Environment committee   the ability to institute its own inquiries, to require the attendance of witnesses and to order the production of documents, rights which are fundamental to its proper functioning. These rights are as old as Parliament itself. This ruling builds on a previous ruling by Speaker Milliken

The Budget  Madam Speaker, earlier today we witnessed a very embarrassing question period. The Conservative Party literally walked out. The Conservatives are very sensitive on the issue of Diagonal, a very far-right group, extreme right. There are all sorts of concerns in regard

Environment committee  Thank you for the opportunity to come and join your committee today. I sat on the environment committee back in the 42nd Parliament. It's always a pleasure to come back and visit you. Today, we are going to be studying Bill C-317. We have witnesses today from the Department

Trace the Lace  Madam Speaker, Ottawa and other cities are witnessing unprecedented fatalities from opioids and designer benzodiazepines. These novel substances necessitate an updated approach to our response strategies. Our children are more than mere numbers. Each increase in overdose

The Budget   proponents to build it themselves, it would have come in way under cost compared to what the government had to spend on it, there are no subsidies. Of all the witnesses who were called before the committee, nobody could actually point to a single subsidy in existence. It is important

Automotive Industry  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his leadership. That was a good question. Last week we witnessed a $15.7-billion investment by Honda. This is the largest investment in Honda's history. It is the largest investment in our auto sector, and it is one of the largest

Justice committee  ”. We had witnesses here from the Canadian Teachers' Federation give evidence strongly in support of retaining section 43, with amendments. They actually put forward thoughtful amendments to a different section of the Criminal Code, which would have more or less the same effect

Justice committee   allow that. When Mr. Garrison and I pointed that out to them, I specifically asked those witnesses, if we can't amend the Criminal Code, then what about section 43? They said they would not be happy to not have that protection. Again, I think it would be irresponsible to take a bill

Justice committee  Okay. I don't have a ton of these, but I'm going to ask another one. One witness brought a paddle. Is applying a big, wooden paddle to a child's hand, for example, protected activity in Canada, based on the Supreme Court decision?

Industry committee  ‑making systems profile selected groups. With your permission, Mr. Chair, I would like to ask the witnesses a question. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada and stakeholders from the Centre for Digital Rights have expressed concerns about the current gaps in decision‑making

Justice committee   with Minister Virani, he has given us his assurance that he will be bringing forward separate legislation at some stage on a separate section of the Criminal Code, to address the concerns raised by teachers and in keeping with the spirit of what all the witnesses who appeared here proposed

Justice committee  , and we appreciate your understanding in this regard. Before we begin, I want to remind everyone that we will leave about 30 minutes for an in camera meeting to discuss business. Now I want to welcome the witnesses from the justice department, who will help us with technical

Agriculture committee   we all get along very well. However, when we were trying to work with potential witnesses and have them speak on this bill and tell their stories about why this industry is important to them and how long they've been.... I'm sure all of you had emails in your offices that your

Agriculture committee  Obviously, no witnesses should be bullied, whether it's on this issue or any other issue, so I support what you're saying, Mr. Barlow. We know that debates sometimes get passionate, but regardless, witnesses should not feel intimidated when they come before our committee

Agriculture committee  I will just repeat that I think this is a very important issue. I agree with you, Mr. Barlow, that witnesses should not be intimidated. We don't want to see bullying at all. I think the problem with this motion, though, is that we have in here a potential breach of privilege