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Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2) I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the progress report on priorities identified in the 11th report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, entitled, “The subject matter of Bill C-45, An Act respect

June 20th, 2019House debate

Bill BlairLiberal

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the member for Thornhill may wish to test the veracity of his speculations outside the protection of the House. However, let us talk about money laundering. Our government has demonstrated that we will take all measures available to us to stop organized crime. That

June 18th, 2019House debate

Bill BlairLiberal

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, we are working very hard with the provincial governments right across the country and, in particular, in British Columbia on the issue of money laundering. I am not going to comment on any unproven allegation at this point, but what I will say is that our government

June 17th, 2019House debate

Bill BlairLiberal

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, from the outset, we have been very clear that our government is committed to a fair and compassionate system which does, in fact, provide protection to those who need it while ensuring the safety all Canadians. We have achieved an extraordinary reduction in the numbe

June 17th, 2019House debate

Bill BlairLiberal

Finance  Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak of our government's efforts to deal with the threat posed by money laundering to the security of the country and the impact it has on Canadians. Through budget 2019, we are investing over $162 million in restoring the

June 11th, 2019House debate

Bill BlairLiberal

Finance  Mr. Speaker, I am so interested to see the new-found interest in the issue of money laundering by a government that eliminated nearly half a billion dollars from the law enforcement agencies that were tasked with keeping our financial instruments secure and maintaining the integr

June 11th, 2019House debate

Bill BlairLiberal

Finance  Mr. Speaker, I recall well that in 2012, the RCMP conducted an investigation into a lawyer who was involved in money laundering, a well-known Conservative supporter. I remember that at his trial after his conviction one well-known future Conservative cabinet minister gave charact

June 11th, 2019House debate

Bill BlairLiberal

Veterans Affairs  Mr. Speaker, we know that even one homeless veteran is one homeless veteran too many, and our government is committed to ensuring that no one who has served our country will end up on the street. Our whole-of-government approach is making a difference for homeless veterans acros

June 6th, 2019House debate

Bill BlairLiberal

75th Anniversary of D-Day  Mr. Speaker, I am very honoured to have the privilege of standing before this House on behalf of the Prime Minister, the Minister of Veterans Affairs, parliamentarians, premiers and members of our armed forces who are today in France celebrating and commemorating the sacrifice an

June 6th, 2019House debate

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  I don't have an answer for that either.

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  Those are regulations that are outside of the Cannabis Act, where someone gets an authorization for growing cannabis, but they still have to adhere to, first of all, Health Canada's regulations with respect to those facilities, and they are also subject to municipal bylaws and zo

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  I'd love to answer your nice question.

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  The AR-15.... Again, I have mentioned some of the other.... The AR-15 is the number one weapon used—

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  The AR-15 is the weapon that was used to kill a whole bunch of little kids at Sandy Hook. It was also used to murder 50 people in Christchurch—

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal

Public Safety committee  Frankly, I don't consider myself an expert in the classification of those firearms, although I am familiar with both. I don't know whether any of the other witnesses has the expertise to define it. As you know, the classification is determined now by the RCMP.

June 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Bill BlairLiberal