Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I know you want me to ask a question about Bill C-9, the 880-page omnibus bill that the government has introduced in the House today. I know the member is certainly interested in the softwood lumber issue. This particular bill raises the export tariff on softwood

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, first of all, I must congratulate my colleague from Ahuntsic for her excellent work. During the week that she was in Winnipeg, she helped police in their seizure of a record 15,000 marijuana plants in Montreal. She works very hard on the ground. And she was in all th

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, the member is from Montreal and our ridings are close to one another. I would like to know why she is not supporting the budget even though it is good for Montreal.

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his question. I am an organized woman and I have my colleagues' help in getting things done. And I would like to thank them for that. It was quite something to be able to help in the arrest of 13 individuals linked to Asian org

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his question. We cannot support a budget that has only one, two or three useful measures while the rest is no good. We support a budget in its entirety. I could ask him the same question: if they agree with the budget, why are

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his question. In all honesty, I have to say that I am not a softwood lumber expert. I am more of an expert on public safety. All that I can tell my colleague is that Quebec has not received its fair share. Clearly we will conti

Jobs and Economic Growth Act   range of changes in the laws of Canada, most of which are related to this year's budget, but a number of items were not matters of budget. In fact, it is fair to say that, to the extent that there are things that were not in the budget, this represents an omnibus bill. At last

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, it has been very entertaining to listen to my friend. His speech could have been better started with, “Once, long ago and far away”, and he could have started his fairytale that way. His explanation of how the Liberals handled employment insurance is absurd. The fact

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, the member's comments show that he is not prepared to be accountable to Canadians about the facts. We still have a national debt. When there is a $57 billion surplus in the EI fund, it is not spent on cabinet ministers' limousines. It offsets debt that is required t

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, absolutely not. As a matter of fact it is the one that I concentrated on the most and asked the most questions on at the briefing. Yes, an environmental assessment can go forward at any time but this gives the authority to the federal government to exempt a project f

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, my comments have more to do with his leader's apparent flip-flop on corporate taxes. He may or may not agree with what his leader did, but certainly in the year 2000 the then finance minister, Paul Martin, cut corporate taxes by a considerable amount. The cuts have b

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I do not think anybody is against corporate taxes. I think the member is talking about whether they are increased or decreased. In the 16 years I have been here, finance minister Paul Martin, and even the current member who was a finance minister as well. always tal

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I just want to take the member back to his earlier comments in regards to the Canadian environmental assessment initiative that is part of this bill. He expressed some concerns. This is more of a comment than anything. As I look at the section in this bill that refe

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I question whether the member is really asking a question or making a comment pertaining to this bill. There is an issue of relevance as it relates to the topic here today.

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  I am going to allow the member for Western Arctic to continue. This is a large bill with a lot in it. I hope and expect that before he gets to the question, the hon. member will make it relevant to Bill C-9.