Debates of Nov. 29th, 2001
House of Commons Hansard #121 of the 37th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was nuclear.
Topics
- International Labour Conference
- Air Transportation
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act
- Business of the House
- Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act
- Nuclear Waste Act
- Peacekeeping
- Ron Lenyk
- Kim Everingham
- National Security
- Chinese Women Entrepreneurs Association
- Ramadan
- Robert Lepage
- Canada Labour Code
- Marijuana
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Youth Strategy Initiative
- Species At Risk
- Highway Infrastructure
- Ken Hechtman
- Bill C-42
- Impaired Driving
- Peter Maarsman
- Immigration
- Terrorism
- Public Safety Act
- Immigration
- Air Transportation
- Justice
- Export Development Corporation
- Justice
- Raoul Léger
- Employment Insurance
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Immigration
- Bill C-35
- Natural Resources
- Airline Industry
- Multiculturalism
- Forest Industry
- Ken Hechtman
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Immigration
- Presence in Gallery
- Privilege
- Points of Order
- Business Of The House
- Nuclear Fuel Waste Act
- Strychnine Solutions
Immigration
Oral Question Period
2:45 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Inky Mark Dauphin—Swan River, MB
Mr. Speaker, there is absolutely no truth whatsoever to that statement.
The minister said of her much touted Bill C-11 “...we have streamlined procedures because we know that it does take too long”.
What happened to change the minister's mind as we see in Bill C-42? She was the one who insisted on the faster procedures. What happened to change her mind?
Immigration
Oral Question Period
2:45 p.m.
Windsor West
Ontario
Liberal
Herb Gray Deputy Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, the hon. member will get his answer by looking at himself in the mirror. He is the one who tried to slow down Bill C-11 and we are the ones who are speeding it up by putting the key clauses in Bill C-42. He has things totally backwards. No wonder he is hidden in the corner down there.
Bill C-35
Oral Question Period
2:45 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Brian Pallister Portage—Lisgar, MB
Mr. Speaker, tragically 10 months ago this week Catherine MacLean of Ottawa was killed by a drunken diplomat who could not be prosecuted under Canadian law because he was given immunity.
The minister expressed regrets. The minister said it was unjust. The minister made promises. Bill C-35 breaks those promises by expanding immunity to thousands of additional non-Canadians. Will the minister do the right thing and pull Bill C-35 today, or will he break his promises?
Bill C-35
Oral Question Period
2:45 p.m.
Ottawa South
Ontario
Liberal
John Manley Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, first, Bill C-35 breaks no such promises. Second, the actions that I took following the terrible incident last January were exactly what were required in order to ensure that as much as possible we could prevent this ever happening again.
This happened in my community. I am ashamed that I have to face a member across the aisle who tries to play cheap political games with a tragic incident.
Bill C-35
Oral Question Period
2:45 p.m.
Some hon. members
Hear, hear.
Bill C-35
Oral Question Period
2:45 p.m.
Some hon. members
Oh, oh.
Bill C-35
Oral Question Period
2:45 p.m.
The Speaker
I know all hon. members want to hear the supplementary question.
Bill C-35
Oral Question Period
2:45 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Brian Pallister Portage—Lisgar, MB
Mr. Speaker, what is cheap is that response. There were 90 victims in the last five years. There is nothing cheap about that, nothing cheap about Canadians being raped, nothing cheap about Canadians being assaulted, nothing cheap about their being seriously injured, nothing cheap about drafting legislation as a result of the actions of someone above Canada's law, and nothing cheap about expanding those laws to include hundreds more people.
The Canadian Alliance wants to prevent future actions like this. The minister has the chance to choose to prevent future actions or just to continue to cry crocodile tears.
Bill C-35
Oral Question Period
2:45 p.m.
Ottawa South
Ontario
Liberal
John Manley Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, evidently the Canadian Alliance would like to withdraw from the Vienna convention. Evidently the Canadian Alliance would like to suspend diplomatic relations with every civilized country in the world. Evidently the hon. member seems to think that most diplomats are committing crimes, which simply is not true.
We have taken unprecedented steps to provide entire transparency with respect to the incidents that involve foreign diplomats. We have taken the necessary steps in order to ensure that those who do break Canadian laws do not remain in the country. We have put adequate pressure to ensure that in the case of MacLean and Doré the perpetrator is brought to justice.
Bill C-35
Oral Question Period
2:45 p.m.
Some hon. members
Hear, hear.
Bill C-35
Oral Question Period
2:45 p.m.
Some hon. members
Oh, oh.
Bill C-35
Oral Question Period
2:50 p.m.
The Speaker
Order, please. The Chair has to be able to hear the questions and answers. It is clear that some hon. members do not like the questions and others do not like the answers, but the Chair has to hear them all. I would appreciate some co-operation.
Natural Resources
Oral Question Period
November 29th, 2001 / 2:50 p.m.
Bloc
Serge Cardin Sherbrooke, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is reassuring Americans and promising them that the oil from Canada's tar sands will be available to them in the years to come, yet the government is dragging its feet when it comes to the natural gas off Sable Island in Nova Scotia.
How can the Prime Minister's eagerness to make our oil available to the U.S. be justified when he continues to refuse to do anything to make the natural gas off Sable Island available to New Brunswick and Quebec?
Natural Resources
Oral Question Period
2:50 p.m.
Wascana
Saskatchewan
Liberal
Ralph Goodale Minister of Natural Resources and Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board
Mr. Speaker, Canada is blessed with very rich natural resources: gas in the north; yes, gas off Sable Island; yes, oil, heavy oil, tar sands, nuclear renewable power and a whole range of others.
The policy of the Canadian government is to ensure that those resources are developed according to the principles of sustainable development to meet the market requirements of all Canadians and to take advantage of export opportunities wherever they exist. To the enormous advantage of the country, last year there were $50 billion worth of exports from Canada.
Natural Resources
Oral Question Period
2:50 p.m.
Bloc
Serge Cardin Sherbrooke, QC
Mr. Speaker, that is not the right answer.
The federal government provided more than $1 billion in tax credits to support exploration off Sable Island.
Why is the government not giving Quebec or New Brunswick access to this natural gas when Gas Métropolitain is prepared to build the required gas pipeline, even without a subsidy? When will the federal government stop dragging its feet?