How was that hepatitis C vote? How did that vote go?
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Senate Appointment Consultations Act April 20th, 2007
How was that hepatitis C vote? How did that vote go?
Child Sexual Exploitation April 18th, 2007
Mr. Speaker, at a recent breakfast hosted here on the Hill, I was shown a picture, a photograph, the image of which has haunted me to this day. In that picture, I see a man looking out into the crowd gathered in front of him. Perched on his arm is a young female child.
What appears to be a father protecting his cherished young daughter is actually a man negotiating the sale of this child. I am told that she can fetch as much $600 U.S. if she is a virgin, but unbelievably she is not, and so she might fetch 30 bucks.
This photograph is a picture of a silent nightmare and it is happening right here in this country and all around the world.
Budget 2007 has provided funding to help protect children from sexual exploitation and trafficking. This is a good step, but until our trade partners, our global neighbours and our UN counterparts work with us to purge this planet of these violations, none of us will be free of this silent nightmare.
Committees of the House April 16th, 2007
Mr. Speaker, if the House gives it consent, I move that the 42nd report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be concurred in.
(Motion agreed to)
Committees of the House April 16th, 2007
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour today to present the 42nd report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs concerning membership of committees of the House.
If the House gives its consent, I will ask for concurrence in this report later this day.
Committees of the House March 30th, 2007
Mr. Speaker, if the House gives its consent, I move that the 41st report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs concerning the membership of committees of the House presented to the House earlier this day be concurred in.
Committees of the House March 30th, 2007
Mr. Speaker, if the House gives its consent, I move that the 40th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs regarding the guidelines for access to committee meetings by the electronic media presented to the House earlier this day now be concurred in.
Committees of the House March 30th, 2007
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 40th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs regarding the guidelines to access to committee meetings by the electronic media. The committee recommends that these broadcasting guidelines be made permanent. If the House gives its consent, I intend to move concurrence in the 40th report later this day.
I also have the honour to present, in both official languages the 41st report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs regarding the membership of committees of the House. If the House gives it consent, I intend to move concurrence in the 41st report later this day.
Committees of the House March 29th, 2007
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour today to present the 39th report from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, which was submitted by the Subcommittee on Private Members' Business.
Pursuant to Standing Order 91.1(2), this report contains an item added to the order of precedence under private members' business that should not be designated non-votable.
The Budget March 26th, 2007
Mr. Speaker, before I ask the hon. member a question, I would like to make a quick comment about aboriginal communities. Clearly, under the previous government there were more than 200 unsafe drinking water problems within our aboriginal communities, and for 13 years the Liberals did absolutely nothing. A recent report suggests that now there are less than 100. We still have work to do of course, but we have only had 13 months, so I think we are doing pretty well.
I want to congratulate the member because I did listen to his speech. He was being quite honest when he referred to a number of initiatives in this budget that are better, and that is a fair and honest statement. I thank the member for that. He said that they are not good enough, but that is okay and that is his opinion, despite the fact that I think they are very good.
Despite the fact that he gives the budget an eight out of 10, why is the member going to vote for zero out of 10, when the budget, by his own admission, has a number of good points?
The Budget March 26th, 2007
Mr. Speaker, I have been here most of the day and I have listened to the debate. I do not want to say that the hon. member has not read the budget, but she presents a number of misleading facts, exaggerating certain things.
The concern I have is this. Does the member actually feel that it is the right thing to do to vote against the budget for what it does not have rather than vote for the budget for what it does have? There is everything in this budget from money to stop human trafficking to a 40% increase for students. There is money for farmers, for firefighters, for children and for a cancer vaccine for women. There is even closing loopholes for the NDP so-called fat cat corporations.
Frankly, the member should stand, apologize to her community and say that she will vote for the budget because of what is in it and that she will work hard to fill the gaps for what she thinks is not in it. It does not make sense to me to hear the NDP stand all the time and say they are not voting for it because something is not in it. Orange juice is not in the budget, but I will not vote against it because it is not in the budget.
She should vote for the budget. It is a good budget.