Air Transportation  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. The safety and security of of our transportation networks is our top priority. Transport Canada is working with NAV Canada on this file to ensure the safety of operations at these two airports. NAV Canada is conducting a sec

Customs Act  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise in support of the legislative amendment to Bill C-21 that has been proposed by our hon. colleagues. The legislative amendment we are debating today is reflective of similar concerns expressed by the House in its consideration of the bill, n

Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act  Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak to private member's Bill C-266, an act to amend the Criminal Code, increasing parole ineligibility. The objective of the bill is to protect victims and alleviate their re-victimization by limiting the number of parole applications in which th

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for his tribute to Paul Dewar, whose loss I also mourn today. Our government has taken a responsible approach to cannabis that includes legalizing, strictly regulating and restricting access to cannabis in order to get profits o

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, a great deal of effort continues to be devoted to implementing our climate plan and reducing emissions. We have also established robust reporting and oversight mechanisms to track and drive implementation of the pan-Canadian framework, including annual reports to fir

Justice  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member for Bow River's intervention today, but I would like to remind him there are significant crimes happening across this country that really are more serious than property crimes. There are crimes against people happening every day, as well as cr

Justice  Mr. Speaker, I agree that crime against property is something that hurts people but so is crime against people. The original question had to do with crime against people and it should not be diverted to property crimes. This is an important issue. We need to change the justice s

Transport  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member of Parliament for South Okanagan—West Kootenay for raising this important issue and for strongly advocating continuing improvement to our dangerous goods operations. We remain committed to taking all the appropriate safety actions to

Transport  Mr. Speaker, our government is committed to continuing to improve the transportation of dangerous goods for Canadians, and those improvements to an already rigorous and robust transportation of dangerous goods regulatory framework and oversight program are important. At Transpor

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to take part in the debate at report stage of Bill C-83, an act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and another act. This legislation strengthens the act in several ways, including by eliminating administrative segregation in favour of

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for his commitment to making improvements in this area, especially in corrections. I attended a stakeholder meeting and I heard concerns about whether there would be enough resources to make the changes that were required in so

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Mr. Speaker, we want effective rehabilitation. We want a system in which offenders are held to account for whatever their actions are, but are put into a system that will help them address any issues that may have led to their behaviour. Whether it is abject poverty, substance ab

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Mr. Speaker, in the fall economic update, it was $448 million over the next six years. That includes $300 million specifically for the SIUs, in addition to $150 million to strengthen mental health care within the SIUs and the corrections system. That is almost $80 million in the

National Defence Act  Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the hon. member for Fredericton. My thanks for the opportunity to outline some of the many ways the Canadian Forces would strengthen the administration of military justice through Bill C-77. “Strong, Secure, Engaged”, our new def

National Defence Act  Madam Speaker, the hon. member raises a very important point. From my own knowledge, having been a member of the Canadian Armed Forces in the past, we did not take mental health as seriously as we needed to. Under the current government, with its universal commitment to mental he