Business of Supply   to holding an open competition to replace the CF-18s based on clear and publicly disclosed foreign and defence policy requirements. Madam Speaker, I would like to begin by saying that I will be sharing my time with my colleague from Westmount—Ville-Marie. Madam Speaker, I do not want

Chinese Canadians  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to formally turn the page on an unfortunate period in Canada's past, a period during which a group of people, people who only sought to build a better life, were repeatedly and deliberately singled out for unjust treatment. I speak of course of the head

Challenger Jet use  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member will know that the Prime Minister does not travel by commercial aircraft for security reasons. It is also well known that I was travelling out west for the World Urban Forum in any case, but we saved the taxpayers money by taking four members of Parli

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, it is interesting that the hon. member has taken the entire spring to talk about Kyoto. If Kyoto were fully implemented by all the countries of the world tomorrow, it would do absolutely nothing to control smog, which is one of the reasons the government and the envi

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, in terms of my prediction, I notice the Liberal Party once again could not make up its mind whether it was for that prediction or not. The NDP has long supported measures to move forward on these fronts. We are pleased, after all these years, that this month it has

Quebec  Mr. Speaker, the cabinet is proud to be meeting in Quebec City, the historic capital. In my opinion, Quebec has been part of Canada since the beginning and will be part of Canada in the future. The leader of the Bloc is asking this question to avoid the real question. Will his al

Quebec  Mr. Speaker, I have said many times that Canada is a strong, united, independent, free country that includes a confident, united, autonomous, proud Quebec. I say it again. The Bloc Québécois leader might want to hold a referendum to create a new country, but Jean Charest does no

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Speaker, we are proud of this agreement that will be finalized shortly. Again, it would be interesting to have a vote on this agreement in the House of Commons because, just like on accountability, criminality and all the major issues in this country, the Liberal Party does n

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Speaker, the softwood lumber discussions continue with a view of finalizing the legal text in the very near future. We are confident that legal text will do exactly what the framework agreement does, and that is protect Canadian forestry practices and provide stable access to

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition has it wrong once again. The province of British Columbia is moving toward some market-based pricing for its timber, precisely one of the things we are ensuring that the final agreement protects. It is not surprising that we would have t

Official Languages committee   who had just been elected in New Brunswick or Manitoba. Still, the newscast in the Atlantic region was interrupted to let people hear Mr. Parizeau--with all due respect for him--congratulating Stephen Harper on his election. Now that you've abandoned L'Atlantique en direct, I'm

Constitution Act, 2010 (Senate term limits)   federal compromise, it is clear to us that under the Constitution Act, 1982, and the Regional Veto Act, the Senate can be neither reformed nor abolished without Quebec's consent. The same day, the National Assembly unanimously adopted the following motion: That the National

Government of Canada  Mr. Speaker, I was pleased to attend the hockey game with many other Oiler fans. We are obviously all disappointed at the outcome of last night's game, but I think all Canadians, and particularly Edmontonians, can be proud that a team that finished in eighth place, that had its b

Education  Mr. Speaker, I cannot help but notice a pattern today. The Liberals seem to think that the NDP is the government. I do not know if we can allow the member for Toronto--Danforth to answer any of these questions, but what I can say is this. The Liberals seem worried that Canadian

Canada Border Services Agency  Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member should know because his party supported the budget, the budget contains significant new funds to improve security at our border. That will go into things such as arming border guards and providing more resources to prevent the very kinds of problem