Anti-terrorism Act  Mr. Speaker, when this issue was last debated, a number of negative comments were made with regard to the fact that the motion did not address the House of Commons subcommittee's recommendations contained in its October 2006 report. I will take this opportunity to explain, partic

Fisheries Act  Mr. Speaker, I am alarmed to hear that opposition parties are threatening to play political games to undermine the new fisheries bill, even though they have agreed that we need to modernize this 139 year old act or risk jeopardizing 21st century fisheries. Could the Minister of

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, if we take a look at who would be covered by this motion, we are talking about people who would be making a $10 an hour minimum wage and who fall under the auspices of the Canada Labour Code. If we take a look at the facts, that is only about 700,000 people across Ca

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have this opportunity to rise and speak today to Bill C-376, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (impaired driving) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. The bill proposes to create a criminal offence for having a blood alcohol concentra

Hobbema Community Cadet Corps  Mr. Speaker, today marks the first anniversary of the Hobbema Community Cadet Corps program in the constituency of Wetaskiwin. A year ago, when gangs and violence were causing havoc in this first nations community, RCMP constable Richard Huculiak started a community cadet progr

Veterans  Mr. Speaker, in Ottawa this week are 18 students and their chaperones from my hometown of Lacombe, Alberta. They are here to watch democracy in action. What better time to visit Parliament Hill than Veterans' Week? As they walk through these historic halls, tour this grand chamb

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I listened to my colleague with great interest. There are payday lenders In several communities in my constituency. They provide a greater access when banking hours are sometimes restrictive and when people can not otherwise get their cheques cashed. I can just imagi

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I do not think the hon. member actually understands what the bill is proposing. He has gone on at length talking about how the government of Quebec has already put regulations in place and how this would be seen as a duplicate. In actual fact, the Criminal Code of C

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have this opportunity today to speak in favour of Bill C-26, An Act to amend the Criminal Code regarding criminal interest rates. What is a payday loan, one might ask. The Library of Parliament explains it this way. A payday loan is a short-term

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, there are aspects of the motion that have merit and I know that the government is making progress in addressing those areas, such as the VIP. However, a number of points related to the Canadian Forces pension are inaccurate and what we need is a good, long study, and

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his question and for maybe toning down the rhetoric a little. He obviously has a very serious issue in his constituency and any opportunity that the government has to take care of veterans and their widows should be examin

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to inform the House that I will be sharing my time with the hon. member for Edmonton Centre. I would like to thank the member for Sackville—Eastern Shore for introducing the motion. The debate could not come at a more appropriate time. In the next w

Budget Implementation Act, 2006, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to my hon. colleague talking on and on about the budget. He brought up several items that I thought were quite interesting. However, there is one part that I would like to talk to him about. I have a background as an educator. I taught

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have a petition from constituents dealing with same sex marriage. The petition say that marriage, as the union of one man and one woman, excluding all others, is an institution and not merely a bundle of rights and benefits subject to the equality provisions of se

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I agree with my colleague on the demographic time bomb issues. If I recall some of the information that I have read, by the year 2020, we could be faced with three workers paying for social programs in a 3:1 ratio versus 5:1, which we have right now. I am very concer