Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act  Madam Speaker, those are excellent questions. I wish I could wave a magic wand and give the member the absolute assurance that the government would do that, hence it is the reason for devoting part of my speech to the implementation part of the bill. The first question is on gap

Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act  Madam Speaker, the hon. member points to an enormous problem that is ever growing. In fact, I would point to the weekend's newspapers talking about an issue of Mexican labourers in northern Toronto. The numbers are very difficult to come by. Whatever estimates we have are way bel

Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act  Madam Speaker, I take issue with the member saying this would require companies to do nothing. This is a substantial change in practice. That is number one. Number two is that I disagree profoundly with the analysis the hon. member made. The two places where due diligence legisl

Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act  moved that the bill be concurred in.

Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act  Mr. Speaker, I request that it be carried on division. (Motion agreed to)

Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act  moved that the bill be read the third time and passed. Mr. Speaker, this has been quite a journey. We are close to the end of that four-year journey and hopefully we will move to a vote fairly quickly. If I spent all my time thanking everyone who has helped us over the previou

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for an excellent question that centres on the issue of practice standards. I have no doubt that, particularly where I live in the east part of Toronto, we have the highest-quality practice standards. However, there can be the highest standards a

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for his intervention. We are at a watershed. This legislation kind of fixes the problem. We could pass it or we, as a society, could be serious about the under-resourcing of those who are most vulnerable. I dare say that we are going

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I think the hon. member raises an interesting point, and I do not know whether we are agreeing or disagreeing, frankly. I just do not have the faith that a year from now things will change greatly. Where are we? We are still under-resourcing the system, and we are

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I largely agreed with the hon. member's speech, except for when he started blaming everything on the Prime Minister. Other than that, I thought he made a good and thoughtful speech. Has the hon. member had any interaction with the health care system in Quebec? Has

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I understand I am the last member to speak on this debate. I doubt, however, that I will be the last word on this. I am not. I see that I am neither the last speaker nor the last word then. I have been kind of reluctant, frankly, to engage in this debate because I

Human Trafficking Awareness Day  Mr. Speaker, February 22 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Whether it is forced labour, forced marriages, sex trafficking, organ trafficking or cybersex, it is hidden in plain sight right here in Canada. Statistics Canada reports that in 2019, 97% of human traffickin

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery  Mr. Speaker, December 2 marks the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. Slavery has been a blight on humanity since the dawn of time. Canadians unwittingly participate in this scourge by purchasing products made by slaves. We can hardly decry the plight of these slaves

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022  Madam Speaker, I offer to my colleague an insincere apology for not seeing her down at the other end of the chamber hiding behind her mask, but that is another thing altogether. I do appreciate her contribution to the defence committee. The investments in the Arctic are necessar

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022  Madam Speaker, one of the unique advantages that Canada has is the way in which particularly the Canadian military has integrated indigenous people into the Rangers and into the larger military. They, in effect, create our sovereignty presence in the north. There has been a great