Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend for his question, comment and memory of what committees have the power to do, because governments have extraordinary power themselves. The entire existence of this place is to hold that power in check and be a counterbalance to that power. I would

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, for a bunch of innocent people, they sure have a way of acting guilty. The Ethics Commissioner's investigation, as my friend, I hope, understands, does not deal with political interference. The centre of this story is about political interference. We have total f

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with my good friend, the member for Elmwood—Transcona. It is very revealing for me to listen to the Liberals here today. One after another, they want to tell us all about the inner and intricate workings of any committee in the House of

Justice  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister did not invent the expression, but he was right when he said that sunlight is the best disinfectant. However, when faced with evidence of a serious potential obstruction of justice, the Liberals can only deny and delay. A well-connected multinati

Justice  Mr. Speaker, it does not matter what question we ask them, the Liberals give us the exact same answer back. By refusing to agree with even the most simple and obvious requests for answers, the Liberals look even more guilty. Let us remind Canadians what we are talking about. Ob

Indigenous Languages Act  Madam Speaker, speaking of the north, I am wondering if my friend can address the concerns that have been raised by the ITK regarding the way the bill was consulted on prior to its introduction. With respect to the bill itself, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami are not happy. I do not

Indigenous Languages Act  Madam Speaker, I would quibble with that last turn of phrase, “the full broad spectrum of Canadian life”. I do not want to rain on his parade at all, but that is actually a good example of consultations being inadequate. The Haida people in this case were not properly consulted

Indigenous Languages Act  Madam Speaker, I do not know. The promise was in 2016. We would have liked to see it much earlier, of course. As many of my colleagues know, in the passage of bills, especially important ones, they have to go through the committee properly and hear from people. There is an elem

Indigenous Languages Act  Madam Speaker, it might have been a slip of the tongue, but my friend said, “$6.1 billion”. I will accept that first figure over the million that he had mentioned and I will take that back to the various groups. The only point that I would make is that sometimes there is a tende

Indigenous Languages Act  Madam Speaker, I have rarely talked much about my own heritage and history in this place. I begin to think that the importance of being able to talk about these issues from our own experience and history is the most important thing we can do for Canadians. There are so many Canad

Indigenous Languages Act  Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise today to speak to Bill C-91. We are in the last stages of this Parliament. It may seem like the election is far off in October of this year, but legislation being introduced right now is on the clock, as we say. It is not unusu

Indigenous Languages Act  Mr. Speaker, in reading through the piece of legislation, we see an omission that I wonder if my friend would agree needs to be corrected. The preamble talks about the history of discrimination against indigenous peoples in Canada and about forced relocation and residential scho

Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, as you are well aware, it is a convention in this place that in question period, when the opposition asks a question of the government through a minister of the Crown, the minister should seek to answer it. Throughout question period, we directed numerous questions t

Justice  Mr. Speaker, we can see what the Liberals are doing. A carefully crafted denial that is not a denial at all. The same company found guilty of corruption and fraud was also caught illegally donating more than $100,000 to those same Liberals. SNC-Lavalin was rewarded. When it faced

Justice  Mr. Speaker, Canadians were confused and shocked when the first indigenous justice minister was summarily fired without explanation. In her letter to Canadians, she warned that an attorney general must ”speak truth to power” and “It is a pillar of our democracy that our system of