Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Trinity—Spadina for the statistics she gave with which I could not agree more. If the hon. member was listening to my speech, in fact the numbers she gave, the 73% on enforcement, and 7% on prevention, I also mentioned that there

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise to discuss a very important issue to my constituents of Newton—North Delta: our society's approach to illegal drugs. It affects my family, neighbours, businesses and constituents across Newton—North Delta. I say my family because, along with my wife, Roni, we

Budget Implementation Act, 2008  Mr. Speaker, first, I thank the hon. member for her work on the very important files. When it comes to the transparency and accountability of the government, the member is well aware of the bad practices of the government, whether it be the Brian Mulroney-Schreiber affair or th

Budget Implementation Act, 2008  Mr. Speaker, in fact, when I look at the track record of my leader, whether it is on environment, or immigration or on social justice issues, there is no one who comes close to him. I am very proud of my leader and I am in full support of him. I appreciate the Parliamentary Sec

Budget Implementation Act, 2008  If the member for Langley is in the House, he will find that out. However, every group in our country is avoiding the drastic changes the government is bringing to the immigration system because businesses and families in Canada will suffer.

Budget Implementation Act, 2008  Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to speak about an issue that has caused my constituents great concern and fear. In fact, in the time that I have served as the member of Parliament for Newton—North Delta, my office has never received this kind of reaction from the people i

Vaisakhi  Mr. Speaker, last Saturday Kwantlen Park Secondary School held its annual Vaisakhi Mela and it was a pleasure to see all the families and friends, both young and old, who came out for this event. This evening, the Surrey Board of Trade is holding its Catch the Spirit Vaisakhi ev

Budget Implementation Act, 2008  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the member for Halton for his hard work and his passion in serving his constituents and all Canadians. He was also in my riding talking to seniors about income trusts, so I thank him. My question is about these sweeping changes to immigr

Komagata Maru Incident  Mr. Speaker, I wish to congratulate the hon. member for Brampton—Springdale for proposing this motion which is long overdue. I have listened very carefully to my colleagues on the Conservative benches and also the NDP and Bloc. The consensus seems to be that the government is no

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, the facts are clear. The legislation would give the minister unilateral powers to refuse to process applications and to discriminate against newcomers based on background, region or skill sets. Will the minister admit that these reforms remove equality from Canada'

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, the government has tried to hide sweeping immigration reforms in the budget bill and has denied Parliament and all Canadians the opportunity to have an open and honest debate. Is the government afraid that such a debate will force it to abandon these discriminatory

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, the government's changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act will set the system back to the 1950s. If these amendments pass, the new powers given to the minister will be very scary. The Conservatives should be investing more money in hiring more immigrati

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, if that member and the NDP are so concerned about child care, aboriginal communities and poverty, why did they vote with the Conservatives in the last election to bring down the Liberal government? He should remember that by doing so, we lost the child care agreement

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to offer the House my response to the budget. For the Canadian public, this is not an exciting budget. As the representative for Newton—North Delta I see two key reasons for this. First and foremost, this is a document that leans heavily o

The Budget  I will be coming back to that. There was a strange sense of déjà vu on Tuesday, listening to the finance minister deliver policy after policy that first came from the Liberal side of the House. For example, take the gas tax that is proposed to be permanently transferred to the