Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for raising the issue of how this is being addressed in Quebec. We are very proud of what we are accomplishing in Quebec with regard to suicide prevention and mental health. There is still a lot of work to be done but, as with t

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Charlottetown. When I was in grade 11 at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, I was the coach of the grade 10 trivia team. Some members were young geniuses, but not really nerds in the traditional sense of the word, no more than an

Users' Rights Week  Mr. Speaker, this is the first Quebec health and social services network users' rights week, organized by the Regroupement provincial des comités des usagers. This promotional tool serves to inform users of their rights and to showcase the work being done within health and social

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, after spending two very difficult years in Albania, Arjan Tabaj and his family are finally back in Canada. The Federal Court ruled that this family had been deported without justification. Today another family is being separated by this government. Ms. Paola Ortiz

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, I would ask the parliamentary secretary to look through the bill again to see that there is very little in it to address human smugglers. We would love to be able to crack down on human smugglers; we would love it if this bill were able to go after human smugglers.

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for her question. This is part of the Conservative tough on crime ideology, as even Mr. Duceppe used to call it. The Conservatives are trying to find ways to convince people that they are really tough on crime, as we saw today with their o

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  This country was built on people seeking better lives for themselves and their families, trying to build their futures. Our ancestors, if they are not first nations, came from all around the world trying to build a better life here in this country. To tell someone once that he or

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  First, this bill is illegal. Second, this bill is ineffective. Third, this bill—

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, as I was saying, this bill is illegal, is ineffective and fundamentally is ideologically driven. Why is this bill illegal? Under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms we have the right not to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned. In a Supreme Court judgment t

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, I had the honour of being the official opposition critic for immigration and citizenship when this bill was introduced for the first time as Bill C-49. It was a very bad bill at the time, and I am very disappointed to see that the government is putting it forward aga

Prostate Cancer  Mr. Speaker, this week is Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, and I would like to take the time to mention the 25,000 men who will be diagnosed in 2011 as well as the 4,000 of them that we could lose to this disease. I think about the families and friends of those who will have to f

Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, given the experience of the member for Toronto Centre in Sri Lanka and his exposure to the issue, I would like to hear the member respond to the declarations by the Conservative government that this will be a deterrent, that punitive measures on refugees will be enou

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the Department of Natural Resources, for every year since 2006, how many people have been employed by the Port Hope Area Initiative Management Office?

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the operating budget freeze at Public Safety Canada: (a) what measures were taken to limit spending in the last fiscal year; (b) how many full-time and part-time employees were lost to attrition; (c) how many full-time or part-time employees were laid-off; (d) how

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the operating budget freeze at the Canadian International Development Agency: (a) what measures were taken to limit spending in the last fiscal year; (b) how many full-time and part-time employees were lost to attrition; (c) how many full-time or part-time employee