International Aid  Mr. Speaker, the government falsely claims to the world to be in favour of basic human rights, like free expression, but its treatment of aid groups and aid workers speaks to a very different reality. The message is clear, “You oppose this government in any form, you get your

National Defence   time the government used this scheme to avoid public tender. It is still not clear that it got very good value for money. Wasted money means less money for the navy, less money for search and rescue and less money for peacekeeping. Why will the Conservatives not take government

International Co-operation  Mr. Speaker, as has been very clear, Canada wants to ensure that its G8 will save the lives of mothers and children. We know what interventions will be effective. In fact, these interventions have been endorsed by the University of Waterloo, John Hopkins University

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act   a comment. The comment is very clear, because this has to be on the record. Members of Parliament are citing the recent elections. They have to cite the fact that most Colombians could not vote or did not feel comfortable voting. Most Colombians could not vote or did not feel comfortable

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act   commercial ties with Colombia. This agreement is a result of this government listening to Canadian businesses and strengthening this country's economy. It is clear that this agreement makes commercial sense, and not just for one specific region or one province; it makes sense for all

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  . Furthermore, for all practical purposes, we should have taken the time to negotiate with the Uribe government, the government of Colombia, in order to send a clear message that we would be willing to sign a free trade agreement if the situation improves in terms of both human rights

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  , and production to assist in taking our investment relationship to a new level in the years ahead. Since the beginning of the global economic downturn, this government has been very clear that trade and investment hold the key to world economic recovery. That is why the government

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act   be heard, but this debate must be followed by a vote. It is time for that vote to take place. It is clear that a majority of Colombians support this free trade agreement. Of all the Colombians mainstream political parties, only one opposes these free trade agreements, whether

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, as I said earlier today, on behalf of the official opposition and our leader, Stephen Harper, the Canadian Alliance joins with all members of the House in offering our condolences to the families who lost loved ones tragically in Afghanistan and to our forces who

Committees of the House   is well funded. He will bring us back the respect from our American allies and our friends around the world. The country is losing the respect we have had with our American colleagues. We need to build it back and we will build it back under the Canadian Alliance with Stephen Harper

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the way these cases are being handled poses some very serious questions about the positive obligations of the Canadian government. I would like to ask the minister to turn his attention once again to the Abdelrazik case. It is very clear from the information

Economic and Fiscal Statement   the clear evidence, continued to say during the election that our banks are strong, that everything is going to be fine. Well, I understand politics and I understand that is what one says. But that same denial continues even today. In the economic statement yesterday, there were budget

Agriculture committee   very clear to all of us here that the enforcement body we have, the CFIA--and perhaps others--is not doing its job, for whatever reason. Perhaps it's the fact that they don't have large numbers of people. I question that, because we know they have a high number of people working

House debate   its pipeline. This is the third incident faced by people in my riding related to Kinder Morgan. There was a clear cutting of a pipeline right-of-way through the Forest Grove neighbourhood, where it became clear that Kinder Morgan did not know the location of the pipeline

House debate   eventually drained into Burrard Inlet, fouling the shorelines. Kinder Morgan reported that 234 cubic metres of crude oil was released. The Transportation Safety Board, TSB, released its report into this incident in March of this year. It is clear from the TSB report that confusion