Syrian Refugees  Mr. Speaker, in November, when the government announced it would recognized LGBT refugees as among the highest risk Syrian refugees, I was among the first to praise the government for changing Canada's policy to recognize the fact that LGBT refugees are subject to extra risks sim

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, I would like to ask the minister why it is that we have not gone after the sources of funding and the arms sales to ISIL. We know that $1 million to $3 million a day in oil is still being sold on the world market, and this is what allows it to pay its troops and bu

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the minister for his speech today. It was much more clear than some of the other information we have had. I would also like to thank him, of course, for his service in the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan. As someone who also worked in Afghanis

Canada's Contribution to the Effort to Combat ISIL  Mr. Speaker, I thank the Prime Minister for brining this debate to the House. We all welcome the chance to talk about something that is so important and such a great threat to world peace and security. If we are going to have a really good debate in this House and, as the Prime

Justice  Mr. Speaker, communities across the country are working hard to tackle this problem and so many other public safety challenges, but despite all the talk from the previous government, police forces across the country still do not have the resources they need. To make matters worse

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, on page 71 of their platform, the Liberals promised that if they became the government, they would “end Canada's combat mission in Iraq”. Unfortunately, not only has the government failed to end the bombing missions, it has refused to tell the House what its plan is

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, the government promised to end the bombing mission in Iraq, yet it is still continuing. The government said it would come up with a new plan, and again Canadians are still waiting. When the Minister of National Defence was asked a simple question about whether there

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, theMinister of Foreign Affairs is in Rome today to discuss the coalition's campaign against ISIS. In the 2015 campaign, the Liberals promised to end the bombing, yet it is 2016 and the bombing is still continuing. Today, the Liberal government is discussing its plans

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I have not heard a better and more comprehensive statement of the challenges faced in a riding by any MP who has stood up on the throne speech. I had the opportunity of meeting the new member for North Island—Powell River in her capacity as a community development

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I salute the community work the minister did before coming to the House. I want to quickly ask her two questions. First, as she may be aware, I put forward a bill to provide equal protections for transgendered Canadians, transgendered Canadians being some of the pe

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I, too would like to congratulate the Minister of Democratic Institutions on her election to the House. I had the privilege of working as an international human rights observer in Afghanistan and I know the great distance that she has come, both physically and cultur

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to the hon. member for Nickel Belt's speech. I know that employment is always a big concern in his riding. I wonder what his reaction is to his Minister of International Trade because the minister and his party expressed a lot of reservatio

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Nanaimo—Ladysmith for her question. First, I would like to take responsibility for the name for my riding. It was my suggestion that it be called Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, and I know that is hard for many people in this House to pronoun

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, calling on the ability of backbenchers to vote against the government would be rich coming from any other Conservative than that member, who did demonstrate his own independence. The question the member raises about the policy of the Liberal government is an impor

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, to respond very directly, personally, as the NDP defence critic and somebody who represents one of the largest military ridings in the country, the biggest disappointment for me in the Liberal throne speech was that there was no commitment to sign the Arms Trade Tr