SoVote

Context: House Hansard - 118 - Oct/26/22

Mr. Glen Motz (Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, CPC)

Oct/26/22 4:36:15 p.m.
Watch

Mr. Speaker, I have the honour of presenting four petitions today. The first one is a petition on behalf of Canadians who are concerned that certain charities could be targeted based on their views and forced into a values test. The petitioners note that the Liberals have promised to deny charitable status to groups with views they call dishonest. They say it could jeopardize the charitable status of hospitals, houses of worship, schools, homeless shelters and other organizations. They also note that the Liberals previously used a values test to discriminate against groups applying for the Canada summer jobs grant. The petitioners ask the House of Commons protect and preserve the application of charitable status rules on a politically and ideologically neutral basis without discrimination on the basis of political or religious views and without imposing another values test. They also ask for an affirmation of their freedom of expression as Canadians.

152 words

Mr. Glen Motz (Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, CPC)

Oct/26/22 4:39:56 p.m.
Watch

Mr. Speaker, Canadians are suffering from inflation and the Liberals' carbon tax. In my final petition, petitioners say the carbon tax drives up the cost of everyday essentials, including gas, groceries and heating, and makes life very expensive for Canadians. The Bank of Canada said the carbon tax has increased the impact of inflation. Also, the carbon tax is an added expense to Canadian businesses and creates economic disadvantages compared to other nations. The petitioners call for an end to the carbon tax. They want the government to control inflation and reduce its spending. Finally, they want to see pipelines and other projects approved, especially LNG projects; and pipelines getting clean ethical Canadian energy to tidewater; and international markets to displace the fuel provided by the authoritarian regimes and dictators.

130 words

Mr. Glen Motz (Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, CPC)

Oct/26/22 4:39:56 p.m.
Watch

Mr. Speaker, another petition I have is from constituents and Canadians across the country who want a permanent end to the vaccine and COVID mandates. Right now, the government has only suspended some of the mandates. The petitioners note that countries around the world have removed their vaccine mandates and restrictions, and they call upon the government and the Minister of Transport to end all federally regulated COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions.

73 words

Mr. Glen Motz (Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, CPC)

Oct/26/22 4:39:56 p.m.
Watch

Mr. Speaker, my third petition calls for the passing of last Parliament's Bill S-203, which in this Parliament is now Bill S-210. The petitioners are concerned about how easy it is for young people to access sexually explicit material online, including violent and degrading explicit material. They comment on how this access is an important public health and public safety concern. Petitioners note that a significant portion of commercially accessed sexually explicit material has no age verification software. Moreover, the age verification software can ascertain the age of users without breaching their privacy rights. Petitioners note that many serious harms associated with sexually explicit material include the development of addiction and the development of attitudes favourable to sexual violence and harassment of women. As such, these petitioners call on the House of Commons to pass legislation protecting young people.

142 words

Mr. Arnold Viersen (Peace River—Westlock, CPC)

Oct/26/22 4:40:01 p.m.
Watch
Re: Bill S-223

Mr. Speaker, I have a number of petitions to present today. The first petition is in support of Bill S-223. The folks who have signed this petition, who are from across Canada, are concerned about international forced organ harvesting that happens around the world. The petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada to ensure that Canadians cannot go abroad to get organs that have been forced harvested around the world, and also to ensure that financial transactions that happen are rendered inadmissible in Canada to all permanent residents and foreign nationals who have participated in this. It is kind of a sanction.

104 words

All Topics

Mr. Arnold Viersen (Peace River—Westlock, CPC)

Oct/26/22 4:40:01 p.m.
Watch

Mr. Speaker, the next petition is in a similar vein. Petitioners from across Canada are calling on the Government of Canada to eradicate the use of forced organ harvesting against practitioners of Falun Gong. There is an estimated 60,000 to 100,000 transplants that have happened in Chinese hospitals since 2000, and hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners have been murdered for their organs over the last 15 years. The petitioners recognize that both the U.S. House of Representatives and the European Parliament have passed resolutions condemning this and calling for an end to the Chinese state-sanctioned, systematic organ harvesting for prisoners of conscience, including Falun Gong. They note that, in 2015, Canada's international human rights committee unanimously adopted a similar motion. Since May 2015, the petitioners note that Chinese citizens have filed criminal complaints against the former Communist Party leader who orchestrated the persecution of the Falun Gong. They are calling on the Government of Canada to establish measures to stop the Chinese mass murder of innocent people for their organs, including but not limited to introducing Canadian legislation to ban organ tourism, criminalize those involved and take every opportunity to call for an end to this terrible act of persecution against the Falun Gong.

209 words

Mr. Arnold Viersen (Peace River—Westlock, CPC)

Oct/26/22 4:40:01 p.m.
Watch

Mr. Speaker, the next petition is from folks from across Canada who are concerned about the ease of access for young people to sexually explicit material. There is significant concern that sexually explicit material is being targeted toward children, giving porn companies full access to children. The petitioners are calling on the government to ensure that sexually explicit material for commercial purposes be mandated to have effective age verification methods. They say that the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child states that children should be free from sexual harassment, violence and pornography use as well. They also note that prolonged pornography use leads to an increase in sexual harassment and sexual violence, particularly against young women. The petitioners are calling for an online verification requirement. This is a recommendation made by stakeholders during a 2017 study before the Standing Committee on Health. They are calling for the Government of Canada to quickly adopt Bill S-210, the protecting young persons from exposure to pornography act.

