Anthony Housefather

Madam Speaker, this weekend the U.K. Green Party adopted a motion declaring itself anti-Zionist, calling Zionism “racism” and calling for the dismantling of the state of Israel. Zionism is simply the belief that the Jewish people have a right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland. One can be a Zionist and criticize Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir, Smotrich and Israeli government policies. Many [more]

Mr. Speaker, on whether the projects list would include ending homelessness, I am not quite sure that is what the project list works for. However, ending homelessness is a very important issue. Making sure that people have a roof over their head is incredibly important. Whatever government programs deal with that and continue to deal with that certainly are priorities for all of us in this House. [more]

Mr. Speaker, affordability is very important. Seniors' issues are also very important. We want all seniors to be able to live with dignity. That is why, in 2015, our government reversed the Conservatives' decision to raise the retirement age from 65 to 67. Discussions will be held on this private member's bill. I recognize that there are real challenges facing seniors aged 75 and over. In [more]

Mr. Speaker, it must be very sad to be sitting in the opposition and have nothing as a solution to propose for affordability and to create a motion that basically does not propose anything at all. Affordability is a very important issue. Affordability is a problem throughout western democracies. Affordability needs to be tackled. This government is tackling it, and the opposition has zero [more]

Mr. Speaker, that is a wonderful question. Prime Minister To me, one of the things that is most important about this government is making Canada work and working with the provinces. We will see provincial premiers saluting the government and the. They say what a pleasure it is to work together to create projects that will have a national scale and that will allow us to bring things to market [more]

Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out that I will be sharing my speaking time with the member for. I often say what an honour it is to rise in the House to debate a motion. I actually cannot say that today, because this is one of the most nonsensical motions I have ever seen before the House of Commons. Normally, when we propose a motion, we have a solution; we have [more]

Mr. Speaker, every one of us in this House has a loved one who has fought cancer, and all of us know how important it is that we continue to honour Terry Fox's legacy with bold ambition. Our investment in precision oncology is an investment in a more personalized approach to cancer care, one that reduces harmful side effects and makes the treatment more likely to work. No one wants to lose a [more]

Mr. Speaker, since our government took office, keeping Canadians safe has been one of our top priorities. Since we were elected, we have passed three major pieces of legislation in collaboration with provincial governments and law enforcement agencies across Canada, all of which support these laws. They are the Combatting Hate Act, the Bail and Sentencing Reform Act, and the Protecting Victims [more]

Mr. Speaker, first of all, my sympathies go out to all the people who were affected. I absolutely agree that we want to work with British Columbia every step of the way to deal with climate change and with the wildfires that are happening. That is why we have invested so much money this year, for example, in water bombers. When provinces called upon us for assistance, we were able to provide [more]

Essentially, Mr. Chair, my point to colleagues is that, whether they agreed with the original decision or not, the decision is there. The law is written that way already. We don't go back in committee; we only go forward. Now we have spent about two hours, so far, on this one amendment, to somehow argue that we should have an anomalous higher standard for a production request in a foreign [more]

Would I be correct in saying that the Supreme Court ruled in Lavallee that the name and address of a client is generally not covered by solicitor-client privilege? For example, as I understand it, it was determined in R v. Budd that the identity of a client is not privileged unless that identity is critical to the essence of solicitor-client communications. Presumptively, the name of a client is [more]

I have a point of order. Mr. Chair, people are not here to answer for the government as to the government's intentions on something that has nothing to do with this bill. That is a question she could ask in question period. This is not a question for these witnesses. It's on a subject that is not part of the bill. She's asking them a much greater question about the government's intention. The [more]

Thank you.

Okay. I'll slow down. Basically, given that we've already made a decision on the domestic “reason to suspect”, it would seem strange to use a higher standard for an order that we're seeking in a foreign country. It would create a very, I think, unusual law in which we're imposing a higher standard in a foreign country than in our own country. I think you've echoed that already.

Let's say, for example, that you had the question of deciding whether or not a breathalyzer test were something to be sought, and there were a separate provision in the code that said, “If you smelled alcohol on somebody's breath, they had bloodshot eyes,” or other observational signals for how the signs of a driver look.... If you were to say that, you would use “reasonable grounds to suspect” [more]

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