Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act  Madam Speaker, I do have some concerns with regard to this bill. I just want my colleague to explain this a little bit more. This bill is not going to improve the way that voluntary sector organizations do their business. It may improve their accountability and transparency, wh

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, that is exactly right; Canadians do need jobs today. In northern Ontario, local roads boards tell us that they cannot meet the government's May 1 deadline for the building Canada fund. They say that they are volunteers and do not have engineering departments or sta

Employment  Mr. Speaker, the people of Espanola are worried. The Domtar pulp and paper plant has been in town for generations and is the biggest employer in the region. However, the U.S. government is about to provide a subsidy for a by-product of the pulp and paper industry called black li

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, as you know, my riding is home to a lot of farmers and hunters. The gun registry is certainly a controversial issue in my area. When the registry was put in place, had it been clear and simple, everyone would have been happy and we would not be facing the dilemma

Forestry Industry  Mr. Speaker, why enter into a piecemeal agreement with the Quebec government rather than adopting a national strategy? Forestry companies in Newfoundland and Labrador, British Columbia and Ontario have the same problems. They need access to credit to continue operating. Why not

Forestry Industry  Mr. Speaker, this government is failing the forestry industry. Yesterday, Tembec announced that it was laying off 500 workers at its Kapuskasing plant. This will have an immediate impact and will cut the heart out of the local economy. The forestry sector has one common request:

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, it is quite interesting that the Liberal members are putting forth a suggestion for accountability to the Conservatives, given the fact that they keep telling us they voted for the budget because it was good. Yet, they keep knocking it down. It is interesting to he

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, my colleague spoke at length about employment insurance. Just yesterday, Tembec announced that about 500 employees will be laid off. This is unacceptable. Would my colleague agree that, in order to really stimulate the economy, one of the first things that should be

Junior Citizen of the Year  Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I inform the House about the achievements of Eden Beaudin, a nine-year-old girl from the community of M'Chigeeng First Nation which is situated on beautiful Manitoulin Island in my riding. Eden Beaudin is the author, illustrator and pr

Canada-EFTA Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, the member pushed the fact that we need to carve the shipbuilding industry out of the trade agreement. We know what it means to rush into a trade agreement. We only have to look at what happened with the softwood lumber agreement. In my riding of Algoma—Manitouli

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, we have seen mill closures in Opasatika, Wawa, White River and Marathon. We are seeing mill closures across the country. Shame on the government for not coming forward. One of the questions on this issue that was answered on the government side a while ago was about

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. Forestry industry representatives have requested certain things from the government. One of their major requests came at budget time. They asked to have access to reasonable credit and wanted to ensure that the price of ele

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am very happy to be able to speak about this issue, which is important not only for the people of my riding, Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, but also for many other communities across Canada. This motion is timely, but it is sad that the government was not aware th

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives are cutting millions of dollars from research just when we need help, here in Canada, to stimulate the economy. As for the Liberals, they like to do a lot of talking about their support for science and technology but their record is not very good. I

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, my colleague really touched upon some of the issues. The fact is that the biggest economic stimulus we could have is ensuring that people contributing to EI actually have access to EI. She also talked about the cost of EI. The cost of EI is not really that great w