Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member mentioned quite a bit about the vacuum that may come about if this does not happen. I would like his opinion on what would happen if this House votes the bill down.

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Madam Speaker, I understand that the member's background is in aviation. He talked about the downloading of costs to the airlines and to the public. It reminds me of security at most of our airports. The security costs are downloaded directly to the airlines and to the public tha

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, I agree wholeheartedly with the hon. member. I was flying from Edmonton to Ottawa last weekend, and I remember looking at an Air Canada brochure that talked about carbon pricing, a carbon tax, and using light food containers. I wonder what the member thinks about fl

Salute to Agriculture  Mr. Speaker, last Saturday in Leslieville Community Centre in central Alberta, I had the privilege of attending the Rocky Mountain House Agricultural Society's annual “Salute to Agriculture” banquet. This event celebrated the achievements of local farmers in the area. During th

Situation in Indigenous Communities  Mr. Speaker, the problem that we are talking about tonight has been around for a long time. I go back to my first week as a police officer in early 1968. I do not think I was on the job three days before I had my first suicide, and I have never seen them stop. They need to stop.

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Mr. Speaker, I noticed you mentioned Williams Lake. That was my first posting, and it was a busy community back—

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Mr. Speaker, I apologize. The member has a number of large communities in the Prince George area. In his travels throughout his riding, has he spoken to the community leaders regarding any concerns they might have with respect to the impact to the physical costs if the RCMP were

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Mr. Speaker, I did not quite get that whole question, but I will answer it in the best way I can. There is no unanimous agreement within the RCMP on unionization. There is a group within the organization that wants to go that way; there is a group within the organization that wa

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to serve and will keep serving. I will to try to make 50 years. I will see if I can do it. There is dissension within the RCMP, and I hate to see it. It breaks my heart. However, there are two factions, and one faction of members wants to unionize, bec

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak to Bill C-7, an act to amend the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board Act and other Acts and to provide for certain other measures. I will be sharing my time with the member

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition calling upon Parliament to establish a national strategy on palliative care. The petitioners state that in the 41st Parliament, the House of Commons unanimously passed this motion. They therefore ask that access to high-quality pal

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, we agree that putting extra troops on the ground will help, but why would we remove our best fighting tool that has helped our allies and is one of the strongest fighting tools to protect our ground troops that are going to be assisting our allies? It does not make a

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, when going into a foreign country initially, it is very hard to have a full plan as to what we are going to do. Once our troops arrived there, they had a better understanding of the situation that was before them, they adapted to those situations the best they could,

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, I was very disappointed last week when we found out that the CF-18s had already been removed. Why are we holding a debate on something as important as this, looking at the protection of our troops overseas and having a debate after the fact? It makes absolutely no se

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, throughout my 35 years in the RCMP, I was involved in many emergency situations, not in a military scope but emergencies within Canada such as major explosions, major fires, floods, etc. One of the biggest problems in any emergency situation is a breakdown in commun