Environmentally Conscious Labelling  moved: That: (a) the House recognize that (i) Canadians understand that climate change represents a threat to our way of life and are looking for opportunities where they can make a difference in their day-to-day lives, (ii) Canadian consumers want and deserve to know the envi

COVID-19 Emergency Response  Mr. Speaker, Cape Bretoners have been very fortunate in keeping COVID cases low. The Atlantic bubble has been extremely successful, and I thank Maritimers for their vigilance and the commitment to keeping each other safe. The federal government has been a partner with Nova Scot

Indigenous Veterans Day  Mr. Speaker, as part of Veterans' Week, Indigenous Veterans Day is celebrated on November 8. It is a day for us to reflect on the enormous sacrifices made by the indigenous people who have contributed to Canadian military efforts over the years. As many as 12,000 served in the

Citizenship Act  Madam Speaker, my speech will be 10 minutes. I will be splitting my time with the member for Nanaimo—Ladysmith.

Citizenship Act  Madam Speaker, today we are talking about truth and reconciliation. While there are many clauses within the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls to action, one of the biggest things is a commitment to education and a commitment to finding out ways in which we as a country ca

Bills of Exchange Act  Mr. Speaker, there is no doubt that the Indian Act is racist legislation. There is no doubt that we need to change it. I really hope we can do so with UNDRIP, being something that takes its place. My father is one of the initial drafters of the United Nations Declaration on the

Bills of Exchange Act  Mr. Speaker, I have had some great conversations with my colleague about systemic racism in Canada and how we need to move forward on this. Awareness is a big part of that. This day gives us, all schools, all school boards, all businesses within Canada, an opportunity to learn.

Bills of Exchange Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for those comments. When I was treaty education lead for Nova Scotia, we put together a treaty education Nova Scotia video on YouTube. The fundamental point of that video was to create awareness of our treaties, to create awareness

Bills of Exchange Act  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Oakville North—Burlington. Getting back to what I was just saying, I am a father of a 10-year-old Mi'kmaq boy and I think about all the joy that he brings into my life. I ask members to think about what it would be like,

Bills of Exchange Act  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today to speak to Bill C-5, an act that would amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code to add a new statutory holiday, a national day for truth and reconciliation. I want to begin by acknowledging tha

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  Mr. Speaker, there has been a lot of talk from the Conservatives tonight about the inaction over 21 years, but they forget that they were in power for 11 of those years. In 2013, I was not in Parliament. I was just one of the other protestors on the street with the Idle No More m

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  Madam Speaker, I am glad my colleague brought up the fisheries committee today, but it appears as though he framed it as government members were not supporting conservation. However, within that same motion, which I introduced and amended, we stated that we would be talking to in

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  Madam Speaker, one of the things we have to understand is that the Mi'kmaq have been governing and policing themselves for a very long time. I have talked to the minister about this. We said that we would increase the police presence there. We have had this conversation. With re

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  Madam Speaker, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was really clear. It said that what had happened in Canada had been cultural genocide. While we can say that the federal government is to blame, there is plenty of blame in Canada to go around for all levels of government in

Lobster Fishery Dispute in Nova Scotia  Madam Speaker, I was absolutely horrified by what I was seeing there, but as a member of Parliament who had the ability to travel there, I wanted to see it for myself and talk to the people themselves. I have always said that I would be the one who would go there to listen and he