New Member Introduced Mr. Murray Rankin, member for the electoral district of Victoria, introduced by the Hon. Thomas Mulcair, the Leader of the Opposition.
December 11th, 2012House debate
The Environment Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to rise in the House today and represent the people of Victoria. Against the wishes of many residents, Conservatives recently approved a mega-yacht marina in Victoria's inner harbour. A planned environmental assessment was cancelled, yet another victim
December 11th, 2012House debate
Technical Tax Amendments Act, 2012 Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my colleague, the member for Parkdale—High Park, on an excellent analysis of the bill, for which I am grateful. My question is in respect of the member's role on the finance committee. Could she advise as to what the government is doing to ensure comp
January 28th, 2013House debate
Canada Revenue Agency Mr. Speaker, without warning the Conservatives have cut the direct mailing of tax packages to Canadians, which has a disproportionate effect on seniors. The Conservative plan to get more people to file their taxes online has security experts raising alarm bells that the new syste
January 31st, 2013House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the hon. member for Churchill. I rise today to deliver my first speech as the member of Parliament for Victoria. I am anxious to contribute to this historic debate on the plight of aboriginal peoples, but before doing so please permit
January 31st, 2013House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, when the member says that this party and this member is opposed to the building of pipelines, that grossly overstates what I said. I had reference to only one pipeline, a pipeline that has been, if not universally, by a vast majority of people, aboriginal and non-abo
January 31st, 2013House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, the omnibus bills address matters far beyond the purview of a normal budget measure. That is well known to all Canadians and a precedent that would seem to me to be retrograde. The kind of legislative changes to environmental legislation, which are so critical in pr
January 31st, 2013House debate
Disability Tax Credit Promoters Restrictions Act Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak to Bill C-462, and I acknowledge that the bill was sponsored by the member for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke. I thank her for her work on this important issue. I will be supporting the bill because, like the member, I believe it is necessary to es
February 5th, 2013House debate
Canada Revenue Agency Mr. Speaker, yesterday the NDP successfully pushed the finance committee to study tax havens. The U.K., the U.S. and Australia all have published official estimates of how much these tax havens are costing them, but the Conservatives' position is to cover their eyes and pretend i
February 6th, 2013House debate
Canada Revenue Agency Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives are quick to brag about money they have recovered, but they do not know how much money has gone missing. It is entirely possible to calculate how much revenue the government is losing as a result of tax havens. Other countries have done it. So why
February 6th, 2013House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Beauport—Limoilou. I am honoured to speak today on this important motion by my colleague, the member for Parkdale—High Park, our opposition finance critic. This motion calls on the government to do two distinct things:
February 7th, 2013House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I think there were two points that were made. If I understood the question, the first was about moving away from the independence of Parliament and somehow giving the opposition the opportunity to influence that officer. With respect, that betrays a misunderstanding
February 7th, 2013House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I accept in principle that there is a progression exactly as has occurred, as I pointed out, with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. She was initially housed within an agency of the government. This is a similar situation vis-à-vis the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
February 7th, 2013House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, Canadians must stand up and be counted on this. Canadians stood up when there was a desire for an Access to Information Act. A Conservative member, Mr. Ged Baldwin, devoted his career to achieving that goal. An Information Commissioner was appointed and Canadians hav
February 7th, 2013House debate
The Senate Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister once promised, “I will not name appointed people to the Senate”. The Prime Minister has now broken that promise 58 times, and the Conservatives defend their negligence of their duties with make-believe ads on the NDP. As a new member, I find this a
February 11th, 2013House debate