167 words

Mr. Arnold Viersen (Peace River—Westlock, CPC)

Oct/26/22 4:40:01 p.m.
Watch

Mr. Speaker, the next petition comes from Canadians from across Canada who would like a review conducted by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, which found no information regarding the transmission of COVID on airplanes. They also note that WestJet's chief medical officer, Tammy McKnight, noted that there were no known cases on board Canadian aircraft. They note as well that an International Air Transport Association study found that out of 1.2 billion air traffic passengers, there were only 44 cases of COVID-19 reported on in-flight transmission. Countries around the world have removed their vaccine mandates and restrictions. The petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada to abolish vaccine mandates rather than just suspending them, and abolish all COVID vaccine mandates and restrictions.

128 words

Mr. Arnold Viersen (Peace River—Westlock, CPC)

Oct/26/22 4:46:28 p.m.
Watch

Mr. Speaker, the final petition comes from Canadians from across Canada who are concerned about the health and safety of firearms owners and users in this country. Highly damaging noise levels have repeatedly reached the ears of firearms users despite traditional hearing protections. Section 7 of our Charter of Rights and Freedoms recognizes an individual's right to health and safety. The use of a sound moderator is the only universally recognized health and safety device, but it is criminally prohibited in Canada. We are the only one of the G7 countries that fails to recognize the health and safety benefits of the use of sound moderators by hunters and sports shooters. As affirmed in the Bedford v. Canada case, one cannot be prevented from taking reasonable steps to improve their personal safety. The petition also states that sound moderators reduce noise pollution and noise complaints within communities close to shooting ranges, in rural and farming communities and in areas for recreational activities where hunting, sport shooting and target shooting are legal. The use of sound moderators significantly increases the humane husbandry of game animals, livestock and pets as hunting companions. Hearing damage is a significant loss to the quality of life. This public health issue is costing taxpayers millions and millions of dollars.

214 words

Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)

Oct/26/22 4:46:39 p.m.
Watch

Mr. Speaker, I would ask that all questions be allowed to stand.

12 words

Stand
Ask

The Deputy Speaker

Oct/26/22 4:46:45 p.m.
Watch

Is that agreed? Some hon. members: Agreed.

7 words

The Deputy Speaker

Oct/26/22 4:46:45 p.m.
Watch

The hon. member for Repentigny on a point of order.

10 words

Repentigny

Ms. Monique Pauzé

Oct/26/22 4:46:55 p.m.
Watch

Mr. Speaker, I am sorry to interrupt the discussion. The interpreter is indicating that since we do not have access to the usual interpretation system, when there is too much noise or too many conversations, she has a hard time hearing the member speaking and interpreting their comments. Accordingly, the House needs to be quieter than usual.

57 words

The Deputy Speaker

Oct/26/22 4:47:18 p.m.
Watch

I thank the hon. member for sharing that message from the interpreters. Often when there are problems it is hard to find solutions. The current solution is to try to stay quiet during members' speeches. I thank the hon. member for her intervention.

43 words

Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)

Oct/26/22 4:47:48 p.m.
Watch

Mr. Speaker, I ask that all notices of motions for the production of papers be allowed to stand.

18 words

The Deputy Speaker

Oct/26/22 4:47:57 p.m.
Watch

Is that agreed? Some hon. members: Agreed.

7 words

Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)

Oct/26/22 4:48:06 p.m.
Watch
Re: Bill C-9

moved: That, in relation to Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Judges Act, not more than one further sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration at second reading stage of the said Bill; and That, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on the day allotted to the consideration at second reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the Bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.

108 words

All Topics

The Deputy Speaker

Oct/26/22 4:49:37 p.m.
Watch

Pursuant to Standing Order 67.1, there will now be a 30-minute question period. I invite hon. members who wish to ask questions to rise in their places or use the “raise hand” function so the Chair has some idea of the number of members who wish to participate in the question period. The hon. member for Fundy Royal.

62 words

Hon. Rob Moore (Fundy Royal, CPC)

Oct/26/22 4:50:33 p.m.
Watch
Re: Bill C-9

Mr. Speaker, the irony today, as we are now debating Bill C-9, is that we see the government invoking closure when this legislation could have already been in place. Had we not had an unnecessary pandemic election, it most certainly would have been in place. While the minister is here, I want to ask a question with respect to our justice system and the recent Supreme Court ruling dealing with consecutive periods of parole ineligibility. There are many victims and their families who have spoken out about the need to respond to the ruling that values each and every life that is taken when there is a case of mass murder in Canada. These cases are rare, but they do happen. The families of victims have said they do not want to go through the burden and retraumatization that is involved with parole hearings. Sharlene Bosma appeared at our justice committee and spoke eloquently about how she was grateful that her daughter would not have to attend parole hearings to keep her father's killer behind bars, where he belongs, having killed three individuals. I would ask the minister if he has consulted with the families of victims on a possible government response to this very unfortunate ruling.

209 words

All Topics

Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)

Oct/26/22 4:52:14 p.m.
Watch
Re: Bill C-9

Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Fundy Royal, and my critic, for his question. It is an important one. Obviously, our hearts go out to the Bosmas, to the victims of the Quebec City mosque massacre and others who have been impacted by this ruling by the Supreme Court. I remind the hon. member that, as the Attorney General, we defended the previous legislation in front of the Supreme Court, allowing judges the discretion to have consecutive sentences and building our argument on that. That argument was rejected. It is not that the sentencing was changed; these people are still serving consecutive sentences, but what the court has added is that there is a possibility of parole at various points in time. I would remind the House that eligibility for parole is not the same as parole. A life sentence is a long time, and a parole hearing, yes, is still there. I know that has a negative impact on the families if they choose to come and testify again. It was a nine to nothing decision, which was a serious statement by the Supreme Court of Canada. We will work with victims to support them. We have recently appointed a new ombudsperson to help, although the office remained open during the period of time we were searching to fill that role, and I think we can move forward in supporting victims, but recognizing the very clear ruling of the Supreme Court.

244 words

All Topics