Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I want a strategy for all the provinces in this country. It is very important for the federal government to work with every province to develop a strategy. This problem is not just a provincial issue. It is a problem across the entire country. We have learned throu

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, the member for Yellowhead's motion will hopefully accelerate this process.

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, as a new member, one thing I realized in the health committee and became quite frustrated with was I really did not understand how government worked. I saw how bureaucracies put programs in place just for the sake of it without an implementation plan or any plan to p

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, it is a real pleasure and an honour for me to speak on this topic. I would like to commend the member for Mississauga South for fighting for this issue for so long. The fight against the negative effects of irresponsible alcohol use, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Gary Polonsky  Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to a true visionary from Oshawa. This past Friday Dr. Gary Polonsky announced his retirement as president of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Durham College. After 43 years of service to students across Canada, Gary has d

Chinese Canadian Recognition and Restitution Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today in support of Bill C-333, the Chinese Canadian recognition and redress act, brought forth by the member for Durham, a riding neighbouring mine. I am honoured to offer my support for a bill that acknowledges the astounding contribution of th

Transport  Mr. Speaker, it seems the transport minister's proximity to the Prime Minister has resulted in the minister catching a contagious condition, the dithering disease. The Oshawa harbour requires environmental remediation. Last fall the minister told me that he would have an answer

Transport  Mr. Speaker, Oshawa has been without its harbour for two years. I can tell from the minister's answer that he has a bad case of the dithering disease. Oshawa's harbour problem is a real environmental problem requiring real solutions. Belleville recently received $10 million for

Solar Vehicle Team  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the sun quite literally shone down on Oshawa. Today I rise to pay tribute to the president, founders and sponsors of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology's first ever solar vehicle team. Led by Mr. Samveg Saxena, its student president and fou

Food and Drugs Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. members for their remarks in the House this evening. Since the first reading in November 2004, I have received an overwhelming amount of support in my riding of Oshawa and from across the country, including thousands of petitions, le

Supply  Madam Speaker, right now there are voluntary things put in place by the auto industry. As a matter of fact, the auto industry has been quite successful in decreasing emissions. For example, since 1990 Honda has decreased its emissions by 35%. What we have going on with the volunt

Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member from the Bloc Québécois for his question. We have a problem with pollution and global warming. If this motion is passed, it will not be a solution. It will have a negative impact not only on Oshawa, but on the entire country. We in the Con

Supply  Madam Speaker, the Conservative Party believes in cleaning up the environment. We believe in clean air and clean water, and we believe that this should be a priority for government. We also believe that we can do this without decimating our key industries and without implementing

Financial Administration Act  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member brought up CAPC and one of the major recommendations was to address disharmonization across the border. Kyoto does just that. Adopting the Kyoto protocol will spell disaster for Canada's auto industry. Even the government's own forecasting shows that

Financial Administration Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address something of great importance to the people of Canada. I want to talk about jobs, particularly jobs close to the heart of my constituents in Oshawa, automotive jobs. In November last year I rose in the House to address the issue of jobs and t