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Taxation November 21st, 2006
Mr. Speaker, we have to remember that the Bloc Québécois soap opera is still going on. It was discredited earlier by an economist, and then by the Quebec Minister of Finance, and it had to appeal to its big brother again, Jacques Léonard, who, it will be recalled, was incapable of controlling expenditures in Quebec.
Who is telling the truth?
National Capital Commission November 10th, 2006
Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague is mixing up apples and oranges again.
We set up a panel to review all the work of the National Capital Commission. These people have to deliberate, and they conduct consultations at the same time. In order to prepare the work and the recommendations, they need to work together. They have agreed to deliver their report by December 31. I await this report with much interest. We will make this report public.
Canada Post November 10th, 2006
Mr. Speaker, in response to my hon. colleague, if he had carefully read the notes prepared for him, he would have seen that we promised to review that decision. That is what we did. We reviewed the decision. We made certain that everyone already employed by Canada Post and working at that location would keep their job.
This is just another example of the many promises we made for the Quebec region, on which we have delivered and will continue to deliver.
Infrastructure November 10th, 2006
Mr. Speaker, I am glad the hon. member raised this issue of action by the Conservative members in the Quebec City area. We have indeed resolved the Petite-Rivière-Saint-François matter thanks to the work of my colleague, the Minister of Labour. We were also able to resolve the Quebec City airport situation in a matter of a few months. We were able to resolve the issue of Quebec City's 400th anniversary. As far as the bridge is concerned, this matter will be resolved as a top priority within the first year of our mandate.
The Environment November 10th, 2006
Mr. Speaker, with regard to nuclear power, my colleague should remember that, in 1970, when a choice had to be made, they had to choose between a clean and renewable form of energy and another form of energy.
As for the plan, I invite our colleagues to read the bill that has been tabled. They should follow the lead of the PQ and support the clean air bill. They should consider the option; it could be helpful.
The Environment November 10th, 2006
Mr. Speaker, what is always interesting about these matters is that they always require a bit of background.
If Quebec has come this far in environmental matters, it is thanks to decisions made by the government of Robert Bourassa in 1970, when the supporters of separatism talked about and favoured the use of nuclear power, which, as you know, probably causes the most damage to the environment.
Quebec made some choices and today I am pleased to see that these choices are supported.
The Environment November 10th, 2006
Mr. Speaker, clearly, the Government of Quebec's objectives are not the same as the federal government's.
We know that the Government of Quebec has a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 2% below 1990 levels, but everyone knows the target is 6% below those levels. That said, what really matters here is that both ministers continue to work together harmoniously, and that is what we are doing.
I would invite the Bloc Québécois to reach out and work with us to pass Canada's clean air act.
The Environment November 10th, 2006
Mr. Speaker, this gives me the opportunity to state that this government is an open government. That is why we invited Quebec's environment minister to accompany our Minister of the Environment, so that Quebec's position on this important issue could also be heard.
Justice November 8th, 2006
Mr. Speaker, the bill will protect 14 and 15 year olds from adult sexual predators.
I quote the young victim who said, “There cannot be consent between a 14-year-old girl and a 50- or 60-year-old man. That does not make sense”.
Yet, the Bloc Québécois continues to hide its head in the sand and to oppose the bill. I would like to reassure the victim and others that the Conservative Party and the government will keep their word in order to protect young people.
Taxation November 7th, 2006
Mr. Speaker, the leader of the Bloc Québécois is certainly not very good at math. This morning, the Quebec finance minister criticized the sovereignist parties' manipulation of the facts. Contrary to what the hon. member for Laurier—Sainte-Marie said, the provincial finance minister wrote in most Quebec dailies, including La Presse, that he never put Quebec's fiscal demands at $3.9 billion.
The Quebec finance minister concluded that the Parti Québécois and the Bloc Québécois shamefully manipulate both figures and quotations.