Public Complaints and Review Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, they have wasted $70,000, so far, on this meaningless debate and delay tactic. I think Canadians would say to get on with the public complaints and review commission. Why did they not accept the UC that I moved prior to question period, which would actually allow us

Public Complaints and Review Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to compliment my colleague for his French question a little while ago. I was quite impressed with that. His French is coming along well. The reality is that there is no censorship, when one is paying $70,000, to debate deleting one line that has absolutely no

Public Complaints and Review Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I like your interpretation a lot because it corresponds to what the member and the Conservative members could read in the rules of the House. We are not allowed to attack other members. That is what the Leader of the Opposition and member for Carleton did. He attacke

Public Complaints and Review Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I have won consecutive business excellence awards, so I have no lessons to learn from any Conservatives in the House. The reality is that the member can consult the fiscal period returns produced by the Department of Finance. It is not a hotbed of social democracy, b

Public Complaints and Review Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, where we left off this morning, Conservatives were saying that they wanted the bill to pass. In fact, they even chastened the Liberals for not passing the bill. Just prior to question period, I asked for unanimous consent to move beyond this dilatory motion, delay m

Public Complaints and Review Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I really liked my colleague's speech. I would like to talk about the request made by several organizations, including the Customs and Immigration Union, both the francophone and anglophone chapters of Amnesty International Canada, the Canadian Civil Liberties Associ

Public Complaints and Review Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I am rising to support this legislation, Bill C-20. It is something that has been needed for some time. The reality is that we heard from so many stakeholders, the groups that I cited a few minutes ago, that having an act establishing the public complaints and review

Public Complaints and Review Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I always appreciate hearing the comments of my colleague. The reality is that, despite the Conservatives fighting tooth and nail to block this legislation, we are finally getting it through. The problem is that the government has not adequately funded the commission

Public Complaints and Review Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, I like the member, and I like working with him at the public safety committee. However, seriously, the CBSA cuts were done under the Conservative government. The Liberals have not fixed what the Conservatives broke, but the Conservatives broke it in the first place.

Public Complaints and Review Commission Act  Mr. Speaker, why did the Conservatives move a dilatory motion to delay the legislation?

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I did find the speech quite stimulating, but my head is fine. I hope, for the hon. member who just spoke, it is the same.

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I like the member, but quite frankly, I am concerned when he talks about what a future Conservative government will do. We saw what the Conservatives did for veterans. They closed about 20 offices that provided services to veterans. People had to drive hundreds of k

Combating Motor Vehicle Theft Act  Mr. Speaker, that is a falsehood, and the member should withdraw it.

Combating Motor Vehicle Theft Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Prince Albert for bringing this forward. I know that he is very sincere, having worked in Parliament with him for a number of years on this issue. I will get into some reasons a little later on as to why I do not think this bill is the respons

Combating Motor Vehicle Theft Act  Mr. Speaker, I always appreciate my colleague's sincerity on the issues, and I appreciate his openness for ideas. There is no doubt about it that this is an important issue. The member did say this was across Canada, but there is an exception. As members are well aware, British