Energy Costs Assistance Measures Act  Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary has some issues that from his perspective certainly make sense to him. I am not opposed to Canadians getting back some of their tax money that they should not have lost in the first place. There is no question about that. Some of these things, with all due respect, talk about “may do”.

Energy Costs Assistance Measures Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House to speak on behalf of my constituents in Oxford. I have a great deal of difficulty in ultimately supporting Bill C-66. Once again, too many Canadians have been left behind by the Liberal government. I would like to tell the House a little bit about my riding of Oxford.

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I have listened to a number of the speakers today with respect to this bill. I have a little bit of background in law enforcement. The issue is about the addition to what Mr. Cadman originally proposed. Has the member opposite given consideration as to whether this particular bill is not also useful in other criminal activity besides the theft of a motor vehicle?

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I listened to my colleague from the Bloc and found his speech interesting. However, could he tell the House what his views are with respect to the impaired driving section of the Criminal Code, which imposes minimum sentences and increases the penalty in subsequent offences?

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I enjoyed my hon. colleague's comments. The member for Fundy Royal stated the issue very well. I would appreciate hearing the member's comments on the Criminal Code section dealing with impaired driving, which does impose mandatory suspensions and, at certain points, mandatory prison terms or jail sentences.

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, Bill C-65 is purported to be a legacy of Mr. Cadman's, a man whom I did not know, but obviously members on both sides of the House speak very well of him. My understanding is that his intent was to put some teeth into a serious matter, something of which I have some knowledge.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I would like to present three petitions on behalf of members of my constituency from the county of Oxford. The first petition is from the proud and hard-working members of Canadian Auto Workers Local 88 in Ingersoll. The petitioners call upon Parliament to reform employment insurance.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition is from residents of Oxford who recognize that Bill C-38 is passed, but they ask Parliament to enact legislation defining marriage as a relationship between one man and one woman.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the third petition is from the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition and is signed by people from all over Canada. The petitioners call upon Parliament to refuse to sanction the counselling, aiding or abetting of suicide.

Veterans Affairs  Mr. Speaker, despite all the information we already have on agent orange, including the Department of National Defence's own documents, the government's response to the situation has been three fact-finding task forces with no deadline and now no coordinator. People are sick. People are dying.

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, in 2003 the Liberals forced the army to retire its self-propelled armour-protected artillery guns. Now in 2005 the minister is trying to sole source similar but unarmoured guns for our troops in Afghanistan. This is just another example of poor planning. The Liberals failed to properly arm our troops prior to committing them to a combat mission.

Wage Earner Protection Program  Mr. Speaker, the member opposite has talked at length about the bill. He obviously has spent a great deal of time on it. A couple of issues are important for Canadians with respect to this bill and I think he touched on at least one of them, which is the number of people who are likely to receive benefits in the $3,000 amount and the number of students who are likely to take advantage, if that is the right term, of the shortening of the period of time for bankruptcy.

An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to make Certain Payments  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member kindly forgets that the deficit period that was there when you came in was actually inherited by the government that you also followed. It was a government that was led by a Liberal Prime Minister named Trudeau. Perhaps you will recall him.

An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to make Certain Payments  I am sorry, Mr. Speaker. The problem with increased program spending is the effect of increased program spending. The program spending was increased in Davis Inlet and there is no question about that. It did not help anyone. The program spending increased in the firearms control.

An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to make Certain Payments  Mr. Speaker, we have to tell the Liberals over and over before it finally sinks in that they are wasting Canadian taxpayers' money. We are tired of hearing their questions about what part we do not like. What we do not like is the lack of detail. Money cannot be thrown out there and expect it to stick to the problem.