International Interests in Mobile Equipment (aircraft equipment) Act  Madam Speaker, I rise for the first time as the newly elected member for Hamilton Centre. I want to first thank my constituents and say what an incredible honour it is to stand here at this moment and address the House of Commons of our nation. I am joined by colleagues who were

International Interests in Mobile Equipment (aircraft equipment) Act  I would say very directly, Madam Speaker, yes, we do support major investment in our aeronautical and aircraft industry, for the simple reason that if we look around the world, we will see that the most successful aircraft assembly, and quite frankly the only successful aircraft

International Interests in Mobile Equipment (aircraft equipment) Act  Madam Speaker, in response to the hon. member, I think I did mention in my remarks that one of the benefits of the aerospace industry was the value added jobs. It is hard to have highly skilled workers if there is no decent education system in a country. It is harder to have high

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to join in the debate responding to the Speech from the Throne. I will be sharing my time with the member for Burnaby--Douglas. I want to again thank my constituents for the honour of being here. I want to thank my family for their under

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  A member asks about the $41 billion put back in. If health care is so important and if it needs that kind of money, why was $100 billion put into tax cuts instead of health care? Why was there $100 billion in tax cuts instead of affordable housing? Why was there $100 billion in

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, on the member's opening remark about the $41 billion, if health care is so important and such a crisis and a priority, why was it not done before? Why did the government make the $100 billion in tax cuts before making the investment in health care? That is the wrong

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I noted that the member was paying attention and I appreciate that very much. I might also say that I have connections to Saskatchewan. My dad was born in Saskatchewan, so I have a real affinity for that province. I do not think the member's question is one that ref

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I would also like to join with my colleague from Halifax in congratulating my friend from Burnaby—Douglas. Those are words that I think will stand the test of time. I would not be surprised if they were quoted back to the House in many years to come. The member touc

Sponsorship Program  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister. On the same day that Canada has slipped to historic lows on the government corruption index, we have learned that the sponsorship program involved weekly calls between the minister's office and Liberal connected ad firms. Now

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to the remarks by the member for Thornhill. One of his last comments was that the government faces significant social challenges. I want to say that those social challenges in large part were created by the member's government. We are talking ab

Supply  I am sorry, Mr. Speaker. Then it would be the Liberal government, and I will leave it at that. I will try not to confuse things, especially myself. I was saying that when you cut $25 billion from health care--

Supply  When the member's government cuts $25 billion from health care and cuts the last affordable housing program that we had in the country, that affects provinces because they have to make up for that or their citizens go without housing and without health care. That goes down throug

Bankruptcies  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the minister of labour. Will the minister acknowledge that he is aware of the lobbying efforts on behalf of the United Steelworkers of America who are here fighting for their members' pension rights in the cases of bankruptcy? The minister would a

Sponsorship Program  Mr. Speaker, the former top bureaucrat in charge of the sponsorship scandal testified today about the extent of his political influence in the Liberal government. Chuck Guité said he had a direct relationship all the way to Gagliano's office and the PMO. He was able to order up a

Sponsorship Program  Mr. Speaker, Canadians are tired of hearing this broken mantra everyday, that they cannot answer. You have answers to give to the people of Canada. We are going to continue pursuing you until you give them. Chuck Guité--