Electoral Participation Act  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to stand in the House of Commons on behalf of the great people of Don Valley East to speak to a very important bill, Bill C-65, the electoral participation act. The chief government whip talked about a noble pursuit to actually look at legislation and look for ways to increase participation, which is essentially what the bill is attempting to do.

Electoral Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned in my speech, had the bill been drafted to include only those things, our position would probably have been different. I would add that, absent a guarantee that this crooked addition will be removed from the bill, there is no way we can support sending the bill to committee.

Electoral Participation Act  It seems that he has more courage than the leader of his party, because the leader of his party and the minister responsible for this bill have put forward a bill to delay that great clash of ideas that will occur in the next election. Whenever the member for Winnipeg North is ready for this conversation and is ready to allow his constituents to rule on this vital question, then I suggest he tell his Prime Minister to scrap Bill C-65 as they are ready for an election.

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Madam Speaker, it is a great honour to rise in this chamber to talk about Bill C-69, the budget implementation act, which is focused on strengthening the foundations for a good middle-class life, especially for young people so they do as well as or even better than their parents.

Canadian Heritage committee  Next, I would add that our goal here is to avoid a possible conflict of interpretation between the Online Streaming Act and the bill you are currently studying. If the Online Streaming Act says that the CRTC must consult official language minority communities, but this bill says that the CRTC must consult provincial and territorial governments first, there's a potential conflict of interpretation: Which act or group would take precedence over the other?

Information & Ethics committee  Minister LeBlanc was found guilty of breaking the act in that case, and it was not part of our regular work plan. Previously, I mentioned former Liberal finance minister Bill Morneau, sometimes referred to as “Bill no more”, having broken the conflict of interest code and the Conflict of Interest Act. The code violation was, of course, the forgotten French villa—who among us hasn't forgotten to declare their French villa?

Electoral Participation Act  Speaker, they are talking about dropping the idea of postponing the official election date, which is the third Monday in October, for a totally absurd reason. That is truly bizarre. I can find no other word for it. I wonder how that ended up in the bill. Why is that in the bill? In this discussion, the NDP has said that it will introduce an amendment, and that we should believe them. Of course everyone appears to want to introduce an amendment to this aspect if the bill is referred back to committee.

Canadian Heritage committee  Noormohamed's French skills. He spoke only French for his entire six minutes. Given that we are studying a bill that deals with protecting French and francophone culture, I find that admirable. I just wanted to point that out. Hats off to him. Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to see the three of you here.

Diversity and Inclusion  CIJA supports the bill. I am just wondering why the Leader of the Opposition does not.

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I heard my colleague talk about capital gains earlier. I heard the Leader of the Opposition say earlier this week that this bill could not be amended in committee. I was confused. The leader of the official opposition has been a member for 20 years. Is it possible that the leader of the official opposition does not know how a bill works?

Electoral Participation Act  In that context, where Canadians are upset with the government, see how the government has made their lives worse and are, therefore, looking for an alternative to the current approach, the Liberal government, rather than recognizing its failures, changing course in its policies and putting its programs to the Canadian people, is focused on pushing forward legislation to try to delay when that ultimate judgment will come down from the Canadian people. That is what we are debating. That is what Bill C-65 is about. Bill C-65 is before this House because, rather than calling an election or putting forward bills that would actually make Canadians' lives better, Liberals are focused on delaying when that election will come.

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Madam Speaker, that is a big problem for us with this bill. The bill is 660 pages long and amends or creates 67 laws. Some of it is good, and some is not so good. One example of something good is that it changes the rules so that companies that declare their profits in tax havens are taxed more effectively.

Canadian Heritage committee  I call the meeting back to order, please. We are meeting with our second round of witnesses on the bill. I'm sorry, everyone. I am just a little punchy. I came in on a red-eye, and I don't even know what I'm saying right now. We're hearing from witnesses on Bill C-354. I will introduce them.

Canadian Heritage committee  Our impactful contribution to the dedicated forum for communication between the CRTC and OLMCs, the CRTC-OLMC Discussion Group, also attests to the FCCF's advocacy work. Thank you for the invitation to discuss the opportunities afforded by Bill C‑354, which the Bloc Québécois introduced.

Electoral Participation Act  On the pretext of expanding democracy or access to democracy for senior citizens, students and so forth, we are presented with a bill that is actually aimed at allowing Liberal members at risk of losing their election to qualify for a pension. If such a thing is even possible in the House, I would like my colleague to tell us in good conscience what he thinks of the substance of this bill.