Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak to Bill C-13, the second budget implementation act for the budget 2011. While I agree that some of the topics covered in Bill C-13 are also subjects that we on this side of the House feel are important, I feel that this bill misses the mark

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Madam Speaker, that is a reflection of what is lacking in the bill. It is filled with petty or small measures, some targeted at scoring points against the opposition. It contains no answers for Canadians. These are not just numbers on a sheet. These are real people who are facing

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Madam Speaker, I was talking about refineries. The vision of the NDP is for a green and sustainable future, which is where we need to be. It seems like the government has missed the boat on that. It has abandoned these types of investments. For example, China and the U.S. are le

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Madam Speaker, what officials in Nordic countries have been doing is investing in clusters. They find areas of the country where private sector businesses are already thriving, whether it is with regard to sustainable resources or other types of industries, and then they help tho

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, Keystone XL will send thousands of Canadian jobs across the U.S. border and substantially increase oil sands emissions. It will lock us into the export of bitumen for decades. Yet, the government only listens to its oil lobbyist friends. President Obama decided thi

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the failure on Keystone shows how this out-of-touch government is mishandling our key trading partnerships. The Americans understand that protecting the economy and the environment go hand in hand, yet our government has stuck its head in the oil sands, exporting un

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, as the opposition leader, the Prime Minister appeared on Fox News and criticized the Canadian government for refusing to go to Iraq. Conservatives know what our MPs are doing in Washington. What the Conservatives failed to do was stand up for Canadian jobs and the

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, in a speech delivered to the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association, the Minister of Natural Resources stated: The new Enbridge Northern Gateway project and expansion of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain system are currently under review by the joint panel. Joint pane

Copyright Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to the member's speech and I too am appalled with this bill. As an educator and a textbook author, the reason I write textbooks is not to make money but to provide students with information and material that they can take with them no

Copyright Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak to Bill C-11, the copyright modernization act. As my colleague said earlier, we believe that changes to the Copyright Act are long overdue and we need to bring Canada up to current standards in the tech industries and to meet indu

Copyright Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, that question points out to me how the government has missed the point here. It is not that we are against modernization. It is not that we are against helping companies protect their interests or their intellectual property. What we are against is how far this legis

Copyright Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, as an educator for decades and as somebody who writes textbooks, what often happens is students are not aware of what they are learning as they go through their courses, but it is only upon further reflection that what they are learning sinks in deeply. From my und

Copyright Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, my colleague from Surrey North is a fine educator of high repute in his own right . The problem is this law is so complex that the ramifications have probably not filtered down to universities and colleges and perhaps even to high schools. That is why we need to dis

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, we have seen what happens when the government and industry do not consult on major projects like the northern gateway. The coastal first nations have made clear their opposition to the project and process. Now Kinder Morgan is proposing to double the Trans Mountain

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, the City of Calgary negotiated in good faith with the federal government for three years to build badly needed recreation centres in fast-growing parts of the city. The city spent millions as part of the application process. Mayor Nenshi has pointed to the Conservati