Jobs and Economic Growth Act   in the debates and ask questions, but when voting time comes, they do not show up. That is unfortunate because they know that this omnibus budget, Bill C-9, includes measures that will really affect the quality of life of Quebeckers and all Canadians. The Conservatives know this. When I

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, we want a public discussion and we want to debate that issue here in Parliament. We do not want it stuck and buried in an 880-page omnibus bill, which is what the Conservatives are doing. Not only that, but they bring in a closure motion. When they were Reform Party

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I agree with our colleague. It is a rather thick document. I would like to ask him a question. This is the second time, since I arrived here in 2004, that the budget implementation bill is an omnibus bill. In 2005, the Liberals had included a number of measures

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, my colleague is absolutely correct. The reason a government would throw a bunch of junk into an omnibus bill like this is that there are always a couple of good things within a budget. Obviously, if we vote against the budget, months later the government can say

Jobs and Economic Growth Act   and installing group mailboxes instead of offering home delivery. I do not think that a single member of this House would dare debate this issue. The Conservatives have decided to hide this measure in their omnibus bill, Bill C-9. We must never forget that Canada Post was the first major

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives are trying to hide everything in this omnibus bill, which is very thick and has over 2,200 clauses. We think there must be something in this bill. So they are afraid. In my opinion, a government that does this must be afraid to confront us and tell

Jobs and Economic Growth Act   are standing up and saying that they do not agree and that they will not hide. The member is quite right to say that the Conservatives are hiding behind an omnibus bill. And they deserve to be called the same thing we could and will call those who do not show up to vote when they said

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, it is rather interesting to watch the Conservatives try to move an omnibus bill in the House without thinking that the opposition would remind them that there was a time in this House when a certain Reform Party, a certain Alliance Party, and a certain Conservative

Jobs and Economic Growth Act   not exaggerate and measure a bill by its thickness, just like one does not measure a book by its cover. There have been many examples of omnibus legislation before in the chamber. I simply cited one of the more recent ones in 2005. My friend just mentioned his concern about AECL. If he

Jobs and Economic Growth Act   that parliamentarians in the House of Commons have debated it long enough. Based on his elevated status as a minister, he can declare that Parliament has discussed a bill long enough, and an omnibus bill at that. I have a question for the minister. Instead of trying to blame everyone else

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the minister a question. Bill C-9 is what is known as an omnibus bill. They have included measures that were presented to the House of Commons in bills, but these bills were not passed. They have plundered more than $57 billion from

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Madam Speaker, people watching this debate over the last several days want to know where the government and Liberal speakers are on this bill. As a matter of fact, we have an 880-page grab bag, Bill C-9, an omnibus bill, and we do not have the appropriate minister listening

Jobs and Economic Growth Act   to continually push legislation that it really does not want to have debated as individual bills, that it incorporates into large omnibus sections and then rams them through with, I must admit that my colleague is correct, the help and complicity of the Liberals who either refuse to come

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Madam Speaker, if we are going to move in the direction of U.S.-style omnibus budget bills, why can we not have bills that have some vision? Why can we not have bills that invest in Canada, that invest in infrastructure for municipalities, that invest in passenger rail

Jobs and Economic Growth Act   to the other place where we hope to see it pass very quickly. Indeed it seems as though there is a vindictive measure here, in the sense of sliding it back into an omnibus bill, after the House clearly spoke about what we need to do on the environment. Would the hon. member like