Denis Coderre

[Sports, April 24th, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, it is surely a non-partisan issue. I see everybody is applauding our athletes and amateur sport.

I would like to pay tribute to the sports community, to the Canadian people and to the government which considers sport as an investment, not as an expense.

This weekend the Prime Minister will chair an important summit where we will put together an action plan.

This action plan will enable us to ensure that there is leadership, partnership and accountability in sports. Canada will have a sports system.

[Supply, April 3rd, 2001]

Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. You are very familiar with the Standing Orders. This is totally out of context.

It is totally irrelevant. We should stick to the debate and not to that kind of crap.

[Supply, April 3rd, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would just like to be sure that his list will also include his brother. When he wanted him to be made a judge, he called the Prime Minister.

[Supply, April 3rd, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, when one makes comments, one should have some credibility.

The NDP leader, who is advocating civil disobedience, she is currently taking civil disobedience courses, and is telling Canadians to disobey the law, is the same person who is tarnishing the credibility of our Prime Minister. This is shameful.

Since the issue was not only decided during the last election campaign and since the same old things have been repeated for the past two years, I would tell the hon. member that if she does not want to be part of the circus, she simply should not get on board. I thought she was a lot more serious than that.

Does she think it is honest and appropriate to promote civil disobedience while trying to admonish our Prime Minister, who has been a model of integrity and credibility as a public figure for the past 40 years?

[Canada Foundation For Sustainable Development Technology Act, March 23rd, 2001]

Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. It is not the first time that the hon. member for Champlain has gone off track. I think that the bill is very clear. It deals with the Canada foundation for sustainable development technology. He should stick to that if he wants to keep going.

[Amateur Sport, March 13th, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, finally a serious question. I think the first thing I should do is pay tribute to the organizing company that did a tremendous job. I want to pay tribute to the Toronto bid because it was the only bid that focused on the athletes, which is the most important thing.

Finally, I want to express my pride in this government, because we did more than our homework, we are investing $500 million in the waterfront and we are putting all our efforts into finally winning this bid.

[Amateur Sport, February 22nd, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, my response to my hon. colleague, who has been sent to do the dirty work for the future premier of Quebec, is that here in this House we have decided to work on behalf of the population as a whole.

Even the people in charge of Sports-Québec are working with me, and Sports-Québec as a whole is behind me. The hon. member ought to send the message to the Quebec minister responsible for sports to work with the Government of Canada, because we have the interests of Quebec at heart.

[Amateur Sport, February 13th, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, on April 27 and 28, as the House knows, the Prime Minister of Canada will be chairing the National Sport Summit in order to put in place a new Canadian sport system.

In the meantime, we must respond to immediate needs in order to create conditions that will help our athletes reach their objectives.

Today, I am announcing an additional $1.2 million in funding to help our Olympic and Paralympic athletes achieve their dreams. Let us all support our athletes and be proud of them.

[Employment Insurance Act, February 13th, 2001]

Oh, oh, bad language.

[Eldorado Nuclear Limited Reorganization And Divestiture Act, September 28th, 2000]

moved that Bill C-39, an act to amend the Eldorado Nuclear Limited Reorganization and Divestiture Act and the Petro-Canada Public Participation Act, be read the second time and referred to a committee.