Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member representing Nipissing—Timiskaming was one of the most respectful individuals to have presided over the House. Regrettably, that same treatment was not afforded to him. I am disappointed in the cabinet ministers and party leaders who tripped over the

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, on June 9, I asked the government if it was aware of an apartheid era visa process at our high commission in South Africa. The government said it takes racism seriously and has rolled out anti-racism training in visa offices, including in South Africa. However, I rec

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the proposed redesign of the Canadian passport: (a) which minister and government department initiated the passport redesign project; (b) what public consultations were held on the new illustrations to be contained on the redesigned passport pages; (c) who determin

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, Canada Day is quickly approaching. To celebrate, the Liberal government is giving the gift to Canadians of another tax, the clean fuel regulation, but the only things being cleaned are Canadians' pocketbooks, as independent analysis has found that it actually increas

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his remarks. I always appreciate that he has always been professional and respectful. Not everyone necessarily always is; sometimes people are a bit too partisan. However, I will say that I find it troubling that data is not being collecte

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, we are here this evening to debate the immensely important matter of overt and subtle racism at IRCC offices abroad. I asked the minister on June 9 to confirm or deny if Canada is running an apartheid-era, visa selection process in South Africa. Unfortunately, the

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, on June 10, Canada seized a Russian aircraft at Pearson airport. Global Affairs Canada said it is working with Ukraine on “options to redistribute this asset to compensate victims of human rights abuses”. Why then is the government fighting the families of victims

Public Safety  Madam Speaker, these are more very strong words but what is the action and, more importantly, what are the results? With all due respect to the parliamentary secretary, she can list all of the government's talking points and all of the things that it has allegedly done, but what

Public Safety  Madam Speaker, we hear so often from the government's talking points about how seriously it allegedly takes the issue of foreign interference, and I implore them to please stop with the talk and show Canadians some action. Honestly, I shudder to think what the Chinese Communist

Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act  Madam Speaker, the Association of Day Care Operators of Ontario has spoken about how female entrepreneurs are cut out of this program. What is my colleague's analysis of why that might be the case and, perhaps, how changing that could actually make this program more accessible an

Anti-Asian Racism  Mr. Speaker, I want to begin by thanking my Conservative colleagues for the opportunity to contribute to Motion 63. It is their slot that I am using. I am thankful for the opportunity to be able to share my experience as a member of Asian heritage. Sometimes we do not hear enou

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, in May 2022, an IRCC committee tabled a report that noted overt and subtle racism at its offices abroad, especially at posts where visa decisions were delegated to locally engaged staff, such as in South Africa. It has come to my attention that an unofficial filter s

Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752  Mr. Speaker, on July 11, this Sunday, a rally will be held on Parliament Hill by 2,000 Iranian Canadians to again protest the failure of the Canadian government to get justice from Iran for the January 8, 2020, shooting down of flight PS752. That horrific act murdered 176 people,

Questions Passed as Orders for Return  With regard to the Recovery Fund for Arts, Culture, Heritage and Sport Sectors under budget 2021, and the amendment to the contribution agreement for the funds awarded to the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto signed on November 10, 2022: (a) what specifically did the amendment chang

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, today marks 1,241 days since the IRGC murdered 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents among 176 people killed when Flight PS752 was shot down. One of them was my friend. Last year, on the 1,000th day, Iranian Canadians came to Ottawa to get justice for thos