Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Madam Speaker, I would simply point out that there is a global migration of literally tens of millions of people, who are fleeing war and persecution around the world, and every country is being impacted by this. In addition, the suggestion that a tweet has impacted an internat

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Madam Speaker, I will tell the member what we will not do. We will not do what the Conservatives did during their tenure when 230,000 people came to this country seeking asylum. What did they do? They cut the budget of the CBSA and the budgets of those agencies and departments

Federal Sustainable Development Act  moved: That a Message be sent to the Senate to acquaint Their Honours that, in relation to Bill C-57, An Act to amend the Federal Sustainable Development Act, the House: agrees with amendments 1 and 3 made by the Senate; respectfully disagrees with amendment 2 because th

Border Security  Mr. Speaker, Canada has a long and proud tradition of providing protection to those who need it most by providing refuge to the world's most vulnerable people. The suggestion that the global migration of tens of millions of people fleeing persecution is the result of a tweet is k

Border Security  I will take this opportunity to clarify a misconception promulgated by the member opposite. Mr. Speaker, those who are seeking asylum in this country, who have asked for the protection of Canada, are processed through an entirely separate system than those who are waiting in oth

Border Security  Mr. Speaker, for all the rhetoric and hysteria that is now emerging about irregular migration, it is important to understand who these people are. For example, nearly 40% of the people who have presented themselves at our borders seeking asylum are children. Canada's response is

Border Security  Mr. Speaker, after several years of significant cuts to both staffing and funding for the agencies responsible for managing this, the CBSA, IRCC and IRB, we are restoring the capacity of those institutions, agencies and departments to deal with this issue. The plan is working. As

Criminal Code  moved that Bill C-75, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be read the third time and passed.

Public Safety committee  I've spoken to chiefs of police in other jurisdictions—

Public Safety committee  Ms. Harder, congratulations. That's a remarkable stretch of credibility and logic in your thinking.

Public Safety committee  What I was talking about—

Public Safety committee  What I was talking about, frankly, was in response to a question—

Public Safety committee  What I was explaining was the authorities and responsibilities we give to adults and acknowledging that adults have these authorities. In fact, those were some of the authorities. It was quite frankly in response to a suggestion that was coming from someone else, who was suggesti

Public Safety committee  —weren't able to make an adult decision for themselves.

Public Safety committee  I'm sorry? I was a police officer, madam. The only time I've ever carried a firearm was as a police officer.