of age. She said to me one day, as we were h

Mississauga Erin Mills  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome the Mississauga Erin Mills Youth Council and Mississauga Erin Mills Women Council to Parliament. They are currently watching democracy in action, and very soon will be meeting with our Prime Minister for a chat about their projects and their i

Status of Women  Mr. Speaker, as chair of the all-party women's caucus, I have heard from many individuals and groups in my riding and across the country on the importance of women's participation in our workforce and our economy. Pay equity is one way our government can move the dial toward equa

Status of Women  Mr. Speaker, women's organizations provide vital services, supporting women and girls to be financially secure, to be free from violence, and to be fully able to participate in the economy and society. In my riding and across Canada, there is increasing demand for their services

Cancer  Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize a courageous young boy in Mississauga—Erin Mills. Rayaan Lodhi not only endured a one-year battle with leukemia, he used his experience to create support systems for others fighting this cancer. His courage and strength inspires me and others arou

Status of Women  Mr. Speaker, in June, Vancouver will host Women Deliver, the world's largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights and well-being of women and girls around the world. Women Deliver brings together people from over 160 countries with a common goal of activating and

Project Ramadan  Mr. Speaker, our Liberal government promised to reduce poverty, and since 2015, 825,000 Canadians have been lifted out of poverty, reducing the rate by over 20%, but until we fully eradicate poverty, we appreciate and support the hard work done by grassroots organizations to supp

House debate  Mr. Chair, I will be providing 10 minutes of remarks followed by some questions. I want to begin my remarks today by thanking all members on the Standing Committee of Justice and Human Rights from all sides of the House. Together, over these past few years, we have worked on is

House debate  Mr. Chair, one of the cases that keeps reappearing within our justice committee when we are talking about delays and the speedy admission of justice is the Jordan decision in 2016. In 2016, in the Jordan decision, the Supreme Court of Canada called upon all criminal justice acto