Carbon Pricing  Mr. Speaker, this week I heard from Laura, who is a greenhouse grower in my riding. She said, “I was paying the farm gas bill today. I noticed the federal carbon tax was even more than the HST. Also, the HST is calculated after the carbon tax, so we are being taxed twice. Carbon

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, you alluded to something as far as the U.S. military. The truth of the matter is our—

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Chair, the member alluded to the fact that our U.S. neighbours carry shotguns. As a matter of fact, our police officers carry shotguns, many of them right there in their vehicles. Why would they do that? Why would we take a shotgun to a riot as opposed to a Mini-14? It is b

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, a Mini-14, which is the gun that was used at École Polytechnique, is a .223 calibre. The gun itself is not going to do any more harm than a typical Winchester or a Browning .223 calibre. It is about the actual number of shots that are in this gun. With a Mini-14, o

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Cariboo—Prince George. As I rise in the House of Commons for the first time, it is my honour, on behalf of the residents of Essex, to represent each corner of my riding, from Lakeshore to Amherstburg, from Essex to Kin