Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  Madam Speaker, I would like to add my voice of congratulations to the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands for her wonderful news. We are all elated. It is a beautiful bit of news for all of us to hear at this time. Like many federal departments, Parks Canada had to labour under terr

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand to speak for the final time in this particular chamber before it closes for a decade and further discuss the elections modernization act, Bill C-76. This legislation was introduced in the House of Commons by the Minister of Democratic Instituti

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, with respect to how long it has taken us to get here, we were of course subjected to relentless filibustering, in which the member's own party participated. In fact, I remember knocking on the member for Skeena—Bulkley Valley's door, asking him to come quickly with t

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, the bill will require organizations selling ad space to not knowingly accept elections advertisements from foreign entities. That is in the writ period and in the pre-writ period. However, it goes further. The member for Guelph may be interested to know that the bil

Indigenous Affairs  Madam Speaker, I will speak frankly. Despite Canada's reputation as a welcoming multicultural society backed by laws and policies to combat racism and discrimination, various forms of systemic racism and discrimination continue to exist and persist in Canada. We know that all fo

Indigenous Affairs  Madam Speaker, I can edify my colleague with the news that the Government of Canada remains committed to meaningful, evidence-based, community-involved and whole-of-government initiatives in the pursuit of equality and growth for all Canadians. That is why budget 2018 committed $

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I rise on the same question of privilege as the member of Parliament for Halifax and as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism. Following the Government of Canada's Black History Month gala event at the National Arts Ce

Canadian Heritage  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to continue the debate on the issue raised by my colleague, the hon. member for Essex. The government recognizes that a reliable, local and dynamic ecosystem of news media is one of the pillars of democracy and that any government support of news med

Canadian Heritage  Madam Speaker, the review of the Telecommunications Act and the Broadcasting Act will be led by a panel of external experts made up of Janet Yale, Peter S. Grant, Hank Intven, Marina Pavlovic, Monique Simard, Monica Song and Pierre Trudel. They all have extensive knowledge and ex

National Defence Act  Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to join colleagues here today for the third reading debate of Bill C-77, an act to amend the National Defence Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other acts. I must say that it is my profound honour to represent the city of H

National Defence Act  Madam Speaker, our government is committed to strengthening the rights of victims in the military justice system. The member asked about delays with regard to drafting legislation. Indeed, five years to draft regulations is a long time. I am wondering if that delay is the result

National Defence Act  Madam Speaker, as we know, the new defence policy of “strong, secure, engaged” puts the men and women serving our country at the very heart of our decision-making process. It puts them at the very heart of our new and improved policies. As the member would have heard me say in m

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, the Broadcasting Act has not been reviewed since before the Internet was in our homes. Why is that? It is because for 10 years, the Conservatives took no action on this. We have appointed a panel of experts to help modernize this act. Our starting point is clear. Al

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, the Commissioner of Official Languages made it clear that our government is fulfilling all of its official language obligations. We have always protected French, and we will continue to do so. Francophones across the country know that we are investing more in our of

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, I commend my friend for his dedication to this file in the heritage committee. I commend him on his dedication to asking the same question again and again, and I will provide the same answer. He knows the answer. The answer is that for 10 years, the Conservative Part