Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  Mr. Speaker, I ask that all remaining questions be allowed to stand at this time.

Oil Tanker Moratorium Act  Mr. Speaker, to reinforce the importance of the commitment made by the Prime Minister in the lead-up to the election in terms of having a moratorium put in place, this proposed legislation would fulfill that particular commitment. However, the government as a whole, in dealing wi

Government Response to Petitions  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8) I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to 19 petitions.

Oil Tanker Moratorium Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the fact that the NDP will support the legislation, which is a positive. This issue has been important to the government. It was raised during the last federal election, and the government is fulfilling that commitment. I am a bit disappointed in the ND

Oil Tanker Moratorium Act  Mr. Speaker, the member across the way made reference to government using this as a wedge issue. It is interesting because we have the New Democratic Party that often talks about the environment in the sense of doing everything necessary to protect it, including not having pipeli

Transportation Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, when the minister made his introduction, he provided comments on a good number of those amendments and why some of them could not be supported. I would rather take it in a different direction by suggesting that we look at what took place at committee. I was not pre

Transportation Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I would say how important it is to equal the playing field. This legislation, in good part, allows an equalization when it comes to protecting the suppliers and those individuals who need to have access to get their product or commodity to market. That reciprocal abi

Transportation Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, it is important to note that the shippers represent the farmers. The farmers are the ones who choose the shippers. What predates this legislation? What happens today? There are no reciprocal actions that take place. If the grain arrives on time, but the rail company

Transportation Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, my colleague and friend brings up an excellent point. About 20% into my speech, I was talking about how important trade is to our country. There is economic development in every region of our country that has the potential to really grow our economy in an environmen

Transportation Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, what a privilege it is to stand in my place today to talk about a fantastic piece of legislation. I thought the minister really paid tribute to a lot of the fine work that was done, from first reading of the legislation to second reading debate to the standing commi

Transportation Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, for years I sat on the opposition benches in hopes that we would see legislation of this nature. Many different stakeholders, from prairie grain farmers to people who travel via airlines, have waited a long time for this legislation. The Prime Minister has always sai

Transportation Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would ask for leave to return to questions on the Order Paper.

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  Mr. Speaker, if the government's responses to Questions Nos. 1561 to 1567 could be made orders for return, these returns would be tabled immediately.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is with pleasure that I table today another petition from constituents of Winnipeg North. The petitioners want to bring to the attention of the Prime Minister and all members of this House how important it is that we have a national pharmacare program. They want

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, I would ask that the remaining questions be allowed to stand.