House of Commons photoWon his last election, in 2004, with 41% of the vote.
Sponsorship Program February 4th, 2005
Mr. Speaker, indeed, we have submitted all the donations made to the Liberal Party to André Gauthier and the Gomery Commission and we are anxious to read the report. We hope the report of the Gomery Commission and the report of André Gauthier will allow the government to recover the money.
Parental Leave February 4th, 2005
Mr. Speaker, a while ago I spoke to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. She is still in negotiation with her Quebec counterpart. The negotiations are moving forward. We hope to come to a resolution. There is already a generous offer of $850 million on the table for the first year, which represents a considerable sum for Quebec families.
Transport February 1st, 2005
Mr. Speaker, I want to say that every day we have to correct the mistakes that were made when that government was in power. We are going to do that. We are going to do that for Toronto and for all airports in the country. We are going to find a more equitable system. We are going to deliver contrary to what they did. They killed the airports.
Transport February 1st, 2005
Mr. Speaker, I am spending a lot of time trying to correct the mistakes that were made by the government when it was a PC government. All those leases were signed by the PC Party. Those leases are not equitable. That is what I will be talking about with the Minister of Finance. We are going to correct your mistakes.
Transport December 14th, 2004
Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his question. I appreciate it and will discuss the matter with my officials at the earliest opportunity.
Economic Development December 13th, 2004
Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his question. Like all members in this House, we are very disappointed by the situation in La Baie. However, we are waiting to see some projects. It is impossible to evaluate projects that we do not have before us. Unfortunately, as we are speaking, no recovery plan has been submitted to Canada Economic Development.
Air Transportation Security December 13th, 2004
Mr. Speaker, concerning these 73 cases out of 120,000, yes we are talking of possible ties. Not one tie has yet been demonstrated however, Not one of these people has a criminal record that would imperil this country. The RCMP is therefore looking into these 73 cases at this time.
If anything comes up that casts doubt on national security, the RCMP will advise us accordingly, and we will immediately recall the pass of the employee concerned.
Air Transportation Security December 13th, 2004
Mr. Speaker, I think the hon. member ought to see this in a positive light, since the Auditor General was speaking of some 4,000 or 5,000 potential cases.
Now that 123,000 files have been rechecked, however, the reality is that there are 73 cases. These are not people with criminal records but people with possible ties.
The RCMP is looking into this information and they will advise us if there is any problem. The passes of these people will then be immediately withdrawn. There is not, therefore, any security problem at this time.
Telefilm Canada Act December 13th, 2004
moved that Bill C-18, an act to amend the Telefilm Canada Act and another act, be read the third time and passed.
First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act December 10th, 2004
moved that the bill be read the third time and passed.