Budget Implementation Act, 2008  Mr. Speaker, it was very interesting to listen to my colleague. I have one very short question. What do we call this party that has sat in the House for decades? We have listened to the party positions of the previous Reform Party and then the Canadian Alliance, which now have morphed into the Conservative Party, and those parties made it clear they were opposed to women's equality rights and the rights of official languages minorities.

Budget Implementation Act, 2008  I apologize, Mr. Speaker. What does that member, my colleague, think of such a party--

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister said that British Columbia's carbon tax plan was consistent with the Conservative plan. It is not very often that the Canadian government sends the two biggest provinces packing. Yet that is what the Minister of the Environment is doing by attacking Ontario and Quebec for their joint plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I have just two words to say to him: income trusts. The Minister of the Environment should admit that it is his government's lack of vision that is forcing the provinces to do his job for him. Will the minister admit that his so-called pale green plan is inconsistent with international consensus?

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, on Sunday afternoon, Ms. Couillard returned the secret documents to the government. The documents had been left at her house by the former foreign affairs minister. Yet at noon the next day, we heard the Prime Minister say once again that he was not taking this matter seriously.

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, we got two different versions from the only two statements the ex-foreign affairs minister has made. In one version he said he informed the Prime Minister on Monday; in the other version he said it was Sunday. The government cannot have it both ways. Either the Conservatives want us to believe that all of the senior officials kept it from the Prime Minister for over 24 hours, or they are trying to cover something up.

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, in his statement on Wednesday, the former foreign affairs minister stated that he informed the Prime Minister as soon as he was aware of the security breach, on Sunday. However, in his letter of resignation, he wrote that he informed the Prime Minister on Monday, in the late afternoon, at least 24 hours after the fact.

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, when the government fails to get its facts straight, Canadians start to believe they are being sold a bill of goods, so let us try it again. Will the government finally admit that the Prime Minister was well aware of the security breach on Sunday, 24 hours before he alleges?

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the government's version of this story is as full of holes as Swiss cheese. The secret documents left behind at Ms. Couillard's home were returned on Sunday, 24 hours before the Prime Minister says he became aware of the situation. These documents went missing some five weeks earlier, but no one mentioned that to the Prime Minister.

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, federal officials retrieved the documents from Madame Couillard's house on Sunday afternoon. Yesterday the ex-foreign affairs minister issued a statement that said: I informed the prime minister of my resignation...as soon as I became aware of a security breach...

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the government's answer to written question Q-205, which was made an Order for Return and tabled on Wednesday, April 9, 2008, which of the listed criteria were deemed to have been met in determining that it was in the “public interest” to charge Janet Hinshaw-Thomas under Section 117 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act?

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour for me to participate in this debate. I am not going to quote the third report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, which we are debating today, because many of the members who spoke before me have read it word for word. I am a woman and a lawyer, and I tend to try to find solutions when problems arise.

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, an independent analysis by Deloitte indicates that in the case of these takeovers 70% of the purchasers are tax exempt pension and private equity funds or foreign buyers who pay little, if any, tax in this country. Does the minister dispute this number that comes from Deloitte?

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, the question was about takeover of income trusts. Does the minister expect to collect more taxes or less taxes in revenues due to the takeover of many of these income trusts by pension funds and foreign private equity interests?

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, I am going to address the point that you just made and I hope it does not come off of my time. If I ask a four second question and the minister takes six or seven seconds, I do not have a problem, but when the minister is taking three and four times the time, then I do have a problem.