Fisheries and Oceans  Mr. Speaker, any changes to northern shrimp allocation could affect jobs in Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Nunavut. However, we would not know it from the so-called independent advisory panel the minister has set up. Three of the four members are from

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to Fisheries and Oceans Canada' commitment in the 2016-17 Report on Plans and Priorities to increase the amount of marine and coastal protected areas to five per cent by 2017 and ten per cent by 2020, in part by advancing the Hecate/Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to “A Special Report on Wild Atlantic Salmon in Eastern Canada” prepared by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans’ Advisory Committee on Atlantic Salmon: (a) what scientific analyses were completed by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on each of the 61 recommendat

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, quite frankly, I think that is one of the unfortunate things that has happened in this debate. Due to the timing of the dissolution of Parliament for the election, there were several months lost when we were not debating this in the chamber. There were many months lo

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I accept the question in the spirit in which it was given. I think what the court has called on us to do is to set limits. It has not thrown the door completely open. It put its own conditions on grievous and irremediable conditions, and when and where this can be a

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I would certainly argue that it would not. There is mention of conscience rights in the preamble, but we have seen before that the preamble is not the meat of the bill. It does not have the same effect that it would if it were in among the provisions of the bill. I

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, it is always an honour to stand in this place and participate in the debate, no matter what the subject matter. There are some debates that are more important than others, and I would venture to say that parliamentary historians will not be poring over the Hansard of

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Madam Speaker, I just would like to say that it did not take long for the new government to swallow itself whole on the issue of closure, did it? Not only that, on the issue of this bill, we had the Minister of Transport himself saying that these jobs must be protected, these ce

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo for her excellent work on this file and for the compassion that she shows for all British Columbians and certainly for indigenous peoples in her riding and across the province. I wanted to talk a

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I was pleased to listen to the hon. member's speech and I want him to expand a little bit on the fact that while we were away working in our constituencies, the Parliamentary Budget Officer, an independent officer of this place, essentially declared that the Libera

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I too listened to the speech from the hon. member for Milton, and one of the things that concerned me in the budget was the removal of universality for child care benefits for families. I know in Chilliwack—Hope, for instance, a nurse and a dairy farmer, or a firefig

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the setting of the Total Allowable Catch for the Offshore Arctic surf clam by the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard: (a) what scientific analyses of Offshore Arctic surf clam stocks were completed by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans;

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, a Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian, and private land owners are part of this nation too.

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, private land owners are part of this nation too, and it is time that the government recognizes that their rights are currently being threatened and should be protected. Christy Clark has made it crystal clear that respecting aboriginal rights does not mean abandonin

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada has abandoned private property owners in British Columbia. There is a court case in B.C. that, if successful, will place aboriginal title over privately-held lands for the first time in Canadian history. The pre