Cave and Basin National Historic Site  , which today includes 44 national parks and 167 national historic sites. Since 2006, our Conservative government has expanded the total area of our national parks by more than 50%, an area larger than Greece. These are Canada's gift to future generations and form the very fabric

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, that is an excellent question that opens the government up to some scathing criticism. The Conservatives claim that they are the best at managing the economy and they compare themselves to Greece, Spain and Italy. It would be nice if they would occasionally compare

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, it is obvious that the NDP economic model is basically the Greek economic model, and that model put Greece in terrible difficulty. Only by adopting the policies of the Canadian Conservative government is Greece finally starting to work its way out of the terrible

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1   to think that the real reason for that discomfort is ideological. Yes indeed. Greece was used as a testing ground out of which only one of the two theories of the cosmos would emerge victorious: Keynesian interventionism versus the liberalism of Friedman, which, like our colleagues

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1  ?” Well, how about Greece with 27% unemployment, or Cyprus where bank deposits are being confiscated, or Portugal where the unemployment rate has reached 17%? It is no surprise that these countries are not prospering. In Canada, we offer a vast land of opportunity which supports

Foreign Affairs committee   Canada. Six days later, External Affairs received another cable detailing a new emergency concerning the movement of 10,000 Jews from Egypt. The cable notes that Greece had offered asylum to an indefinite number, and that the only international agency involved at the time

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1   and that helped us to get through that serious worldwide economic crisis and be in the condition we are in now. The Conservatives boast about the fact that Canada has one of the best economies in the world. It is difficult to boast when we compare ourselves to Greece, for example, which

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, it is obvious that the NDP economic model is Greece and, if ever implemented, Greek results would occur. This government is a prudent government. We live within our means and we have a public policy that creates wealth. All those members say is “spend, spend, spend

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1   that unemployment in the eurozone climbed to 12.1% in March, an all-time high according to EU statistics agencies. The NDP likely does not want to hear that its economic philosophy of unlimited spending and ever-increasing taxes does not work. However, economic ruin in Greece and Spain

Ethical Development  Mr. Speaker, women in Canada and around the world are demanding ethical development. From clothing manufacturing in Bangladesh to resource extraction that is devastating the environment, women are calling on government to act. In northern Greece, Greeks are calling

Finance committee  Ms. Nash quoted Joe Stiglitz, and I know he was a speaker at the NDP convention this past weekend. To set the record straight, Mr. Stiglitz said, in 2010, when he was advisor to the Greek government, that Greece was having a short-term liquidity issue.

Business of Supply  . In fact, they should think again. Just this past weekend, the New Democrats had Joe Stiglitz, an economist from the U.S., speak at their convention. This is the same Joe Stiglitz who said that Greece in 2010 was having a “short-term liquidity” problem, claiming that Greece would

The Budget   that the results are in. I am happy to say that under the leadership of our Prime Minister, Canada has the best economy, the best growth record and the best job record in the G7. While people in Europe, Greece and Cyprus are racked with uncertainty because of the very fragile financial

Finance committee  . Just because Italy and Greece are doing very well economically doesn't mean we should follow their path. What I'm asking is, what's the endgame, what's the benefit that he sees?

Wrestling   there are wrestling clubs throughout my riding, my province and our nation. I am proud of this tradition that dates back to ancient Greece. Therefore, I am disappointed in the International Olympic Committee's decision to take wrestling out of the games. To eliminate wrestling from the Olympics