Evidence of meeting #28 for Finance in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was families.
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An hon. member
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Liberal
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An hon. member
Or Red Deer.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter
In Red Deer, you're quite a distance out of both. It's halfway. It's difficult, Red Deer.... Ron mentioned Red Deer. Then I was talking to him later, and he said he thought it would probably—
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Conservative
Lisa Raitt Conservative Milton, ON
I talked him out of it, because he can go Calgary-Kelowna, which is a good connection.
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Liberal
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter
By Ms. Raitt, a persuasive woman.
Calgary or Edmonton, then, which one?
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Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
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NDP
Guy Caron NDP Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC
I like one of the criterion that Ms. Raitt submitted, which is that all parties be represented in the area, like in Kelowna, and that would be Edmonton.
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Conservative
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Regina [Inaudible—Editor]
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Liberal
Steven MacKinnon Liberal Gatineau, QC
I do think that, on balance, access to provincial government officials would be preferable.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter
Okay.
On Winnipeg, okay? There isn't much choice. There are Winnipeg and Brandon, but Brandon is too hard to get into. I've done that a few times.
St. John's, Newfoundland?
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Some hon. members
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