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Liberation of the Netherlands Madam Speaker, the largest official delegation of Canadian veterans ever, representatives of veterans organizations, youth, and War Amps Operation Legacy are in the Netherlands from May 1 to May 10 to participate in events commemorating the 60th anniversary of the liberation of t
May 2nd, 2005House debate
Anthony RotaLiberal
Veterans Affairs Mr. Speaker, shortly the Minister of Veterans Affairs will be introducing a new veterans charter in the House. I rise today to pay tribute to the veterans organizations that have brought some of their members from across the country to take part in this memorable day. They are:
April 20th, 2005House debate
Anthony RotaLiberal
Skiing Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to North Bay native, Steve Omischl, who just last week captured the gold medal for the world freestyle ski championship in Ruka, Finland. Steve performed two jumps in the event, including a quad-twisting triple somersault, which Steve cla
March 22nd, 2005House debate
Anthony RotaLiberal
Arts and Culture Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Judith Fitzgerald, an acclaimed writer and poet who currently resides in northern Ontario's Almaguin Highlands. Judith Fitzgerald is a writer of complex poems, a literary journalist and a biographer of Marshall McLuhan and Leonard Cohe
February 21st, 2005House debate
Anthony RotaLiberal
Veterans Affairs Mr. Speaker, today is Valentine's Day and across this country, Canadians are once again remembering our nation's veterans. As part of the Valentines for Vets program, Veterans Affairs Canada has received more than 4,000 valentine greetings which have been forwarded to veterans in
February 14th, 2005House debate
Anthony RotaLiberal
National Defence Mr. Speaker, could the government please update the House on the status of the search and rescue operation now underway in the Baltic Sea for Canadian Forces Leading Seaman Robert Leblanc?
February 9th, 2005House debate
Anthony RotaLiberal
Raymond Klibansky Prize Mr. Speaker, Dr. Steven High, a history professor at Nipissing University in my riding, was recently awarded the Raymond Klibansky Prize. This award is presented annually by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Professor High's book Industrial Sunset:
January 31st, 2005House debate
Anthony RotaLiberal
Global Positioning System Mr. Speaker, a new instructional manual and DVD developed in my riding will help solve the learning dilemma for many global positioning system users. A book entitled, What Do Those Numbers Mean Anyway? , written by Bill Steer, has recently been published by the Canadian Ecology
December 8th, 2004House debate
Anthony RotaLiberal
Veterans Affairs Mr. Speaker, the government's veterans independence program has been providing home care, housekeeping and groundskeeping services for veterans for two decades. Last year the program was extended to provide these services to surviving primary caregivers for life. Unfortunately m
December 7th, 2004House debate
Anthony RotaLiberal
Agriculture Mr. Chair, once again, as mentioned earlier, there are no loan applications. The government is working with lending institutions to help these organizations get off the ground. We are very willing to work with these institutions to get things going. This is a cooperative model.
October 12th, 2004House debate
Anthony RotaLiberal
Agriculture Mr. Chair, from what I can understand the member from across the way is asking me to comment on a specific case that I have no knowledge of. He keeps asking for an application. There is no application. The loan is being worked on with a lending institution. I do not think the gov
October 12th, 2004House debate
Anthony RotaLiberal
Agriculture Mr. Chair, I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak in the House on such an important issue. Without a doubt, BSE has affected every Canadian in one way or another. Certainly once Canadians found out about a cow testing positive for BSE the public sought assurances that the
October 12th, 2004House debate
Anthony RotaLiberal
Mental Illness Mr. Speaker, an unfortunate accident 14 years ago forced North Bay resident Dave Gallson, now the program director for the National Network for Mental Health, to face new realities, work through mental health issues and change his profession. He created the BUILT Network: Buildi
October 8th, 2004House debate
Anthony RotaLiberal