Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, like my colleague, I also saw myself as a member of Parliament from the time I was about 15 years old, so it is an honour to be here today speaking to this elections act. The hon. member mentioned a couple of things I want to clear the record on. First of all, the C

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I first have a comment to make before I get to the question. Eighty-seven per cent of the recommendations by the Chief Electoral Officer are included in Bill C-76. My hon. colleague said that we only chose the ones we wanted, but we have included a huge number of goo

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, when Bill C-76 was first drafted, it denied foreign interference during writ and pre-writ periods or foreign funding in partisan activities. An amendment from PROC came forward that would now disallow any type of foreign interference partisan activities, no matter wh

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to rise today to speak to Bill C-76. I want to thank the House for all the discussions we have had today and the good debate. There are two important topics that I want to discuss in the context of the elections modernization act. First, I would like

Elections Modernization Act  No, Mr. Speaker.

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, after that speech, there are so many questions I would love to ask the hon. member. However, I will start with this one and maybe I will get another chance. He keeps talking about foreign funding in our elections. Bill C-76 would eliminate foreign funding from any pa

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I believe the hon. member just said that I lied. He should retract that.

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I would ask what the relevance is to Bill C-76 and where the hon. member is going with his comments.

Opioid Crisis in Canada  Mr. Chair, all the speeches tonight have been very enlightening. I have heard a lot about the opioid crisis in cities, in particular. However, this is also happening in our rural communities. This is happening in rural Nova Scotia. We have seen a number of deaths in my community

Canada Revenue Agency Act  Madam Speaker, I am extremely pleased to rise today in support of Bill C-316. I would like to thank the member for Calgary Confederation for bringing this forward. One of my friends once told me that the best speeches are given from the heart, that it is not about great notes or

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, we are committed to protecting and defending Canadians' democratic institutions. That is rich coming from the party opposite. It is the party that has been found guilty of trying to influence elections in three past campaigns, the party of in and out, the party of ro

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, we take foreign interference in democratic processes with the utmost seriousness and we will continue to work to protect our institutions and our elections. With Bill C-76, we are putting forward the necessary measures to protect against foreign interference in our

Elections Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, yes, I withdraw the word. I should have used the word, “mistaken”. My apologies to the member for Skeena—Bulkley Valley. With regard to privacy, we know that this is something, and Bill C-76 is the first step. It is going to make sure we start a process that needs

Elections Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, I can confirm to the member and this House that the government has updated its communications policy so the suspension of advertising activities now takes effect on June 30 in a fixed-date election year. This is in line with the proposed pre-writ spending period in

Elections Modernization Act  Madam Speaker, it is interesting when the hon. member said that to study something means no. This bill came with 87% of the recommendations made by the Chief Electoral Officer. We have taken into account 87% of the recommendations, so to say that we did not study it is disingenuo