Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have a petition in regards to Bill C-75, an enormous 302-page omnibus bill, which proposes lightening sentences on such things as obstructing or violence to or arrest of officiating clergymen participating in terrorist activities, impaired driving causing bodily ha

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, with marijuana legalization only two days away, law enforcement is not adequately prepared and equipped for this change. The Liberals failed to learn from the experiences in Washington state and Colorado, where accidents involving marijuana skyrocketed after legaliza

Justice  Mr. Speaker, Canadians are outraged that convicted child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic is serving her time in a healing lodge that does not even have a fence. Children are often present in this place, where there are no restraints on McClintic's ability to interact with these chil

Mental Illness Awareness Week  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to support the 2018 Mental Illness Awareness Week as we seek to end the stigma associated with mental illness. My community of Sarnia—Lambton and many others like it have felt the impact of mental illness and the lack of resources to address these prob

Department of Health Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak to Bill C-326, an act to amend the Department of Health Act with regards to drinking water guidelines. I am truly grateful to the member for Lac-Saint-Louis for introducing this bill. I also want to thank him for his ongoing work o

Multilateral Instrument in Respect of Tax Conventions Act  Mr. Speaker, we listen often to the Liberal government talking about how it is looking for all of these tax evaders and the $25 billion of tax it claims it is going to find. However, the Liberals have been very silent about the Panama papers and I have not heard any progress on t

Health  Mr. Speaker, the national pharmacare online consultation that the Liberals are doing does not even mention rare diseases. One in 12 Canadians has a rare disorder. Why is the health minister systematically discriminating against this group and will she update her consultations to

Health  Mr. Speaker, first, it was discrimination against people with type 2 diabetes, and then autism, and then multiple sclerosis, and now this. Yesterday, the rare disease organization testified that the Liberal government has not kept any of its promises on access to drugs for rare d

Multilateral Instrument in Respect of Tax Conventions Act  Mr. Speaker, I know that this legislation seeks to prevent double taxation as well. The member talked about dispute resolution. I know there were issues with many residents across Canada who own Canadian corporations. When the U.S. changed its tax rules recently, people living in

Organ and Tissue Donation  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to rise today in the House to speak in favour of Motion No. 189, regarding organ and tissue donation. I would like to begin my speech by thanking the member for Thérèse-De Blainville for moving this motion and for his ongoing efforts on this file.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for revealing what most of us on this side of the House are aware of: that zero dollars have been spent. The propensity of the government to predict spending in the future is, in my mind, wishful thinking, because it does not eve

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I noted how much the member knows about where the money is needed in her own municipality, and the same is true for some of the other members who have spoken. If the government really wants to make inroads on affordable housing and the homelessness issue, it shoul

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I notice talk of the number of programs put in place by the government and of the money flowing already. I have not seen that in my riding. Is this just being done in Liberal ridings, or more broadly?

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, philosophically, the NDP is always looking for the government's and somebody else's money to do things rather than looking at the private sector. There is a real opportunity for the government to partner with the private sector. There are some innovative solutions

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, my NDP colleague is absolutely right. Single women who are seniors are some of the poorest in the country. What they receive as income is not increasing but everything else is inflating. Many of them face the situation of losing lose their homes. Then where will they