Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, this is my first opportunity to address the House and it is a distinct honour to stand and speak on behalf of the citizens of the great riding of Simcoe North as their representative and as a member of the government. I would like to thank the electors of Simcoe Nort

RESUMPTION OF DEBATE ON ADDRESS IN REPLY  Mr. Speaker, as this is my first address to the House I must say that it is a distinct honour and privilege to stand and represent the citizens of my riding in this place. I thank them for placing their confidence in me. My thanks therefore go out to the citizens of Simcoe North

RESUMPTION OF DEBATE ON ADDRESS IN REPLY  Mr. Speaker, the member is absolutely right. It will take an intense amount of cooperation and work with provincial and territorial governments to put this type of wait time guarantee in place. That is well recognized. The member should be reminded that of the $41 billion over 1

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the citizens of Simcoe North, I have two petitions to table today. The first is a petition signed by 195 of my constituents from the riding of Simcoe North. It is an initiative by a Ms. Kelly Clune of my riding, who speaks out on environmental threats an

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition is signed on behalf of 29 of my constituents from the riding of Simcoe North. I note that this initiative is supported by no less than 11 associations representing up to 1.4 million retired persons. The petitioners are asking for fairer treatment

Myron Humeniuk  Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to bring attention to the work of Mr. Myron Humeniuk, a resident of mine in the Township of Penetanguishene, who recently returned from a volunteer assignment in Fuxin, China. Mr. Humeniuk was there at the request of the forestry departmen

Aeronautics Act  Mr. Speaker, I commend the parliamentary secretary for his truly terrific involvement in advancing the Aeronautics Act. As the parliamentary secretary mentioned, this is overdue. I bring my perspective as a pilot, predominantly in the general aviation industry and someone who f

Aeronautics Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to express my support for my constituents. I had the opportunity to speak with a number of them this past weekend on different matters affecting the House. One in particular was the issue relating to the Aeronautics Act. In speaking with people who, in

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I welcome my colleague's intervention today in respect of this important issue and I certainly concur with him in respect of jurisdiction. We see that this is an important piece of federal responsibility with respect to the control of these products. Clearly, when

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her comments and the history lesson we received this afternoon. However, I would beg the member's indulgence on one item. She mentioned at one point that at the moment she and hon. members in the NDP were not bringing forward any kind of

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I have listened to a number of speakers this afternoon and earlier in this morning and I get an overwhelming sense that attention is not necessarily being paid to the science. The member mentioned that the science has proclaimed these conclusions. Let us look at th

Tourism Industry  Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to acknowledge the great work of tourism professionals, managers and front line workers who together greet most of the 107 million visitors to Canada each year. Their good efforts help sustain a tourism industry in Canada that earns $57.5

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, as I listened to some of the members speaking this morning there has been a consistent theme with respect to the issue of supply and demand, and the rather wholesale assailment on the virtues of profit. On the issue of supply and demand, we all know that the price

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I note in the member's comments some concerns around access to post-secondary education, particularly as it relates to tuition fees. I look back and see the commitments of this government with respect to breaking down barriers for post-secondary education. There are

Stephen Leacock Association  Mr. Speaker, the great Canadian author Stephen Leacock once wrote: A man will freely confess that he has no ear for music, or no taste for fiction, or even no interest in religion. But I have yet to see the man who announces that he has no sense of humour. Since 1946, the Ste