The Environment  It has been confirmed, Mr. Speaker, that the environment minister has joined the long list of Conservatives who have misled Canadians. On Tuesday, at a meeting of the environment committee, the environment commissioner said, “The one thing I want to clarify is that there was no

Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006  Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to the hon. member's remarks. I would like to explore some of those remarks, more specifically, the logic that underlies the message the hon. member is sending. The hon. member seems to be saying that when we are involved in a court ca

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I think I will take the parliamentary secretary up on his dare to ask a question. He dared any Liberal member to stand up and ask him a question. I have two questions in fact. In his speech, the parliamentary secretary mentioned that perhaps the funding envelope fo

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure for me to address this House on a question as important as our identity as Canadians. I would first like to congratulate the member for Saint-Lambert for introducing this motion at the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, for getting it passed

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Alfred-Pellan for his question. However, I must correct some of his remarks. He said that I did not share the opinion of my hon. colleague for Saint-Lambert regarding Quebec culture. That is not true. That is not at all wha

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, as a matter of fact, I had thought of the member's point. Namely, museums are a place for people to gather. They attract youth and in some ways make our streets safer by giving our young people constructive and educational pursuits. I would like to pick up on the th

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, let me take a case in point of a proposal from the previous government that appears to be doomed, much to the chagrin of the editorial board of the Globe and Mail as a matter of fact. I am talking about the portrait museum. We put forth a vision for a portrait gall

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his erudite and considered remarks, and I mean this quite sincerely. My question has to do with the ideological conflict that surrounds this issue. I will get beyond the technicalities and ask the hon. member this. Why does he believe tha

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, we have been witness to some pretty simplistic and rash statements in this House in the last half hour or so. We had a member from the NDP say that the Conservatives love war and we have had a member of the Conservatives say that the Liberals do not like veterans. I

Aeronautics Act  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member gave a well organized, concise and clear presentation on this important bill. I would like to come back to the idea of smart regulation, which is important if we want our economy to be productive and competitive. Whenever we talk about safety, I pers

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, clearly, this government does not know where it stands. The Minister of the Environment promised a carbon credit trading market in Montreal but, within a week, was contradicted by the Minister of Industry and by the Prime Minister's press secretary. Now, the Prime

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, if the Minister of the Environment plans to support the Montreal Exchange, does this mean she will set specific short-term targets for greenhouse gas reductions? Luc Bertrand, president of the Montreal Exchange, believes that governments have a clear role to play i

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, let me come back to the broken promises. On November 30, 2005, the Conservative members from Quebec City, whom their leader was unable to name at the time, revealed their regional platform. They promised to repaint the Quebec Bridge. A year later, rust is still rava

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the Minister of the Environment said that Canada would continue to participate in the Kyoto protocol and that all our obligations would be fulfilled, except those having to do with greenhouse gas emissions of course. But Kyoto is essentially objective based, and targ

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the minister and her parliamentary secretary are living in a world of illusions and contradictions. The industrialized nations are supposed to set an example by reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Instead, the Prime Minister met with Australian officials to exp