Air Safety  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Transport on behalf of the new fourth party. A repeated request to the Minister of Transport has been denied by Nav Canada and the Minister of Transport to produce previously available safety documents. In particular two I am looki

Air Safety  Mr. Speaker, I wrote the minister for these documents and he wrote back to me on May 27 and refused to give them to me. He referred me to Nav Canada. It has also refused to give them to me. These are safety documents. They refer to an unsafe situation that has gone on for 10 year

Amherst  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Deputy Prime Minister. In January I wrote to the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the millennium project requesting that a vacant public building in Amherst to be turned over to the town of Amherst. The building has been vacant and empty for

Health  Mr. Speaker, first of all I would like to compliment the member for Ottawa Centre for bringing this motion forward. It is a very timely and important issue. I would also like to compliment our critic for health, the hon. member for New Brunswick Southwest, who is a strong advocat

Division No. 454  Madam Speaker, I rise again today to raise the subject of an unsafe condition in Kelowna, British Columbia, identified by the Department of Transport over 11 years ago. My question is brought on by a puzzling situation where Nav Canada within the last few weeks announced a $90 m

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I want to bring to the attention of the Minister of Transport again the Kelowna air traffic control tower which was deemed unsafe in 1984. I would like to quote from the Department of Transport report: “Due to the location and/or the height of the control tower, p

Highways  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Transport. One of the most controversial issues that has come up in the New Brunswick election already is the toll highway between Moncton and Petitcodiac, and rightly so. In 1995 the New Brunswick minister of transportation signed

National Horse Of Canada Act  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the very distinguished Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport. Just a few weeks ago the Government of Nova Scotia and Transport Canada arranged a meeting in Truro, Nova Scotia in my riding to discuss the emergency measure aspects of

Nav Canada  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Transport. When Transport Canada sold the control tower in Kelowna to Nav Canada in 1996, Transport Canada revealed that it had effectively condemned the structure in a September 1989 report that said: Immediate action will be tak

Nav Canada  Mr. Speaker, that does not address the problem that Transport Canada itself found, and I quote: Due to the location and the height of the control tower, portions of the runway and taxiways are not visible. The control tower is actually 22 feet lower than the end of the runway.

Air Safety  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Transport. Eleven years ago Transport Canada officials determined that the Kelowna air traffic control tower did not meet minimum safety standards because the air traffic controllers cannot see the runway and cannot see the taxiway

Air Safety  Mr. Speaker, if safety is the number one priority, let me read from the Transport Canada report on Kelowna which states: “Due to the location and/or height of the control tower, portions of the runway and taxiways are not visible. The problem is becoming even more serious. The ma

Transport  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Transport. Recently the Government of Nova Scotia and Transport Canada arranged a meeting to discuss the emergency measures aspects of hazardous transportation of radioactive materials through Nova Scotia. The material provided sai

Transport  Mr. Speaker, I got such an intelligent, capable answer from the Minister of Industry in the last question I asked that I am tempted to ask him if he would answer all my transport questions from now on. I want to raise the question about the air traffic control tower in Kelowna. I

Transport  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the acting Minister of Transport. Twelve years ago Department of Transport officials identified what they called a major safety concern at the Kelowna airport. The safety concern was that air traffic controllers cannot see the runways. In 1989 th