Combating Terrorism Act  Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to stand today in support of Bill C-17. It is a bill that seeks to reinstate the investigative hearing and recognizance provisions that were created in the Criminal Code by the Anti-terrorism Act in 2001. That was in the wake of 9/11. The investiga

Combating Terrorism Act  Madam Speaker, I have listened all afternoon to these kinds of tirades about the safety of this country. As we know, Canada faces the very real threat of terrorism, as does the rest of the world. Yet, I hear a Bloc member saying that this legislation, which is intended to renew p

Firearms Registry  Mr. Speaker, the summer is over and this week we vote on whether to scrap the costly and ineffective long gun registry. No longer can the NDP and Liberal MPs hide by saying one thing in their ridings and quite another thing when they are in Ottawa. Let us take the NDP leader. Af

First Nations Certainty of Land Title act  Mr. Speaker, I would seek unanimous consent to see the clock at 5:38 p.m.

Protecting Victims From Sex Offenders Act  We will have a majority government

Royal Canadian Mounted Police  Mr. Speaker, our Conservative government continues to reform and strengthen our national police force. We are giving the RCMP the tools it needs to protect the security of Canadians while ensuring at the same time that appropriate accountability mechanisms are in place. Our rece

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, as the member knows, as does the House, Colombia has had a very difficult labour situation. It had a very problematic human rights environment. There are many indications in Colombia now that it is making progress in trying to address some of the issues of violence,

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I suppose there are two perspectives on the issue of engaging with countries that have had problematic human rights regimes and problematic labour regimes. One is to isolate them. One is to keep them out of the international trade community, set them apart, perhaps e

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I was also very pleased to hear my colleague's intervention on this very important free trade agreement for Canada. One of the things my colleague knows is that the NDP members have not voted in favour of one free trade agreement. Not one. They always come up with a

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I am thankful for the opportunity to speak to this free trade agreement. As we know, Canada is one of the great free trading nations of this world. We have immeasurable natural resources and human capital. We are a well-educated country, among the best educated in th

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I commend my colleague from St. Catharines for his very timely comments on the economic action plan. His community has been very hard hit and he has already articulated how it has rebounded as a result of the initiatives within our economic action plan. Quite often

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, the member had a long, rambling speech and part of that speech seemed to compare our government's approach, our economic action plan, to the failed approach of previous governments that perhaps ran up debt loads that were unacceptable to Canadians. It was interesti

Jobs and Economic Growth Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to commend the member for Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission on his intervention on this very important bill, Bill C-9, which allows Canada to move forward with its economic action plan. One of the things we had promised as a government was that we were going t

Eliminating Pardons for Serious Crimes Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague on the justice committee for his words and for sharing his spiritual pilgrimage with us. It is not something we hear that often in this chamber. He did quote Jesus Christ as saying that the individuals who were crucifying him did not know

Eliminating Entitlements for Prisoners  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have yet again shown that they care more about criminals than about victims or taxpayers. Yesterday, the Liberal MP for Ajax—Pickering shamefully defended prisoners getting taxpayer funded old age security benefits. The Liberals should listen to Canadi