Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We got together and decided we would put the First National Building Officers Association together. At that time we hired John Kiedrowski as our project manager. We're a non-profit organization. We don't get involved in politics at the first nations level or any other. Our association likes to be the odd man out, you might say.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In the summer of 1898, while Ottawa developed plans to hold treaty negotiations the following spring, the first nations of the region became increasingly angry over the influx of miners. As the Ottawa Citizen reported: There are 500 Indians camped at Fort St. John who refuse to let police and miners go further north until a treaty has been signed with them. They claim that some of their horses have been taken by the miners and are also afraid that the advent of so many men into their country will drive away the fur; hence their desire to stop the travel north.

Environment committee  We would like to propose a subamendment to simply change “environment” on line 15 to “sustainable development” as Ms. Duncan has suggested, but then to delete the rest of the proposal.

Finance committee  Thank you, John. Mr. Duncan Alexander Kirby, go ahead.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you very much for your question, Mr. Long. I'm actually a native of Saint John and a proud graduate of Saint John High School. It's nice to speak with you. We are trying to track the technology that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is acquiring.

Contribution of Ranchers and Farmers  Palliser's Triangle, or the area of the Prairies in southeastern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan today, was named after the British captain, John Palliser. He explored the prairie region in the 1840s for the British government, and he was not impressed with the potential of the Prairies for settlement and agricultural practices.

Government Appointments  Mr. Speaker, is it any surprise that the Prime Minister would endorse that type of behaviour? It is bad enough that Dwight Duncan effectively bankrupted Ontario while he was the finance minister of the province. However, as a non-partisan appointee of the Prime Minister, he has been engaged in reckless behaviour on social media, gushing over his Liberal pals, attacking anyone who is not, and disparaging U.S. officials.

Government Appointments  Mr. Speaker, if Dwight Duncan is in an apologizing mood, maybe he could apologize for working with Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne, turning Ontario into a have-not province while he was finance minister. With construction of the $4.8 billion bridge set to start next summer, Duncan has been preoccupied on social media gushing over Liberals and attacking anyone who is not.

Canada Elections Act  The bill is said to be the response to that problem. I thought it very telling that the member for St. John's East said there are rules that the parties set for themselves. That was a description of the bill. This is a bill where the Liberals are setting rules for themselves. This is not solving the problem of cash for access fundraisers.

Environment committee  I had a brief talk with John. I'm still a bit confused about how this ties with the private member's bill. The private member's bill, as I understand it, has to do with tax measures, and that can only apply to private property, not government property. So I'm still a little confused about how the two tie together.

Environment committee  My questions fall well after John's. I am informed that we already have a lot of staff vacancies in the national parks, particularly in interpretation. Certainly, that's the case in Alberta. There is going to be a heightened workload because of the minister's inviting everybody and their dog to the park—hopefully no dogs off leash.

Industry committee  Yes. I would just add that very consistent with Minister Duncan's example of artificial intelligence, broadly speaking, in the innovation agenda, we are looking at a number of points of interest, if you like, with respect to tech transfer. Another concrete example would be the initiatives related to our incubators.

Industry committee  I'm going to pass it on to Minister Duncan for opening comments.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This was prior to some of these debates we've had about the Lefebvre and McGrath committees. There was an MP by the name of John Reid, who was the MP for Kenora—Rainy River. He delivered a speech at the University of Victoria to a national conference on the legislative process. It was reprinted in the Canadian Parliamentary Review, volume 1, number 1, June 1978.

Environment committee  Too, Wayne and I have to work this out. I've talked to John a bit about this. The aspect that I'm interested in, frankly, has to do with the private bill as well, and is private property, whereas it's appropriate for Wayne, as our protected areas critic, to do all the parks and government-owned facilities.