Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to question the member. I listened to his speech with great interest. One of the enactments in this 800-page bill is to enact a new payment card network, to regulate national payment card networks and give broader oversight powers to the Financial

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise today to participate in this debate on Bill C-9 to implement the budget tabled in the House a few weeks ago. First, I will address the title of the bill. I have been in this House for 13 years, and this kind of bill is usually c

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his question. The Standing Committee on Finance has already looked at the problem of credit card companies. Over the coming weeks and months, the committee is expecting to make a recommendation based on its study. In Quebec, h

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague from Alfred-Pellan on his excellent speech. He touched on the most important points in the budget, including the issue of low-income households, which is of particular interest to me. The government is concentrating more and mor

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question regarding the federal government's commitment to social housing. It is precisely one of the shortcomings I mentioned in my speech on the budget. The Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation has a surplus of about $8 billion. How

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member for Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie is well known for his expertise on the environment and I would like him to comment on the following. If I understand it correctly, Natural Resources Canada and Environment Canada will be cut by over $150 million over th

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, my colleague is essentially asking me to write a report card for the government. He already knows what grade I would give if I were the professor: “F” for total Failure. This government does not understand that in order to respect our international commitments, we h

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend my colleague from Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie on his excellent speech. And I quite like the name of his riding. He raised a very key point: electric and hybrid cars. An announcement was made today that we will reach an agreement with the U.S. o

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, my colleague is right. If we want an industry to be competitive, we have to promote innovation, research and development. This is true in all areas of business activity, and even more so in the automotive industry. The future no longer belongs to big muscle cars. Un

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to be here to debate Bill C-9, what we would normally call the budget implementation act. In this particular case, however, we are looking at the jobs and economic growth act. For the next 20 minutes, I will analyze some of the material

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  The member will not have time to get to the fisheries as his time has expired. Perhaps if someone asks him a question or comment, he will have the chance. We will have 10 minutes worth of questions and comments now. The hon. member for Elmwood—Transcona.

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, the member's presentation on this big omnibus bill, Bill C-9, was very down-to-earth. He talks about the difficulties that small communities have to raise matching federal funds for buildings and infrastructure. That is certainly an issue not only in Newfoundland

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the compliment on me being down-to-earth. I suppose when one is 5 foot 4, one does not have much of a choice. I appreciate the compliment nonetheless. When it comes to the environmental assessments, some of it is buried in red tape, especial

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for bringing up the issue. One of the elements that was being used, I think successfully in some cases as long as there was buy-in, was the marine protected areas. In B.C. there are a couple of good models. PNCIMA I think is the northwest are

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I know the member wants to talk about fisheries, and we are on opposite ends of the country. The east coast has slightly different issues than the west coast around fisheries, but we have a common interest in preserving our fisheries. The member will be well aware o