International Trade  Mr. Speaker, we heard that line seven months ago. Clearly the minister has failed to close this trade deal with Europe, so why did the Prime Minister fly off to Brussels last year at the height of the Senate scandal? Will the Prime Minister tell us how much his European photo op

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I keep hearing the government members saying that they believe it is important that Canadians be offered jobs first before TFWs are used. However, the problem is that there has been massive manipulation of this program all across this country. Ironworkers remain une

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, it is too bad that the member does not listen to lawyers, because he would know that there is the concept of hot pursuit, which is a situation in which police officers believe that a crime is in process and they do not have time to get a warrant. In those opportuniti

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to commend my hon. colleague from Edmonton—Strathcona for her outstanding work in the House. She is a lawyer as well, so she is highly conversant with many of these concepts. I wish more of our friends on the other side of the House were. Given their recent r

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, it is fortunate to have a police officer asking a lawyer about the law, and I will be happy to elucidate for him a little bit.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to stand in support of the official opposition New Democratic motion introduced by our superb colleague, the member for Terrebonne—Blainville. I should point out that I will be sharing my time with my hon. colleague, the equally commendable member fo

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, it is interesting to me that some time ago, when the current government cancelled the long form census, one of its arguments was that it felt that the census was an indefensible violation of Canadians' privacy rights. Many of us disagreed with that, but that was cert

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my hon. friend on a very well-reasoned speech. I listened to the debate this morning, and some numbers were thrown around. One of them concerns the important issue of vouching. The estimate is that in the last election about 120,000 Cana

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully as the hon. member spoke a lot about corporate social responsibility and how important that is to Canadians. However, I think Canadians are also expecting government democratic responsibility. Honduras is an undemocratic country, with one of the

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, here is the truth. The Conservatives have brought in two motions today to do one thing: to disrupt the testimony of the Chief Electoral Officer. This is after the Conservatives gave their word to the parties in this House that we would end a filibuster in order to ha

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  But it is all true.

Canada-Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, this is simply outrageous. The Minister of International Trade is defending the government's move to curtail debate on a Canada–Honduras trade deal after half a day of debate. The government talks about opening negotiations in 2009, which is ironic because in 2009

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, in the statistics that my friend raised it is interesting that the highest percentage increase in trade comes with those countries that we do not have trade agreements with, China and Hong Kong. That speaks to some flaws in the current neoliberal trade template that

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, New Democrats believe in open and progressive trade. We believe in negotiating new market access for our exporters to unlock good jobs here in Canada. We believe in promoting value-added industries to raise standards of living and create benefits for all Canadians an

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, for Canadians watching, what we are dealing with here is the finding from the Speaker that there has been a prima facie case of privilege. The common practice in this House, as described by former clerks of this House, is to refer that matter to committee for furthe