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The Environment November 28th, 2007
Mr. Speaker, under that approach, we will get no measures at all.
Global warming will devastate the poorest countries, increase resource-based conflicts, exacerbate water shortages and increase famine and desertification.
In Bali, what concrete and specific measures will the Conservative government put forward to help poor countries?
The Environment November 28th, 2007
Mr. Speaker, tackling climate change means that major emitters must sign on to binding targets, but the Prime Minister said that he will veto binding targets on anybody as long as they do not apply to everybody. This is cynicism masquerading as principle and it is abdication masquerading as leadership.
Will he reverse course now, and at Bali commit Canada to negotiate binding targets for reducing carbon pollution?
Airbus November 27th, 2007
Mr. Speaker, will the Minister of Justice respect the institutions of Parliament and produce the witness being called for by a committee of Parliament? Or will he continue to show disdain for our democracy and our parliamentary system?
Airbus November 27th, 2007
Mr. Speaker, the justice minister is defying the will of Parliament. He refuses to produce a witness and he refuses to delay extradition claiming that he has no such authority. However, he is wrong. The minister has the power to choose the date Canada surrenders Schreiber to Germany. It is section 42 of the Extradition Act if he needs a little help.
Will the minister guarantee to this House that Karlheinz Schreiber will be able to testify at committee in person, or will he continue to hold the institutions of this country in contempt?
The Environment November 26th, 2007
Mr. Speaker, it is exactly the action that is missing.
At the Commonwealth summit the Prime Minister's approach was, “I am right and everyone else is wrong”. When the Commonwealth turned to Canada and asked to commit to binding targets, Canada looked away.
The government does not want binding targets, because it does not want the world to know that its own made in Canada plan will see emissions rise until 2050. Is that not the truth the government wants to hide at Bali?
The Environment November 26th, 2007
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister believes that everyone is wrong when it comes to climate change. The Commonwealth is wrong; the UN is wrong; scientists are wrong. However, in Bali, the world will discover that the Conservatives plan will allow greenhouse gas emissions to increase until 2050.
In Bali, will the world tell the Prime Minister that he is the one who is wrong?
Justice November 22nd, 2007
Mr. Speaker, for over 30 years, Canada has been a leader in the international campaign against the death penalty. Now Canada is refusing to ask for clemency for a Canadian citizen condemned to death in Montana. Canada is no longer sponsoring UN motions against capital punishment.
Why is the Conservative government destroying our international reputation as a defender of human rights?
Justice November 22nd, 2007
Mr. Speaker, every international human rights organization, Amnesty, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Council of Europe, has denounced the Conservative government policy on the death penalty. Canada is not back; it has walked off the stage.
Why is the government hell-bent on sacrificing an international reputation on human rights that was won by Liberals like Pierre Trudeau and Conservatives like Joe Clark?
Federal-Provincial Relations November 21st, 2007
Mr. Speaker, it is a typical performance of the government to pit the west against Ontario.
The issue is fairness toward Ontario. When will the minister come to the House with a measure that is fair to the province of Ontario?
Federal-Provincial Relations November 21st, 2007
Mr. Speaker, the only thing small in this federation is the government's sense of responsibility, its sense of respect and its sense of honour.
Why will the government House leader not stand up in the House today and say that his remarks about the Premier of Ontario were out of order and out of control?