Sitting of May 28, 2026
Legislature 45, Session 1 · 2 bills
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Debates
Salma Zahid (Scarborough Centre—Don Valley East, Lib.)
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the third report of the Standing Committee on Science and Research, entitled “Antimicrobial Resistance”.
Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response to this report.
Yvan Baker (Etobicoke Centre, Lib.)
Mr. Speaker, the members of our committee worked very hard, and now I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Official Languages, entitled “Proposals from the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages Regarding the Draft Proposed Regulations Under Part VII of the Official Languages Act”.
Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response to the report.
Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
Mr. Speaker, I request unanimous consent to table a dissenting opinion.
The Speaker
Is that agreed?
Some hon. members: Agreed.
Mario Beaulieu
Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois is issuing a dissenting opinion to ensure that the draft proposed regulations require the government to comply with its own new language law, which stipulates that measures to promote French in Quebec must be implemented as part of official language support programs.
Since 2020, several ministers have acknowledged that French is in decline in Quebec and that measures must be taken not only to protect English but also to protect French in Quebec. The Official Languages Act was reformed in 2023, but no new measures for French have been implemented. There is a section that specifies that the purpose of the act is to “advance the existence of a majority-French society in a Quebec where the future of French is assured”. Several other sections prescribe asymmetrical measures for French in Quebec.
It is therefore high time that the government stopped focusing solely on the anglicization of Quebec through its language law, at a time when French is under greater threat than ever. That is why the draft proposed regulations must make it very clear that positive measures to promote French in Quebec must be taken as soon as possible
Shannon Miedema (Halifax, Lib.)
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, entitled “Sustaining Canada’s Freshwater for Today and Tomorrow”.
Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response to this report.
Branden Leslie (Portage—Lisgar, CPC)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to table the Conservative dissenting report on the study of fresh water. Let me be clear: The problem with this report is not that it takes water too seriously but that it confuses ambition with action. It recommends more federal strategies, more federal frameworks, more federal tables and even legal personhood for the St. Lawrence River. That is a dangerous legal theory that will end in disaster.
Conservatives believe that freshwater policy should be grounded in results, not more government bureaucracy. Conferences do not fix pipes, global declarations do not end boil water advisories, and no farmer ever irrigated a field, drained a ditch or protected an acre with a stack of federal forms. Canada does not need a bigger bureaucracy. We need water systems that work, rules that are enforced, and respect for the provinces, municipalities, indigenous communities and farmers who actually know their watersheds. Conservatives support clean water, clear responsibility and real results.
Frank Caputo (Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola, CPC)
Madam Speaker, the second petition, which 51 signatories have signed, notes that Canadians travel worldwide for all sorts of reasons, that viruses such as measles are significantly increasing, that when people return home they are often subject to diseases we do not experience here, and that people do not know about travel health advice being available.
Petitioners therefore call upon the House of Commons to integrate travel vaccine, medicine and health education into the public health system in Canada, to establish a reasonable user fee, to ensure appropriate health data collection and to recognize that public trust can be built in travel medicine and screening.
Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)
Madam Speaker, I rise to table two petitions today. The first is in support of the Indian Residential School Survivors Society.
The petition has been signed by more than 2,600 people calling on the Government of Canada to honour the TRC calls to action and the national inquiry for women and girls.
Petitioners are calling for the government to respect residential school survivors, their families and their communities. They call on the government to keep its promises to avoid gaps in survivor-centred services. They call for sustained and stable core funding for the Indian Residential School Survivors Society to prevent program lapses, including funding for indigenous-led healing, wellness and crisis support programs related to residential school impacts. They also call on the government to work with the society, the indigenous community and partners for a stable, long-term framework that reflects the actual service needs.
Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)
Madam Speaker, the second petition I am tabling is signed by Canadians from communities including Vancouver, Surrey, Toronto, Ottawa and Gatineau.
Petitioners are concerned that Trump's military is bombarding small boats and their crews in the Caribbean and in the Pacific Ocean, claiming without evidence that they are narco-terrorists. Such actions are illegal, they have noted, yet Canadian-made equipment has been used to commit these extrajudicial killings, due to the massive loophole in Canada's arms export laws.
Whereas Canada respects the rule of law, the petitioners therefore call on the Canadian government to require the same rules of licensing of Canadian military exports to Trump's military that are applied to every other country.
Jeff Kibble (Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, CPC)
Madam Speaker, I rise to present petition e-7115, a petition on behalf of Canadians and, more importantly, the great people of Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, who are concerned about the security and reliability of the digital systems that Canada depends on every day, specifically government digital systems. As we move more online, the software behind those systems must be built with strong safeguards from the beginning.
Petitioners are asking the Government of Canada to take a more consistent approach to secure coding across all federal departments and Crown corporations so public services, sensitive information and taxpayer dollars are better protected. They have provided a detailed list of provisions to facilitate much-needed solutions.
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