Committees of the House  Is the member not interested in helping people with disabilities? He is only going to heckle.

Committees of the House  The Alliance member too.

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, the member opposite just said that she was waiting for the question from my hon. colleague, but we are in questions and comments. We can make comments. We do not necessarily have to ask a question. However I do have a question. The member made a good point that if one is buying a car, one wants to get the full worth back, not just 55% or something.

Yukon River Salmon Agreement  Mr. Speaker, yesterday after 17 long years of negotiations the United States and Canada signed the Yukon River Salmon Agreement. I had the pleasure of accompanying the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to Washington, D.C. where he officially signed the agreement with the U.S. Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs, Paula Dobriansky.

Kyoto Protocol  An hon. member is asking how? The answer is obvious, by cutting gas emissions from vehicles and oil burners, and by cutting coal and diesel fuel emissions. There are lots of particulates that go with those. They cause emphysema, lung diseases and asthma which hurt our relatives, our families and our health care system.

Kyoto Protocol  Mr. Speaker, I must comment on the totally uninformed rant made by the member for Fraser Valley. Fortunately I do not think the rest of his party has such a lack of understanding of the agreement. It was good that the member brought up the importance of Kyoto and the reduction of smog.

Kyoto Protocol  Mr. Speaker, I did not quite catch the math on the will of the people of Quebec, but perhaps the member can explain to me why most of them would like to remain in Canada at this time. I was delighted he mentioned wind energy. I want to compliment the Yukon Energy Corporation for the tremendous work it has done with windmills.

Kyoto Protocol  Mr. Speaker, of course the concerns that were brought forward were from my constituents. I used my entire time to explain their concerns. However, had I been able to answer a number of them I would have been happy to. Regarding the question about why do we not wait until there is a plan, there is a very detailed plan that is an evolving plan.

Kyoto Protocol  Mr. Speaker, I guess I do not speak very clearly because I read two pages of the chamber of commerce's concerns. With regard to answering those concerns, as I explained, I talked to the president of one and I will phone the president of the other association to go over the ramifications to business.

Kyoto Protocol  Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to speak to the Kyoto accord tonight. I made my position on the Kyoto accord very clear last summer. I said that I would listen carefully to my constituents, especially as more information came out and the plan was in place and more of the details were known.

Banking Act  Madam Speaker, the parliamentary secretary was very articulate and I agree with everything he said. I would like to go on the record by saying that I have supported business for most of my career. In my riding, a very rural riding, there have been problems over the years with banks providing credit to businesses in very rural and remote areas.

Parliamentary Reform  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member said earlier that we had to elect good people because they come here to give thoughtful consideration to legislation and debate. Does the hon. member have any suggestions on reform related to the huge demands on time? There are so many responsibilities in committee, in responses to e-mails and letters and in the vast volumes of legislation and amendments.

Parliamentary Reform  Mr. Speaker, I enjoyed the very thoughtful intervention of one of my favourite colleagues. I always use her as an example when people ask me for an example of integrity in thought and deed. I think my colleague is wonderful. Because my colleague expressed so much interest in committees, I want to ask about how the structure of a committee meeting can affect the atmosphere.

Parliamentary Reform  Mr. Speaker, with respect, the member did not quite listen to all of my last answer. I explained that I would not give a yes or no answer to his question. However, there are yes or no votes on opposition day motions on such items.

Parliamentary Reform  Mr. Speaker, the member has done a very good job in raising this in the House and he has to keep his campaign going. On behalf of my constituents, televising committees and other processes for constituencies like mine, which is the farthest from this honourable House, is very helpful because there is a disconnect the farther we are away.