Canada Summer Jobs Program  Mr. Speaker, actions have consequences, something the Liberal government seems to have forgotten. Take, for example, the Liberal implementation of an ideological litmus test for the Canada summer jobs program. The requirement that applicants support the Liberal Party position on

Impact Assessment Act  Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague brings up a very good point. This is not a simple piece of legislation. Members may have noticed that, in my speech, I did not get into the details. Part of the reason is that to go through and comprehend a 370-page piece of legislation takes more

Impact Assessment Act  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member needs to understand that what he is saying is not quite what I said. I said that one needs to have some relevance to the project. One may have technical relevance or, as the member noted, one's land may be impacted. However, there needs to be some s

Impact Assessment Act  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with my good friend and colleague, the hon. member for Cypress Hills—Grasslands. I can bring everything back to relevance, but the House will have to bear with me for one little indulgence. I should explain to the House why I was unable t

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition from people across Saskatchewan and Alberta who are troubled by discrimination against Christians. They call on the House to protect the conscience rights of doctors and nurses who refuse to participate in euthanasia, and they all call fo

Correctional Service Canada  Mr. Speaker, over 40% of the correctional officers on duty at the regional psychiatric centre in my riding in Saskatoon are on workers' compensation because they have been attacked by inmates. According to a story by reporter Dan Zakreski, officers at this Correctional Service Ca

Cannabis Act  This is a perfect question, Madam Speaker. When I talked to my family member on the Edmonton police force, he said that one of the strange things that politicians would not get was that marijuana was a drug that had a strong smell. Once it was legalized, drug dealers would have l

Cannabis Act  Madam Speaker, we can deal with marijuana the same way as tobacco without legalizing it. In response to the hon. member, his statistics are wrong. He is citing statistics from only one year after legalization, when there was a very modest dip, but not the last three or four yea

Cannabis Act  Madam Speaker, something like that would be useful, particularly as this issue was brought up to me by an aboriginal chief from northern Saskatchewan, who said they had enough problems with alcohol and the legalization of marijuana would cause more issues for them. He wishes he h

Cannabis Act  Madam Speaker, I am going to enjoy getting involved in this debate, having listened today to many of the remarks that have been provided by my colleagues. I have listened with particular intent to what the Liberal members have been saying and what their underlying argument is for

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, of course the opposition does not share the premise of the inequalities that the member is talking about. However, let us say that we do. Instead of raising taxes on business, why does the government or the hon. member not advocate for lowering taxes on salaried e

Ovarian Cancer  Mr. Speaker, on September 10, I had the honour of attending Canada's Walk of Hope for ovarian cancer along Highway 60 near Saskatoon. Striving for early detection was the theme of the walk. More research needs to be done so that methods of early detection of ovarian cancer can

Oceans Act  Madam Speaker, the principle is very clear. Whoever takes an action should be responsible for the results of that action, and when it comes to pollution, we try to make the polluter, the person who polluted, who was the cause of the accident, ultimately responsible. We know that

Oceans Act  Madam Speaker, I believe I have about 13 minutes left in debate before we go to the private members' hour, so I will try to make my remarks fit within that time. The hon. member who spoke before me began by saying that Alberta's coastline was very important, and how great it was

Petitions  Madam Speaker, I have the honour to present a couple of petitions today. The first is petition e-575, which calls upon the Government of Canada to empower Canadians to be responsible for their own health and safety by removing the prohibition of sound moderators from the Crimina