Supply  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to comment on the remarks of the member for Vancouver East. As usual, she has brought her passion for her constituents and all Canadians to the fore in making her comments. I want to focus on the issue of choice. From the time I have bee

Ellen Fairclough  Mr. Speaker, Canadians were saddened to learn of the passing of the Right Hon. Ellen Fairclough on Saturday, November 13. On behalf of the NDP caucus, all parliamentarians and all Hamiltonians, we wish to express our condolences to her family and friends. Today Hamiltonians mour

Sponsorship Program  Mr. Speaker, could the minister inform the House how many other contracting decisions are being reversed by Liberal staffers, since that seems to be standard government practice?

Sponsorship Program  Mr. Speaker, if the minister would start providing some legitimate answers to the House, we would not have to listen to the minister misconstrue statements and put accusations where they do not belong. This is about the minister, his Prime Minister and the party that he represen

Sponsorship Program  Mr. Speaker, we now know there are documents which prove the Prime Minister's former executive assistant knew that part of a $600,000 contract that had been awarded fairly to one contractor was overridden by someone in the finance department to direct it to the Prime Minister's f

Sponsorship Program  Mr. Speaker, the former top bureaucrat in charge of the sponsorship scandal testified today about the extent of his political influence in the Liberal government. Chuck Guité said he had a direct relationship all the way to Gagliano's office and the PMO. He was able to order up a

Sponsorship Program  Mr. Speaker, Canadians are tired of hearing this broken mantra everyday, that they cannot answer. You have answers to give to the people of Canada. We are going to continue pursuing you until you give them. Chuck Guité--

Sponsorship Program  Mr. Speaker, I apologize. Chuck Guité was given a raise to facilitate the plundering of the public purse. He testified today that no contracts were tendered, there were no rules and no guidelines. Does this sound like a person who deserves a raise?

Bankruptcies  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the minister of labour. Will the minister acknowledge that he is aware of the lobbying efforts on behalf of the United Steelworkers of America who are here fighting for their members' pension rights in the cases of bankruptcy? The minister would a

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to the remarks by the member for Thornhill. One of his last comments was that the government faces significant social challenges. I want to say that those social challenges in large part were created by the member's government. We are talking ab

Supply  I am sorry, Mr. Speaker. Then it would be the Liberal government, and I will leave it at that. I will try not to confuse things, especially myself. I was saying that when you cut $25 billion from health care--

Supply  When the member's government cuts $25 billion from health care and cuts the last affordable housing program that we had in the country, that affects provinces because they have to make up for that or their citizens go without housing and without health care. That goes down throug

Sponsorship Program  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister. On the same day that Canada has slipped to historic lows on the government corruption index, we have learned that the sponsorship program involved weekly calls between the minister's office and Liberal connected ad firms. Now

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I would also like to join with my colleague from Halifax in congratulating my friend from Burnaby—Douglas. Those are words that I think will stand the test of time. I would not be surprised if they were quoted back to the House in many years to come. The member touc

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I noted that the member was paying attention and I appreciate that very much. I might also say that I have connections to Saskatchewan. My dad was born in Saskatchewan, so I have a real affinity for that province. I do not think the member's question is one that ref