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Transport December 3rd, 2004
Mr. Speaker, it is indeed something at which the Department of Transport is interested in looking. I can reassure him that we on our side are doing everything that we can. We are talking to all our stakeholders to ensure that we have a safe transportation system for all Canadians.
Persons with Disabilities December 3rd, 2004
Mr. Speaker, Transport Canada provides policy and leadership to improve accessibility and remove undue obstacles from the federal transportation system. The department consults with public government bodies and the transportation industy, and facilitates solutions to problems and improvements to the system.
As an individual whose parents are hampered with public transportation and who face difficulty, I understand from where the hon. member is coming. I can reassure him that we on this side of the House, especially in the Department of Transport, are discussing this matter with all our stakeholders to ensure that every Canadian has the best possible solution for transportation.
Airports December 3rd, 2004
Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my hon. colleague for bringing this to the House. I know he has worked hard for his constituency and he has ruthlessly taken us on in committee in order to represent his riding. So I congratulate him for that.
My hon. colleague should be aware that there was a motion passed in committee asking the minister to freeze airport rents. This is something that is being looked at by the committee. We will be talking with all stakeholders to ensure that our airports are safe and provide the best possible solution for everybody.
Supply November 25th, 2004
Mr. Speaker, I hope the NDP recognizes what today's debate is all about. It is an effort by the Conservatives to team up with the Bloc Quebecois and nothing more.
The land surrounding Mirabel is under lease. The Conservatives know this. The Conservatives signed the deal. I ask the hon. member of the NDP to recognize today's motion for being nothing more than what it is. It is a partisan ploy that will do little for the rights of farmers in Quebec and everything to do with Conservative political grandstanding. We have seen how the Bloc was created in the early nineties. At the time, the Conservative government split and people formed the Bloc.
I ask my hon. friend, does he realize what the NDP is supporting here today? Does he realize that there is nothing else but grandstanding? Does he realize that his party wants to get into bed with the Bloc? I do not know, but those members probably want to form the Conservative Alliance Bloc.
Supply November 25th, 2004
Are you in agreement with that?
Supply November 25th, 2004
My question is, does the member remember the deal that was flipped? Does he remember how the Canadian public was swindled? Does he realize that the cost to the government, the cost to the Canadian taxpayers, was over $100 million? Does he realize that?
Supply November 25th, 2004
Mr. Speaker, as one of the hon. member's colleagues said, these are the new improved Tories. I am wondering if my hon. colleague was there in April to witness what their leader said, “My idol, Brian Mulroney”. I am not sure, but that is fine.
Supply November 25th, 2004
Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my hon. colleague for his speech, but there was some mention of previous prime ministers and previous ministers. For the record, I want to go back and look at the long term lease and how the Conservatives handled it.
We cannot forget what happened during the 1980s when the Mulroney government decided to cede large portions of the Mirabel land. I know my colleague was not here at that time, but I was. The Tories started by appointing a minister's cousin to sell the land and then a Conservative organizer was able to buy some of the expropriated land at 30% of the market value and sold it one day later for an overall profit of $252,000, it was reported.
Supply November 25th, 2004
It was signed in 1992.
Supply November 25th, 2004
Mr. Speaker, if we were to take light of what the Leader of the Opposition said, then I wholeheartedly believe that this member would agree that ADM was something that was done during the Mulroney years. We created this agency, the Montreal airport, the Pierre Elliot Trudeau airport, and the Mirabel airport. We put them together under ADM back then. It was something that was signed by the Government of Canada by the then Prime Minister in 1992.
If his leader is in agreement, and he says that Brian Mulroney was a beacon of light, why is that party arguing this point today?