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Central Africa Mr. Speaker, on Monday the students of Chinook High School joined their voices with thousands across the country and around the world to condemn the heinous war criminal, Joseph Kony. Kony and his LRA fighters regularly rape and pillage and mutilate and massacre civilian populati
March 14th, 2012House debate
Jim HillyerConservative
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, the member said that people in first nations communities depend on federal funding for their education, and I understand that they do. Does the member have any ideas that can help them in the future become less dependent on federal funding and become more independe
February 16th, 2012House debate
Jim HillyerConservative
Member for Papineau Mr. Speaker, on Monday, the Liberal member for Papineau, Pierre Trudeau's pompous parliamentary prince, said something—
February 15th, 2012House debate
Jim HillyerConservative
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, the member said that when big business was shut down, it hurt small and medium-sized businesses. How can being hostile toward big business possibly be good for small and medium-sized businesses? Does the member really think that if we had increased the corporate tax
February 9th, 2012House debate
Jim HillyerConservative
Petitions Mr. Speaker, I have been asked by the constituents in my riding to present the following petition. They point out that Canada is the only nation in the western world, in the company of China and North Korea, without any laws restricting abortion, and that Canada's Supreme Court h
February 8th, 2012House debate
Jim HillyerConservative
Points of Order Mr. Speaker, I want to make very clear my intentions with my point of order. I have already committed that I will not make gestures according to your ruling. I have already committed to dedicating myself to the safety of Canadians and especially against violence against women. I
December 7th, 2011House debate
Jim HillyerConservative
Points of Order Mr. Speaker, if I had intended to offend victims of violence or anyone else, that would not only demand an apology but it would demand far more than just that. No offence was intended. No one who looks at the video and the timing of the video would think for a second that I inten
December 7th, 2011House debate
Jim HillyerConservative
Points of Order Mr. Speaker, yesterday you made a ruling on decorum during votes. It is true that I am new in the House. I have only been to about 100 votes or so. I have seen many members make different gestures while they vote. That was before the ruling. You have made the ruling, Mr. Speaker
December 7th, 2011House debate
Jim HillyerConservative
Points of Order Mr. Speaker, the video was released yesterday on the anniversary of the tragic events at the École Polytechnique, and that is what is tragic. The vote occurred five weeks before and had absolutely nothing to do with these tragic events. The gesture was not made towards anyone; i
December 7th, 2011House debate
Jim HillyerConservative
Religious Freedom Mr. Speaker, when Prime Minister Diefenbaker introduced the Canadian Bill of Rights, he said, “I am a Canadian...free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way...”. We believe this freedom to worship or not to worship as one sees fit as fundamental and that suppor
December 7th, 2011House debate
Jim HillyerConservative
Emergency Preparedness Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, 14 fire departments rallied together to contain 2 raging wild fires near Lethbridge that were fuelled by hurricane-force winds. The firefighters were assisted by the police, disaster services, several Hutterite colonies and other community volunteers. Pr
November 30th, 2011House debate
Jim HillyerConservative
Firearms Registry Mr. Speaker, Canadians gave our government a strong and clear mandate to end the wasteful and ineffective long gun registry, and that is exactly what we are doing. Every reasonable person knows that we cannot end the registry without destroying the records. The record is what the
November 23rd, 2011House debate
Jim HillyerConservative
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise to speak to this motion, so I can speak against the motion. The words in the motion seem to be about standing up for the democratic rights of western wheat and barley farmers, but the absence of a single, but important, word reveals the real i
October 25th, 2011House debate
Jim HillyerConservative
Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act Mr. Speaker, should we have a referendum on same sex marriage or a referendum on whether postal workers should be allowed to form a union? Should we have a referendum on the privatization of the CBC and on what kind of programming should be allowed on TV, or should individuals c
October 24th, 2011House debate
Jim HillyerConservative
Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act Mr. Speaker, the member insists that MPs who are prairie grain farmers refrain from voting and debating. It is not surprising since it is a fundamental doctrine of his ideology that big brother knows best and that those people who are actually impacted by these decisions, who hav
October 24th, 2011House debate
Jim HillyerConservative