Health Care System  Madam Speaker, I would then ask for unanimous consent.

Health Care System  Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Before my hon. colleague speaks, I note that there are still a number of members who still want to speak in this important debate. Pursuant to Standing Order 26(1), I move that the House continue to sit beyond the ordinary hour of daily

Health Care System  Madam Speaker, if I am not moving on a point of order then I am in the middle of the debate, am I not?

Hazardous Products Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-260, an act to amend the Hazardous Products Act (fire-safe cigarettes). Mr. Speaker, I am reintroducing the legislation to amend the Hazardous Products Act pursuant to Standing Order 86.1. The bill would add cigarettes that do not meet flammab

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the Deputy Prime Minister tabled last Wednesday a draft bill pertaining to ethics and a draft code of conduct for parliamentarians. Could the House leader tell us when we can expect the other elements of the Prime Minister's eight-point plan, in particular the chang

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, on the issue of the Russian mafia, the way the treaty works is that there was a freeze date, which I think is 1990. The happy circumstance for Russia was that its economy and its industries had collapsed. For the purposes of Kyoto, it has a huge number of credits t

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, as a practising lawyer I had one rule and one rule only: Never give away free advice. I will speak to the hon. member afterward. He raises a good point, which is where is the plan. I say to the hon. member that even if the Prime Minister tabled the plan in Parliam

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I will answer my colleague's questions in the reverse order. I think the purchase of credits is the absolute last thing we want to do. The last thing we want to purchase is an international credit because the money is gone. Domestically that is not a terrific idea

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I certainly expected to cover a variety of topics from Kyoto to marijuana. I have not had the opportunity to read the report produced by the Senate, nor have I read the report that is being produced by other colleagues. Having said that, I am also from Missouri on

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  My hon. colleague says bravo and we all applaud the strength of the Canadian economy. Put two economists in a room and we will probably get three opinions. It is sort of the same with politicians. Many of the assumptions are necessarily unknowable, particularly with those new te

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to have the opportunity to participate in the debate. This is a great opportunity to respond to the Speech from the Throne. There are a number of really good initiatives in the speech. The Prime Minister in his wisdom has laid out some direction and en

Iraq  Mr. Speaker, I do not think we can make a connection between this dot and that dot and then get all the way out to that dot. However, there are conditions. There is a growing discrepancy between the wealth in the west and various other areas of the world. It creates conditions i

Iraq  Mr. Speaker, I am charmed by the hon. member's blind faith in intelligence. In talking to those who actually produce intelligence documents and reading material that is intelligence documents, much of which is frequently taken off the Internet, there is a lot less veracity to it

Iraq  Mr. Speaker, I am thankful for this opportunity to engage in this important debate. It seems to me that the starting point of any debate should be, what is the available evidence and does that evidence disclose a threat to our own peace and security? If the evidence discloses th

Species at Risk Act  Mr. Speaker, I have heard members opposite concerned about the shutting down of debate. Canadians need to know that the bill has been worked on and debated for somewhere close to eight years now. It has gone through three incarnations and we must bring it to a close somehow. Mea