Aboriginal Affairs  Mr. Speaker, as I have said before, these are terrible crimes against innocent people, and the best way of dealing with these issues is to make sure that we are taking action. This has been studied many times over, but what aboriginal women have told me across this country is tha

Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act  Mr. Speaker, I find this absolutely preposterous. Women who suffer violence, women whom I meet in the emergency departments when I am performing my role as a surgeon, are individuals who deserve our help and support. What the opposition is suggesting is that maybe they do not

Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act  Mr. Speaker, having met with women across the country with respect to this bill and with respect to other issues regarding violence against women and girls and how it should be eliminated, I can tell the member that women are overwhelmingly supportive of these initiatives. Women

Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act  Mr. Speaker, I welcome the opportunity to participate in this important debate on Bill S-7, the zero tolerance for barbaric cultural practices act. I will be sharing my time with the member for Willowdale. This bill reflects our government's priority for supporting women and g

Labour  Mr. Speaker, as I said in the House last week, we allow the employers and employees to work together to come up with the best solution for themselves at their place of work. We will continue to encourage them to do that. If they require the support of the mediation and conciliati

Labour  Mr. Speaker, to give members an idea of what Labour Canada does, just this weekend Air Canada and Unifor came to a tentative agreement so they could move forward together. They came to that agreement together, and that means planes are going to keep flying and people are going to

Air Transportation  Mr. Speaker, as I think the member knows, the Canada Industrial Relations Board is an independent body and will make its decision in due time. What we are doing at the labour program, though, with our mediators and facilitators, is continuing to work with both parties to make su

Labour  Mr. Speaker, any allegations of harassment against women in the workplace must be taken very seriously. Our government has been focused on taking significant actions to ensure that Canadians are protected. Many of those, the opposition have voted against. Whether it be those to

Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, the budget is balanced. The member opposite seems to believe that the Liberal Party would be able to deal with the economy of the country. This is a group that wants to raise taxes, and we are lowering them. These people want to eliminate jobs by raising taxes, and w

Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, there are two things. First, with respect to transfer payments, they are on an escalator and will continue to be so, both the social transfer tax as well as the health transfer tax. With respect to interns, as I mentioned in my speech, it is about coming to a balan

Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, as I have mentioned before in this place, it is extremely important for all Canadians to look at what we have put forward in the budget. All portions of part 2 of the Canada Labour Code, that is, occupational health and safety coverage for any employee, are now being

Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to rise in the House today to support the budget implementation act. As Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women, I am proud that our budget will improve health and safety in the workplace, strengthen protections for interns and provide a

Aboriginal Affairs  Mr. Speaker, last I checked, I am female myself. These are terrible crimes against innocent people. As I have said many times in this House, the RCMP has conducted its own study, and the vast majority of these cases have been addressed and solved. What we do not need is yet ano

Aboriginal Affairs  Mr. Speaker, these were terrible crimes against innocent people. The RCMP said in its own study that the vast majority of these cases are addressed and are solved through police investigations. We do not need yet another study, as I have mentioned before, as some 40 studies have

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I recognize the member in the opposition side wants to change the dialogue here, but let us be really clear. Marijuana is an illegal drug and it has long-lasting, severe health effects on children. The Liberal leader would want to legalize marijuana, making it easie