Search and Rescue  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on wasteful advertising while depriving Canadians of the services they pay for and need. They are standing behind disgraced cheater Peter Penashue in Labrador who stood for wasteful Conservative advertising and stood against protecting search and rescue.

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in the federal riding of Random—Burin—St. George’s, broken down by year, community and totalled for the riding, from 2002 until present: (a) how many RCMP officers were there; (b) what were the total expenditures of the RCMP; (c) how many open positions went unfilled; (d) how many RCMP officers were transferred outside the riding; (e) how many RCMP officers were transferred to the riding; (f) does the government or RCMP have any plans to decrease the number of RCMP officers; (g) how many incidents requiring the RCMP occurred; and (h) what are the terms in the agreements between the RCMP and each community?

Appropriation Act No. 1, 2013-14  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals agree and will vote no.

Appropriation Act No. 1, 2013-14  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals agree to apply and will vote no.

Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Tse Act  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals agree to apply and will vote yes.

Appropriation Act No. 1, 2013-14  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals agree to apply and will vote no.

Supplementary Estimates (C), 2012-2013  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals agree to apply and we will vote no.

Supplementary Estimates (C), 2012-2013  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals agree and will vote no.

Supplementary Estimates (C), 2012-2013  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals agree to apply and will vote no.

Supplementary Estimates (C), 2012-2013  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals agree to apply the vote and will vote no.

Search and Rescue  Mr. Speaker, as Peter Penashue awaits sentencing for accepting illegal donations and overspending in the last election, over 10,000 people who signed the Burton Winters petition calling for full-time and fully operational search and rescue in Labrador remember Mr. Penashue failed to deliver.

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, had the disgraced Peter Penashue not broken the rules by illegally accepting and spending almost $50,000 in unlawful donations, he would not have won a seat. As a Conservative MP, Penashue failed to defend seasonal workers, and he failed to stand up for search and rescue, even in the face of the tragic death of young Burton Winters in Makkovik.

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, under the failed economic leadership of the Conservative government, many of my constituents are struggling to find employment. The five additional weeks of employment insurance targeted to areas of high unemployment helped them get on their feet to find a job. The program worked so well, the Conservatives renewed it three times.

Labrador Winter Games  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to salute the organizers of and participants in the Labrador Winter Games. This week, Labradorians have gathered in Happy Valley-Goose Bay for the 11th Labrador Winter Games, which take place every three years. Founded in 1983, this year marks 30 years since the very first games, which bring people together from Nain to L'anse au Clair to Wabush and all communities in between.

Employment  Mr. Speaker, thousands of jobs in Newfoundland and Labrador are going unfilled because of a lack of skilled workers. The Conservative solution to the skills shortage is to cut all funding to the provinces for skills training. This money helps Newfoundland and Labrador to partner with local businesses, provides incentives to hire EI recipients and support job searches and retraining.