International Trade committee   principle as what happened at the Canadian Wheat Board committee. You know that. Deadlines are imposed, proper debate is not given, and parliamentarians and parties.... You're shot down to parties now. We're all elected in our own right, but you're down to parties. Can the parliamentary

Business of Supply  . There are things we have established over the years, not just the Liberal Party, but all parties. We talked about education and health, but take even our agriculture system, with supply management, for example when we had the Wheat Board. Those were things that made farmers prosperous. Take

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, what we have to do is listen to the 10,000-plus farmers who voted against the government's dismantling of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly. They realized that at the end of the day, it would mean fewer Prairie farmers and the economies of many rural communities

Business of Supply   and that are increasing the income inequality gap that needs to be addressed. There are policy decisions by the government that have profound impacts. On the Prairies, I can talk about the Canadian Wheat Board and the hundreds of small prairie farmers who will be lost because of the government's

Increasing Offenders' Accountability for Victims Act   to committee. I do not know how that would have worked for back-to-work legislation, the killing of the Canadian Wheat Board or many of the other pieces of legislation, such as the gun registry and so forth. Having said that, if that principle does not change, based on what the previous

Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act   the budget itself to the Canadian Wheat Board, to back-to-work legislation and yet again today. I would emphasize, for the Conservative backbenchers in particular, that when they start to think about what will happen next week during the hours and hours of potential voting that might

Continuation and Resumption of Rail Service Operations Legislation  Mr. Speaker, what is clear is that a Conservative majority government does not support democracy within this chamber. We can talk about time allocation records dealing with issues like the Canadian Wheat Board, the pooled pension, copyright bill, gun registry, financial system

Copyright Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I agree on that last point in regard to the budget tactic, if one wants to call it a tactic. I do not quite understand it myself. I bring to the attention of the minister a list of some of the bills where time allocation has been brought in: Canada Wheat Board

Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity Act   allocation, and this is not the first time. We can talk about back-to-work legislation for unions at Canada Post. We can talk about Air Canada back-to-work legislation. We can talk about the pooled pension program and the Canadian Wheat Board. In endless legislation, the government has

Safer Railways Act   with rail line abandonment or improving rail line services to people who live in northern Manitoba. One could talk about the impact of the Wheat Board on the community of Churchill, which is dependent on the rail line. The NDP Government of Manitoba was truly quiet on it. I think

Safer Railways Act  , such as on the Wheat Board and so forth. We have talked about economic development with the rail lines, and how important that is. My question is on something that I had asked a previous member of her party, and that was in regard to the New Democratic Party's position or policy with regard

Safer Railways Act   to the railway in the province of Manitoba, in particular from Winnipeg to Churchill, in a decision in regard to the Wheat Board. We need to look at the railway as an industry that provides life to many rural communities, not only in Manitoba but in Quebec, Ontario and throughout our country

Safer Railways Act   that the Canadian Wheat Board has been brought to its knees by the government, there is a real threat. We will have to agree to disagree on that particular point. Many individuals in Manitoba and well beyond are concerned about the port of Churchill, which is very much dependent on rail line

Financial Statement of Minister of Finance   are concerned about the Wheat Board and the impact that will have. There are literally hundreds of issues across this great nation of ours. We would hope that in recognition of how important this debate is, we would allow members to contribute to that debate. We all have stories

Roy Nelson   as a farmer and rancher. Whatever influences shaped his character, they produced in Roy an extraordinary individual, dedicated to his family and all those around him. Roy's passion for agriculture was evident in his support for the Wheat Board. He fought for fairness for those affected