Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Mr. Speaker, one of the things that most concerns me about the bill and the amendments is that the Liberal government continues to be hypocritical, always saying that we have to respect the provincial jurisdiction and other jurisdictions. However, it has not respected the jurisdi

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, what is clear is Canada is back in debt. While Canadians are struggling to make ends meet, in typical Liberal fashion the Prime Minister and these Liberals have absolutely no respect for Canadian taxpayers. The Prime Minister wasted nearly $2,000 on cardboard cutout

Framework on Palliative Care in Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the parliamentary secretary to the government House leader for his question and for his support on this issue. As he has said, this is an issue that is timely because of the assisted dying legislation, but even more so, because of the aging popu

Framework on Palliative Care in Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, when it comes to the assisted dying legislation, the important thing to note is that the committee that studied the Carter decision said that without good palliative care, we do not have a real choice. For many Canadians who are in places where they have nothing, the

Framework on Palliative Care in Canada Act  moved that C-277, An Act providing for the development of a framework on palliative care in Canada, as amended, be concurred in.

Framework on Palliative Care in Canada Act  moved that the bill be read the third time and passed. Mr. Speaker, I am so pleased to be standing in the House today at third reading of my private member's bill, Bill C-277, an act providing for the development of a framework on palliative care in Canada. The need for pallia

Hospice Palliative Care  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to stand today in support of National Hospice Palliative Care Week 2017. Hospice palliative care is about living well right to the end. Seventy per cent of Canadians have no access to such services, but we have the power to change that. My private mem

Status of Women  Madam Speaker, as I said earlier, while the Minister of Status of Women spends millions on her office renovation, women in need are being left behind. This week at committee we heard testimony from the Canada's Building Trades Unions that no money is available to unions to help

Holidays Act  Madam Speaker, today I rise in this House to speak on the subject of Bill C-311, an act to amend the Holidays Act for Remembrance Day, presented by the member for West Nova. This bill seeks to modify the Holidays Act to make Remembrance Day a legal holiday, which would impact fed

Ministerial Expenditures  Mr. Speaker, documents reveal that the Minister of Status of Women spent more money renovating her offices than on supporting shelters for abused women. While the minister was spending over $1 million on her luxury accommodations, she spent less than $700,000 on emergency housin

Status of Women  Mr. Speaker, this self-proclaimed feminist Prime Minister sure talks a good talk, but has failed to do anything meaningful for women in need, like zip for pay equity. The Liberals have no issue padding the pockets of their Liberal friends and wasting taxpayer dollars on their la

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I have one question. In other discussions in the House, the member for St. Catharines read into Hansard the definition of hate crime. The definition that he read said that hate crimes were actions that would incite violence against persons. Would the member's bill

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his very fine speech. Every day in the House the government says one thing but does another. The Liberals have broken many of their promises and this bill is just another example of that. What changes would the hon. member like to see ma

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1  Madam Speaker, with respect to the parental leave adjustment, the same amount of benefit would be taken and spread over 18 months, which means that people would have to live on a third of their salaries. That really is not going to be very helpful. I am the chair of the status o

House debate  Mr. Speaker, it seems as if the Liberal government is pretending that the issue is that nobody wants to modernize or that people are resistant to modernizing. I was here when we had the debate on the Standing Orders and heard all kinds of ideas, good ideas, on how we might chang