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Agriculture June 2nd, 2003
Mr. Speaker, the mad cow outbreak has had a devastating effect on a national industry in Canada, losing millions of dollars. Many of the provinces are frustrated by the lack of federal leadership from our Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister has reportedly met with President Bush twice in the last few days. Could the Deputy Prime Minister tell us whether or not he has finally remembered to bring up the issue of mad cow?
Health May 29th, 2003
Mr. Speaker, I might say that is a positive step. Let us now talk about the WHO's other recommendation. It recommended a departing interview with a couple of questions and a transfer to a health worker if those questions were positive.
Why will this minister not admit she was wrong, bring in that interview and prevent another travel advisory?
Health May 29th, 2003
This party thinks that our Prime Minister is the underrated one.
Here is another thing the Prime Minister said overseas. He insisted that the SARS outbreak was under control. He is wrong. If we were to use the World Health Organization definition of SARS, then probable cases in Canada would rise.
Why did the health minister choose a definition for SARS that is good for public relations but no good for public health?
Question No. 191 May 26th, 2003
What consultations are departments and agencies of the government currently conducting with environmental groups, environmental lobbyists, environmental stakeholders, non-governmental climate scientists, non-governmental energy experts, non-governmental industry experts and non-governmental agricultural experts regarding the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol; what environmental groups, lobbyists and stakeholders, non-governmental climate scientists, non-governmental energy experts, non-governmental industry experts and non-governmental agricultural experts are being consulted in this regard; what are the names and addresses of these consultants, and what are the particulars of any grants, payments and/or contracts awarded to them, including dates, amounts and types of funding?
Return tabled.
Justice May 16th, 2003
Mr. Speaker, that is because if we get this bill in this form, it is absolutely useless.
Yesterday, the security minister from Ontario said the following about the government's actions:
It's absolutely mind-boggling--decriminalizing marijuana is more important to the federal government than the safety of innocent children
If the government were to make this registry retroactive it would be useful. Why would it pass a registry that is useless?
Justice May 16th, 2003
Mr. Speaker, it could be passed in a day if the member made it retroactive.
While the federal government has missed the boat, some provinces are going ahead with their own sexual offenders registries. The Ontario registry is retroactive. It includes the names and addresses of offenders who have been found guilty.
If a retroactive sex offender registry is possible at the provincial level, why is it not possible at the national level?
Justice May 16th, 2003
Mr. Speaker, the Solicitor General said yesterday that the national sex offender registry could not be made retroactive “for very good reasons”. The trouble is, he will not tell anybody what those very good reasons are.
The Ontario sex offender registry is in fact retroactive. If a provincial sex offender registry can be retroactive, why can we not have one like that nationally?
Justice May 15th, 2003
Mr. Speaker, here is how not to set up a national sex offender registry: talk about it for two years and then bring it to Parliament through committee, and when the sex offender registry is here, this is what it looks like. It is blank. It does not have one single name or address on it.
Why does the government not get a national sex offender registry that is retroactive and would include the names of those offenders?
Justice May 15th, 2003
Mr. Speaker, this is how to construct a national sex offender registry: take all convicted sex offenders, their name and address, and put them in a database so that it is available to our police forces.
Why does the government expect all sex offenders to reoffend before their name is put on the national sex offender registry?
Justice May 15th, 2003
Mr. Speaker, in the last three or four days the Ontario police have been able to track down over 200 sex offenders in the greater Toronto area. The problem is if sex offenders were outside Ontario the police would not be able to track them down. The sex offender registry the government proposes will not have any convicted sex offenders on it.
Does the government now see the need for a retroactive national sex offender registry?