Restoring Rail Service Act  Mr. Speaker, there is one group of workers that I have not heard her speak to. I was a carpenter in another life, but I have not heard her talk about forestry workers, mine workers, automotive workers and farmers. She mentioned a very large sector of our economy, but failed to me

Continuation and Resumption of Rail Service Operations Legislation  Madam Speaker, I want to stress that this is not the government's first choice. We wish that the two parties would come together for a mediated solution, but it just is not working out that way, unfortunately. Responsible governments have to step in at some point and take a resp

Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act  Not the seniors in my riding.

New Democratic Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, the leader of the opposition recently announced his shadow cabinet, a team that threatens dangerous economic experiments, job killing taxes and reckless spending that Canadians simply cannot afford. He made the member for Halifax his deputy leader and environment cr

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the member on her comments and her speech. I would like to get a bit more clarification on the responsible resource development portion of the budget. Does it in any way reduce the stringency, environmentally? We have been accused of tha

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, what we are seeing right now, especially in northeastern B.C., is projects that are literally being timed out. By the time a project has been finally approved there is no longer even a desire to use that natural resource because somebody else has beaten us to the mar

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I will answer the member's question, even though it has little relevance to what I had just spoken about. What he needs to understand is that in order to have an affordable pension system we need to increase that age. That is the negative part. Also we need to develo

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, once again it has little relevance to what I just spoke about but I will answer his question. One of our members who just stood up in the House represents a riding of 228,000 people. I represent a riding of approximately 105,000 people. There is clearly a disparity

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to rise today to speak to the jobs, growth and long-term prosperity act. This act would take important steps toward addressing current challenges and helping to take advantage of opportunities in the global economy. At the same time, this

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to respect the hon. member's comments and the fact that it is moving from her home riding. I understand there are some concerns she has. It is our responsibility as government, though, to look for efficiencies and to make a program work at a better price

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, it draws in again to what department should be dealing with what in government. With regard to the DFO, it has been given a responsibility in the interior that, it could be debated, is not its responsibility. We are dealing with that as a government and ensuring the

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member, I guess, for his response as I did not hear a question there. I guess the only problem that he has with it is that it is moving out of his own province to Dartmouth. Essentially, the same quality of testing that we do at CFIA will still be t

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Medicine Hat. I appreciate this time to talk about a topic that affects each and every one of us personally, and that is food safety. Just like every other Canadian I want to be able to sit down and be assured that the f

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, as part of our jobs, growth and long-term prosperity act, our government announced changes to the best weeks EI pilot project to better align this program with local labour market conditions. Would the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development inform the Ho

Lakeland Mills Sawmill  Mr. Speaker, on April 28 we mark the National Day of Mourning, the day we remember those killed or injured while in the workplace. Our thoughts and prayers will continue to be with those affected by Monday night's explosion and fire at the Lakeland Mills sawmill in Prince George