Rhéal Éloi Fortin

Mr. Speaker, let us face it. The Liberal Party of Canada is an organization that has something of an influence over the government. However, at its convention, that party proposed to urge the Government of Canada to invoke a veto over any provincial legislation that pre-emptively uses the notwithstanding clause. That ultimately constitutes veto power over the sovereignty of the Quebec National [more]

Mr. Speaker, the government did not simply go to the Supreme Court to challenge a law passed by the Quebec National Assembly. It went there to curtail Quebec's powers within its own areas of jurisdiction. With its fear campaign and talk about slavery and summary execution, this government is attempting a real constitutional coup. If the Liberals want to amend the Constitution to weaken Quebec, [more]

Mr. Speaker, the Liberals keep saying that they will not comment on the Supreme Court's proceedings regarding Bill 21 and the notwithstanding clause. However, they are holding a convention in Montreal the weekend before the election in the riding of Terrebonne, and the first proposal they will be debating is whether to give the federal government veto power over all provincial legislation that [more]

Mr. Speaker, it is written in black and white: “...that the Liberal Party of Canada urge the Government of Canada to: Invoke disallowance on any Provincial legislation that proactively invokes the Notwithstanding clause before court challenges are exhausted”. That is what they want, but they are trying to get the Supreme Court to do their dirty work for them. If the Liberals want to change the [more]

Thank you, Mr. Stamatakis. On the same topic of mandatory minimum sentences, another line of thinking holds that this issue affects marginalized communities in particular. We hear a great deal about the Black and indigenous communities, for example. I would like to hear your views on this. Is there indeed cause for concern regarding mandatory minimum sentencing for these specific communities, [more]

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

At the Canadian Police Association, do you have any statistics on the number of responses required for similar cases involving seniors?

I would be grateful, Mr. Stamatakis. You can send them to the clerk, with whom you have been in contact up to now. He'll forward them to us. I would also like to talk about mandatory minimum sentences. We know that this has been an ongoing debate in the House for many years. In any case, we've been talking about it for the entire 10 years that I've been here. I'm sure that people were talking [more]

Yes. I was asking whether you think that we should broaden the scope of the provisions addressing the coercive control issue to include not only couples, but also seniors and vulnerable people.

Ms. Kim, I would like to hear your answer to the same question.

Thank you. I'll move on to a completely different topic. I want to talk about the distribution of intimate images. I imagine that you must deal with this issue on an almost daily basis. Does your organization have statistics or detailed information on the extent of the issue? Has there been an increase over the years? Who are the people targeted? In short, do you have any information on this [more]

Thank you, Ms. Kim. Sorry to interrupt. It isn't polite, but time is limited. Ms. Silverstone, I would like to ask you the same question. Do you have any statistics or more specific information on this issue?

Ms. Silverstone, we talk a great deal about coercive control in couple relationships, and rightly so. We need to address this scourge. As you can see, we're working quite hard on this on both sides of the House. In your opinion, should we broaden the scope of the bill to address, for example, the issue of seniors who may fall victim to coercive control at the hands of their family or at times [more]