Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, it was good to hear the hon. member talk about the national crime prevention strategy because it is important for community capacity building. Perhaps with more investment and with more crime prevention in the agenda this will prohibit and stop situations like Groupa

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, it was good to hear the hon. member rediscover innovation in the environment after years of neglect, including a massive cut to the ministry of the environment since the Liberal tenure of government. We have seen many of those problems, which could have been worked o

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, with regard to three of the issues raised by the hon. member regarding the Speech from the Throne, the first one concerning the disability tax credit really shows that the government still is not willing to commit it to the document. We know right now that the Minis

Canada-U.S. Border Crossings  Mr. Speaker, Canadian citizens travelling to the United States with a Canadian passport are being subjected to racial profiling. Citizens from my riding of Windsor West have been stopped at the border, detained for as long as two hours, fingerprinted and photographed both when e

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, it is hard to hear the government say that the system is a pure gem when the government has routinely underfunded the system and basically put the whole health care system into the position where people are so desperate they will go to these private options. Twenty p

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I wish to thank the hon. member for her dissertation with regard to the throne speech. A couple of things gave me concern. It has been well noted that there has been an increase in child poverty. The government and the House, unanimously, promised to eliminate it.

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, the hon. member has talked tonight about honesty and leadership. My question is simple. With regard to his position, are they still seeking credits with regard to the signing of Kyoto? The Prime Minister has stated to the world community that he will sign the agr

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Speaker, last night, while defending his inadequate aid package for softwood lumber, a package he did not have the nerve to introduce in this House itself, the Minister of National Resources said “We want to make sure it is not countervailable”. The minister just does not ge

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, the hon. member actually gave a sincere presentation in the House with regard to Kyoto and at least thought it out in terms of the pros and cons. Before I get to my question, I did note that three times during his presentation he noted that we would be trading wit

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, the hon. member throughout his dissertation mentioned the United States trading practices and what has been happening lately. Other than softwood lumber, there is the dumping of steel into the United States. There are ongoing Wheat Board issues. There are border st

Nuclear Safety and Control Act  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to be here to talk about such an important issue. Like my colleague I am concerned as well with the process this act to amend the Nuclear Safety and Control Act is taking. I am reminded of what happened earlier this week with regard to softwood lumb

Nuclear Safety and Control Act  Mr. Speaker, I say to the member that I am sore as well from playing soccer yesterday. I had to stretch out several times this morning. It is an important issue with regard to the costing of the whole process. It is unfortunate and a good example in terms of legislation and the

Nuclear Safety and Control Act  Mr. Speaker, the member raised a couple of good points that we need to consider with regard to Kyoto. It has often been described by most people as a baby step. It is important to recognize that Kyoto is just the beginning in terms of what we need to do to turn the planet around

Nuclear Safety and Control Act  Mr. Speaker, those were great points. One of the biggest things with regard to this whole amendment is allowing people to escape responsibility and that is not right. One should not be able to escape responsibility. If one is going to invest in something, then one should own up

Automobile Industry  Mr. Speaker, the government sat and watched the Auto Pact die and the industry slide into crisis. The CAW, the big three and municipalities are calling for a federal auto policy. Last week Navistar Chatham announced the closure of its truck plant. It is moving to Mexico. At almos