Of course, Mr. Speaker, you have been known as a green thumb around here.
House of Commons photoWon his last election, in 2000, with 54% of the vote.
The Environment December 11th, 1995
Of course, Mr. Speaker, you have been known as a green thumb around here.
The Environment December 11th, 1995
Mr Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Davenport for his question, especially as he has long established himself in this Chamber as the leading environmentalist of our time, second only of course to the Deputy Prime Minister.
Fisheries December 8th, 1995
Listen up, fellows. You might learn something for a change.
This is the party whose leader went to Atlantic Canada and said that it only takes 90 seconds of study to know that the fishery is finished. This is the party that complained about the EI reform which is now under way because the cuts were not deep enough. This is the party that said of the TAGS program, which assists tens of thousands of fishermen who have been hit by the fisheries failure, that the program ought to be cancelled. This is the party whose obvious lust at a shot in a byelection in Labrador has driven it beyond the bounds of decency and common sense. And this is the party that will be slam dunked in that byelection with the kind of negative results it deserves.
Fisheries December 8th, 1995
Mr. Speaker, it takes a special kind of stamina, one that is clearly exhausting this member's credibility, to stand in the House to ask these kinds of questions.
This is the party-
Fisheries December 8th, 1995
Mr. Speaker, during the member's visit to Atlantic Canada he certainly was able to generate some reaction from the fishermen, there is no doubt about it.
The executive director of the Maritime Fishermen's Union in reference to the member opposite said words to this effect: Please take your garbage back where it came from. We are not interested in your politics of division. The president the fishermen's union, a Newfoundlander, Earle McCurdy, in essence said to the member that they are not going to be fooled by these crocodile tears and they certainly will not accept a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Yes, the member made quite an impression on the fishermen of Atlantic Canada and yes, they have an inordinate amount of common sense in dealing with the kind of nonsense proposed opposite.
British Columbia December 8th, 1995
Absolutely, Mr Speaker, out of deference to you, the House and all the goods knees in the world.
Yesterday in Vancouver in beautiful British Columbia, while the member was here trying to figure out ways to make the federation fail, we were meeting with 80 representatives of the British Columbia fishing industry, trying to work toward ensuring the federation succeeds.
We believe that when people from coast to coast work together, speak together, listen to one another and build together, Canada is a better place. In working together, we will build the country. To the hon. member and his party, they cannot fulfil their political ambitions by trying to climb up on the broken pieces of Canada. It is time to stand up for the country instead of tearing it down.
British Columbia December 8th, 1995
Mr. Speaker, absolutely.
British Columbia December 8th, 1995
Mr. Speaker, when I hear the word knee-jerk coming from this member, the emphasis ought to be on the latter part of that description in referring to the member.
The Constitution December 8th, 1995
He is swallowing himself whole.
Fisheries November 28th, 1995
Mr. Speaker, it is true. Half-page ads at $7,700 per ad have been taken out to support the Reform Party policy on the fishery, pondering up visions of the federal government being engaged in a "racist based fishery".
I have in my hand a copy of a letter written to the hon. member for Skeena and to the leader of the Reform Party by Michael Belliveau, the executive secretary of the Maritime Fishermen's Union. It states:
Dear Sir,
Who gave you the
god-given right' to poison attitudes towards First Nations peoples? Your press release,Tobin tax blatantly racist', is a disgrace and Orwellian to boot-Do not send us any more such contorted garbage".