James Moore

[Canada-U.S. Relations, April 16th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister and indeed all Canadians want to tell all those in Boston that we stand with them in this most difficult time for the city of Boston, indeed for the United States.

It appears that no Canadians were seriously injured or killed in yesterday's attack, but that does not affect the fact that we are heartbroken as Canadians. Our hearts, our thoughts and our prayers are with those who are affected by this terrible tragedy.

The Prime Minister and our government stand shoulder to shoulder with President Obama, the mayor of Boston and governor of Massachusetts as they try to find those cowards who are responsible for this terrible attack.

[Business of Supply, April 15th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, the truth is that if our government were raising taxes, the Liberals would be supporting it. Our government has lowered taxes for Canadians in every way in which the Government of Canada collects taxes. In fact, a family of four today has $3,200 more in its pocket than it did when our government first came into office. If the hon. member really believes in putting more money in families' pockets, he must really hate himself for not having supported those tax cuts.

With regard to jobs, Canada is leading the world with the best job numbers in all of the G7. If jobs are his priority, he must really hate himself for not supporting our government.

With regard to government ads, he said that the government is wasting money on government ads. We are spending less money on government ads than the Liberals did when they were in government. If he is against government ads, he must really hate himself for his track record.

He talked about the importance of deficits. The truth is that our government has cut the deficit in half. As a matter of fact, when we did our stimulus spending, the Liberals opposite all voted in favour of that spending and said that we should be spending more. If he is against deficit spending, boy he really must hate himself for voting for our economic action plan.

With regard to trade, Canada is at the table of the TPP, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. We are negotiating the Canada-Europe trade agreement. We have signed over 32 blue sky agreements, opening up the skies for Canadian consumers, driving down costs and creating more options for Canadians. If he really wants to participate in a debate, it would be nice if he knew just a little bit about what has actually taken place over the past seven years.

[Official Languages, March 28th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his question. He is a true champion of official languages in Canada.

Today I was very pleased to put forward our government's five-year road map for Canada's linguistic duality. Five years of commitment by this government have resulted in real results for Canada's official languages community.

As Graham Fraser, the Commissioner of Official Languages, said, the road map is getting results for Canadians.

Marie-France Kenny, head of the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada, thanked the Government of Canada for defending the interests of francophone and Acadian Canadians.

Our road map is about educating young Canadians on the value of Canada's official languages, supporting new Canadians and building—

[Library and Archives Canada, March 28th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, first of all, as I have said before, the code of conduct that was put in place was put in place by Daniel Caron, the president of Library and Archives, with no consultation with me.

If my hon. colleague has questions about that, he might want to bring him before the committee. Among the questions he might ask Daniel Caron is whether or not he agrees with this process, because it was in fact in 2004 under Bill C-11 that the Liberals mandated that crown corporations have these codes of conduct.

If he does not agree with the idea of these codes of conduct, perhaps he might take an opportunity to invite some former Liberal cabinet ministers before the committee to condemn them for suggesting this very policy.

[Official Languages, March 28th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, the member has asked several questions.

I will just say that I am very proud today to table our action plan for official languages, the Roadmap for Canada’s Official Languages 2013–2018. This shows our government's ongoing commitment to protecting, promoting and celebrating Canada's official languages. With our unprecedented commitment to the francophone and anglophone communities across the country and the record investments to protect and promote our official languages, we have done much to protect these interests, which are very important to Canada.

[Canadian Heritage, March 27th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, I really hope that is not his last question.

No, the name of CBC/Radio-Canada is not going to change. The name is actually established in the Broadcasting Act, section 35, and we have no plans to change it.

[Intergovernmental Relations, March 26th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, we have heard Canadians calling for the creation of new jobs throughout Canada, including Quebec.

In the future, we will certainly work with the provinces, including Quebec, to create jobs in every region of the country, including every region of Quebec.

[Intergovernmental Relations, March 26th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, it is clear that the member opposite missed the Minister of Finance's speech, missed the Prime Minister's answers today and did not even read the 2013 budget.

The 2013 budget very clearly states that we will work with the provinces on this issue that is very important to our economy. To create jobs for all Canadians, we will work with the provinces and the private sector to continue to build a strong economy in every region in this country.

[Workplace Safety, March 26th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, the health and safety of workers across the country is an important part of the work that is done by the Department of HRSDC, and the Minister of Labour takes all these matters very seriously. We would be pleased to be work with the member opposite to continue to advance the safety of workers across this country.

[Employment, March 26th, 2013]

Mr. Speaker, we have 950,000 net new jobs and better than that. Canada's job records since the worst point in the recession are the best job numbers in all of the G7. Budget 2013, our economic action plan, will build on that further with our Canada job plan. As was said today by the National Association of Career Colleges, this job grant will “benefit Canadian job-seekers as well [as] employers seeking qualified and skilled employees”.

Canadians have said time and again that they want Parliament focused on creating prosperity and jobs for Canadians. That is what budget 2013, our economic action plan, will do with this important piece of it.