Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to stand in this House today as the newly elected member for Calgary Signal Hill. I will talk a bit about the riding in a few minutes. Before I do that, I would like congratulate you, Mr. Speaker, the member for Simcoe North, and the member for Hali

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, they will never get me standing in the House and agreeing with very much of what President Obama says or does. Let us forget Mr. Obama and talk about the British House of Commons. The British House of Commons, just two weeks ago, with the support of the Labour Party

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, as was mentioned several times, the federal budget deficit is increasing by the day. The member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan is bang on. The Liberals are going to be looking for money wherever they can, and the easy way to do it and the history of past Liberal

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, frankly I despise that term “middle class”, but we will use it since it is a term that the government wants to use. However, a tax cut for middle-income folks is hardly of value if they do not have a job. That is one of the issues we have in Alberta today. All I am

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to stand today in the House. I think I am if not the last then close to the last speaker to this motion. That has both good and bad repercussions. I get the last word, but unfortunately, an awful lot has been said. A lot was said on this side of the

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, again I would like to congratulate the member for his election in Edmonton Centre. We will do everything to ensure that he is a one-term member but while he is here we will have to deal with him. It is a matter of opinion. I can say that I have over 100,000 constitu

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I could do that. It has been well documented by all of my colleagues who spoke today. However, I want to make another comment. About five years ago, when serving as the minister of energy in Alberta, we hosted the energy ministers from across the country. We went up

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, generally a member of Parliament is pleased to stand in his or her place in this House and say positive things about his or her riding, but unfortunately, today is not that day. In the past year, more than 100,000 Albertans have lost their jobs and much of their pri

Natural Resources  Turn it over, the right answer is on the other side.

Finance  Mr. Speaker, we will see if the government can live up to this commitment. During the election campaign, the Prime Minister promised that we would have a slight budget deficit over the next couple of years to fund infrastructure, but then by the end of the mandate in 2019, the b

Ron Southern  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the passing of an Alberta and Canadian icon. In the late forties, Ron Southern, along with his father, invested some $2,000 and started the Alberta Trailer Company to house oilfield workers after the Leduc discovery of oil. That company, no

Life Means Life Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-229, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts (life sentences). Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to introduce the bill today. The bi

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I wish I could say it is my pleasure to stand today and speak to this piece of legislation. Unfortunately, it is not, but it is important to put some views on record. These are the views of my constituents that I talked to during the election campaign. As I went fr

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I have a fair representation of those who are on retirement pension plans, as all members have. When I was door knocking, one of the things I found was that people who were retired and on a pension plan today were not that concerned about their own particular situati

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, one of the ironies of this whole debate is that we have proven on this side of the House that this so-called tax cut the member refers to ends up being a saving of $1 a day. However, the government is taking away the ability for Canadians to make some of their own ch