Diamond Jubilee Medal  Mr. Speaker, Canadians who have distinguished themselves in service to others are being awarded Diamond Jubilee Medals in this, the 60th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. I have invited residents of my Wild Rose constituency to nominate candidates for this honour. Today I am p

Copyright Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I suppose the hon. member is entitled to his opinion. However, we sought input from a variety of sources and all kinds of discussion have taken place at the committee level and here in the House. Members of the government have, as have members of the opposition, cons

Copyright Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that the member has sought to consult with stakeholders, whether they be those who are creators or consumers. I assume that she has met with consumers as well and has heard from her constituents on it, as I have. I have met with many creators, including

Copyright Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to rise in the House today to speak to the government's bill to amend the Copyright Act. Bill C-11 fulfills a commitment we made in the last speech from the Throne to reintroduce and seek swift passage of legislation to modernize Canada's copyright

Preventing Persons from Concealing Their Identity During Riots and Unlawful Assemblies Act  Madam Speaker, we have had some excellent debate on my private member's Bill C-309, the preventing persons from concealing their identity during riots or unlawful assemblies act. Bill C-309 would improve public safety. There is a great risk of injury to anyone involved in, or in

Ending the Long-Gun Registry Act  Mr. Speaker, I do not think the hon. member was paying close enough attention during my remarks, because I clearly addressed the question he has asked. It is very clear that police officers are trained to always assume there is a firearm present when they respond to a complaint

Ending the Long-Gun Registry Act  Mr. Speaker, I would ask the member of the Liberal Party if she could answer a question for me. When the Liberal government brought in the registry, the claim was that it would cost about $2 million. We all know that bloated to over $2 billion, a cost overrun of one thousand time

Ending the Long-Gun Registry Act  Mr. Speaker, for many years now law-abiding Canadians who use rifles and shotguns for legitimate reasons have spoken out against the wasteful and ineffective long gun registry created in the 1990s by the former Liberal government. Last May, this government promised to end the lo

Petitions  Madam Speaker, I would like to present a petition signed by 28 residents of Canmore in my riding of Wild Rose. The petitioners call upon Parliament to ensure the swift passage of Bill C-233, an act to eliminate poverty in Canada.

Public Safety  Madam Speaker, Canadians gave our government a strong mandate to keep our streets and communities safe. That is why we have introduced the safe streets and communities act and numerous other tough on crime reforms since 2006. However, the NDP member for Burnaby—New Westminster sa

Fair Representation Act  Madam Speaker, it is unfortunate that the member across the way cannot accept a little criticism of the proposal. However, there is no question in my mind that it is unrealistic and that it does pit regions against one another. When we take seats away from one province to give to

Fair Representation Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to point out that, under our proposal, Quebec would gain seats. It actually would give Quebec the exact proportion to its population the number of seats that it deserves. That is certainly what I would call fairness. The hon. member's party is talking

Fair Representation Act  Madam Speaker, I would reiterate again that it is important that we create fairness for all the provinces. In my province of Alberta, one of those that is currently under-represented, there is broad support for the idea of trying to create fairness for our province in the House

Fair Representation Act  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to speak to this bill, the fair representation act. Representation by population was the guiding principle in determining the allocation of seats in the House of Commons at the time of Confederation, but over time the representation formula used to r

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, it certainly is disappointing for me to hear those on the other side who do not really seem to get it. They really are being irresponsible. They do not want to look at the implications for our economy. They want to talk about things, but they do not want to take any