Strengthening Military Justice in the Defence of Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Davenport for his question. There are a number of questions we might ask about this bill and the process that now applies within the Canadian Forces. It is a very opaque process and the government has the opportunity to introduce a bil

Strengthening Military Justice in the Defence of Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, the likelihood is close to zero. Since the amendments proposed in 2010 to the earlier version of Bill C-15 were rejected at the Standing Committee on National Defence, we wonder what chance there would be to get them adopted in committee when the 2012 version of Bill

Strengthening Military Justice in the Defence of Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague from Dartmouth—Cole Harbour for sharing his time with me. I am very grateful. It is a great pleasure to speak about this issue, as the city of Sherbrooke is proud to be home to two Canadian Forces reserve units, two institutions, the Fusili

Combating Terrorism Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today to ask a question of my colleague who gave a speech a little earlier. Earlier, we had some discussion on whether the Conservatives were being a bit paradoxical—I do not think that is the right word, but it is the first one tha

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my colleague on her excellent speech. Indeed, the minister seems to have neglected his duties in this matter. We need only look at how long it took him to respond to the crisis. I have a feeling that this is going to cause Canadians to lose all confid

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for her very apt question. The Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics deals with very important matters. The committee is currently conducting a study on privacy and social media. In committee or in the House

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have the opportunity to ask the hon. member for Chambly—Borduas a question. He mentioned a few concerns that Quebec shares regarding foreign takeovers that will affect all Canadians, not only those who live or work in the regions where the takeovers

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to ask my colleague from Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher a question. His speeches are always so eloquent and interesting, which I quite like. It seems to me that the process is not very clear. In his speech, my colleague talked about polls. Would my colleague

Helping Families in Need Act  Mr. Speaker, I actually noticed more or less the same thing. Earlier, I spoke about a problem with the bill on missing or deceased children where no crime has been committed. I feel as though there is a vacuum here. The answer that I got earlier from the Conservatives was that th

Helping Families in Need Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to come back to what I asked a government member earlier. I have some concerns about the provision of this bill that deals with leave related to death or disappearance. The provision clearly specifies that the death or disappearance must result from a c

Helping Families in Need Act  Mr. Speaker, I have one concern with respect to the part about leave in the case of a death or disappearance, where the bill clearly specifies that this applies only if a crime occurred, defined as “an offence under the Criminal Code, other than one that is excluded by the regula

Helping Families in Need Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for her excellent speech, which was very interesting. Everyone here today agrees that this bill can help families who have been the victims of various tragic situations. That is why it is important to support this bill at second reading. H

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, to an extent, I will echo the comments of the hon. Conservative member by asking a question to the hon. member, who was, in fact, a member of the Liberal government some years ago. It is a little ironic to hear them talk about inequality today, knowing that the Libe

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for the question. I am not sure where he gets his information from, but the meeting was cancelled last night. I asked that it be cancelled because we knew that today would be the last sitting day of the House. It is normal practice to

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, once again, the meeting was cancelled last night. It is an entirely standard practice. Most of the committees were cancelled today, as it is the last sitting day of the House. I will say again that there was no discussion with the Leader of the Opposition. That is