Uighur Muslims in China  Mr. Speaker, I wish to raise the plight of over three million Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims who are interned in concentration camps in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China. The Chinese government continues to subject them and other Turkic Muslims to forced labour, ph

Interparliamentary Delegations  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), I have the honour to present to the House, in both official languages, five reports of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. The first concerns the CPA EXCO Coordinating Committee meeting, held in London

Yemen  Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak about the forgotten people of Yemen. The continuing war in Yemen is deemed by the United Nations as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Much of the country's infrastructure has been destroyed. There are 20 million Yemeni who face food insecuri

Travellers to Canada  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the Minister of Immigration for taking the input of MPs and bringing the necessary changes to expand the categories of travellers allowed into Canada. In my riding of Don Valley East, I had numerous requests during the pandemic for compassiona

Justice  Mr. Speaker, supporting women's rights is key to creating a better and more prosperous Canada for all Canadians. Sexual assault is a crime that more often affects women, and it is known that women are almost four times more likely to be sexually assaulted than men. Could the Mi

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I am facing the same issues. We have had conversations with the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, and there has been some allowance for people. If the member has questions, it is important he bring his case forward to the minister and I am sure he

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, as a member of OGGO, we studied veterans' issues. I would like to inform the member that had the Harper government not shut down nine veterans offices and cut funding to veterans, we would not be in a situation like this. How did it happen? The NDP joined hands wit

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, it is because we have managed the economy so well that we have the firepower to give people money. People were left jobless: women in the gig economy, women who are self-employed, women who work in restaurants. It is important that we look after them. We have done

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, as a government that is concerned with the welfare of all Canadians, we have used fiscal firepower to the benefit of all Canadians, unlike the 2008 financial crisis when the previous government gave boutique tax cuts to the rich and left out middle-income and low-i

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I rise today to support the Speech from the Throne. On March 13, 2020, Parliament shut down, and in the days that followed, in consultation with premiers from across Canada, a strategy was developed for curbing the COVID-19 crisis. We were in uncharted territory.

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I thought the member was appealing to her own audience. When I reflected on what she said about balancing a budget, I thought of how the last time the Conservatives ever balanced the budget was during Bennett's time. This is an interesting one. Mr. Harper inherited $

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I present a petition on behalf of concerned Canadians regarding the situation in Kashmir. The petitioners are asking that the Canadian government send a fact-finding mission of MPs, journalists and human rights workers to assess the situation. As well, they are askin

Speech from the Throne  Mr. Speaker, yesterday, in the Speech from the Throne, I was pleased to see that the input I had received from my constituents of Don Valley East through the seven virtual town halls I have hosted since the pandemic have been incorporated. I have received numerous calls from my

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, as I look at the bill, the foreseeable death was a very problematic issue for all my constituents. They wanted the advance directive, but it was not there. When the Supreme Court gave its decision, it created a base. When the special joint committee created a repo

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I sympathize with the situation that the member opposite has brought to light, but I also need to advise her that the provincial jurisdiction controls the health care budget. We are doing things that are legally available because of certain issues that have been ra