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Fair Representation Act  Madam Speaker, the Conservatives are in government. The Liberal Party has been in government and expects to be in government once again, eventually. If we talk to NDP members, they would very much like to be in government, hopefully, sometime soon. The NDP members are unable to provide actual substance to go with their arguments.

December 6th, 2011House debate

Justin TrudeauLiberal

Fair Representation Act  Madam Speaker, the challenge is that Canada is a country that is both urban and rural. The fact is that right now, in every province in the country, that balance plays into itself. Whether we are at 338 seats or 308 seats, the same questions will come up. We will be required to deal with difficult choices and answers.

December 6th, 2011House debate

Justin TrudeauLiberal

Fair Representation Act  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise today to discuss this because it is actually turning into what is, at least for politicians, a very interesting discussion. I do not know that Canadians are gripping the edges of their seats while watching this debate, but the conversation about how to make our democracy fairer, how to ensure that various areas of this country are properly represented, is one that is good to have.

December 6th, 2011House debate

Justin TrudeauLiberal

Fair Representation Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the intervention from the member for Winnipeg Centre who always gives us a passionate speech in defence of our country and a reflection of where we go forward from here. However, as the official opposition, as a party that is proposing that it is ready to govern this country, when the Conservatives put forward a proposal to give 30 more seats, we have given zero more seats in this House.

December 6th, 2011House debate

Justin TrudeauLiberal

Fair Representation Act  Mr. Speaker, as I was looking at the numbers, I had a problem because I could not actually get at the figures the government was putting forward in terms of Quebec's representation. Every time I calculated the Quebec number of seats, 78, divided by 308, I actually got below the threshold of Quebec's actual population.

December 6th, 2011House debate

Justin TrudeauLiberal

Fair Representation Act  I apologize, Madam Speaker.

December 6th, 2011House debate

Justin TrudeauLiberal

Fair Representation Act  Madam Speaker, I listened with interest to the NDP member's speech. I must say that we in the Liberal Party brought forward a proposal that talked about 308 seats in the House, which is the current number. We would not add any seats during this time of economic recession. The Conservatives did the math and presented some numbers.

December 6th, 2011House debate

Justin TrudeauLiberal

Prostate Cancer  Mr. Speaker, today marks the last day of movember and as our moustaches have grown, so has the popularity of this great campaign. Here in the House the three teams, the “New DeMOcrats”, the “Strong, Stable Conservative MOjority” and we “Li-Bros”, have together raised over $50,000.

November 30th, 2011House debate

Justin TrudeauLiberal

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, to distract us from the minister's incompetence and to counter its miserable record on the environment, this government has announced with gusto a paltry $120 million annually to fight climate change in Canada. In the past three years, Quebec alone has invested almost twice that amount, $200 million per year.

November 29th, 2011House debate

Justin TrudeauLiberal

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I have a simple question on ozone monitoring based entirely on what the Minister of the Environment himself has already said. In the House he said that his cuts are simply consolidating and streamlining duplicating measurements, but in his own signed order paper answer, hopefully not an unreliable source, he states that: “These measurements complement, but do not duplicate each other”.

November 24th, 2011House debate

Justin TrudeauLiberal

The Environment  You don't know what ozone is.

November 21st, 2011House debate

Justin TrudeauLiberal

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I had prepared a question for the Minister of the Environment about this troubling memo and the contradictions in his responses. These political non-answers lead me to ask a basic question on the minister's knowledge of this important issue. Could the minister explain to the House what ozone is and what is the difference between its impact at low altitude and high altitude?

November 21st, 2011House debate

Justin TrudeauLiberal

Youth Homelessness  Mr. Speaker, for many years different governments have tried to tackle the challenges surrounding poverty in Canada. We are a rich country and we all do our best to help others. Yet, as youth critic, it bothers me greatly to know that more than 65,000 young Canadians at any given time during the year can be homeless.

November 17th, 2011House debate

Justin TrudeauLiberal

Brain Tumour Awareness Month  Mr. Speaker, today is the last day of Brain Tumour Awareness Month in Canada. This may come as a surprise to some of my colleagues in the House. For too many Canadians—more than 50,000 of them—their brain tumour diagnosis also came as a surprise. As we have all experienced through family and friends, and even through some of our colleagues here, cancer does not discriminate and can strike quickly.

October 31st, 2011House debate

Justin TrudeauLiberal

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, you generously stated that you would allow speakers to work their way toward the issue in question. There is one minute remaining in the hon. member's speech. I believe he would now be addressing asbestos in the last minute if he—

October 31st, 2011House debate

Justin TrudeauLiberal