Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, at the end of his speech, my colleague admitted that we need to work harder for gun control, particularly to crack down on illegal firearms trafficking. I completely agree with him. The legislative summary we received from the Department of Public Safety and Emergen

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, my colleague ended his speech by stating that he will be voting against Bill C-21, because it is useless. However, I did appreciate my colleague's efforts to adopt an amendment that he proposed at the last minute. When he sat down beside me to discuss this amendment

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech and his work in committee. As chair, he did a very good job during the clause-by-clause study in committee. It is interesting to hear his opinion this evening. Usually, committee chairs have a duty to stay neutral. That being said

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I often hear the government touting Bill C-21 as a bill that bans assault-style firearms. That is how it presented the bill to groups like PolyRemembers, by saying that this bill would finally ban assault-style firearms. Unfortunately, that is not the case. What w

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the interpreters and technicians again. I think it is a plot to make me repeat for a third time that I really appreciate my NDP colleague. I really enjoyed working with him at the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. It is

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I hold my colleague in high regard. I had the opportunity to tell him that earlier. I think we worked well together on the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. It is too bad he was not there for the study of the bill. One thing I am having a ha

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the interpreters, who do an incredible job every day. I was saying that my colleague and I work very well together on the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. It is too bad he was not there for the

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, my colleague raises a very good point. I enjoyed working with him in committee and I hope he will come back after the study of Bill C‑21. The government's mistake in this whole story was to move these famous amendments without doing the necessary consultations ahe

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I thank my whip for her kind words. I am a bit emotional. Where do we start? That is a good question. I think that it is important to be well prepared, to know one's file, even if it is not easy. When I was first given the public safety file, I did not know what i

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I do not think that problems necessarily need to be ranked in order of priority. The one does not exclude the other. We worked on a bill to strengthen gun control in this country and, as I said, some of its measures will strengthen measures we can take to counter

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, that is a great question. I have been in contact with a number of police services in the course of studying this bill, and I can say that this is being very well received. I mentioned earlier about how people can order parts on the Internet. I think we also need t

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I referred to a specific company in Quebec City that sells airsoft guns. This will certainly help save many jobs in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. That is a good thing. I would even go so far as to say that firearms vendors in general have nothing to fear. As I m

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, we are finally at third reading stage of this bill that we have put so much work into. It may not seem like it, but we have been working on this for a year already. I have spoken to this bill in the House before, including last week, during consideration of Governm

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for her co-operation throughout the study of this bill. I really appreciated working with her and her team. I know that she has been working for better gun control in this country for a number of years. It was clearly the government's in

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, if Bill C‑21 is as terrible as my colleague claims, I would like her to tell me why the Conservative party voted in favour of every one of the government's amendments on ghost guns. Why did the Conservative party vote for the Bloc Québécois's amendments on magazin