Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, there is no question that the Treasury Board went through a process of trying to find ineffective programs and it identified one. At least it was the Treasury Board's idea that this program was not effective if museums were not able to access the funds. There is no q

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, museums document history. I hope history will not show that because we engaged in this debate today we delayed something else from happening. Certainly, we were involved in a very important debate this morning. I spoke to the issue of the importance of cutting off

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the involvement of the member opposite in the committee. We work collaboratively with the hope of developing the necessary environment for cultural expression in the years to come. Certainly, there is no question that specifically with regard to museums

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to take part in this debate. While the member opposite seems intent on distorting the record of this government, I will attempt to engage in a higher level of debate and discuss the importance of museums in this country. I want to begin by

Justice  Mr. Speaker, Canadians have been crying out for reforms in our criminal justice system for far too long. It took this new Conservative government to finally do the right thing and to act. We have introduced legislation that would ensure that dangerous offenders will be kept behi

Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member talks about striking a balance. The committee will do its work to ensure this is a balanced bill. However, as Canadians we do need a balance. We need to get tough on crime to ensure that criminals do not have the same rights as law-abiding citizens in

Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act  Mr. Speaker, I do believe that criminals who are found to be involved in terrorist activity or in some type of activity that would define them as being in contravention of the law. We do need to investigate what we do with the property that they own. Like many Canadians, as I a

Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act  Mr. Speaker, there is no question that in the last number of years we have seen that many of these terrorist organizations, which have come under fire, were funded through illegal activities, whether it be arms dealing, drug trading or any number of things. What Canada needs to d

Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act  Mr. Speaker, there is no question that information sharing will lead to better cooperation among different agencies to improve the tracking of alleged criminal activity through the laundering of money. We also need to look at the offshore involvement in which some of these people

Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak to Bill C-25 at second reading. The bill proposes to update legislation that will help fight those who would use our financial system to launder money and then divert that money to fund terrorist activities. We have, unfortunat

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Liberal environment critic said that the Liberals would support the clean air act, allowing it to go to committee. Five hours later the same critic said that the Liberals would oppose the bill here in the House. Once again, the Liberals are sucking and

Criminal Code  And deterrence.

Sport and Physical Activity  Mr. Speaker, since Canada's new government came to power, we have taken a leadership role in encouraging Canadians to be more physically active through initiatives such as the children's fitness tax credit, a sports policy for persons with a disability, and a record $140 million

Children  Returning this fall to Parliament, I come with the renewed motivation and inspiration to build a safer, more healthy and prosperous Canada, a Canada that I will be proud to leave future generations. This renewed inspiration is a little girl named Abigail. On August 29, I held fo

Western Provinces  Mr. Speaker, for years the relationship looked to be nearing an end. With all that cheating, lying and verbal abuse, the western provinces were ready to pack their bags and leave. Under the leadership of the previous Liberal government, the western provinces had been forced to c