Jacques Ramsay

Madam Speaker, when watersheds are shared, the legislation provides a framework for collaboration that allows first nations, provinces, territories and the federal government to work together while respecting existing jurisdictions. Does my hon. colleague from Abitibi—Témiscamingue see this approach as beneficial and likely to ensure that the law stands the test of time?

Madam Speaker, I rise today to mark international developmental language disorder day, or DLDday, which is taking place next Friday. DLD was once known as dysphasia, and despite the fact that it affects 7.5% of the Canadian population, it remains misunderstood. It is characterized by persistent difficulties in acquiring and using spoken and written language in relation to sounds, grammar and [more]

Madam Speaker, the reports we have from most gun owners is that the procedure is going well. If the member has heard about any specific cases where it is not working, I would invite him to connect with me or with our ministry, and we will make sure it works. We will make every effort to make sure this program works. This is our promise.

Madam Speaker, I would like to know the member for Winnipeg Centre's thoughts. There is about $4.6 billion in funding associated with this legislation. That is a lot of money. In fact, it is the largest investment that Canada has ever made for clean water for first nations. Does that not say something? Can my colleague tell us what she thinks about this funding? Is that not a strong indication [more]

Madam Speaker, I would like to remind the House that it is the RCMP that has operational jurisdiction for this matter and it is contracted by the Province of Manitoba. I have every confidence that it will be able to fulfill its duties in the correct way. It is up to the RCMP to decide what action should be taken.

Mr. Speaker, first, I would like to comment on the remarks made by the member opposite. He said that the program did not work. That is not entirely accurate. In fact, the program has been relaunched. An agreement has been signed with at least one province to date. In fact, what was found was that the program did not have the full support of the medical community, which is why it was discontinued. [more]

Mr. Speaker, the member opposite is referring to a lawsuit filed by the former president and CEO of Canada Health Infoway. I think it would be inappropriate to comment further on this matter at this time. This is a completely standard procedure. The member opposite can laugh all he wants, but he knows full well that we do not comment on this sort of thing. Again, no one is denying that Canada [more]

Minister of Health Mr. Speaker, to answer my hon. colleague's question, thehas suspended payments to Canada Health Infoway for the current fiscal year. Since then, no funds have been disbursed to the organization, and we have made it clear that our investments will resume only once we are certain that the money will be spent in the best interests of Canadians. The Auditor General has indicated [more]

Mr. Speaker, I do not share that opinion. I think CORCAN does help the labour market, and it helps inmates to achieve their rehabilitation and be productive in our society. I would just remind the hon. member that as members of Parliament, we all want safer communities for our friends, loved ones and constituents. Having inmates going into permanent jobs, jobs that are giving them skills and a [more]

Mr. Speaker, through CORCAN, the Correctional Service of Canada actively enhances the safety and security of our institutions and our communities. CORCAN programming does that by providing offenders with a sense of purpose, promoting pro-social behaviour and allowing them to participate in meaningful work. This reduces the risk of violence among offenders in CSC institutions, thereby benefiting [more]

Mr. Speaker, the member opposite asked the same question two weeks ago, and today he will get the same answer that he got two weeks ago. Minister of Health As thesaid at the time and as she stated in June, while many Canadians have benefited from the work of Canada Health Infoway to advance the interoperability of health data and sharing of that data, important questions have been raised in [more]

Mr. Chair, members of the Conservative Party talk for hours, and then they criticize me. I'm talking about BQ‑5. I'm talking about substituting the word “suspect” with the word “believe”.

C‑22 Mr. Chair, I think we've just heard clearly, after all this debate about “reasonable grounds to suspect” and “reasonable grounds to believe”, why Billadopted “reasonable grounds to suspect”. It's because there are aspects of this issue that involve thousands of crimes that will remain unsolved. Our party, the Liberal Party of Canada, cares about the safety of Canadians. This party wants [more]

This is for the law enforcement representatives. Does the fact that we can act quickly—and here we agree that, if we change the requirement in BQ‑5 from “reasonable grounds to suspect” to “reasonable grounds to believe”, we will slow down the proceedings—mean that, in many cases, we won't be able to access the information because the evidentiary threshold will be higher? Am I correct in saying [more]

I'm going to have to make an effort to remember that, because we went to Timbuktu and came back via Vladivostok, and now we're returning here. So let me remind you that BQ‑5 seeks to replace line 27 on page 7 with the phrase “are reasonable grounds to believe” with the phrase “are reasonable grounds to suspect”. One word is being changed. Then there are two conditions: (a) an offence has been [more]

I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.