Dale Johnston

[Lobbyists Registration Act, February 25th, 2003]

Mr. Speaker, Canadian Alliance members present here tonight will vote no.

[Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Act, February 25th, 2003]

Mr. Speaker, Canadian Alliance members will oppose the motion.

[Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Act, February 25th, 2003]

Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Alliance will be opposing the motion.

[First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act, February 25th, 2003]

Mr. Speaker, Canadian Alliance members will vote no to this motion.

[Canada Pension Plan, February 25th, 2003]

Mr. Speaker, members of the Canadian Alliance will oppose this motion.

[Specific Claims Resolution Act, February 25th, 2003]

Mr. Speaker, Canadian Alliance members will be voting yes to this motion.

[Points of Order, February 21st, 2003]

Mr. Speaker, I was listening to question period as well and the point that was raised was that there would be a news conference held by the minister at 1:30. That was something that was brought up in an interview that the House leader and I attended this morning at 10 o'clock, so I do not think there was any breach whatsoever.

[Taxation, February 21st, 2003]

Mr. Speaker, they are the ones who have the fuel excise tax, so they are the ones who can do something about that.

Unlike ordinary Canadians, perhaps the Minister of Finance does not have to drive over our crumbling highways and our faulty bridges. If he is not going to spend those billions of dollars on transport infrastructure, why does he not just give the taxpayers a break at the pumps? Or is it the fact that he is really gouging people at the pumps to pay for the spending spree that we saw on Tuesday?

[Taxation, February 21st, 2003]

Mr. Speaker, Canadians are being hit with huge gas price increases every day at the pumps. The wholesale price of gasoline is set on the international markets, but the tax on that gasoline is set by those people over there, taxes that account for 42% of the price of gasoline.

In 1975 they promised that they would spend that fuel excise tax on infrastructure. Why do the Liberals not honour their commitment of a quarter century ago and dedicate most of that tax to repairing Canada's crumbling highways?

[Iraq, February 6th, 2003]

Mr. Speaker, I wish the Prime Minister would read the motion.

However, since he is suggesting that we do not need this motion today because the rules already provide for motions of opposition non-confidence, if that is what he is saying, well then I will take the Prime Minister up on his offer.

If he will guarantee that he will schedule an official opposition allotted day the day after the government makes a decision to involve Canadian troops, then we will withdraw our motion right here, right now.