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Mr. Speaker, what my colleague is talking about today is secularism. Since he wants the federal government to stay out of a situation that is directly related to the federal government, what would he think if other provinces were to use this clause, especially if it attacked the French language in Canada or Quebec? What would he say if that were the case?
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the Leader of the Opposition's comments, but I do have a question for him. How does he explain to energy workers that he spent 10 years in cabinet and did not build one single pipeline to the coastline, which cost Canadians millions of dollars? What does he have to say to those people today?
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Mr. Speaker, we would like a recorded vote.
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member's question, and I welcome her to the House as a new member. Our Prime Minister has been very serious in addressing this issue. We have a public safety minister, we have a justice minister and we have a secretary of state who is in charge of combatting crime. This government is serious about crime, and we are going to do it.
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Mr. Speaker, I truly appreciate my colleague's comments. He made some very good points. Could he provide more information with regard to judicial independence?
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Mr. Speaker, as I said earlier, U.S. policies will never work in Canada. Also, if I may, I would like to remind him that I am a francophone. There is no need to thank me for speaking French, because I am a francophone. The point I was trying to make is that importing U.S. policies to Canada has never worked and will never work. The proof is that my colleague's leader was not elected as the head of…
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Mr. Speaker, I will begin by stating that I am will be sharing my time with the member for Châteauguay—Les Jardins‑de‑Napierville I am pleased to rise in the House today to discuss the motion moved by the member for Battle River—Crowfoot about bail. This is an important opportunity to reaffirm our government's commitment to public safety and the integrity of our criminal justice system while ensur…
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's question. As I mentioned earlier, I sympathize with all victims across Canada. I would like to finish the thought I started earlier. Anytime a government has implemented a bill like the one proposed by the opposition today, the law was ineffective. Instead, there was a 10% to 12% increase in crime. I do not understand why the Conservatives want to propose l…
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that question from my colleague. It is very thoughtful. That is what I have been trying to say: This policy did not work in the United States. The research shows that instead of bringing about the desired change, this policy increased the crime rate. Instead of proposing such legislation, the Conservatives should support the bills the government is already proposing in th…
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Mr. Speaker, I think that every member of the House can agree with the member opposite that we stand with victims, and no member of the House wants the continuation of victimization of women and other people in our country. There was a situation in my riding where a young woman was murdered by her partner. I stand with her family, and I just want to send another shout-out to them right now. Howeve…
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Mr. Speaker, as we open this new session, I want to welcome my colleagues back to the House of Commons. We are here because Canadians expect us to get things done. For me, that means delivering for the people of London West. Londoners have been very clear that they want affordable housing, good jobs and support for their families, which is why I welcome the new housing investments that will speed …
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I believe we cannot refer to a member's absence from or presence in the House, so I would caution the member to not say that again.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome my colleague back into the House of Commons. I know that she had a lot more to say, and maybe she will get the opportunity to do so right now. I just wanted to comment on the fact that she said that this is not the final bill, and we want to take it to committee to discuss many of the issues that many people in the House have commented on. Could the member mayb…
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Madam Speaker, in the member opposite's comments he talked about the importance of privacy of Canadians, which we believe in. I had an opportunity this summer to talk to an RCMP member in my community, and he was explaining to me why this portion of the bill is really important. He talked about the fact that he worked in Yukon, and he took a week away. In one week, one package came in. There had b…
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Madam Speaker, I am very confused as to what the member opposite was trying to convey, because it sounds like, in theory, for the last four years I have been here, he has been talking about having a bill like the one that is before us. What exactly is he suggesting we can work on in committee to move it forward collaboratively? Canadian voters want us to have a bill for borders, as well as to work…
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Mr. Speaker, I would first like to welcome my colleague back to the House of Commons and thank her for the very reflective thoughts that she shared. We have listened, in the House of Commons today, to many comments that our colleagues have made about the bill. We know that Canadians sent us here with a mandate to collaborate. Canadian voters, including Conservative voters, want us to take action o…
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Mr. Speaker, I am wondering whether my colleague is open to taking this to committee. We have heard a lot of comments that, obviously, Conservatives want to discuss the bill further, and it will be going to committee. Will the member support the bill's going to committee so we can look at it further and make sure it represents the desires and thoughts of Canadians who voted for us, and to co-opera…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to echo the comments that my colleague from Winnipeg North mentioned around co-operation and making sure that we are listening to our constituents and the people who sent us to the House. The hon. member mentioned earlier that we promised Canadians we were going to remove the carbon tax, and he said that we did not. That is misleading, and that is not co-operation. Canadi…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his comments. I appreciated his speech, which was well thought out. Earlier, we were talking about the fact that we would like to take these discussions into committee so that we can move the bill forward and ensure that we are doing what Canadians have asked us to do. I think my colleague agrees with us. Could he talk a bit about that?
