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Business of Supply  Clearly, the opposition members do not like the answers again. They are hollering at me across the aisle. If they had the ability to listen to the answers, maybe they would internalize some of the evidence before them. The most important point in all of this is that they contin

April 29th, 2019House debate

Arif ViraniLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, before I begin, I would like to inform you that I will be splitting my time with the member for Spadina—Fort York. I would like to address the House on the important aspect of this debate, one that our government takes very seriously: the independence of the Public

April 29th, 2019House debate

Arif ViraniLiberal

Federal Courts Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak today to Bill C-331. The international promotion and protection of human rights is something I take great interest in as a representative of a very engaged community of global citizens in Parkdale—High Park and as someone

April 29th, 2019House debate

Arif ViraniLiberal

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the commitment of the member opposite to this issue and his work on the justice committee as vice-chair. I reiterate the comments he made about the consensual approach the committee took with this bill. The committee looked at this bill, and I agree th

April 12th, 2019House debate

Arif ViraniLiberal

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak to Bill C-417. I want to thank the members of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights for their study on the bill and the hard work they did to advance discussions and debate on the issue of juror mental health. I supp

April 12th, 2019House debate

Arif ViraniLiberal

Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member opposite for her continued advocacy on behalf of her constituents and for indigenous peoples in Canada. It is a contribution to this House and it is an important voice that is being heard. In the work that was done on Bill C-91, which is the indig

April 12th, 2019House debate

Arif ViraniLiberal

Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to represent the member for Guelph's daughter, in terms of having her as a constituent. What I can say to her, and to many others who live in Parkdale—High Park, is that this is exactly what we are trying to do as a government, broadly. The very firs

April 12th, 2019House debate

Arif ViraniLiberal

Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I will continue the excellent commencement to this debate in this 20-minute segment by carrying on from the comments that were made by the member who just spoke. I am rising in the chamber to speak to Bill C-97, the budget implementation act. This bill continues our

April 12th, 2019House debate

Arif ViraniLiberal

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I feel I should make it clear that we are following the rule of law in the Norman case. We are complying with all of the judge's orders and co-operating fully. I would emphatically reiterate that it is important to let the Onta

April 12th, 2019House debate

Arif ViraniLiberal

Justice  Mr. Speaker, with great respect, that is an absolute misconstruction of what is actually taking place. There is a court that is dealing with a third party records application. We have heard the court order. We are co-operating with that court order, as any government would. We pr

April 12th, 2019House debate

Arif ViraniLiberal

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak today to Bill S-215, an act to amend the Criminal Code, which was introduced in the Senate on December 11, 2015, by the Hon. Senator Lillian Dyck. The bill's objective is to provide greater protection to indigenous women from certain violent off

April 9th, 2019House debate

Arif ViraniLiberal

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the comments made by my colleague from across the House. I will try to continue speaking in French, the language of Molière. We agree that this is a criminal proceeding; that is clear. This is the first step in the legal process. It is the preliminary

April 5th, 2019House debate

Arif Virani

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the member opposite has a lot of experience in this chamber, and I absolutely underscore the comments he just made. Obviously, we come from different parties, and sometimes we have very strong positions and opposition to one another on different matters, but on th

April 5th, 2019House debate

Arif Virani

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, those are a couple of important points, and I think they bear some explanation. I am glad the member opposite raised them. The issue before the court right now, as I have mentioned, is a third-party records application. It is for the evidence and documents to supp

April 5th, 2019House debate

Arif Virani

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, if you can indulge me very briefly, I am very happy that the canola question is being raised in the context of debate. Surely we could have more questions about such important and pressing economic and agricultural matters in this country. The connection the membe

April 5th, 2019House debate

Arif Virani