Canada Steamship Lines  Mr. Speaker, I have indicated that tax havens are a threat to the tax base of all industrial countries. There is not a nation in the G-7 and there is not a nation in the G-20 that is not concerned about tax havens. The finance minister rightfully indicates that this is of concern

Canada Steamship Lines  Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that the hon. member has the cart before the horse. The entire industrialized world, all of the G-7 nations and all of the G-20 nations, cannot at this stage agree on the terms of a consensus, so how Canada is somehow or another going to retroactively

Hazardous Products Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleagues for their generous support of the bill. They supported it through first reading and second reading, at the committee stage and were very helpful in getting it out of the committee unanimously. Their remarks today were quite generous and I appr

Hazardous Products Act  moved that the bill, as amended, be concurred in.

Hazardous Products Act  moved that the bill be read the third time and passed.

2002 Winter Games  Mr. Speaker, honesty pays. I rise in the House today to honour a great Canadian champion, Becky Scott from Alberta, who represents our country in the sport of cross-country skiing. Among her many achievements in world and Olympic competitions, Becky Scott was awarded a bronze me

Terry Painter  Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the life of Terry Painter. Terry was known to many as the godfather of motocross on Vancouver Island. A motorcycle enthusiast for more than 30 years, Terry was a keen competitor and won many great titles and championships. Along the

Assisted Human Reproduction Act  Mr. Speaker, I must admit some temerity in wading into this debate given that this is a fairly complex issue, which a committee has studied for a great deal of time. Around here one likes to focus on the issues that are of greatest concern to Canadians and focus on those issues

Pakistan  Mr. Speaker, the president of Pakistan recently visited Canada on an official state visit. His cooperation on the terrorism file is appreciated by all of the world's countries that want to see the realization of peace and security for their citizens. However, there is no peace o

Appointment of Judges  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his timely motion. I think it is well put. Judicial activism is not new. What is new however is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the authority it gives our judiciary in scrutinizing legislation. Canadians were seemingly given a g

Supply  First, Mr. Speaker, I think decisions should be made on principles rather than polls. I share with the hon. member the overwhelming number of people who have written to us in a particular way. Today I had 400 e-mails in my office alone, so I understand the dynamic and I understan

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I think in all candour I will refer to a presentation at the justice committee by Professor Allen, from the University of British Columbia, I think it was. He read Hansard after the debates on no fault divorce. His comment was that pretty well no one in the House, ei

Supply  Mr. Speaker, we certainly had a tumultuous summer on this subject. I do not know whether my constituents are more irritated by the decision itself or the fact of the irrelevancy of Parliament to this debate. Parliament has spoken at least three times on this subject in the last

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, this month Sri Lanka experienced a devastating flood which killed and injured hundreds of people and made many homeless. This is just one more disaster for the people of Sri Lanka. As we know, the people of Sri Lanka have experienced civil war for the last 20 years,

Barb Tarbox  Madam Speaker, last week Barb Tarbox died, as she knew she would, from lung cancer caused by smoking. Many Canadians, especially teens, will know her as a tireless advocate against smoking. Her brutal realism and shock truth was intentional. She was saying to those kids, “Look a