44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 19, 2024 10:00AM
- Apr/19/24 12:09:15 p.m.
- Watch
It is taken up.
The hon. member for Saskatoon—University on a point of order.
16 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:09:19 p.m.
- Watch
Madam Speaker, if you ask the Ethics Commissioner about all of the infractions that the Prime Minister has been charged and convicted with on corruption, you will find the truth to be that this is a corrupt government and Prime Minister.
41 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:09:37 p.m.
- Watch
That is a point of debate.
The hon. member was rising to provide a specific word to the Speaker.
The hon. member for Drummond is also rising on a point of order.
32 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:09:52 p.m.
- Watch
Madam Speaker, I would like to build on what my colleague just said. I actually raised a point of order about this yesterday with the Speaker, who was in the chair at the time, to ask him to once again set out strict rules and clear guidelines for members to follow. That would help us to better understand how far we can go. Right now and for the past few months, there has been a lack of consistency in the way freedom of expression is interpreted in the House and in the way measures are applied when members cross the line or do not follow the guidelines, which, again, are not exactly clear.
I want to take this opportunity to reiterate my request that the Chair come back after the parliamentary recess with a clearer game plan, with guidelines, so that we know what the limits are and we have a better idea of what we can and cannot say.
160 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:10:49 p.m.
- Watch
Madam Speaker, I want to stress that the decisions that the Speaker will have to make in the next few days need to include, as the Conservatives raised yesterday, the use of false titles.
We have the Conservatives repeatedly using, during question period, false titles. They talk in English about an NDP-Liberal government, and they talk in French about a Bloc-Liberal government. This is false, and it is misleading using false titles. It is something that was very much not permitted during the Harper government in the House of Commons and should not be permitted now.
98 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:11:27 p.m.
- Watch
On another point of order, the hon. member for Portage—Lisgar.
12 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:11:38 p.m.
- Watch
Madam Speaker, I would like to add that, as you move forward in your deliberations on this, given we had a historic event happen earlier this week with historic corruption once again in this country, combined with the numerous ethics violations, “corruption” is the appropriate word for the Prime Minister.
52 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:11:55 p.m.
- Watch
I think that is more of a point of debate. I want to remind members that, if they are raising points of order, it should actually be a point of order and not debate.
The hon. member for Edmonton—Wetaskiwin is also rising on a point of order.
49 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:12:07 p.m.
- Watch
Madam Speaker, as I am listening to this, today in question period we heard Liberal members repeatedly refer to Conservative members of Parliament as “mean” and “cruel”. If we are going to go down this road, I am sure we could scour the record of the member for Kingston and the Islands for all sorts of language that he has used that we might not agree with.
I would just urge the Chair, as the office is deliberating on this list, that the list of things we cannot say in the House of Commons be as short as possible and that we have latitude to engage in our democracy freely and passionately on behalf of our constituents. I am concerned that we are going down a road where we have way too many things that we are not able to talk about freely, and I do not think that our democracy is helped by that.
159 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:12:59 p.m.
- Watch
I appreciate that point of order as well. I do appreciate all that was contributed today. We will certainly take it all under advisement.
The hon. parliamentary secretary is rising on a point of clarification.
35 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:13:16 p.m.
- Watch
Madam Speaker, in consideration of my response to the member for Nunavut during question period, I want to clarify for the record that we have invested close to $1.2 billion across the three territories in housing and have supported over 18,000 units. In budget 2024, we would be investing an additional $918 million in housing in the territories.
60 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:13:56 p.m.
- Watch
Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), and in accordance with the policy on the tabling of treaties in Parliament, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the treaty entitled “Agreement between the United Nations as Represented by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Government of Canada Regarding the Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution, including in the Marine Environment (INC-4)”, done at Nairobi on April 4.
87 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:15:15 p.m.
- Watch
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the following two reports of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.
The first is the 11th report, entitled “Bill C-26, An Act respecting cyber security, amending the Telecommunications Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts”. The committee has studied the bill and has decided to report the bill back to the House with amendments.
The second is the 12th report, which is in relation to the motion adopted on Monday, April 15, and it is entitled “Modification to the National Occupational Classification of Firefighters.” Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response to the 12th report.
