44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 15, 2023 02:00PM
- Feb/15/23 4:00:22 p.m.
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I thank the hon. member for raising that question.
I was not in the chair at that time. We know that the table officers knew it was not the right headset, but we do not know exactly why the member was not wearing the right headset. I will come back to the House with a more exact answer once I find out what happened at that moment.
The hon. member for Salaberry—Suroît.
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- Feb/15/23 4:00:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to add a question, because the Chair's response will help clarify this issue. Each member will be better informed of the need to wear the proper equipment to speak. At the same time, the response will inform us of the mechanism put in place by the House to verify that the proper equipment is being worn.
I just want to clarify my request, and I hope that the Chair will provide us with clarification so we can guarantee the occupational health and safety of our interpreters.
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- Feb/15/23 4:01:27 p.m.
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I thank the hon. member for that clarification.
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- Feb/15/23 4:03:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the supplementary estimates (C), 2022-23.
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- Feb/15/23 4:05:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the Main Estimates, 2023-24.
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- Feb/15/23 4:05:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the third report of the Standing Committee on Science and Research, entitled “Small Modular Nuclear Reactors”.
Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response to this report.
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- Feb/15/23 4:06:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the second report of the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying, entitled “Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada: Choices for Canadians”.
Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response to this report.
I will take this opportunity to thank the members of our committee. Ten members from four parties and five senators worked for nine months to deliver this report. I also want to thank our clerks and our analysts for their excellent work during the last nine months. It is a challenging task. They showed exceptional patience and skill.
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- Feb/15/23 4:07:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of the Conservative members of the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying to table, in both official languages, our dissenting report.
Conservatives completely reject the committee's endorsement of the Liberal government's new arbitrary deadline to expand MAID in cases of mental illness in one year. The evidence from experts, including leading psychiatrists, is clear. This radical expansion cannot be implemented safely, and there is no evidence to indicate that it will be any different a year from now.
We are also disappointed that the committee failed to undertake a meaningful study on the effectiveness and enforcement of existing safeguards, this at a time when there are multiple alarming reports of abuse, non-compliance and Canadians falling through the cracks under the Liberals' MAID regime.
Finally, we reject the committee's irresponsible recommendation to expand MAID for mature minors, especially having regard for significant knowledge gaps and a complete lack of consultation with impacted groups, including young Canadians.
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- Feb/15/23 4:08:58 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to present three petitions.
The first petition, e-petition 3974, has been signed by Canadians across the country and highlights the fact that even though cannabis is legal in Canada, far too many people remain penalized for historic cannabis convictions. These historic convictions disproportionately impact people from marginalized communities and have negative consequences on their ability to work, find housing and travel outside the country.
This petition recognizes that cannabis-related pardon programs fail to remedy these concerns and, thus, calls upon the government to follow the lead of jurisdictions like New York and immediately table legislation that would provide automatic expungement for all Canadians living with non-violent cannabis convictions.
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- Feb/15/23 4:09:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the second petition, e-petition 3775, has the support of 1,345 Canadians and is an important reminder that there is an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe and illegal war unfolding in Yemen.
This petition calls on the government to immediately cancel all active and pending arms deals with Saudi Arabia, prevent any transfers of Canadian-made arms, demand the Saudi-led coalition to end its air strikes and military offensives, apply Magnitsky sanctions to Saudi leaders, significantly increase humanitarian aid to Yemen and expand the group of five sponsorship exemptions to Yemeni refugees.
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- Feb/15/23 4:10:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the last petition, e-petition 3777, initiated by Henry Evans-Tenbrinke from Hamilton, is in relation to the Australia, United Kingdom and United States military pact and the willingness of the U.S. to sell nuclear submarines and related military technologies to the Australians. These weapons sales would be in violation of the UN Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
This petition requests the Government of Canada to not only refuse any participation in the AUKUS pact, but also strongly condemn it as a breach of the UN nuclear non-proliferation treaty and a dangerous escalation of military tensions.
