Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, earlier this month, over 400 climate scientists and scholars co-signed a letter calling on the federal government to step back from its plan to introduce another fossil fuel subsidy, a new tax credit for carbon capture and storage. As stated in their letter, despite

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, back in 2015 the Liberals promised to end all boil water advisories in first nations communities within five years, yet today 42 advisories remain in 30 communities. A recent Parliamentary Budget Officer report calls out a significant gap: $138 million more is needed

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, the member mentioned his support for the independence of the judiciary at a time when we know that mandatory minimums contribute to systemic racism and that the TRC has called for departing from them. Why is he not more supportive of trusting in the judiciary in ca

Government Program  Mr. Speaker, Canadians with disabilities are disproportionately living in poverty across the country. It does not have to be this way. Last summer's election call put a halt to Bill C-35, which would have created a Canada disability benefit, a guaranteed basic income for Canadia

Economic and Fiscal Update 2021  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Joliette for his comments. Knowing we have had incidents of climate-fuelled weather events across the country, and in Quebec as well, over recent years, my question specifically concerns climate adaptation. Noting that in th

Criminal Code and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Madam Speaker, again, the point I was making is that for all mandatory minimum penalties, when they are repealed, sentencing judges would still be required to impose a sentence proportionate to the degree of responsibility, and I trust in the judiciary to follow through appropria

Criminal Code and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Madam Speaker, that is why I am so glad to have members like the hon. member for Nunavut in this place, so that the voices of indigenous peoples are increasingly being heard directly in this place. I included citations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the national i

Criminal Code and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Madam Speaker, I congratulate the parliamentary secretary on his re-election. We heard a significant amount from a previous member on CSOs. I would rather focus the commentary, whether it is now or in committee, on expanding the number of mandatory minimum penalties that should

Criminal Code and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Madam Speaker, this being my first time rising to give a speech of this length, I wanted to pause to give some thanks. First of all, I thank my neighbours across Kitchener Centre for placing their trust in me to be our community's voice in this place, as well as the hundreds of p

Criminal Code and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Madam Speaker, congratulations to the member for Portage—Lisgar for her re-election. I wanted to note that in Bill C-5, of the 73 mandatory minimum penalties, only 13 are repealed in full, 20 in full or in part and only 10 of the 28 that have been ruled unconstitutional are part

Criminal Code and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his years of advocacy around decriminalizing illicit drugs and for the decision to include a mention of call to action 32 from the TRC in his speech this morning. I wonder if the hon. member is willing to comment further on to the Natio

Climate Change  Mr. Speaker, I will just speak briefly. In the report from the commissioner, to be really clear, in terms of the reductions, we need to be mindful of the concept of additionality, meaning would these reductions have happened without the incremental funding? In section 4.34, th

Climate Change  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the chance to speak tonight with the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change on the topic of the climate crisis and fossil fuel subsidies. In my community, no matter what neighbo

Supplementary Estimates (B), 2021-2022  Mr. Speaker, the Greens also agree to apply the vote and will be voting in favour.

Supplementary Estimates (B), 2021-2022  Mr. Speaker, the Greens agree to apply the vote and will be voting in favour.