Carolyn Parrish

[An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments, June 21st, 2005]

Mr. Speaker, I will be voting yes.

[An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments, June 21st, 2005]

Mr. Speaker, I am voting against.

[An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments, June 21st, 2005]

Mr. Speaker, I am voting for the motion.

[Foreign Affairs, June 16th, 2005]

Mr. Speaker, four million Palestinian refugees have been living under dire conditions for over 50 years. They subsist on voluntary yearly donations from some UN countries. This year's budget of $350 million is grossly inadequate.

As a signatory to the 1951 Geneva Convention on Refugees, is Canada willing to initiate talks at the UN to ensure Palestinians get the same treatment as convention refugees, guaranteeing basic human rights, adequate funding and international protection until such time as UN resolutions, such as 194, are implemented?

[Remote Sensing Space Systems Act, June 14th, 2005]

Mr. Speaker, I am voting in favour.

[Budget Implementation Act, 2005, June 14th, 2005]

Mr. Speaker, I will be voting yes.

[Budget Implementation Act, 2005, June 14th, 2005]

Mr. Speaker, I am voting yes.

[Main Estimates, 2005-06, June 14th, 2005]

Mr. Speaker, I am voting yea.

[Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Act, June 1st, 2005]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to vote yes.

[Citizenship and Immigration, March 24th, 2005]

Mr. Speaker, in my years as parliamentary secretary I was called upon to answer questions in question period. I was repeatedly cautioned it was question period, not answer period. This advice appears to be holding true with the current administration.

Again I would like to ask the Minister of Finance on behalf of the immigrants and taxpayers of Ontario if he will commit to undertake a study of the actual settlement needs and costs for immigrants coming to Canada, regardless of the province in which they choose to live.