Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, first of all, I frankly resent the personal remarks of that member. I am a lawyer by background, and honour, ethics and integrity are important to me, as they are to the rest of my Conservative colleagues. I am not misinforming this House, and I am not stating falseh

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, the whole point of a committee that allows the Prime Minister the power to make further regulations, without coming back and debating them through legislation in this House, is what we are talking about. The Liberals have already indicated the types of firearms that

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I love this question, because I am a lawyer, and I used to be the parliamentary secretary for justice. I know the difference between a minimum mandatory sentence and a maximum mandatory sentence. Maximum mandatory sentences are virtually meaningless, other than meani

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the hon. member for Beauce. The Liberals are on a mission to ban hunting rifles in Canada. Tonight, we are debating Bill C-21, legislation that is designed to ban firearms used by law-abiding hunters and farmers. When discussing this

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, Conservatives agree to apply the vote, with Conservative members voting nay.

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, Conservatives agree to apply the vote with Conservatives voting yea.

Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, my understanding is that we were agreeing to apply the vote and that we would each stand and say how our respective parties would be voting on an applied vote.

Health  Mr. Speaker, the so-called safe supply policies of the Liberal-NDP coalition are deadly. Seven people a day are dying in B.C. alone. Unsafe tent cities abound. Kids are being sold the safe supply drugs and overdosing at an alarming rate. Then users have the cash to buy deadly fen

Health  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister says that spending tax dollars to give free hard drugs to addicts is safe. He is wrong. Instead, he supercharged the drug crisis that is killing our sons and daughters, seven dying a day in B.C. alone. There is no time to wait. We need a common-sen

Government Business No. 25—Proceedings on Bill C-21  Mr. Speaker, we request a recorded vote.

Violence Against Pregnant Women Act  Madam Speaker, I am honoured to stand today in support of Bill C-311, the violence against pregnant women act, because I thought that is what we would be debating tonight. However, what I have been listening to is far from that. The speakers have gone far afield in their discussi

Violence Against Pregnant Women Act  Madam Speaker, I think you would agree with me it is my right as a member of Parliament to raise a point of order, bring it to the Speaker's attention when I think it is appropriate, and I will not be shut down—

Violence Against Pregnant Women Act  Madam Speaker, we are here to debate a specific bill, and now speaker after speaker, including the present one is talking about irrelevant issues. There is nothing in this bill about health care—

Violence Against Pregnant Women Act  I am asking, Madam Speaker: Do you find this relevant?

Government Business No. 25—Proceedings on Bill C-21  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have turned to their junior coalition partners to do their bidding at committee tonight. It is laughable that the NDP will call themselves the stewards of democracy and simultaneously support a motion like this. The rural NDP members of Parliament, who