Official Languages committee  I think it is important for them to come back to discuss this motion. I have nothing against them personally, but I feel some contradiction in the air. For example, from Ms. Forand's testimony, it was very clear that the administrative structure of the Atlantic region

International Trade committee   that it was important to declare a reservation from chapter 11, for all measures concerning water. Given the committee's history and the fact that on June 4, 2007, we had a clear vote from the House of Commons, with Liberals, Bloc, and NDP voting in favour of the motion that came out

Softwood Lumber  Madam Chair, we have suggested a series of measures to assist our industry, community and workers and we discussed them tonight. We discussed the possibility of retaliation, although that is not my preferred option, but there are a whole series of retaliatory measures that my par

Softwood Lumber  Madam Chair, first, let me comment on the rising volumes of our exports of lumber to the United States. No doubt this does reflect the competiveness of the Canadian product and the quality of that product. It also reflects something else. We need to point out to our American frie

Softwood Lumber  Madam Chair, we do in fact support this proposal. As a matter of fact, the opposition leaders gave a press conference on that very subject three years ago. However, to date, the government has chosen not to act. Clearly, an election is nigh, since the government is now talking ab

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, when the Prime Minister does not have his package ready after a dispute that has gone on for five years, he should not lecture anyone on not understanding the file. Let me ask about another related issue on Canada-U.S. relations. For thirty years, governments of all

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I would be happy to put the question again. Did the Prime Minister use the visit of the U.S. Secretary of State to inform her, finally, of our government's opposition to environmentally dangerous traffic through Head Harbour, New Brunswick?

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Speaker, we have seen more mixed messages from the Prime Minister on the softwood lumber file. After saying that we would not negotiate after we had won, yesterday the Prime Minister started to say that we would negotiate but only if we got the duties back. However, today we

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Speaker, I guess the Secretary of State must have left because he is talking tough again. The Prime Minister should tell his own ministers. The Prime Minister backed off his line on no negotiations. He has backed away from retaliation, and the government is not helping the i

United Nations Security Council Resolution Concerning Libya   that quite clear. I made that perfectly clear to its foreign minister, as well as its prime minister. When I was there on Wednesday, I had the opportunity of speaking to authorities from the civil society and the youth I met all called upon the new way of looking at how this is going

Canadian Heritage committee  I want to respond. Just so we're clear here, I wouldn't say I'm the worst hockey player that was ever born in the city of Timmins, but if you look at the top 10 worst hockey players, I'm probably right in the middle. I want to be clear that we are looking at amateur sport

United Nations Security Council Resolution Concerning Libya   is upset the fragile stability. We know that some of the groups involved, the Arab League, for instance, could not defend partners saying things like “regime change”. We have to be crystal clear. I urge the government and all ministers to check their rhetoric and to ensure

United Nations Security Council Resolution Concerning Libya   this. The NDP says that Canada, for some reason now we are there, is a superpower in the world. We are not, but we need legitimacy which we have through the UN Security Council resolution. At a briefing this morning, it was very clear that there would be no ground troops. The resolution

Canadian Heritage committee  The rules are clear in Marleau and Montpetit and in O'Brien and Bosc. Members of this committee have the right to use their time either to pose questions to witnesses or to simply make an intervention, a statement, not affording the witness a chance to respond. So if Mr. Del

United Nations Security Council Resolution Concerning Libya   and we should take them up on that offer. The government needs to be clear about the goals of this mission, which is what this debate is about and, presumably, what the motion will detail. We have been in conversation with the government and have asked for amendments to be made