Industry committee  Thank you. Thank you. I think it is super-important that we hear the creators' point of view. We all know there are consumers. In French, we say droit d'auteur and in English it is the right to copy, and the droit d'auteur is completely the opposite. I want to clarify

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Marie-Pierre Lavoie. As you said, last night, I was elected president of the Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique. So I'm very happy to be here this morning. I am accompanied by the outgoing chair, Ms. Lapierre. I have some

Canadian Heritage committee  I would like to bring to your attention the text that you have all received. We could save words and ink by removing the reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. However, we think it's appropriate to add the following: ... to maintain

Canadian Heritage committee  Okay. I do not know if I can ask everyone's permission to go back to them, but we had submitted an amendment. The Conservatives submitted another one as well. I think we passed right over them. I have consulted with Mr. Saganash about this and I feel that the term “Aboriginal

Sikh Heritage Month Act   imperative that we recognize many of the lawmakers who really changed the way Canada saw its immigrants and diverse cultures. Notably the Right Hon. Pierre Trudeau and the Right Hon. Jean Chrétien, who implemented the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the policy of multiculturalism

Criminal Code  . There are animals that are mistreated and even tortured. We have seen so many farms where conditions were just deplorable. I can hardly believe people treat animals that way. An animal should have rights and not be treated like property or merchandise. That is a simple idea. It is a little

Canadian Heritage committee   care about the repatriation of Aboriginal cultural property and reconciliation with indigenous peoples. No one here can look me in the eye and tell me that the recommendations, the bill and the amendments take into account the information that was sent to us by the Royal British

Canadian Heritage committee  I very much appreciate the support of my Conservative colleagues on this issue. When we studied the issue of the repatriation of Aboriginal cultural property, I repeatedly said how surprised I was—well, not really surprised—to see the sacred dimension of those artifacts. I had

Public Safety   property theft. Will the Prime Minister ban Huawei from Canada right now?

Aeronautics Act   believed that the recognition of the Quebec nation should have implications and consequences, and he took that very seriously. That resulted in a very interesting document entitled the Sherbrooke declaration, drawn up by Pierre Ducasse. The Sherbrooke declaration, which was historically

Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act   for state-owned ships. Bill C-64 does not currently apply to state property. We want all vessels owned by the government, by all the departments, including military vessels and other assets belonging to the Canadian Coast Guard, to be governed by this bill. The fact

Cannabis Act  . Over the weekend, a police officer gave me an example. He said that, under the existing legislation, when a police officer stops a vehicle and can smell marijuana, he or she has the right to search the vehicle. Most of the time, or quite often at least, when police officers conduct

Business of Supply  , “No, there are some wealthy waterfront owners who don't like the noise, and despite the fact that they chose to live right next to an airport, we're going to protect their multi-million dollar property values at the expense of this multi-billion dollar private sector investment.” Now Bombardier

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act   article of property rights. If people are going to do something with someone else's property, his or her permission is needed. It is very simple. Most of the best things in life are simple, and that is why we have a bill, thankfully and mercifully, written in one paragraph

Canadian Heritage committee   products, because copyright and intellectual property rights might be less protected? Is that a parallel we can draw?