Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, two-thirds of Canadians get mail delivered to their door. They will lose that service if we agree to the Conservative government's measures. The minister did not answer my question. Where will these community mailboxes be located in major urban centres? Nobody knows.

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, more municipalities oppose the Canada Post cuts than were consulted by Canada Post. That is pretty unbelievable. According to a study by the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association, 1,500 rural postal outlets have disappeared in the past 30 years. In most prov

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, unfortunately, the Conservatives have abandoned the rural communities that rely on these postal outlets. The outlets were not only part of the community's economic development, but also of their identity. They were a meeting place for the people in the village. For fo

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, I would like to take a moment to publicly wish the Minister of Transport a happy birthday. After that, I stop playing nice. Here is my first question: Between 1995 and 2012, how many years was Canada Post profitable for?

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, my question was simple and it should have had a very short answer. The answer was actually 17 years. My colleague did not need two minutes for her answer. Canada Post has posted a profit 17 out of the past 18 years. The only loss posted in that period was in 2011. Wh

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, once again, the minister is not answering the question. The only one-time expense in 2011 was the pay equity settlement that took 31 years to materialize. I imagine that the minister agrees with the pay equity settlement. Canada Post would have turned a profit in 2011

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, what I gather is that the minister agrees with Canada Post. It is going to create a new dependency for tens of thousands of seniors and people with reduced mobility. In fact, they are going to have to rely on people to go and get their mail. We are going to be the firs

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present two petitions in the House on the same topic. Canadians, and especially Ontarians, are concerned about our country's rules regarding blood and organ donation. They think that a person's sexual preferences or the fact that they have a same-sex

Privacy  Mr. Speaker, they cannot deliver the mail, but they can look at our email. It is mind-boggling. The minister talks as if it were normal to spy on the private lives of 785 million people, as if this were just a precaution. We have the government requesting private information abo

Privacy  Mr. Speaker, we realize that there are times when telecommunication companies might have to hand over private customer information to government agencies in the interest of national security. However, this should never be done without a warrant and I would be surprised that it n

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I believe that the minister would have more credibility if he were able to show us that he can tell the difference between the cancellation of the program and a moratorium. He is not making that distinction. Well, that is fine. We are nevertheless asking him to vote

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for her question, and I will give her a very good answer. Actually, everything that has to do with training workers, with apprenticeship, is part of the solutions that the NDP has put forward, especially for young people whose unem

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am sorry to have to once again contradict the Minister of Employment and Social Development. I would first like to point out that the NDP believes that this program is necessary and that it should be kept. However, Canadian workers and temporary foreign workers wh

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, we have never heard “Infoman” mentioned in the House of Commons so much as in the last week. This is because of the Conservative Party's electoral “deform”. I am very proud to rise in the House today to speak to the NDP motion moved by my colleague from Newton—North

New Democratic Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, May 2 is just around the corner, and that means that it is time to take stock. It will be good news for the NDP and bad news for the Conservatives. Our MPs from the south shore are fighting so that the public does not have to foot the bill for replacing the Champlai