Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve Act  Mr. Speaker, the question is a logical one. However, I think we often tend to make decisions based on short-term gain in our country. Here we need to look at the long-term gain, the long-term potential of pristine areas. That is why I would like to submit that this park that Bi

Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve Act  Mr. Speaker, I wish to thank my colleague from Sherbrooke for his question. It is obviously important to protect certain places in our country for the future. I want to emphasize what I said in my speech. In my opinion, the best way of protecting them is to create a national par

Nááts’ihch’oh National Park Reserve Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak in support of Bill S-5. As has already been said in the House, the NDP supports the creation of national parks and the preservation of ecosystems and habitats that are essential to the survival of plants and wildlife. Consultations revealed th

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions. The first one is from residents of Oliver, Osoyoos, and Okanagan Falls. The petitioners are calling on the government to adopt international aid policies that support small-scale farmers, especially women, and recognize their vital role in the s

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, my second petition is a follow-up to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which concluded that the warming of the earth's climate system was unequivocal. The petitioners call upon the government to adopt a carbon policy that applies a fee to greenhouse gas

Rail Transportation  Mr. Speaker, for over 40 years my constituents in Castlegar, Blueberry, Genelle, and Rivervale have been able to sleep without being disturbed by trains at night. However, now CP has begun to run night trains without prior warning. The community has made its opposition very clear

Agriculture committee  Why don't we go through the rest? I have Mr. Atamanenko who wants to intervene. It would be up to us as a committee whether we wanted it to be part of routine procedures or not. Mr. Atamanenko.

Finance committee  I call meeting number one back to order. Colleagues, we will return to the proposed motion by Mr. Saxton. Is there any further discussion on this motion? I had Mr. Atamanenko and I had Mr. Keddy. Mr. Atamanenko, go ahead, and then we'll go to Ms. Nash.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The problem I have, Mr. Dion, is that because my riding borders up against Alberta, there's only one way I can go. If the boundaries commission decides to make the riding larger, I have to go west. To me, to bring in Sicamous, as Mr. Atamanenko has suggested, would

Canada-Korea Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his comments. As members probably know, his riding borders mine, and we work together on a number of issues. I would just like to get a straight answer, if I can. We have brought up investor state rights, and I am hearing from

Canada-Korea Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, the member mentioned mining, and I would like to reiterate what he said. We have some real success stories in the area that we serve. Certainly the mine in Princeton, the copper mine, is a success story. I have had a chance to visit it. It is a good corporate citizen

Canada-Korea Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, my colleague mentioned in her speech that we on this side tried to introduce some amendments at committee. I am not sure if I heard correctly, but I think she used the word “sabotage”, which did not quite make sense to me. One of the amendments we tried to introduce

Agriculture committee  Thank you. I appreciate that. Mr. Easter finds himself in a tough spot. The tough spot he finds himself in is that he supported Mr. Atamanenko's bill at all of its stages. Mr. Atamanenko's bill ran out of time. Forget the fact that I can't remember the number of months it sat

Taxation   to file. As such, our government called on the U.S. government to look upon these individuals with leniency. We were also clear that penalties imposed by the IRS under FBAR will not be collected by the Canada Revenue Agency on their behalf. Can the parliamentary secretary please

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Atamanenko, and thank you very much, Mr. Boehm. We'll now move to Mr. Lemieux for five minutes, please.