Creole Month  Mr. Speaker, [Member spoke in Creole as follows:] sak pasé? Jodia mwen salué toute collègue mwen yo nan Parlement canadien, nan langue zancètre mwen, le créole. I have the great privilege of highlighting the 13th edition of the Mois du créole, which has been organized by KEPKAA,

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, first of all, I wish to thank my hon. colleague for that observation. Indeed, CLD stands for “centre local de développement” or local development centre, and CLE stands for “centre local d'emploi” or local employment centre. Our position is very clear. For every ne

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his excellent comment and his question. As the member knows, throughout Canada, 53,000 jobs were lost in the private sector alone, as I just said in my speech. With this measure, we are talking about creating between 150,000 and 175,000

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would first like to say that I will be sharing my time with the hon. member for Trinity—Spadina. I am very pleased to take part in this debate on employment insurance. First, if I may, I will read the text of the motion: That, in the opinion of the House, the Em

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to my NDP colleague's speech. He said that he looked up the word “insurance” in the dictionary. However, I do not understand why he said that the Liberal Party's proposal was a new employment tax on workers. I do not know whether the member has

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on his speech in this debate. The Conservative Minister of Finance proposed something that would allow businesses to apply for a credit worth up to $2,200 if they pay $15,000 in EI premiums. From what I understand, when the m

Mirabel Terminal  Mr. Speaker, on Monday, it was announced that the Mirabel terminal would be demolished despite the efforts of the community and local representatives. The Liberal Party takes issue with the way the decision was made and feels it is premature. Local stakeholders were not adequate

Champlain Bridge  Mr. Speaker, the CBC revealed the existence of a new study commissioned by Transport Canada on the impact of the Champlain Bridge toll. This study, kept secret by the Conservative government, shows that traffic volume would increase tremendously on the other south shore bridges

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to government real property management, for each contract for the appraisal of real property since January 1, 2006: what are the (i) file numbers, (ii) dates, (iii) location or description of the property?

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to government procurement: what are the details of all contracts for the provision of research or speechwriting services to Ministers since April 1, 2006, (a) providing for each such contract (i) the start and end dates, (ii) contracting parties, (iii) file number, (i

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to bank notes: (a) how many requests to reproduce the image of Canadian bank notes have been received by the Bank of Canada since April 1, 2006; (b) how many such requests have been approved, and how many have been rejected; (c) for each such request, what was (i) the

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With respect to government advertising, for each television advertisement which has been aired during National Hockey League playoff game broadcasts since January 1, 2006: what is the (a) identification number, name or ADV number; (b) number of times each advertisement has aired

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration said that the 1977 act: ...actually cheapened Canadian citizenship.... My family and I arrived in Canada, like many other people, under the program opération mon pays during that period. Does the minister t

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, first, let us start with the last point. The member mentioned FATCA and the information exchange with the Americans. He did say “information exchange”, but no provision is made for any exchange in the agreement that was signed. The Canada Revenue Agency will give the

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. Once again, and I have been saying this since yesterday, what we want to do is to work for the middle class. When we consider a budget bill introduced by the Conservative government and an NDP member talks to me about what the