National Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias Act  Mr. Speaker, last month, I joined my community in Nanaimo on the walk for Alzheimer's where our community walked in support of Alzheimer's patients and their families. The honoree this year was the late Dale Horn. She was born in 1933 in Australia and she came to Canada at the a

Abandoned Vessels  Mr. Speaker, I stand in support of Motion No. 40. I thank my colleague for bringing it to the House. First, the problem of abandoned vessels is urgent and there is on-the-ground harm being done, including to B.C.'s ferry fleet. Second, local governments have been passing motions

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I very much appreciate the member's observations. She is quite right. What happened in the House last night was 100% because of the actions of the Prime Minister. He chose to stride across the aisle; he chose to swear at members across the aisle; he chose to grab and

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, what I think we often see in social media, and just in conversations around the country, is an attempt to justify what is unjustifiable. This happens in domestic violence all the time. I am not saying that what happened on the floor yesterday was domestic violence.

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I continue to feel unsettled about what happened in this chamber last night. I think many of us are feeling the same way. The Prime Minister's actions were disappointing; they were shocking; they were unprecedented. Many of us have said it this morning, but again,

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I appreciated the Prime Minister's apology this morning. If he had made that apology last night, it would have de-escalated things a lot. I am dismayed to hear the member now revisit and reopen things, and try to justify and qualify what was said. We have had a sign

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the minister's comments about tone in the House. She is right. When we sat together until midnight to debate both suicide in Attawapiskat and physician-assisted dying, those were good moments. That is what we heard a lot about in the election campaign. P

Fight Against Food Waste Act  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to stand here with my colleague, the member for Berthier—Maskinongé, in support of a bill to develop a national strategy to reduce food waste. The numbers here are compelling. Canadians waste approximately 27 billion dollars' worth of food every year,

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to discuss this in relation to my riding of Nanaimo—Ladysmith. We are very proud of, and very reliant on at a local industry level, local agriculture and food security. Value-added cheese and winery industries are very important to us, and value-added forestry

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Madam Speaker, this is a circular question and something that is so important to the country moving forward. Members on the status of women committee, who have been working on the murdered and missing indigenous women and girls file and gender-based violence, are concerned about

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Madam Speaker, the points do not line up with what I heard from members in my riding. I received a lot of mail on this. They uniformly expressed their concern with the process and with the content. They felt they had been discriminated against all these years and that it had take

Public Service Labour Relations Act  I hear a broken record, Madam Speaker. I am absolutely proud to live in a community that is so well-served by the RCMP. Every day we see how well its members stand up for us. I will stand up for them and with them with great gratitude for their work. I urge every member of the Ho

Public Service Labour Relations Act  Mr. Speaker, first and foremost, I want to sincerely thank the members of the Nanaimo detachment of the RCMP for the work they do every day in our community to keep us safe. There are 151 sworn members of the RCMP who form the ranks in Nanaimo. They join over 18,000 members from

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, last week, Pauktuutit called on the federal government to ensure the upcoming inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women and girls meets Inuit concerns. Funding is needed to support the participation of indigenous peoples, including access to healing and sup

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, we heard from a number of first nations leaders, the Assembly of First Nations, the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, that have written letters of concern to the Prime Minister. Could the parliamentary secretary please let the House know whether those letters have been r