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- Feb/15/23 4:11:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am presenting e-petition 4183, which was started by a constituent of mine, John Fulton. It is signed by over 2,161 Canadians.
The petitioners are calling upon the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry and the Minister of Health to recommend to the Governor in Council to immediately add COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics to schedule 1 of the Patent Act, thereby permitting export under Canada's access to medicines regime for humanitarian reasons.
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Mr. Speaker, I am presenting a petition in which the petitioners oppose Bill C-21 and are asking for it to be repealed because it would do nothing to prevent gun smuggling or crimes involving firearms.
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- Feb/15/23 4:12:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present today.
In the first petition, the petitioners note that more than four million Canadians, including one and a half million children, live in homes where the families report food insecurity. They point out that it is important to remember that the health and development of children requires that they have access to healthy food, particularly in a school setting. Canada is one of the few members of the OECD without a national nutritional school food program in place.
The petitioners call on the Government of Canada, in collaboration with the provinces, territories, municipalities and stakeholders, to develop a national school nutritious food program to ensure that all children in Canada have access to healthy food.
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- Feb/15/23 4:13:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in the second petition, the petitioners point out that in Canada more than 600,000 social housing units that were created between 1970 and 1994 were provided through long-term agreements with social housing providers. They point out that these agreements are essential to provide affordable housing options to people, particularly tenants, with a maximum of 30% of their income dedicated to rent.
The petitioners point out that the federal government today is still refusing to renew those agreements, many of which have expired. They are calling on the federal government, in collaboration with the provinces and other stakeholders, to renew the funding of long-term social housing operating agreements in order to preserve rent subsidies and provide funds for the necessary renovations for this critically important housing stock.
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- Feb/15/23 4:13:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am tabling a petition on behalf of my constituents calling on the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship to update the immigration system to pave the way for efficient processes that address Canada's ongoing needs. The petitioners are raising the fact that, since 2015, the immigration backlog has increased to 2.1 million applications.
I will draw attention to specific points the petitioners make in this petition. On refugee travel document applications, where the department has a goal of beating the standard of 20 days 90% of the time, the IRCC meets that standard only 15% of the time. The certificate for identity applications has a goal of beating the service standard of 20 days 90% of the time. Sadly, only 15% are processed on time.
This is causing stress. It is a lack of dignity to the applicants by the department. This department has received double the funding since 2015. We have doubled the FT and full-time equivalent staff, and despite that, the backlog is still 2.1 million, so petitioners are calling on the minister to fix the problem he has created.
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- Feb/15/23 4:15:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to table today.
In the first petition, petitioners recognize that it has been 77 years since the first use of nuclear weapons, which demonstrated their awesome power, yet we remain today under constant threat of warfare that could result in devastation from which the world would never recover. They also recognize that the Government of Canada has published statements saying that it is committed to achieving a world free of nuclear weapons.
They also note that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has been signed by 86 countries, and ratified by 66, but not by Canada, and they recognize that, as a non-nuclear state, Canada is in the best position to comply with the articles of the TPNW and to guide its allies in other nations towards a world free from nuclear weapons.
Therefore, the petitioners are calling upon the Government of Canada to sign and commit to ratifying the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and to urge allies and other nations to follow suit.
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- Feb/15/23 4:16:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in the second petition, petitioners recognize that disability financial support payments in Canada are currently far below the official poverty line. They also recognize that 1.5 million disabled Canadians currently suffer every single day in a state of legislated poverty, and they recognize that the government continues to allow the wealthy, well-connected and multinational corporations to horde billions in offshore accounts, or forgo taxes and fair prices for our country's resources.
Therefore, the petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada to end the current practice of legislated poverty of Canadians living with disabilities and establish a federal disability benefit of $2,200 a month.
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- Feb/15/23 4:17:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), I have the honour to table, on behalf of the Minister of Finance, in both official languages, a document entitled “2023 Report on Federal Tax Expenditures”.
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- Feb/15/23 4:17:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would ask that all questions be allowed to stand at this time.
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