Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, the Liberal leader said Canada has become a laughing stock of the world. How dare he? How dare he come back to Canada after being away for 34 years, after calling himself an American, after accusing his fellow Canadians of living in a fantasyland, after calling our flag a pale imitation of a beer label, and call Canada a laughing stock?

Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec  Mr. Speaker, could we see the clock as 6:30 p.m.?

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Madam Speaker, I listened with interest to my colleague across the way. I have a great deal of respect for the hon. member. However, what I heard was a lot of information on issues outside of the bill. Let us just remind members what we are exactly looking at. There are a number of provisions within the bill that Canadians across the country, from coast to coast, have called for over the last number of years.

Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, the Liberal leader seems to be a fan of cover-ups. Perhaps he is just paranoid. The Liberal Party of Canada had its legions of lawyers attempt to stop the use of a video clip that its leader had during the time that he spent on C-SPAN. The lawyers from C-SPAN said that they had no problem with the Conservative Party using this clip, saying, “It's the highest form of speech...political speech”.

Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act  Madam Speaker, I ask that the division on the motion be deferred until Monday, June 1, at the end of government orders.

Customs Act  Mr. Speaker, the member discussed at length many issues unrelated completely to the bill we are discussing this morning. Because he did not have the opportunity to speak to that during his lengthy discussion and ramblings, I would like to ask him this question. What is the Liberal position or maybe his own position as to what technical changes within Bill S-2 he would like to see modified or changed?

Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, I stand on a point of order with regard to the comments made by the chair of the government operations and estimates committee. In his tabling of the report, he commented that the committee was disappointed in some actions of the government. I first want to make a clarification in terms of his remarks.

Health  Mr. Speaker, could the minister please provide an update to the House with regard to her work with the Mexican government? I know the Mexicans have previously asked us for assistance in determining if they were experiencing a human swine flu outbreak. Could the Minister of Health tell the House whether the Mexican government has asked the Canadian government for help yet again.

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, $20 billion of additional tax cuts by the Conservative government will leave more money in the hands of Canadians. It will assist to help the economy to grow during these tough economic times. However, the Liberal Party has a plan for dealing with the economic situation as well.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, during this process we will not compromise accountability. We believe it is critical to strike the right balance between the rapid delivery of stimulus measures and the appropriate due diligence and transparency. We have established clear conditions for the use of this vote to ensure the appropriate checks and balances are in place.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I stand today to support the special vote that is found in the main estimates known as vote 35. As we have heard today, vote 35 is a $3 billion appropriation requested by the government for the Treasury Board to provide funding for initiatives set out in the economic action plan starting April 1.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member just went to great lengths to compare what she believes the United States is doing right, and she somehow seems to indicate that we should be replicating that particular process. I wonder if the hon. member has been watching the United States news over the last number of weeks.

Tibet  Mr. Speaker, the Canadian government is committed to promoting Canada's core values of freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law around the world. Canada remains seriously concerned with the human rights situation in Tibet, including the treatment of Tibetans who continue to see violations of their freedom of expression, association and spiritual belief, as well as restrictions on their freedom of movement.

Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, the Liberal leader is out of touch with real Canadians. More specifically, he is out of touch with rural Canadians, most recently demonstrating this by his opposition to the Canadian seal hunt, all the while supporting a punitive carbon tax. He claimed during the 2006 Liberal leadership race and during last year's election that a carbon tax was a good thing for Canada and a good thing for our economy.

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, the Liberal opposition benches remind me of that Alicia Silverstone movie Clueless. In the Financial Post this morning the member for Markham—Unionville claimed that the budget was unconstitutional somehow, but he voted for it. His boss, the Liberal leader, voted for it.