Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act  Mr. Speaker, we are talking about PRPPs, about the Canada pension plan, about billions of dollars and about the retirement of Canadians. It is somewhat disappointing that the Minister of Finance would not have chosen this as an opportunity to clearly give an indication to all Can

National Flag of Canada  Mr. Speaker, it is interesting that we come back after a recess in December and here we are on day one, hour one, and the government's agenda is about the Canadian flag and members applaud. Over the last number of weeks those members, like the members of the Liberal Party, have

National Flag of Canada  Mr. Speaker, I advise the member that we have a government-sponsored private member's bill before us. If the government really wanted to be in tune with what Canadians want debated inside this chamber, it would find full co-operation from within the Liberal Party to allow debate

Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act  Mr. Speaker, I have had the opportunity to ask this question previously. Without question, the issue of crime and safety is really important to my constituents in Winnipeg North. People want to feel safe in the communities in which they live. I made a commitment to bring my cons

Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act  Madam Speaker, I am somewhat encouraged by the member's comments. He gave the impression that the government would be open to having amendments. I want to send a message directly to the Prime Minister. People are concerned about crime and safety in their communities. They expect

Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act  Madam Speaker, it is somewhat refreshing that we are debating Bill C-26. One could argue the merits of the bill because we see an active interest from citizens to be able to protect their property. Yet some concerns have been expressed with regard to the whole vigilante concept.

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure for me to share some thoughts in terms of infrastructure projects and the way in which projects come into being. However, I must say at the very onset of the discussion that as much as it is encouraging to see the resolution, after I listened to the

Canada-Jordan Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Madam Speaker, I think listeners should be very concerned, in terms of the general direction that the government is taking inside this chamber. It thinks nothing nowadays of bringing forward issues such as time allocation. Now we see adjournments. The idea behind these tactics is

Canada-Jordan Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Madam Speaker, I have a question for the parliamentary secretary that might be a little bit off topic and it is in regard to trade. Trade agreements have the potential to be a wonderful thing and they can be very protective of jobs and secure markets into the future. But because

Fair Representation Act  Mr. Speaker, I wonder if my colleague could provide some comment regarding Europe and England where they have actually reduced the number of members of parliament. Could he reflect on the current Prime Minister, who, at one point in time, advocated that the size of the House of C

Fair Representation Act  Mr. Speaker, the leader of the Conservative Party, today's Prime Minister, at one time recognized that the Liberal Party's position was in fact the best position on the table, and that is we maintain the number of seats at 308. At one time, he said that we should have fewer membe

Fair Representation Act  Mr. Speaker, Bill C-20, the more politicians bill, is really what the bill is all about. In fact, I want to go to what the Prime Minister used to say about members of Parliament. This is a quote from our current Prime Minister just a few years ago. He stated, “The size of the Ho

Copyright Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I would ask the member to join me in appealing to the parliamentary secretary responsible for the bill to get a very simple statement. I wonder if the parliamentary secretary would be prepared to guarantee on behalf of the government that individuals who wanted to pu

Copyright Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, the member made reference to the support he had received for the legislation. In part, the legislation does have some merits, but a vast majority of Canadians have shared some overriding concerns with me and other members of the opposition and these need to be addres

Copyright Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, there is a great deal of concern on the part of the people who view the proceedings here and witness first-hand what is going on, not only on this bill but with other pieces of legislation that comes before us. The government does seem to have a big company mentali