Pay Equity  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine for her question on this important issue. As a crown corporation, the CBC must comply with the principles of pay equity as set out in the Canadian Human Rights Act. The CBC is responsible for the management of its o

Health  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his question on this federal-provincial-territorial success story in our national immunization strategy. The $300 million of funding announced in this week's budget exemplifies the government's commitment to the shared goal of equitable a

Resumption Of Debate On Address In Reply  Mr. Speaker, I think the legislation being promoted now will be very satisfying in terms of actually providing that the people pushing the drugs, the people growing the drugs, are the people we actually want to punish. The hon. member should know that yesterday morning I was in

Resumption Of Debate On Address In Reply  Mr. Speaker, it is indeed gratifying to hear the hon. member speak to the real problems that we face with tobacco in this country, and to the fact that we must do everything in our power to let our young people know the dangers. We must make sure that we do everything in our powe

Resumption Of Debate On Address In Reply  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure for me to take part in the debate on the address in response to the Speech from the Throne, in my new position as Minister of State for Public Health. I would like to thank my constituents in the riding of St. Paul's who over the past six years demo

Foreign Aid  Mr. Speaker, there is probably nobody who knows more than the Prime Minister about the urgent need for drugs for AIDS in the developing countries. In August the WTO made an urgent appeal for governments to provide these needed drugs to developing countries in a manner consistent

Women Politicians  Mr. Speaker, women have made substantial gains toward equality in many aspects of Canadian society. Even so, women's representation in political life remains unequal. As I am sure my colleagues from all sides of the House will attest, there remain barriers to women entering publi

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to add my opposition to that of many people in Canada and around the world to the anti-Semitic comments made by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed this past Thursday. I wish to add my voice to that of the Canadian government in condem

Israel  Mr. Speaker, as chair of the Canada-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group, I was pleased to participate in the recent CIC leadership mission to Israel. Our understanding of the core concerns are clear. There will be no lasting peace or security until efforts are taken by the Pal

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present the second report of the Standing Joint Committee of the Library of Parliament.

Prostate Cancer Awareness Week  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to inform the House that this week, September 14 to September 20, is Prostate Cancer Awareness Week. Cancer takes an enormous toll and most Canadians have been touched in some way by this disease. In Canada, almost 19,000 men are expected to be diagnose

Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month  Mr. Speaker, May is Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month in Canada, and although one in 25 Canadians carries the defective gene responsible for CF, most people are unfamiliar with this disease. Cystic fibrosis is the most common fatal inherited disease affecting young Canadians. It c

Health  Mr. Speaker, because of the tireless efforts of our front line health care workers and the tremendous sacrifice of our citizens, Toronto was able to turn the corner on SARS over a month ago. Could the Minister of Health update us on her department's efforts to remove us from the

Supply  Madam Chair, as we move forward and look to the area of health care for which we have the most responsibility, we actually are very embarrassed about our performance in aboriginal health, as the previous member talked about. If we talk about closing the health gap for our aborigi

Supply  You are supposed to have a drum roll, but I just asked the question.