Evidence of meeting #25 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 39th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was martin.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Liberal
Paul Martin Liberal LaSalle—Émard, QC
I'm answering you. And following that, there was a signed agreement with the province of British Columbia to have a transformative change agreement.
Conservative
Rod Bruinooge Conservative Winnipeg South, MB
I didn't ask about the British Columbia agreement. I was asking about this document that you're referring to.
Liberal
Paul Martin Liberal LaSalle—Émard, QC
If you had been there, you would have seen it. If you had looked on television--
Liberal
Conservative
Rod Bruinooge Conservative Winnipeg South, MB
I didn't see the signatures. I didn't see any signing.
Liberal
Paul Martin Liberal LaSalle—Émard, QC
You saw the provincial leaders and the Prime Minister of Canada all stand up and endorse the accord. You saw it happen. You saw the official signing with the Premier of British Columbia of the--
Conservative
Liberal
Paul Martin Liberal LaSalle—Émard, QC
--of the Transformative Change Accord with the Province of British Columbia.
The issue really is, and I simply put it to you, that you can debate around it the way you want. You can say what happened on television never happened. You can say that in fact reality is unreality, but the one thing you cannot--
Conservative
Rod Bruinooge Conservative Winnipeg South, MB
Mr. Martin, clearly you've indicated that there is no signed accord. You've indicated that here.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Colin Mayes
The one thing you cannot do is deny that this agreement took place and that what they laid out was a path to the future. And the question--
Conservative
Rod Bruinooge Conservative Winnipeg South, MB
Mr. Martin, we're right now debating whether or not we can implement a Kelowna accord according to the bill that you're putting before Parliament, and if there is no signed accord, how can we implement it?
Liberal
Paul Martin Liberal LaSalle—Émard, QC
Just before you do, what I don't understand is why aren't you concerned with the human tragedy that's taking place? Why aren't you concerned about how we accomplish--
Conservative
Rod Bruinooge Conservative Winnipeg South, MB
I'm very concerned with the human tragedy. That's why I ran for Parliament, and that's why I want to end the deception that you're currently putting before the people of Canada, especially aboriginal people.
Conservative
Conservative
Rod Bruinooge Conservative Winnipeg South, MB
This isn't question period; this is answer period. I'm asking of Mr. Martin.
Conservative
Rod Bruinooge Conservative Winnipeg South, MB
Yes. I'm asking these questions of Mr. Martin, though.
