Islamic State  Mr. Speaker, Canada will not and cannot stand idly by while the barbaric terrorist organization ISIL continues its slaughter of innocent civilians and religious minorities. We stand united with our allies and will work with them to address this threat. As we have said, inaction

Ukraine  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, made a landmark visit to Canada. I was proud to welcome President Poroshenko to our great country. His visit and address reflected the long-lasting friendship between our two nations as well as our mutual commit

Situation in Iraq  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague, the member for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, for her excellent presentation and for all the hard work she does on the Standing Committee on National Defence and her strong support for the Canadian Armed Forces and the brave men and women w

Situation in Iraq  Mr. Speaker, as that situation evolves and as we have better information, we will for sure be willing to share that with the members. That is why we always say we are co-operating with the Iraqi government and with security forces in the north, including Peshmerga, as we go forwa

Situation in Iraq  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question. I know that the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration has already dealt with some of these matters, stating and pointing out that Canada already has in place some of the strongest anti-terrorist laws in the world, going after those who de

Situation in Iraq  Mr. Speaker, as we know from our experience in Afghanistan, Libya and elsewhere, members of the Canadian Armed Forces are often engaged in diplomacy as they meet with local leaders at a community, state or provincial level, as well as working with their colleagues at a national l

Situation in Iraq  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Westmount—Ville-Marie for bringing forward tonight's debate as part of the ongoing discussion we are having among members of Parliament, government and the opposition parties, on the situation in Iraq. As we just heard, this is a human

Franklin Expedition  Mr. Speaker, my mother was born in Chesterfield Inlet and was raised in the Arctic as my grandparents worked for the Hudson Bay Company. For me, and all Canadians, one of the great mysteries in Canada's history was the tragic loss of the ships in the Franklin expedition, in 184

Agricultural Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I am a little taken aback by some of the comments made by the member opposite. I am one of the farmers here, and I am quite proud of our Conservative government and all of the actions it has taken on behalf of agricultural producers across the country. The member op

Battle of Normandy  Mr. Speaker, 70 years ago today, Canada and our allies dared to attempt the seemingly impossible. They bravely landed on the heavily defended shores of Normandy and, with great vision and perseverance, forever changed the course of history. Canada's courageous troops were among t

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Pickering—Scarborough East for his service as a member of the Canadian Armed Forces. I am happy to report that the Minister of National Defence is representing Canada at this week's meeting of the NATO defence ministers in B

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, these allegations are truly disturbing. Make no mistake. No one who chooses to serve Canada as a member of our Armed Forces should fall victim to this kind of disgusting and unacceptable behaviour. The Chief of the Defence Staff is investigating. Sexual misconduct

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, I do not know why the opposition is attacking the Chief of the Defence Staff in allowing this process to work. As a matter of fact, in the previous session of this Parliament, I introduced a bill that called for greater penalization of those who kidnap, sexually ass

Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Okanagan—Shuswap for bringing this bill forward. As he mentioned, this was a bill that I introduced in the first session of this Parliament and because of my appointment as parliamentary secretary, my bill had to be withdrawn, although it did m

Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act  I don't.