Denis Lebel

[Transportation, February 14th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, since 2006, we have invested $5 billion in public transit. The government has done the job. We will continue to respect provincial and municipal jurisdictions and we will continue to support them. Never has a government invested so much as ours.

[Transportation, February 14th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned before, never in the history of this country has a government invested so much in public transit across the country.

We did it by respecting something that the NDP does not understand: provincial and municipal jurisdictions. The NDP wants every decision to be made in Ottawa. We respect the cities' jurisdictions. No one is in a better position to make such decisions than the mayor and the city council.

We will see whether or not there will be other mayors in the House in the future. That said, we work very hard to respect jurisdictions and to find money for public transit.

[Transportation, February 5th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, since our very first announcement regarding a new bridge over the St. Lawrence River, we have always clearly stated that transit would be part of the new bridge. That is nothing new.

From the very beginning, we have said that it was subject to provincial jurisdictions and we would respect those jurisdictions. It is up to Quebec to decide what kind of transit system it wants to use.

Incidentally, I would like to point out that, over the past year, representatives from Transport Canada and the Government of Quebec have had 35 meetings on the subject of the new bridge over the St. Lawrence. Furthermore, in July 2012, a committee was struck at my request to oversee everything. So it is quite amusing to hear these things now.

[Air Canada, February 5th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, we stand up for all of Canada and the Canadian economy. There have been more than 900,000 jobs created since July 2009. We worked very hard on that.

However, on this issue, the matter is undergoing a legal proceeding and we will follow that.

[Air Canada, February 5th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, in our country we must respect the legal process, but the NDP does not seem to understand that. There is a legal process under way, and of course we are going to respect the processes that are in place in our country.

[Air Canada, February 5th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, we respect decisions made by businesses. In this case, the legal process is under way.

[Air Canada, February 5th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, if we were to rely on the NDP, we would have a new $21 billion carbon tax, taxes would go up by $56 billion, more jobs would be killed—

[Air Canada, February 5th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, we understand that the loss of these jobs was devastating for the workers and their communities. The matter is undergoing legal proceedings. We will follow that.

[The Environment, February 4th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, our government continues to take strong action to enhance the safety of Canada's waterways and to support responsible resource development.

Today I am pleased to announce that we have launched a request for proposal to conduct a national risk assessment for marine spills, which will help us make our marine safety system even stronger. This is in addition to the actions already taken to enhance marine transportation, including a requirement for double-hulled tankers and mandatory pilotage of vessels.

[Air Canada, February 4th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, I am familiar with the decision. I will take it under advisement.