Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, with all due respect, not one of those people wrote a cheque for $25 million. In my meeting with the ethics counsellor the other day he said there were many issues of concern that should be of concern to the Minister of Transport. Maybe that is why John Grace, Canada

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I rise to ask a question of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport. It relates to airport safety as related to the divestiture processes going on across the country with cutbacks to NavCan and to other aspects of airport facilities. Today the min

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I did not submit a question to the hon. parliamentary secretary for him to answer. This question relates to NavCan. It relates to the cutbacks. It relates to aircraft safety. I really would ask that the parliamentary secretary answer the question.

Highways  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Transport. In September 1995 Doug Young as Minister of Transport signed a government cheque for $25 million to pay for the cost of a highway from Moncton to River Glade. Now Doug Young has switched sides and runs a company that wil

Highways  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the answer and the minister's concern that he knows that something is wrong. By allowing the $32 million to stay in the deal just reduces the capital cost to Doug Young's company, Maritime Road Development Corporation. It makes it even worse. We know thi

Nav Canada  Mr. Speaker, last week I asked the Minister of Transport about a reported shortage of air traffic controllers in NavCan's operation. Since then we all know of two tragic accidents. One was in Mascouche, Quebec where only 24 months ago NavCan closed a temporary air traffic contro

Nav Canada  Mr. Speaker, we understand that NavCan said it justifies an air traffic control tower but it did not have the staff. Regarding the crash last night at Little Grand Rapids, we understand the pilot depended on private weather observers. Obviously the crash last night was weather r

Division No. 64  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise to debate Bill C-17. I feel like I am in a time warp. Perhaps it is deja vu all over again, only backwards. I remember sitting here years ago when the government members formed the opposition. They opposed measures like this. Now that they ar

Telecommunications Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand and discuss a couple of the amendments in this debate that really are of concern to us as Progressive Conservatives. I will speak later at length on the bill but I want to address the two amendments in particular that we are concerned about. The

Canada Marine Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that. Is there anyone else who wants to interrupt me? I do not want to miss anybody. Mr. Speaker, I will continue on and I will be brief. Our main concern with this whole bill is the fact that regional ports were not allowed to make presentations at com

Canada Marine Act  Mr. Speaker, the process of going through the Canada marine act and the changes which will come about as a result of Bill C-9 has been very interesting. I have really enjoyed it. It was a little short for me because in the last Parliament the same bill was studied for three years

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to present a petition today. Pursuant to Standing Order 36, it has been duly certified and approved as correct. I am proud but it is very unfortunate that I have to present this petition. It involves a person who lost his life as a result of the use o

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, this is not a trivial issue. This is a very serious issue, especially for those of us who sit here. The member in question put in writing: “I do consider violence appropriate sometimes”. He put that in writing to a women's organization and he even recommended that pe

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of National Defence. As a member of the government in 1993 that did have the moral courage to order helicopters, only to see the Liberal government default on that order, I was really gratified today by the editorial in the Globe and

Transport  Mr. Speaker, I need a little help from the Minister of Transport today.