Search and Rescue  Mr. Speaker, my apologies, and my thanks for your tolerance today. On May 8, there was an emergency at Park Lake, near Happy Valley-Goose Bay. However, none of the three Griffin helicopters based at 5 Wing Goose Bay were available. All were out of service for maintenance. This

Search and Rescue  Mr. Speaker, the Conservative government, and it knows this, has really gutted front-line search and rescue services. The Minister of National Defence made a fly-through announcement in response to the Auditor General's report and did little to address any of the deficiencies.

41st General Election  Mr. Speaker, the facts are clear. The Conservative Party pled guilty in a campaign finance scandal involving senior senators; the federal court declared that the Conservative Party's voter database was the source of campaign election fraud; and now, Elections Canada found that tw

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, Conservative ethical breaches keep piling up. Peter Penashue's campaign finance problems; well, that was Reg Bowers' fault. Illegal use of the Conservative database in the last election; that was Pierre Poutine's fault. Mike Duffy's improper expense claims; a staffer

Search and Rescue  Mr. Speaker, a recent National Defence report acknowledged and revealed glaring inadequacies in search and rescue in Canada's North. Among those many weaknesses was the limited and aging fleet of aircraft and the limited deployment areas of operation for those aircraft. It points

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to stand in the House to speak to the debate that is ongoing here and to talk about my riding and the economy in that part of our country. First of all, I want to thank the people of Labrador for electing me as their member of Parliament and for allowi

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2  Mr. Speaker, first I am going to say that we take the equality of opportunity very seriously on this side of the House. My colleague, the member for Kings—Hants, has been one of the few people who have stood up in this Parliament on a regular basis talking about what is happening

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2  Mr. Speaker, my colleague is absolutely right. My first election in politics was as an independent member in the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature in 1996, and he was at that time the leader of the New Democratic Party in Newfoundland and Labrador, and we actually shared a wi

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2  Mr. Speaker, it is important to note that when the announcement was made that there would be a third helicopter added at 5 Wing Goose Bay and that this would be seen as an improvement to responding to search and rescue operations, we learned two things: one was that protocols got

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I want to confirm for my colleague that, yes indeed, they have thrown out the NDP government in Nova Scotia. Our Liberal leader has certainly outlined the tremendous opportunity we have in the economy of Canada and a platform that we will bring forward as the Liber

Correctional Service Canada  Mr. Speaker, on the weekend, the Prime Minister said he could not care less what Canadians think of him or his government. Unfortunately, this also applies to Canadian—

Correctional Service Canada  Mr. Speaker, unfortunately this also applies to Canadian correctional officers who are also being ignored by the Prime Minister, even though the number of violent episodes in our prisons has increased by 33% since 2010, putting the lives of our correctional officers in danger. W

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I certainly want to ask my colleague a question with regard to his comments and contribution to the debate today. As we know, there have been a lot of contradictory responses in the House of Commons around what has been happening in the Senate, who was responsible,

Search and Rescue  Mr. Speaker, on Monday, a fishing vessel en route from St. Anthony to Triton, Newfoundland became engulfed in flames. Three fishermen had to evacuate the ship after making a mayday call. That call was received by St. Anthony Coast Guard radio and St. John's Coast Guard radio, bot

Aviation Safety  Mr. Speaker, the inquiry into the tragic Cougar helicopter crash in Newfoundland and Labrador claiming the lives of offshore workers has strongly recommended that the federal government establish a transportation safety board as part of the C-NLOPB. Today, I ask the government t