Statement Relating to Subject Matter of Prima Facie Breach of Privilege
Mr. Speaker, I really am struggling to understand this. You found a prima facie case, but it was up to the House to determine whether or not there was in fact a breach of privilege. The House did find a breach of privilege based on the content of the mailings. It was not just that they were mailed. It was the content of the mailings.
Therefore, if the contents of the mailings are being repeated in the House, could that again constitute a prima facie case of privilege?
Statement Relating to Subject Matter of Prima Facie Breach of Privilege
Mr. Speaker, once the Speaker has ruled that there is a prima facie breach of privilege and the House votes on a motion deeming that there is in fact a breach of privilege that has taken place and has referred it to the procedure and House affairs committee, for a member to subsequently rise and dispute the facts which were laid before the House and voted on in the House, would that not be a continuation of the breach of privilege?
Criminal Code
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-451, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mischief).
She said: Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to introduce this bill to amend the Criminal Code.
This bill makes it an offence to commit an act of mischief in relation to property motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on religion, race, colour, sex, language or sexual orientation.
Liberal Parliamentarians for Israel mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Israel
Use of Intraparliamentary Internet
Mr. Speaker, as you know, I am the one who rose in this House yesterday to raise this matter of privilege. I spoke briefly on it at that time and I would just like to acknowledge the statement by the hon. member for Ahuntsic.
The hon. member admits in this House that she has failed in one of the fundamental duties of a member of Parliament, which is to act and to work with diligence and care and to make use of the human and material resources allocated to us by the House so that we may fulfill our responsibilities as members.
Alleged Misuse of Intraparliamentary Internet
Mr. Speaker, thank you for coming back to the chair in order to take my question of privilege.
On Monday, February 1 at 10:59 a.m., I received on my House of Commons BlackBerry an email from the member of Parliament for Ahuntsic. This email, from the list of names to whom it was also sent, appears to have been sent to all members of this House.
Remembering Ehud and Eldad
The road of statesmanship is paved with bitter choices. But few are more difficult and soul-searching than the recent decision of the Government of Israel to release five Lebanese prisoners and return 199 bodies of Lebanese fighters in exchange for the bodies of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, the two Israeli soldiers who were kidnapped from Israel by the terrorist group Hezbollah in 2006.
Criminal Code – Bill C-384
Mr. Speaker, it is an honour for me to participate in this debate. I would like to congratulate my colleague for Châteauguay-Saint-Constant for her valiant effort in bringing this bill before the House. The objective of the bill is praiseworthy and necessary, particularly as we approach the fourth anniversary of the bombing of the United Talmud Torah elementary school in Montreal. Hate attacks against cultural communities in Canada continue…
Human Rights – Tolerance Caravan
"Mr. Speaker, I rise to invite all of my hon. colleagues to visit the Tolerance Caravan, which is being hosted all day today in room 256-S Centre Block by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Prevention of Genocide and other Crimes Against Humanity.
Dion’s Liberals would help Israel’s peace plans, says Jennings
"I have a larger Muslim community than I do a Jewish community," Jennings said at one point during an exchange. "If my being a supporter of the only democratic state in the Middle East means that I lose an election, so be it. I would lose it with pride, and I would hope that my other parliamentarians also take principled positions like that."
