Broadcasting Act  Mr. Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to address this very significant concern in Canada. The bill before us today is a further attempt to address the issue of TV violence in Canada. The bill would amend the Broadcasting Act by imposing a new, regulatory framework on the br

Conservative Party of Canada  Mr. Speaker, today marks a day all Canadians should celebrate. A year ago today, our new Conservative government was sworn into power. Canadians voted for change. They voted for accountability and that is exactly what we delivered. We passed the most sweeping anti-corruption

Canada Transportation Act  Mr. Speaker, the comments of the member for Burnaby—New Westminster could be helpful if it were not for the fact that this is simply a rehash of what has already gone on at committee. As members know, the process that the House follows is that a bill moves through first and seco

Canada Transportation Act  Mr. Speaker, I am not going to comment on the hon. member's riposte. I will simply continue to focus in on the things that the bill does, the things that we as a committee agreed to do. The big beneficiaries of Bill C-11 are of course not only those in the transportation industr

Canada Transportation Act  Mr. Speaker, first of all, this government is not going to force anyone to move to Ottawa. I think the member is being somewhat crafty in making that suggestion. In fact, I would respond by saying that if we look at clause 5 of the bill, we see that it specifically provides for t

Canada Transportation Act  Mr. Speaker, at committee we had a very fulsome discussion about railway noise. It probably took up most of our time. There were suggestions made by Canadians from across the country. We had people from across the country giving input. We even set up special teleconferencing to e

Brain Tumour Surveillance  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to speak to Motion No. 235, which is sponsored by my colleague, the member for Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley. I applaud his efforts on this motion, which I think will help tackle a particularly brutal form of cancer, that being cancer aff

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to the member's comments. What I think he has reaffirmed for the Canadian people is that the Liberal Party does not take terrorism seriously. He has suggested that security certificates violate the rights of those who are incarcerated for suspect

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I share in the minister's frustration. When we hear Liberal members of the House talking about chocolate bars, when in fact Canada and free nations around the world are facing this critical threat from terrorism, that is not encouraging. I have two questions for the

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, it is really rich for the member to suggest after six years, five of which were under the watch of his party's government, that government policy somehow should change. He made one remark in which he suggested to the Minister of Public Safety that he should be makin

Chinese Canadians  Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the member for Richmond shocked all Canadians again. He admitted to The Vancouver Sun that he still opposes our government's apology for the Chinese head tax. When he was minister for multiculturalism, the member for Richmond stubbornly opposed any apolo

Anti-terrorism Act  Mr. Speaker, Canadians were shocked to learn that the Liberal opposition leader has changed his mind and now opposes extending critical anti-terrorist measures. B.C.'s solicitor general criticized the flip-flop. Even Bob Rae, recent leadership candidate and co-chair of the Libera

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to rise in the House to table a petition signed by 32 residents from across British Columbia. The petitioners call on Parliament to recognize the traditional definition of marriage as that of one woman and one man to the exclusion of all o

Anti-terrorism Act  Mr. Speaker, the Liberal Party is in revolt. Its own leader refuses to support the extension of crucial measures in the Anti-terrorism Act. These measures are critical in protecting Canada against terrorists. Even the Supreme Court of Canada has upheld these anti-terrorist laws.

Human Trafficking  Mr. Speaker, thank you for this opportunity to speak again on an issue that most Canadians know little, if anything, about, and that is the crime of human trafficking. Human trafficking is just another name for slavery and it is taking place right here in Canada. Mr. Speaker, yo