Anti-terrorism Act, 2015   about national security. We are talking about doing things right. The member and I fought over the Wheat Board. That is fine. We will put that behind us for the moment. However, I would ask the member to talk to his current House leader. When I was chair of the fisheries committee

Request for Emergency Debate   for the Canadian Wheat Board. The minister has consistently called for the dissolution of the Canadian Wheat Board. We have learned through his answers in question period that the minister will, in the next session of Parliament, attempt to do so without holding a plebiscite of the wheat board

House debate  Madam Speaker, in my question on November 4, I asked the minister to explain his act of misleading the committee and why he deliberately refused to meet the board of directors of the Canadian Wheat Board. Knowing this minister's tactics, I should not have been surprised

Canada–Jordan Economic Growth and Prosperity Act   is in regard to a debate that we had last summer when the government made the determination to get rid of the Canadian Wheat Board. By getting rid of the Canadian Wheat Board, I would argue that ultimately we are going to see fewer Prairie farmers dealing with grain as a commodity. We

Victims Bill of Rights Act   on a wide variety of different pieces of legislation, everything from budgets to pensions to the Canadian Wheat Board, and today it is Bill C-32. Since achieving his majority government, the Prime Minister has brought in closure, and that is what time allocation is, more than any other

Rail service   lost the Wheat Board, and there was an opportunity at that time for the government to come in with another system that would make everyone accountable and have everything move well. It can happen, but we have to have the cars, and we have to have everyone dealing with it. Right

Bill C-18 committee   a single-desk market or an open market. Their propaganda machine, and we've seen some of it--I believe Mr. Martin held up some of it last night--will be talking about the voluntary Wheat Board. Well, read the section closely, Mr. Chair: “The Governor in Council”--the government

Agriculture committee  Yes, I understand that, and I don't want to interrupt you, but I don't have much time and I will anyway. Do you have any place where those numbers are laid out? As I said, there is no longer a Canadian Wheat Board report that tells us anything. Is there any place we can turn

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the government is being very disrespectful to the farmers. A member stands up and says, “Well, we are not killing the Wheat Board.” The government will have to respect me for not listening to what it is saying, as opposed to listening to what over 20,000 prairie

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act   a majority now. It feels it can do whatever it wants. There is an issue that is very important to me, in fact I would suggest is important to all Canadians, but has a very significant impact in the Prairies, and that is the Canadian Wheat Board. The reason I bring it up at this point

Agricultural Growth Act   in the history of Canada have we witnessed this. This is not even the first time for this particular minister. Do members remember the Canadian Wheat Board? Even though it was denied the plebiscite, which by law was mandated, there was time allocation. It is disrespectful of our democracy

Committees of the House  , providing some sort of affirmation of their support for supply management. However, the Conservative government promised to support the Canadian Wheat Board, but at the end of the day it got rid of that board's monopoly. Why should farmers be confident in the government's commitment

Protection of Canada from Terrorists Act   allocation. To list few of them, there was the Canadian Wheat Board pool registration, copyright legislation, back-to-work legislation, free trade agreements, first nations legislation, and massive budget bills, which are an abuse in themselves. As has been pointed out, no government

Continuation and Resumption of Rail Service Operations Legislation  Mr. Speaker, the member's government, his Minister of Agriculture, brought in legislation just last year which in essence would kill the Canadian Wheat Board. That was in opposition to over 20,000 plus farmers who wanted to retain the Canadian Wheat Board. Any potential strike

Agriculture committee  On the Wheat Board windup and the $184.2 million that has been allocated for that, I know that at the time of the windup there were certain moneys that were retained by the Canadian Wheat Board from the pooled funds. They retained earnings for future applications. I think