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Madam Speaker, it is very nice to see you back in the House, and I welcome my colleagues as well. I want to take this opportunity to ask my colleague a question, based off of her comments, as she did talk about the measures that were adopted in 2009. Many of these measures were deemed unconstitutional by the Ontario Court of Justice, so this is not the first time the bill has come to the House. It…
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Madam Speaker, I would like to welcome my colleague opposite back to the House of Commons. There are a lot of things that were said in my colleague's speech that, although I do not want to blame him for misleading, were very misleading to Canadians. Connecting crime, jobs and housing to Bill C-3 is very misleading to Canadians. I think it is important to remember what the bill is about, and the Co…
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Mr. Speaker, obviously we have heard long speeches today on this bill, and as I mentioned earlier, this is not the first time that we have had to deal with this bill. Also, the opposition made a promise to lost Canadians who came here to Parliament, to our committee. The Speaker was a member of that committee and promised to make sure we would not leave any Canadians behind. What does the member o…
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Mr. Speaker, it is great to see you back in the House, and I want to thank my hon. colleague for her comments and the fact that she really did make some reasonable comments around what it means to be a Canadian. I am sure that the member has heard a lot of the dialogue that has been going on, and there has been rhetoric around this bill, Bill C-3, which is intended to restore Canadian citizenship …
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Mr. Speaker, we request a recorded division.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for running on a banner that promised Canadians the building of a strong economy. Maybe the minister can talk about how the bill would impact regions like my region in southwestern Ontario, a region that often faces bottlenecks and interprovincial barriers. What impact would there be for workers in our region?
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Mr. Speaker, I have not yet had many opportunities to work with my colleague, but I think she is well liked here in Parliament. I think she can appreciate that using a word like “scammed” is a bit of an exaggeration. I would like her to consider the fact that Canadians asked us to do this. This is the mandate that Canadians sent us here to carry out. We won 44 seats in Quebec because Quebeckers al…
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Mr. Speaker, I just want to make sure that we use parliamentary language. Calling another member of Parliament any name is not accepted, so maybe the member could retract that.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to call for a recorded vote.
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Mr. Speaker, we request a recorded division.
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Mr. Speaker, as the member opposite would remember, he was on that committee, and we worked on amendments that made sense. We passed the bill through the House. We sent it to the Senate. It is back now. If the member has amendments that he wants to propose, we can discuss them in committee, but the reality is that the member has supported the bill in the past. With respect to the question around t…
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Mr. Speaker, I think my colleague understands very well how Canadian democracy works when Canadians want an election. There were frequent calls for an election for several months in the House of Commons while I was here. Let us also remember that we were not a majority but a minority, and that our colleagues opposite continued to call for an election, which we gave them. I think my colleague also …
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Mr. Speaker, as I said in my speech, a Canadian is a Canadian, whether someone is a Canadian by birthright or became a Canadian through naturalization, which is how I became a Canadian. I came here as a young refugee. I grew up here, and I worked hard to become a Canadian citizen. I am a Canadian citizen. Imagine if I were able to serve outside of Canada now for a number of years; I would fall int…
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Mr. Speaker, I am very happy to rise to speak to this bill for the many reasons I spoke about it in this House in the last Parliament. I have had the privilege of working with colleagues from all parties on committee specifically on this legislation, which impacts Canadian families. The spirit behind this bill is that Prime Minister Harper, in 2009, basically created a first-generation limit, crea…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for talking about preserving the institutions of Canada that we all believe in and that protect the rights of Canadians. Maybe my hon. colleague can expand on the fact that this bill really does go to the foundations of our institutions that we uphold and that are there to protect Canadians, and would make sure that if a soldier went to serve Canada i…
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Mr. Speaker, I have had lots of opportunities to work with the member opposite on this specific legislation in the House during the last Parliament. I remember when we were able to pass it and commit it to families across Canada, some of whom were our constituents. We told them that we were committed to making sure that we were not going to have their children lose their citizenship and that they …
