Rural Mail Delivery  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member's talk on the postal situation in rural Canada is timely. I just received a call in my riding office and I would like his opinion. The person said there are not enough post office boxes in the rural areas because the population is growing faster than

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, my third petition is from residents of British Columbia Southern Interior, other areas of B.C., and Saskatchewan. These petitioners are calling upon the Government of Canada to remove Canadian soldiers from Afghanistan immediately. They feel that it should not be the

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition deals with autism. This petition was signed by residents of the West Kootenay area of my riding, from Trail, Castlegar, Rossland, Montrose, Robson, Fruitville, Warfield and South Slocan. The petitioners ask Parliament to amend the Canada Health A

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have three petitions. The first is from the residents of Osoyoos and Nelson in my riding of British Columbia Southern Interior. They have signed a petition in regard to child care, requesting that Parliament work together in this minority Parliament to provide the

Agriculture committee  If we were going to do this we would have to restructure our schedule for the rest of the session to fit in transportation somehow. I don't think we can do that.

Agriculture committee  We could have a proposal to leave early, so if we were doing that—

Agriculture committee  So which products specifically come—

Agriculture committee  There's no time left, Mr. Atamanenko. As a matter of fact, we only have five minutes left and that will not be enough for a full round. However, if my colleagues have very short questions, I might accept a few. Mr. Gourde, do you have a question?

Agriculture committee  Mr. Atamanenko, you have seven minutes.

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much. I would like to bring this down to the level of the individual farmer, to see specifically how this affects a person. You mentioned initially, Mr. Hepworth, the data package, data requirements specific.... I'm wondering what you are saying here with respect

Agriculture committee  Obviously there's been an improvement—that's the impression I'm getting—over the last ten years or so. By having better access to these new products, how much in savings could a farmer...? Maybe, Mr. Bartley, you can give me an idea. In your operation, you're spending so much o

Agriculture committee  Also, I think you mentioned the maximum residue levels, for example, and this is the same example I used when I was talking about the fruit growers earlier. There are products grown in the United States on which they can use certain pesticides, yet we're competing with these peop

Agriculture committee  I have a few more seconds, so I'll ask a general question. How do we strive for this harmonization without giving up our sovereignty? I know it's a philosophical question. Obviously, you're working on that. Could you comment on that, please?

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Atamanenko. Just on a point of clarification, Ms. Dodds, you're talking about the new regulatory regime that was passed in 2002, which is still not in play. Now, as I understand it, it has to be gazetted, and it takes roughly four years plus to run through

Agriculture committee  The process itself is not longer; it's the fact--