Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Madam Speaker, I just want to reiterate, getting back to the point about asylum seekers, as Jean-Nicolas Beuze, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' representative in Canada clearly stated, the measure is “in line with international law”, because asylum seekers are

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to respond to the hon. member for Vancouver East and outline investments that our government has recently announced to enhance the integrity of Canada's border and asylum systems. Recently, the Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction

Criminal Records Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his question and his honesty in the House. I appreciate that very much. Over the last four years, he has been a steadfast supporter of initiatives aimed at bettering the lives of youth all across the country, so I want to

Criminal Records Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. Unfortunately, the question is a bit disingenuous. Our government has done more than what the NDP was proposing. We are the ones who wanted to legalize cannabis. The NDP wanted to keep fining young people, especially you

Criminal Records Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. To be very clear, our government's goal is to keep cannabis out of the hands of young people, and out of the pockets of criminals and organized crime. This has worked in other jurisdictions in the U.S. and elsewhere. Tha

Criminal Records Act  Mr. Speaker, during the last election, we promised to legalize and regulate cannabis. In October, we kept that promise. The goal was to be more effective in keeping cannabis away from our kids and reduce the illegal profits of organized crime. As L'actualité journalist Alec Cast

Vaudreuil-Dorion Heritage Weekend  Oyez, oyez, Mr. Speaker! Lords, ladies, nobles and the good folk of Vaudrueil-Dorion will gather on June 6, 7 and 8 for the 27th edition of the Seigneuriales. There, they will eat, drink, play and sing as they celebrate the rich cultural heritage of our community, Vaudreuil-Soula

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act  Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague just asked that we stop mentioning that the Stephen Harper government stripped the people who work at our borders of hundreds of millions of dollars. I wonder whether he can stop insulting Canadians' intelligence by saying that a tweet from the Prim

Vaudreuil—Soulanges  Madam Speaker, volunteers are the backbone of our communities. These ordinary women and men do extraordinary things. Not only are these people helping their fellow Canadians, but they are also building better communities for everyone. Today, I want to take a moment to recognize

Criminal Records Act  Madam Speaker, there are a couple of components to my hon. colleague's question. With regard to the introduction of this law in the last year of our mandate, Canadians expect us to continue to work until the end of our mandate. Some of the laws and bills we have put in place ca

Criminal Records Act  Madam Speaker, obviously with anything that we do, we have estimates. We are estimating that a certain number of Canadians will come forward to access the new tools we are giving them for a record suspension. If we see that those numbers are higher than expected or lower than exp

Criminal Records Act  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to participate in the debate on Bill C-93 at second reading. This bill will make things fairer for Canadians and their families. There was an ineffective prohibition of cannabis for far too long and, as a result, many Canadians ended up with a crimina

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, if the NDP and the Conservatives want a plan for fighting climate change, I have one for them. First, we put a price on pollution. Second, we offered an electric car incentive. Third, we are going to phase out coal by 2030. If the member wants to talk about youth,

Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise in the House today to talk about our government's fourth budget. With this budget, we are continuing to invest in Vaudreuil—Soulanges, in our families, in our young and not so young people, and in our business owners. I am particularly proud of t

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, petition E-1925, which was initiated by Wendy Atto Doran, from Île-Perrot. This petition recognizes that there are tens of thousands of older Canadians currently caring for adult children with severe autism o