Petitions Mr. Speaker, I am here to present a petition signed by 57,000 British Columbians and Canadians calling on the government to keep tankers out of the wild and pristine coastal waters of B.C. forever. On top of these signatories, I have also had hundreds and even thousands of call
May 14th, 2012House debate
Copyright Modernization Act Mr. Speaker, my colleague is a very famous Canadian artist himself, so he knows what he is talking about. I am thinking of independent artists in my area, Guilty About Girls and FERA, and venues like the Libra Room. I am thinking about how they are going to be affected by this
May 14th, 2012House debate
Copyright Modernization Act Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague is well versed in the large-scale implications of this unfortunate piece of legislation. I am just thinking of local bands in my community. Could she tell us how this measure would negatively impact local artists in her community?
May 14th, 2012House debate
Aerospace Industry Mr. Speaker, the government is really lost in space when it comes to protecting the public and protecting jobs. The minister repeatedly claims the government is committed to RADARSAT, but the facts contradict him. MDA was forced to lay off 100 employees because the government ha
May 16th, 2012House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, there has been a lot of great discussion and a lot of great points made by my colleague, but I have two specific points I would hope she could answer regarding the two oil pipelines that are slated for British Columbia. I would like to know specifically what the Li
May 16th, 2012House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I am looking for a little clarification on my last question. I did ask specifically what the Liberal position is on the Enbridge northern gateway pipeline. I did hear consultation, but I am wondering, since the environmental legislation has been gutted, if perhaps
May 16th, 2012House debate
Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act Mr. Speaker, I am also happy to rise today in support of Bill C-311, an Act to amend the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act. As a couple of my hon. colleagues have so elegantly stated, under the current legislation, if an individual wishes to purchase wine that is available
May 29th, 2012House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, it has been a bit of a quiet afternoon here, but there was an extraordinary moment that I would like to point out and ask my colleague about. When the minister of state for ACOA was talking about his own riding essentially he said that people on EI in his riding wer
May 31st, 2012House debate
Business of Supply moved: That, in the opinion of the House, Canadian scientific and social science expertise is of great value and, therefore, the House calls on the Government to end its muzzling of scientists; to reverse the cuts to research programs at Environment Canada, Fisheries and Ocean
June 5th, 2012House debate
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, of course this is a disingenuous question. The government buries its cuts in these giant omnibus bills and then blames us for not voting for them, but how could we support such a budget in which so many cuts to science and attacks on fundamental knowledge are buri
June 5th, 2012House debate
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, of course I recognize the member's great training at Princeton University. My colleague's point outlines what is happening in general here in Canada, which is that in other countries where scientists are allowed to pursue their craft with state sponsorship, they ag
June 5th, 2012House debate
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, there is a direct and indirect effect of this muzzling, first of all, where we have kind of government flak sitting beside scientists at conferences telling them what they can and cannot say, we have a direct muzzling. Of course, we have an indirect muzzling where
June 5th, 2012House debate
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, I can see that the Minister of State for Science and Technology is a very slick salesman on these matters. However, I am trusting the scores of scientists who are sending me letters and contacting me personally saying that the government is fundamentally changing
June 5th, 2012House debate
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, in his speech, the minister of state said that NSERC made the cut to the MRS program but then, in his answer to my previous question, he said that the government found efficiencies and made the cut. I am just wondering what it is. Did NSERC make the cut to MRS or d
June 5th, 2012House debate
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, I listened very closely to my colleague's speech, and I hope he can help me work through a dilemma that I face. I hear contradictory statements from Minister of State for Science and Technology. The first is that the government is putting more money than ever into
June 5th, 2012House debate