Transportation Safety  Mr. Speaker, first of all, our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the victims of this tragedy. The technology the hon. member is referring to is currently being implemented in the United States. Applying this technology presents some problems. We are monitoring the s

41st General Election  Mr. Speaker, the member likes to grandstand his use of the word “transparency”, when his leader went around the country taking money away from charities to do the job that all of us in this room are already paid to do. People across this chamber, from all parties, are paid as par

41st General Election  Mr. Speaker, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister shows up and works hard and delivers for his constituents. That is in stark contrast to the Liberal leader, who has one of the very worst attendance records on the floor of the House of Commons. He does not show up fo

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, there is a Conservative Party of Canada fund. It pays for all Conservative Party of Canada expenses. It is filed with Elections Canada every single year and it is also audited annually.

Transportation Safety  Mr. Speaker, obviously, our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims. We have already taken action to improve our railway safety system. We introduced a bill on this mandating stricter penalities for those who break the rules. What is more, legislation protects

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, we have already answered this question. A single fund is used to pay for all Conservative Party spending and that fund is controlled by the Conservative Party.

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is wrong. The Conservative Party fund is controlled by the Conservative Party.

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the Conservative Party has a single fund for partisan expenses, including the party leader's partisan expenses.

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the Conservative Fund of Canada is audited every year.

Conservative Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, as I just said, the Conservative Party has a separate fund to cover partisan expenditures. The leader of the Conservative Party is also the Prime Minister. This is neither a mystery nor a secret. The hon. member should focus on the economy and job creation. That i

Conservative Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, the answer is no.

Conservative Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, if the hon. member wants to know the answer, he should look to the previous response to his question.

Conservative Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, when the Conservative Party of Canada has expenses for partisan purposes, including those of its leader, they are paid by the Conservative Party of Canada. In the NDP, those members say they too have a party function to cover costs of this nature. I do not know if th

Conservative Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, can I tell you a secret? Do you promise you will not tell anybody? Do not tell the NDP. Do not tell the CBC. The Prime Minister of Canada is the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, and when there are Conservative Party of Canada expenses, including from its

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the Conservative Party of Canada controls the Conservative Fund of Canada. That is the message that we have delivered from the very beginning. There is one account. It is controlled by the Conservative Party. It has been publicly known since the existence of the Con