Income Tax Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-410, an act to amend the Income Tax Act (exemptions for volunteers). Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce my private member's bill which, if enacted, will amend the Income Tax Act to increase the tax exemption available to volunteer ambulanc

Rcmp  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the solicitor general. If the RCMP has a full complement of staff, why has a high-ranking United States embassy official revealed that an unprecedented number of FBI agents have been sent to Canada to help the RCMP do its job?

Rcmp  Mr. Speaker, I am glad we are working together but it is an unprecedented number. For once without divulging sensitive security classified information, will the solicitor general tell us why FBI agents are in Canada in record numbers if the RCMP is not lacking the resources to d

Independence of the RCMP  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to participate in the debate on private member's Motion No. 391. I thank and commend the hon. member for bringing this motion to the House. To date the government has escaped criticism or questioning regarding the report released by Judge Ted Hughes. Co

Terrorism  Mr. Speaker, the federal government has failed to do anything with the CSIS warnings regarding the 50 organizations and 350 individuals with terrorist links operating here in Canada. It should now come as no surprise that Canada may have been used as a staging ground for the Sep

Terrorism  Mr. Speaker, police have arrested another man suspected of supplying fake documents that ended up in the hands of one of the hijackers of flight 93. The list of suspects apprehended in Canada and abroad with ties to Canada continues to grow. Yet the solicitor general refuses to a

National Security  Mr. Speaker, that is a lot different response than what we heard when he was parading around like a puffed up peacock in front of the scrum yesterday. It was wrong for this solicitor general to brag about this operation. It was wrong for this solicitor general to compromise the

National Security  Mr. Speaker, we have been asking about past arrests and information that may affect the security of Canadians. Repeatedly the solicitor general has hid behind his briefing books and a series of canned answers. Now in his drive for headlines, he may have divulged top secret inform

Terrorism  Mr. Speaker, contrary to what the Prime Minister just told the House, police authorities say that Toronto is a staging ground for al-Qaeda terrorists and that they have a stunning amount of evidence to prove it, including five suspects and more to come. I would ask the solicitor

Terrorism  Mr. Speaker, CSIS has told the federal court that it believes there are supporters of bin Laden and his terrorist network here in Canada now. A proper and more thorough investigation of Al-Marabh in June may have revealed this fact and exposed key evidence regarding the September

National Security  Mr. Speaker, the minister talks about the money that was put in since the budget. The budget was so long ago, we cannot remember. SIRC reports that CSIS is so overloaded with work that it can take years to determine if potential newcomers to our country pose a security threat. T

National Security  Mr. Speaker, first the solicitor general claims the RCMP and CSIS are adequately funded and staffed. Then he jumps on his soapbox explaining why there is a need to throw more money into the security forces. The fact is he is the one who gutted them in the first place. Now police

National Security  Mr. Speaker, the RCMP under the Liberal government has suffered unprecedented cuts, with $175 million slashed from its budget and 2,200 job losses. How can the solicitor general boast about his new funding when RCMP detachments across the land are left begging for more money and

National Security  Mr. Speaker, how can the solicitor general brag about his paltry increases to the RCMP? The reality is the RCMP has faced a decade of cuts and lost personnel. He is the solicitor general who gutted its resources. The remaining members are spread too thin and are left begging for

National Security  Mr. Speaker, little or none of the money that was announced last week by the government for the RCMP will be used to hire new agents. This was confirmed yesterday when the commissioner of the RCMP came before committee. He said that it could use more money. This contradicts the