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Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  The bill amends the Criminal Code to establish mandatory minimum sentences for sexual assaults that fall within the definition of rape and provide that sentences for such offences must be served consecutively to any other punishment arising out of the same event or series of even

February 11th, 2014Committee meeting

Alexandre Lavoie

February 11th, 2014Committee meeting

Alexandre Lavoie

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  The bill requires the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, in consultation with his or her provincial counterparts, to establish a pan-Canadian strategy to encourage Canadian consumers to buy locally produced food, and the Minister of Public Works and Government Services to dev

February 11th, 2014Committee meeting

Alexandre Lavoie

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  In this case, the bill requires the government to take some actions. Because it's a bill, then it's not only the view of the House or the view of Parliament. It's really a requirement that the government has to undertake such actions.

February 11th, 2014Committee meeting

Alexandre Lavoie

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  The motion asks the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs to consider the advisability of instituting a single preferential ballot for the election of the Speaker. The motion does not concern a question that is outside federal jurisdiction. It does not clearly viola

February 11th, 2014Committee meeting

Alexandre Lavoie

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  The bill requires the Governor in Council to make regulations under the Department of Veterans Affairs Act to extend health care benefits authorized by the regulations made under that act to all members of the Canadian Forces who have been honourably discharged. The bill does not

February 11th, 2014Committee meeting

Alexandre Lavoie

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  That's right. In that case, it requires the government to do something with the province, so if the strategy that is developed requires a change in provincial-jurisdiction legislation, then provincial governments would have to be on-board.

February 11th, 2014Committee meeting

Alexandre Lavoie

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  The bill requires Canadian businesses to exercise due diligence to ensure the activities in the Great Lakes regions of Africa do not benefit armed rebel organizations, criminal entities, or public or private security forces engaged in illegal activities or serious human rights ab

February 11th, 2014Committee meeting

Alexandre Lavoie

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  The bill amends the Meat Inspection Act and the Safe Food for Canadians Act to prohibit with some exceptions the interprovincial shipping or the importing or exporting of horses for slaughter for human consumption or the production of meat products for human consumption. The bil

February 11th, 2014Committee meeting

Alexandre Lavoie

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  The motion asks the federal government to establish a pan-Canadian palliative and end-of-life care strategy by working with the provinces and territories. The motion does not concern a question that is outside federal jurisdiction. It does not clearly violate the Constitution A

February 11th, 2014Committee meeting

Alexandre Lavoie

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Thank you. The first is Bill C-586. This bill would amend the Canada Elections Act and the Parliament of Canada Act to regulate nomination contests in electoral districts and provide for the expulsion and the readmission of a caucus member and their election and removal of a ca

May 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Alexandre Lavoie

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Motion M-496, respecting the comprehensive economic and trade agreement between Canada and the European Union calls on the government to reveal details related to the compensation to be paid to dairy producers and the cheese industry, provide for a longer implementation period fo

May 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Alexandre Lavoie

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Bill C-579 requires the Minister of Health, in consultation with the provincial minister responsible for health and representatives of municipalities, to establish a national strategy to reduce the effects of urban heat islands and table a report to Parliament on the implementati

May 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Alexandre Lavoie

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Bill C-587 amends the Criminal Code so that a person convicted of the abduction, sexual assault and murder of the same victim in respect of the same event or series of events is not eligible for parole until serving a sentence of between 25 and 40 years. The bill does not concer

May 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Alexandre Lavoie

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Since it's a private member's bill, it's only the library that does the analysis. I consult my colleagues, but the government is not involved. If it were a government bill, then the Department of Justice would have to review the constitutionality before.

May 8th, 2014Committee meeting

Alexandre Lavoie