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Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, I find it interesting that the member opposite brings up the misery in the world, and part of that is what Ukrainians are facing right now defending their democracy. Let me read from Trump's “America First”. It says, “we will no longer use American military might to

December 12th, 2023House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, if they want to talk about food affordability, we should talk about Ukraine as the breadbasket of the world. What I found interesting is something that the Leader of the Opposition said today in response to the Prime Minister's calling out the Conservatives' vote aga

December 12th, 2023House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague spoke about the obsession that the Conservatives have around pricing pollution, which will actually take money out of the pockets of his constituents. He also spoke about the influences from the Trumpist MAGA Republicans in the U.S. Is the member

December 12th, 2023House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, on the same point of order, I would point out that the Conservatives often make false claims about associations and such—

December 12th, 2023House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a) to (d), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or RCMP, undertook an extensive preliminary search in order to determine the amount of information that would fall within the scope of the question and the amount of time that would be required to prepare

December 12th, 2023House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Government Business No. 31—Proceedings on Bill C-50  Madam Speaker, the member opposite ended her speech by speaking about consequences for actions and local voters' having the final say. In that vein, I am curious about how the member opposite thinks voters in her riding feel about her voting against the Canada-Ukraine free trade

December 4th, 2023House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, as I have said before in this place, we take the issue of foreign interference extremely seriously. We have moved forward with consultations on a foreign agent registry. We have implemented several measures in this place to strengthen our democratic institutions. We

December 4th, 2023House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Gender-Based Violence  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Kitchener South—Hespeler for speaking up for women everywhere. We take the issue of gender-based violence very seriously and have implemented more supports for victims, for survivors and their families, supports for violence prevention and

December 1st, 2023House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Democratic Institutions  Madam Speaker, it is interesting that the member opposite speaks about a high-cost trip. Let us speak about the Conservatives travelling to the U.K. to sip on champagne and eat oysters. That trip, for one Conservative member, was actually paid for by the Danube Institute, which h

December 1st, 2023House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Madam Speaker, I am happy to rise to speak to this bill, because it is crucially important that, in this country, we have a conversation about public safety and how inmates are treated, in the sense of maximum, medium and minimum security. I think it is something that most Canadi

November 28th, 2023House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Madam Speaker, the member mentioned that it would have been possible for the minister to simply order an inmate to any given correctional facility. However, yesterday at committee, we heard from the commissioner of Correctional Service Canada that it would absolutely not be legal

November 28th, 2023House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am curious. The member opposite spoke about how important it is to send a message to the Senate, but where was she to send that message when the Senate was blocking legislation for judges to be trained in sexual assault cases? Will the member opposite stand up and

November 28th, 2023House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I found it interesting. At the beginning of the member's speech, he spoke about the pillars of democracy and what is so important in a democracy. Is it the Conservative Party's and the Leader of the Opposition's desire that, in their terms, common-sense democracy me

November 28th, 2023House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, part of the debate here today on the motion at hand is about the Conservatives trying to have the House dictate to the Senate what bills it should pass. Bill C-48 is a bill that is incredibly important to provinces and territories, including B.C. The Conservatives ha

November 28th, 2023House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal

Enhancing Transparency and Accountability in the Transportation System Act  Madam Speaker, if these common-sense Conservatives believe that they are going to do everything to help Canadians, then why would they not support the bill that would help address issues of accessibility and persons with disabilities? Why would these common-sense Conservatives no

November 21st, 2023House debate

Jennifer O'ConnellLiberal