Bill C-263

Private Members' Business

…m Speaker, I rise today in support of the legislation from my Conservative colleague from Manitoba, Bill C-263, the silver alert national framework act. I want everyone to imagine a cold winter evening in rural Manitoba. The sun has gone down in early evening yet again, and somewhere between the house and the…

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak to Bill C-263, an act to establish a national framework for silver alerts. I would like to thank the member for Kildonan—St. Paul for bringing this important matter to the House for debate. The safety of our senio…

Private Members' Business

…ives of vulnerable people matter. This is true for children, and it is true for vulnerable seniors. Bill C-263, the silver alert national framework act, would create the opportunity for us to help protect vulnerable seniors. Right now there are growing numbers of seniors across our country. By 2030, just four…

Private Members' Business

…r other stakeholders, that need to be discussed. I think it was important to hear the introducer of Bill C-263 indicate that she is open to amendments. We will get to some of those shortly. We have seen ideas that can have a very real impact, and there is a sense of collaboration. When we have government and …

Private Members' Business

… represents another step forward in responding to a very real and growing concern facing Canadians. Bill C-263, the silver alert national framework act, speaks to something that is very simple, but it is also very urgent. Tens of thousands of vulnerable seniors living with dementia go missing every year in Ca…

Private Members' Business

Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to have the chance and the opportunity to speak to Bill C-263 today. First, I want to thank my friend, the member for Kildonan—St. Paul, for proposing a bill that is not only meaningful to the Moberg family, and I want to salute the courage of the Moberg family…

Private Members' Business

moved that Bill C-263, An Act to establish a national framework for silver alerts, be read the second time and referred to a committee. Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today to speak to my bill, Bill C-263, an act to…

Statements by Members

…bers to support the bill. Canadians who agree should contact their local MP and ask them to support Bill C-263.

Routine Proceedings

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-263, An Act to establish a national framework for silver alerts. Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to introduce my first private member's bill, the silver alert national framework bill. The bill is inspired by …

Routine Proceedings

…ssible for me to answer in 10 seconds. I would simply encourage my colleague to read Bill C-262 and Bill C-263, which contain all kinds of provisions that respond to that. I think everything is in there.

Routine Proceedings

… are serious about this issue, we need to get on it, we need to make this a priority. The second is Bill C-263, which seeks to establish an office of the commissioner in this matter because an office like that could act as an authority. Let us take a step back in history. Once upon a time, there was colonizat…

Private Members' Business

…of human rights and environmental harm the statutory right to bring a lawsuit against that company. Bill C-263 would give the Office of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise the powers needed to actually do its job and investigate and hold companies accountable. The CNCA, which includes member …

Private Members' Business

…ghts atrocity that we should also be standing up for. A personal issue that I have taken up with my Bill C-263 is with regard to our Canadian mining and extractive industries around the world and how we do not apply the same human rights lens to mining companies around the world like we do to other industries…

Government Orders

…rventions in this House are always very helpful, and I love the opportunity to speak about my bill, Bill C-263. Basically, it is to do what the government had promised to do initially, which is to give us a CORE ombudsperson who has the ability to compel testimony and compel documents. It is basically to give…

Private Members' Business

…ility. My colleague, the member for New Westminster—Burnaby, brought forward Bill C-262. My bill is Bill C-263. These bills are what is truly required if Canada is going to walk the talk on human rights. Mandatory human rights due diligence legislation, as proposed in Bill C-262, is the global best practice. …

Routine Proceedings

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-263, An Act to establish the Office of the Commissioner for Responsible Business Conduct Abroad and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. Mr. Speaker, it is my honour to stand here today and ta…

Government Orders

…ate. Let it not be said that we Conservatives and I have not done something about it. I have tabled Bill C-263, the equalization and transfers fairness act, which would have eliminated that cap, but in this budget, in the BIA, all the Liberal government is committing to do is simply increase the cap to anothe…

Statements By Members

… poorer thanks to bad Liberal policies. Let us secure the future of Albertans, vote yes on my bill, Bill C-263, and get a fair deal for Albertans in Confederation.

Routine Proceedings

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-263, An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (equalization). Mr. Speaker, today I am tabling an act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act with regard to equalizat…