Judges Act  That is racist.

Broadcasting Act  Mr. Speaker, as a professional artist myself for 40 years, I am also a member of the Canadian actors' union, ACTRA, and colleagues like Ferne Downey, Theresa Tova and David Sparrow have been lobbying governments for the modernization of Canada's Broadcasting Act, which is now Bil

Judges Act  Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure today to speak to Bill C-3, an act to amend the Judges Act and the Criminal Code, at third reading. Bill C-3 should receive all-party support since it is a vital step forward in achieving justice and equity for women and girls who are still too of

Judges Act  Madam Speaker, I too am concerned about this. As a woman who has gone through it, I know 30 years is a long time to have no justice and to be looking back and saying I would have, should have, could have. I believe anybody who has been assaulted sexually or in any other way needs

Judges Act  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for her words. I come from Australia and am well aware of Australian film, which is very strong. Part of the reason I moved to Canada when I was a kid was that my mom and dad felt Australia was very sexist and racist at the time.

Judges Act  Madam Speaker, as a matter of fact, I am a member of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs, and yesterday the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations came to our committee and answered that question. She said that it is coming out very shortly. We will have a n

National Strategy to Redress Environmental Racism Act  , seconded by the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands, moved that Bill C-230, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to redress environmental racism be read the second time and referred to a committee. She said: Mr. Speaker, “The land is our Mother, so when we los

National Strategy to Redress Environmental Racism Act  Mr. Speaker, when I first started down this road and researching it, I thought of it as a provincial issue. A lot of things are provincial and municipal like dumps, waste sites, toxic landfills and things like that. As I started to look into it more, I started to notice that it i

National Strategy to Redress Environmental Racism Act  Mr. Speaker, I know the member opposite has also studied environmental racism and actually taught about it in university. This is an important part of this bill. We are talking about this now in Nova Scotia and in the Black community. It is a very big deal here. The dialogue has

National Strategy to Redress Environmental Racism Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for seconding my bill. That is a perfect example, and so was Boat Harbour, which was a beautiful, pristine lagoon where first nations communities came to picnic for thousands of years. I went there and saw the degradation, and smelled the st

National Strategy to Redress Environmental Racism Act  Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague has done a lot with treaty education in Nova Scotia, and I believe that is something we need to roll out right across this country. People do not seem to understand that the first nations people were here for 13,000 years before we ever got here. S

Health  Mr. Speaker, I first bring warm regards from Nova Scotia, and I want to congratulate the Prime Minister on Canada's first vaccine approval announced today. While this is very good news, rapid testing is also very important to stop the spread of COVID-19, and I know my constituen

Broadcasting Act  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise in the House to discuss a bill that is close to my heart. As I have been a professional performing artist for most of my life, I know that for these kinds of bills, the devil is in the details. I was very glad to see the union ACTRA endorse

Broadcasting Act  Madam Speaker, this is also a concern of mine. I understand where the member is coming from, and I understand where journalists are coming from. Right now, it is very difficult to make a living as a journalist. As we know, many of the newspapers are closing down. People are gett

Broadcasting Act  Madam Speaker, I want to thank the member for asking this very important question. A few years ago, I was also targeted on the Internet by some folks who started to use a picture of mine from a television show I had done. They started to flash it around and refused to take it do