Bill C-71

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… today because they are excluded by the first-generation rule. Although this bill was introduced as Bill C-71 in the previous session, Parliament did not complete its review before the end of the session. As a result, this is the reintroduction of a bill that had been introduced and on which debate had start…

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…til corrective legislation was passed. The bill I am introducing today is substantively the same as Bill C-71 to ensure continuity. I look forward to hearing from my colleagues in the House and in committee as we resume our work. As my colleagues may already be aware, there are three ways to become a Canadia…

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…k about Bill C-3. It is recycled legislation, as the minister just pointed out, which was tabled as Bill C-71 in the previous Parliament. Actually, Bill C-71 was retread legislation of Bill S-245, a private member's bill that was heavily amended by the government with the help of the former party that used t…

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… was amended, which Conservatives opposed and filibustered at committee. The government then tabled Bill C-71, to which the Conservatives said it needed to be a government bill with all those changes. The government did, in fact, belatedly table Bill C-71 in the House. Conservatives then filibustered that. W…

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…oper investigation and bring in the proper experts, and that is what happened. The member mentioned Bill C-71. That was completely under the control of the government. That had nothing to do with us. The government controlled the agenda. It could have brought it forward. It could have made changes. It could …

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…is type of bill has been before the House. We were able to work together on the second iteration of Bill C-71. I have really enjoyed working with him. I would like to give my colleague the opportunity to explain why it is important to keep the promise that we made to the families that we met at the Standing …

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…ee in previous Parliaments. With this particular bill, Bill C-3, which is substantively the same as Bill C-71, Canada will finally be charter-compliant with the gender discrimination components of the Citizenship Act. Is that not something we should actually act on? On the question around substantial connect…

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…loc Québécois mentioned earlier how many hours he spent listening to filibustering that happened on Bill C-71 when it was introduced in the House in the last Parliament. I can speak only to the last Parliament, because I was here. I was not here when the bill was first introduced, but in the last Parliament,…

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…the Conservatives putting an end to their political games so that the House can move on to studying Bill C-71 on citizenship, Bill C‑66 on military justice, Bill C‑63 on online harms, the ways and means motion on capital gains and the ways and means motion on charities. I also want to inform the House of our…

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…again, they have opposed smart gun control measures when we have brought them through the House. In Bill C-71, there was a clause that ensured that firearms would be forfeited to the Crown in cases of domestic violence. I had a friend whose husband was abusing her, and he was a firearms owner. When she went …