124 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:16:22 p.m.
- Watch
Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to rise today to present a petition from Canadians and people from the Nipissing area who are concerned about upcoming changes in legislation related to medical assistance in dying, or MAID.
The petitioners call upon the House of Commons to reverse the law extending eligibility for MAID to people with mental illness as their sole medical condition.
63 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:17:05 p.m.
- Watch
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition today on behalf of petitioners in the riding of Perth—Wellington.
The petitioners request that the government institute a citizens' assembly on electoral reform.
34 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:17:26 p.m.
- Watch
Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to rise today to present a petition.
I want to first thank the Canadian Alliance of British Pensioners, in particular Ian Andexser, who is a constituent in my riding.
Over 113,000 British pensioners living in Canada are currently receiving a frozen U.K. pension. In the last two years, the U.K. state pension has increased 18.6% to keep up with inflation, yet British pensioners in Canada are receiving a 0% increase. Canada annually indexes the CPP for Canadians who live in the U.K., so there is no reciprocity. Recently, the U.K. sought the support of Canada to join the CPTPP, which was willing given, yet Canada has requested an end to this one-sided arrangement five times in the last 10 years.
Overall, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada who receive a U.K. pension, or who will be eligible to draw a U.K. pension in the future, call upon the Government of Canada to seek a meeting with officials in the U.K. government to negotiate a stand-alone social security agreement to include the upgrading of U.K. pensions.
193 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:18:46 p.m.
- Watch
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to table petition e-4758.
The petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada, particularly IRCC, to develop a list of laws that are known, in repressive regimes such as Russia, to be used to persecute human rights defenders, democracy activists and political dissidents. The petitioners are concerned that such laws, if they are deemed to have a Canadian equivalent, could be used to make someone inadmissible to Canada on the basis of a conviction just for defending human rights.
I would like to thank my constituent, Maria Kartasheva, who is a new Canadian citizen, for bringing forward this petition to make sure that what happened to her never happens to anyone else.
121 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
Mr. Speaker, I bring forward a petition to the attention of the chamber. It has been spearheaded by the St. Michael's Catholic Women's League, based out of Ridgetown, though many other Canadians have signed it.
The petitioners want to draw attention to the fact that the depiction of sexual violence and access to it, particular for young people, is far too easy in this country. It is not protected by any effective age verification methods, so they want to make the House fully aware that this is an important health and public safety concern.
Therefore, they are encouraging us to adopt Bill S-210, which would protect young persons from exposure to pornography.
115 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:20:27 p.m.
- Watch
Mr. Speaker, the petition I am tabling is for the Government of Canada to apologize to Black Canadians for its role in chattel enslavement in Canada. Specifically, four items are noted in the petition: first, chattel enslavement was initiated over 400 years ago to assemble a cheap, ready and usable workforce that was dehumanized and dispersed globally; second, in colonial Canada, King Louis XIV's Code Noir became law in 1743 and required both indigenous and Black slaves brought into the French colony to be considered the possessions of those who purchased them; third, Great Britain further supported the practice of chattel enslavement after the French in 1759; and fourth, following the Slavery Abolition Act of 1834, and after the Dominion of Canada was created in 1867, systemic racism continued, thereby perpetuating the practice of discriminating beliefs in societal institutions, organizations and legislation, which treated Black people as marginal and inferior.
Therefore, these petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada to finally do the right thing and apologize to Black Canadians for the centuries of mistreatment and racism in Canada. I thank Elise Harding-Davis for bringing this petition forward.
191 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- Apr/19/24 12:21:27 p.m.
- Watch
Mr. Speaker, just recently, WestJet announced new international flights, along with some domestic flights, one of which is direct to Ottawa, but it is encouraging when international airlines expand services, and that is what this petition is all about.
Petitioners are asking to have airlines take a look, along with the government, at ways in which we can enhance direct flight services to Europe, in particular to India. Ideally, we would speak to WestJet and others to encourage them to consider looking at those direct flights from Winnipeg to India.
90 words
- Hear!
- Rabble!
- add
- star_border
- share
- menumenu
- notificationsnotifications
- home
- mailmail
- searchsearch
