Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Côté. Thanks, gentlemen, for being here. I'm not sure who would be best to address this question. When I was in northwestern British Columbia a couple of years ago, and of course talking about a northern gateway pipeline—and the debate on the tanker traffic, but

Industry committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. We really do not have a lot of time. My thanks to the witnesses for their participation. Mr. Chair, I am going to try to focus my time so that I can make some available to my colleague, Mr. Atamanenko, so that he can ask a question. My

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his speech and his work on this file. It is certainly well researched, and he understands the issue very clearly. The argument we hear from those who support this agreement is that we are a trading nation. We have been a tradin

Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act  Mr. Speaker, the bottom line is that we have a system in place that works. The overwhelming majority of people who apply for citizenship and become citizens under our current system become good Canadian citizens. My parents are immigrants. Many of us here have family members who

Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to mention to my colleague from Sherbrooke that I attended the graduation ceremony at a high school in my riding. I mentioned that he is the youngest MP to ever be elected to Parliament. I told the graduates to follow his example. My colleague was 19 yea

Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act  Mr. Speaker, I am thankful to have a few minutes to speak to Bill C-24. As an interesting coincidence, I was recently reading the latest issue of Novyi Shliakh, or the New Pathway, a Ukrainian newspaper published here in Canada. On page 6 of the May 15 edition, there was an artic

Energy Safety and Security Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for all of his hard work on behalf of his constituents. Today, I read an op-ed in the Manitoba Co-operator, where my colleague from Welland was quoted as saying that we all came together as parties to move through Bill C-30, t

Energy Safety and Security Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I also thank him for the work he does for his constituents and the work he does in the House. Taxpayers should not be responsible for the mistakes made by large corporations. Oil companies must absolutely contribute and must pa

Energy Safety and Security Act  Mr. Speaker, before I start, I must apologize to my interpreting friends. I have given them my notes, but I am going to go a little off the cuff here because I have a few things to say beforehand. First, I would like to say that I am really fortunate today in just having had sup

Agricultural Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak to Bill C-18, the agriculture omnibus bill. Let me say at the outset that I am extremely disappointed that we have yet another omnibus bill. The democratic process would have been much better served had this bill been split, espe

Agriculture committee   such a strong stand against what he supported when he actually was in government and when he was the parliamentary secretary. I find that a bit baffling. Then we had Mr. Atamanenko's bill come forward. Mr. Atamanenko's bill was fully debated in the House. It was debated here in committee

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Animal Welfare  Mr. Speaker, keeping our food safe is a basic obligation of government. However, there is no credibility to the claim that horse meat in Canada is safe. Unlike the cattle and pork industry, horses are not raised or inspected from birth in an agriculture industry with an intenti

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present two petitions. The first petition is from residents of Rossland, B.C., asking us to refrain from making any changes to the Seeds Act or the Plant Breeders Rights' Act through Bill C-18.