Geoff Regan

[Committees of the House, June 18th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, again I think you would find unanimous consent for the following motion.

I move:

That, in relation to its permanent Order of Reference under the Statutory Instruments Act, the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations be authorized to travel to Toronto from September 25 to 27, 2002, in order to attend the “Red Tape to Smart Tape” Conference and that the necessary staff do accompany the Committee.

[Committees of the House, June 18th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, there have been discussions among the parties and I think if you were to seek it you would find unanimous consent for the following motion.

I move:

That, in relation to its study on Long-Term Care for Veterans, the Sub-Committee on Veterans Affairs of the Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs be authorized to travel to Eastern Canada on September 22 to 26, 2002, and that the necessary staff do accompany the Committee.

[Committees of the House, June 18th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, there have been discussions among the parties and I think if you were to seek it you would find unanimous consent for the following motion.

I move:

That, in relation to its study on national security matters, a group comprised of five members of the Sub-Committee on National Security of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights be authorized to travel to New York, N.Y., U.S.A., from June 23 to 27, 2002, to attend the Global Security--Post 9-11 conference by the International Association of Airport and Seaport Police.

[Committees of the House, June 18th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for St. John's West for allowing us to have a brief discussion this morning on this issue of interest. Not long ago we had a take note debate on the Atlantic fishery in which I took part. There are many concerns about the issue.

However I now move:

That the House do now proceed to orders of the day.

[Columbia River Treaty, June 18th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2) and on behalf of the Minister of Natural Resources, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the annual reports of the Columbia River Treaty Permanent Engineering Board to the governments of the United States and Canada for the years 1998, 1999 and 2000.

[Government Response to Petitions, June 18th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8) I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to four petitions.

[Order in Council Appointments, June 18th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to table, in both official languages, a number of Order in Council appointments made recently by the government.

[Committees of the House, June 17th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, I move:

That the House do now proceed to orders of the day.

[BioGENEius Awards, June 17th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate a young woman from my riding for her recent victory at the BioGENEius Awards.

Colleen Connolly, a very bright young woman from Bedford, Nova Scotia, was presented with a $5,000 prize for her project titled “Code Red! Effect of Statin Cholesterol Synthesis Inhibitors on Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule Expression”. Clearly, she deserved to win on the title alone.

The prestigious BioGENEius Awards bring the brightest and best from each province to a national competition in Toronto. These sorts of competitions provide concrete opportunities to demonstrate why this government is committed to its knowledge agenda. Our young people are showing us the way from coast to coast to coast.

Once again I congratulate Colleen.

[Committees of the House, June 13th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for Dartmouth for raising this issue today. I appreciate the comments from my hon. colleague from Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern Shore.

I have received calls about this issue. My staff and I have raised the issue with the hon. minister responsible for the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency. People have come to us to express their concern about having received in the past the disability tax credit and then were cut off.

The answer I have received from the office of the minister has been that a few years ago there was an audit done of the program and it found that there were many people receiving the disability tax credit who did not qualify under the terms of the tax credit and the department basically told them they should follow the rules of their own tax credit.

I appreciate the facts that the members have raised this morning. Obviously the people who called me did not like that answer and I appreciate their concerns. I feel for what they are saying and for what my colleagues are arguing. It is valuable that this issue has been raised this morning. I am sure the minister will take note of this issue and consider these arguments in looking at the legislation, so I appreciate it very much.

At this time I would like to move the following motion. I move:

That the House do now proceed to orders of the day.