House of Commons photoWon his last election, in 2000, with 55% of the vote.
Scotia Rainbow June 15th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, the total amount of money given by the federal government to this project was one-fifth of that given by the chartered banks, one-quarter of the equity put in by the financiers, and one-half of what was put in by the provincial government.
The federal government involvement was just a whisker, just a whit, just a tittle of what the other agencies put in.
Civilian War-Related Benefits Act June 15th, 2000
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-41, an act to amend the statute law in relation to veterans' benefits.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Merchant Marine Veterans June 14th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, all veterans organizations, including the national council representing veterans groups, the army, air force and navy, the merchant navy organization and the Royal Canadian Legion, will be holding a meeting at the end of July to examine the situation.
The hon. member should be standing in his place to congratulate the government for giving $50 million for this initiative.
Scotia Rainbow June 14th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, an editorial in the Cape Breton Post which covers the hon. member's riding said, “Scotia Rainbow is regarded as an important employer paying out $4.5 million last year in wages”.
When is the NDP going to start supporting job creation in Cape Breton?
Scotia Rainbow June 14th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, I have received a petition from the hon. member's riding from the Committee for Economic Survival which says, “We the undersigned do hereby call upon the federal government to continue to support projects and businesses located on our island and do hereby”, and this is signed by a thousand people, “roundly condemn our member of parliament for her unwarranted and unfounded attacks on job creation in our community”.
Human Resources Development June 14th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, they are attacking people on welfare, people on employment insurance and people on old age security. Canadians are going to reject the elitist attitude of the official opposition.
Human Resources Development June 14th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, the leadership contender whom the hon. member seems to be promoting said the other day in Atlantic Canada: “Atlantic Canadians have got to get out from under their dependency mentality”. They are attacking the poor—
Human Resources Development June 14th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, in answer to the hon. member's question, most of the RCMP investigations have to do with ACOA operations in eastern Canada. There are 11 of them. Four of them concern only the application, for which no funds were dispersed. Four of them are to do with provincial governments and enterprise, and the remaining three have to do with grants given when the Tories were in power.
Human Resources Development June 14th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, that party wants to replace all these programs with a fat cat flat tax and tax incentives to business.
Mr. Speaker, you and I know—we have been here a long time—that tax incentives to businesses are actually tax expenditures paid for by ordinary working Canadians. They do not want a tax take from that party. They want a tax break from the Liberal government.
Human Resources Development June 14th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, the chartered banks put in four times as much as the federal government. Private enterprise put in three times as much as the federal government. The provincial government put in twice as much as the federal government.
They are just opposed to any money going to high unemployment areas in Canada, or to our farmers, or to our fishermen, or to our miners. We will fight this anti-rural Canada attitude on the part of the reform alliance.