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Mr. Speaker, I really enjoyed working with my colleague at the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. This is not the first time that this type of bill has been before the House. We were able to work together on the second iteration of Bill C-71. I have really enjoyed working with him. I would like to give my colleague the opportunity to explain why it is important to keep the promise …
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Mr. Speaker, just on that point about the 20,000 Canadians who have been able to receive citizenship through this program, and the leftover Canadians, many people have applied to be part of these lost Canadians to receive their citizenship. The IRCC has been working to make sure it is only people who are considered lost Canadians who have been able to receive this grant of citizenship. Maybe the m…
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Mr. Speaker, the results of the election are that the Liberal Party is back in government, and the former leader of the opposition did not make it back into the House of Commons. I heard a lot about the spirit in which the Conservative Party was dividing Canadians. I just listened to the member degrade and speak with ill intent toward our members who have been speaking to Canadians, speaking to th…
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Mr. Speaker, I am curious to know and I really do want to know how we can make the House function better and work together better, because that is what Canadians want from us. They want their members of Parliament to speak to each other like members of Parliament and find ways to work together.
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Mr. Speaker, on June 20, we are turning the page. The anti-scab legislation will come into force, banning replacement workers during strikes and lockouts in all federally regulated sectors. It is a long overdue step toward a fairer economy. For far too long, the threat of replacement labour weakened bargaining and eroded trust. This law, however, will restore balance, protect the integrity of coll…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to echo what we heard on the campaign trail. Canadians want safer communities. Canadians want safer borders. Canadians also want to stop being aggressed by our south-of-the-border neighbour because of the terrors that have ravaged our communities and our workers. Can the member expand on the mandate that he has been given to respond to all of the questions that Canadians had du…
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Mr. Speaker, I just want to ask the member opposite what he thinks about the mandate that Londoners sent him here with and whether he heard what I heard at the doors. What I heard at the doors is that Londoners want safer borders. They want an economy that works for everyone. They want more jobs for our communities. I want to welcome him to the House, first of all, and hear what he thinks about th…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for honouring the mandate that his constituents sent him to do. I want the member to talk about how during the campaign the Conservatives talked about anything but the tariffs imposed on the automotive sector. Maybe the member can talk about how on this side of the House we care about jobs in the southwestern Ontario corridor and every single area…
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Mr. Speaker, maybe the minister can expand on what this bill would do to remove the barriers that are preventing a lot of workers from being able to work amidst the unjustified and illegal tariffs, and the importance of fulfilling the mandate to remove internal trade barriers across Canada.
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Mr. Speaker, on that note, I wanted to ask my hon. colleague to expand a bit more on the internal trade barriers that Canadians gave us a mandate to address and the importance it would have for ridings like his and ridings like mine in the southwestern corridor. Can the member take that question?
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Mr. Speaker, I welcome the member opposite to the House. Earlier, one of his colleagues mentioned that they support, in theory, the idea of building one strong Canadian economy and removing the barriers. Why are Conservatives opposed to supporting the bill?
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Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate my hon. colleague on her re-election and her coming back to the House. I am curious to know what the member opposite thinks about the fact that the Conservatives asked for an election, we went to the election, and Canadians gave us a mandate to build one strong Canadian economy. Are the Conservatives opposed to removing the barriers across provinces to i…
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Mr. Speaker, that was a great speech that captured the spirit of Canadians who sent us to the House to make sure that we deliver on some of the most important key things. The member mentioned labour, and I know that he was Minister of Labour at one point. He went across the country talking to workers, so he actually understands the importance of removing these barriers for workers. Maybe the membe…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like a recorded vote.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to take the opportunity to thank the hon. minister for all the work she is doing to make sure we honour the mandate that Canadians sent us to the House to do. Earlier in the House, I heard a lot of questions asking if the government was moving too fast, if there are benefits to removing these internal barriers to trade and if that was actually going to have an impact on j…
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