Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the hon. and very capable member for Kings—Hants. It is an honour for me to participate in this discussion, and I like to see it as a discussion as opposed to a partisan debate because this affects us all. Security is a universal p

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the member is very knowledgeable and I will not engage him in the “who loves 2% more” game that has been going on for a while, because it is kind of a useless exercise. I too want to pick up on the member's comments about the peace dividend during the Cold War, wh

Opposition Motion—Federal Budget  Mr. Speaker, I would like the hon. member's comments on the third element of this motion, which is the government refusing to provide relief to Canadians by temporarily reducing the goods and services tax on gasoline and oil. If I pull up my pickup truck and fill up for $200, I g

Russia's Attack on Ukraine  Mr. Chair, I count it a privilege to be able to serve on the Standing Committee on National Defence with the hon. member, and it has been a good relationship. I agree with one of her core points: The Russian militarization of the Arctic is moving at a furious pace and is of cons

Russia's Attack on Ukraine  Mr. Speaker, I commend the hon. member for this thoughts and his speech. It seems to be a general consensus that sanctions are the way to go, specifically Magnitsky sanctions. He mentioned that he had a conversation with Bill Browder. I have always appreciated the advice that Mr

Human Trafficking Awareness Day  Mr. Speaker, tomorrow is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, as my colleague has just said. Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery that turns people into objects to be used and exploited. In Canada, human trafficking takes on many forms, including sex trafficking,

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, I wanted my colleague's comments on the weaponization of motor vehicles as, in effect, they are perfect instruments to intimidate citizens and the public. They are huge, people can sleep in them, they can get supplies and they can be eaten in. In fact, the police w

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, it seems to be the Conservative position that, because they are regular people out there, we have to stop pushing them. Her colleague from Grande Prairie—Mackenzie gave a very emotional speech about regular people and how badly they were feeling, the name-calling t

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, I liked almost all of the member's speech. She sits on the defence committee with me, and I want her to comment on the violence of language. She and I have heard testimony recently about campaigns of misinformation and disinformation perpetrated by state actors and n

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, I am very pleased that my constituents will be watching how I vote. I am quite looking forward to that. The hon. member referenced the notion that we should let the police do their job. I take note that since this legislation was tabled on Monday, the police have

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, I was caught by some surprise to hear that if the House had only passed the Conservative resolution from last week, this would all be finished. I suppose we can believe in fairies, but that is one of the more preposterous statements made by any member here. Is the

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, I, too, am quite fond of my hon. friend, even when he is wrong. The Criminal Code of Canada should have been sufficient for the purpose. However, it is clear that, over the course of the two or three weeks of insurrection across the country, for whatever reason, it

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, usually, when my children talk about my wittiness, they put a prefix in front of that word, but we will ignore my children for the time being. The legislation, by definition, has to have an inquiry, so there will be one. As to the member's suggestion about a general

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, it must be a good day for me, because he is equally one of my favourite members in the House. You are, too, Mr. Speaker. You are all my favourites. My hon. colleague has spotted the irony of our debate, which is that those who call for calm and civilized discourse a

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, the first thing is provision of intelligence. We had open-source intelligence that this convoy was coming and that this was their intention. The second was the application of resources. Resources were made freely available to police services in Ottawa. The third thin