Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, one of the important aspects of Bill C-88 is that it would restore the four water and land co-management boards, which were established by a negotiated agreement between the federal and territorial governments and the first nations of the north, but the Tlicho and Sa

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Madam Speaker, we keep seeing this happening with the Liberals, who shut down debate and then speak to the content of the bill we would all like to be debating here. What is the whole point of this bill we are supposed to be debating, except that the Liberals would rather shut d

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to table a petition calling on action now by the federal government on the housing crisis. It is signed by residents of Edmonton, and I am pleased to say two of those include youth residing in the Youth Empowerment shelter in my riding. The petitioners s

Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-438, An Act to enact the Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights and to make related amendments to other Acts. Madam Speaker, I rise today to re-table the Canadian environmental bill of rights. While similar measures have been enacted by some of

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, most of this discussion is about a particular case of a member of our armed forces. There are allegations that they are being treated inappropriately and that information is not being disclosed. However, there is a bigger issue here. It is naval ships. I have been

An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families  Mr. Speaker, it is good that we finally get to debate the bill, although there is great concern that we have the budget coming down this afternoon and we presume there will not be any new monies because we do not have this enacted yet. More an a year and a half ago, the former a

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, for anybody watching this debate, I am sure it is not with great amusement. The Liberals object to opposition members not talking about the Champlain Bridge, but they are definitely not talking about the Champlain Bridge when they stand to speak on this matter. They

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition from Canadians who are concerned about the lack of action on eye health and vision care. The petitioners are calling on the government to commit to acknowledging eye health and vision care as a growing public health issue, particul

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302  Mr. Speaker, when Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed last week, Yusuf Abdullahi lost his sister, Amina Ibrahim Odowa, and her five-year-old daughter, Sofia Abdulkadir, both Edmontonians. Yesterday, Abdullahi attended a candlelight vigil alongside dozens of Edmontonians to ho

Housing  Mr. Speaker, Edmonton's mayor, Don Iveson, is asking for $1.2 billion over five years for 5,000 new affordable housing units to begin to fill the need. Our city's non-profit housing provider working group says over 48,000 households are in need. More than 22,000 of those spend

Wood Buffalo National Park  Mr. Speaker, the World Heritage Committee, after an investigation requested by the Mikisew Cree, found the government failing to address significant threats to Wood Buffalo National Park, a world heritage site. In response, the government allocated a pathetic $27.5 million over f

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Mr. Speaker, I would appreciate if the member would correct the slight he made to my colleague. The Hon. Kim Pate, senator and former long-standing head of the Elizabeth Fry Society and who received the Order of Canada for her work against segregation in prisons, said two days

Bills of Exchange Act  Mr. Speaker, it is my absolute honour to rise today in support of Bill C-369. It is also my honour to recognize that we are gathering today on the unceded territories of the Algonquin peoples. This bill has been tabled by my colleague, the member of Parliament for Desnethé—Miss

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to table a petition from residents from across Ontario. They are saying to this place that despite being victimized many times over in imposed conflict strategies of war, women bear a lot of the impacts and yet they have great potential for providing sup

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, what is puzzling me and why it merits an open review not just before the committee but likely an inquiry, is the confusion apparently held by the Liberals that there is no difference between having a discussion with the Minister of Justice and having a discussion wit