National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the question, because I have been hearing it all week, and I have looked forward to the opportunity to respond to it. The truth of the matter is that the opposition is painting this as though it is a one-of-a-kind event that the Prime Minister would m

National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act  Madam Speaker, to suggest that the Liberal Party of the day had no problem with Bill C-51 I think is a great misrepresentation of the facts. In fact, the Liberal Party had a number of concerns and put forward a number of recommendations to change it. The difference between the

National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act  Madam Speaker, this bill would give us the ability to have more oversight, to see what the particular agencies are doing and how they are acting, to have this classified information, and to have parliamentarians at the helm of understanding and appreciating what is going on. This

National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act  Madam Speaker, I am wondering if the member opposite could expand a little on the fact that unlike some of our allies like the U.S. and New Zealand, the government members will actually be in a minority position on this oversight committee, and whether she thinks that contributes

National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act  Madam Speaker, my question was specifically about whether the member opposite felt that there would be more accountability because of the fact that there would be minority Liberal representation on the committee. I did not really get an answer to that, so I can only assume that s

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a petition that is signed by roughly 100 members of my community who have been affected by the problems that the government has been experiencing with Phoenix pay system. The petitioners express their frustration over the system and ask that the g

CANADA LABOUR CODE  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech, and I heard her speak about a referendum and electoral reform. I have great concern with the manner in which she is assessing the value of town hall meetings that are being held across the country right now with respect to elect

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, this summer my family welcomed our new son, Francesco. Sunny ways was followed by a baby boom on this side of the aisle. Stability and support for families is paramount to my young family, as it is for so many others throughout my community and our country. Familie

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his comments on this particular budget and the debate we are having today. I heard with great interest the discussion he mentioned about being with children and talking about the debt, and them questioning how we get out of so much debt. I

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, in 2010, the Conservative government of the time closed several prison farms throughout the country, without doing proper consultation into the usefulness and viability of providing essential skills for inmates. In my riding of Kingston and the Islands two prison fa

National Maternity Assistance Program Strategy Act  Absolutely, Mr. Speaker. The problem that we are facing right now is that the current system we have is actually providing a disincentive. Women, who are passionate about being a welder or a plumber or some other form of work but also think that they want to become pregnant and h

National Maternity Assistance Program Strategy Act  Mr. Speaker, as my colleague is well aware, one of the challenging parts of putting forward a private member's bill is an inability to introduce new spending. I would have loved to shape this bill in such a way as to make it more like the model that exists in Quebec. However, bec

National Maternity Assistance Program Strategy Act  Mr. Speaker, all I want to add about this is that we have to remember this. Women who are seeking to get into these lines of work in these non-traditional jobs are already going out on a ledge or taking a step forward by trying to get into these professions. They are already faci

National Maternity Assistance Program Strategy Act  moved that Bill C-243, An Act respecting the development of a national maternity assistance program strategy and amending the Employment Insurance Act (maternity benefits), be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak t

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, we know that in order to do this work, our Canadian Armed Forces will have to be compatible and work with our other departments throughout our government. Could the minister expand a little on how that works, and how the departments work together in time of need, as we