Access to Information Act  Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise and speak to someone so wise from the city of St. Catharines, a place I have come to love. I am delighted that he pointed that out. For many years, Suzanne Legault served Canadians with distinction as our information commissioner. If

Access to Information Act  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to participate in this important debate. I want to say at the outset that what we are technically addressing is a motion by the government that would refuse the 19 or 20 amendments to Bill C-58 that were proposed by the Senate. The NDP opposes the motio

Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights  Madam Speaker, I want to start by saluting my colleague, the soon-to-be-retired member for Edmonton Strathcona, for her diligence and perseverance in bringing this bill forward over 11 years. This is perhaps the fourth time. Of course, the Liberal government has had four years

Members Not Seeking Re-Election to the 43rd Parliament  Mr. Speaker, I think I should sit down, because the hon. member for Edmonton Strathcona has said it all. All I am going to do is footnote what she has already so ably said in expressing her gratitude to so many people, on all sides of the House, the people who work here and make

Protection of Freedom of Conscience Act  Madam Speaker, I wish to rise today to speak on behalf of the NDP in respect of Bill C-418, the initiative of the hon. member for Cypress Hills—Grasslands. We must oppose this bill. We are concerned that it creates a loophole whereby health professionals could deny a referral to

Protection of Freedom of Conscience Act  Madam Speaker, I am in substantial agreement with the thrust of the question from the member for Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame. The Court of Appeal for Ontario dealt with this question at least insofar as it said that in a dispute between a patient and a physician, “the inte

Petitions  Madam Speaker, I have two petitions to raise today. The first is petition e-1090, which is from about 900 Victorians calling on the government to immediately begin turning over all historical documents to public archives and to reform the Access to Information Act and Library an

Petitions  Madam Speaker, the second petition raises an issue of importance to people not just in my constituency but from across Canada. It calls on the House of Commons to support Bill S-214 and ban the sale and/or manufacture of animal-tested cosmetics and their ingredients in Canada. Th

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I have two very quick questions, connected together, I hope. Number one, does the hon. member believe there is a climate emergency? Number two, knowing that he opposes the carbon tax, what would he do instead?

House debate  Madam Chair, I am not sure what that meant. I understand from a quote in a newspaper attributed to the minister that he is deeply disappointed to see the sweeping cuts that have been made to this important program. Why should the federal government not pay all of the legal expens

House debate  Madam Chair, I stand corrected. It is true that he was not at the time the minister. I was wondering if his views had changed since he became one. On a different topic, that is the topic of judicial appointments, The Globe and Mail reported earlier this year that 91% of those pe

House debate  Madam Chair, a quarter of the 289 judges appointed since 2016 had donated to the Liberal Party. A total of $322,000, or 90.9% of the total amount donated, was paid to the Liberal Party. I do not understand what the premise of the question was. Those are the facts. I would like to

House debate  Madam Chair, the Supreme Court of Canada has announced that it will hear two cases in the city of Winnipeg in September this year. Under section 32 of the Supreme Court Act, the court will determine appeals and “shall hold, in each year, in the city of Ottawa, three sessions.” Th

House debate  Madam Chair, in the last fiscal year, in the province of British Columbia, the Legal Services Society, which distributes legal aid, had a budget of $86 million. The federal government's contribution was less than $17.5 million. Just this past month, we saw the province of Ontario

House debate  Madam Chair, that is not exactly what I asked, so. I will ask it again. Earlier today in question period, the minister informed us that the decisions on redaction of documents in the case were made by public servants. If it was public servants who used code names in an effort to