Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, today New Democrats are joining over 100,000 Canadians who are calling on Liberals and Conservatives to do the right thing and stop Bill C-51. Tonight this House will take a final vote on this dangerous bill. It is the last chance for Liberal and Conservative membe

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, across the country we are seeing an increase in post-traumatic stress disorder and suicides among police, firefighters and paramedics. Seventeen first responders have taken their lives so far in 2015. Canadians depend on these people to keep us safe and, in return, w

Anti-terrorism Act, 2015  Mr. Speaker, the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands is quite right about former justice John Major. As I mentioned in my speech, the minister has only quoted part of what he had to say. What he had to say was what we continue to say: not only does the bill threaten civil liberties,

Anti-terrorism Act, 2015  Mr. Speaker, the minister likes to say we should support the budget because it would provide more money for national security. When in fact, after cutting more than $300 million from the budget last year, Conservatives would put back $57 million, it is some kind of new math to th

Anti-terrorism Act, 2015  Mr. Speaker, one of the things I have learned from the minister is to watch his partial quoting of witnesses and members of Parliament. It is very clear that he is back to the same thing he tried in the beginning, to say that the NDP does not take terrorism seriously. Once again

Anti-terrorism Act, 2015  Mr. Speaker, I have already said, as I have done many times both in committee and here, that I cannot understand the Liberal Party's position, because it speaks against the bill but is voting for it. It simply makes no sense to me. The other part of the Liberal promise, to fix t

Anti-terrorism Act, 2015  Mr. Speaker, I guess the simple answer is no. I do not think we trade off security and civil liberties. The government's responsibility is to protect both at the same time. Do I support this bill? No, the amendment is trying to prevent this from going forward. This bill is so se

Anti-terrorism Act, 2015  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to stand and speak today to one of the most significant pieces of legislation to come before the House, certainly while I have been a member of Parliament. It is indeed a piece of legislation touching on the two most important topics that we ever deal with

Anti-terrorism Act, 2015  Mr. Speaker, I am extremely disappointed that the minister launched this third reading debate with an attack on the opposition by saying that somehow we are not concerned about terrorism. As one whose partner lost one of his best friends in the plane that went from Boston into th

Anti-terrorism Act, 2015  Really, Mr. Speaker, shame is the only word that comes to mind. This is the 94th time the government has used what it likes to call scheduling, but what is really closure, on important bills before this House of Commons. When it comes to debating Bill C-51, the Minister of Publi

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, Bill C-51 is so detrimental to our rights and freedoms that thousands of Canadians have come out to protest against this one piece of legislation. Now Stephen Toope, former dean of law at McGill, former UBC president, and currently the director of the Munk School of

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Mr. Speaker, I know that I have very limited time tonight, but I do want to chime in on this debate because I think, with all due respect to the very honourable intentions of the member for Saint John, it is never really a good idea to craft legislation around a single incident.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I note that the hon. member mentioned how part of the policies, which he talked about in great detail, forbid the use of advertising money to promote political candidates. Does he not believe that once someone becomes a candidate in the next election, he or she shoul

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, there is a new member of the growing coalition of Canadians telling Conservatives and Liberals not to pass Bill C-51. That is the high-tech business community. This is an absolutely critical sector of our economy, and now high-tech entrepreneurs and CEOs say this dan

Navigation Protection Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-667, an act to amend the Navigation Protection Act (Sooke River). Mr. Speaker, I am introducing this private member's bill today to restore federal environmental protection for the Sooke River by adding it to part 2 of the schedule of the Navi