Canada Consumer Product Safety Act  Mr. Speaker, I absolutely agree that the precautionary principle has to be front and centre in the legislation, and it does occur in the preamble. The example I used was that there were 7,000 articles on tobacco by 1964. Some people did show precaution and they stopped smoking.

Canada Consumer Product Safety Act  Mr. Speaker, I believe the hon. member brought up two issues. One was labelling and the other was enforcement. Labelling was a key discussion throughout the committee hearings. We have to decide which chemicals are important. There was tremendous discussion around carcinogens, n

Canada Consumer Product Safety Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague and friend who has worked very hard in committee, asking very probing questions. Inspection is very important. It is a tremendous part of enforcement. Part of what the bill would do is ask that industry self-identify so if th

Canada Consumer Product Safety Act  Mr. Speaker, today I rise in the House to support Bill C-6, An Act respecting the safety of consumer products, on which our committee worked collegially for extended hours, having heard testimony from consumer products organizations, to environmental defence organizations, to toy

Truth in Sentencing Act  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is right to point out that punishment is one part of the piece. We need a broad array of programs that will target crime. It is important to point out that some proponents hope that the enactment of Bill C-25 will unclog the courts as lawyers will be

Truth in Sentencing Act  Mr. Speaker, early childhood education is very important. For every dollar invested, there is a three dollar to four dollar return, particularly in vulnerable areas. When it comes to crime, the return on investment can be eight times the dollar invested, an eight dollar return fo

Truth in Sentencing Act  Mr. Speaker, violence is of tremendous concern in my riding. Almost 21% of constituents in my riding are single moms and 75% called somewhere else home five years ago. Many of these constituents are working two and three jobs just to put food on the table for their families. This

Truth in Sentencing Act  Mr. Speaker, today I rise to speak about an issue that is of tremendous concern to my Etobicoke North riding, namely crime and reducing crime. My riding is next door to Pearson International Airport and it is where many newcomers come to settle and work long hours for minimum wa

Tobacco Act  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Bramalea—Gore—Malton. Today I rise to speak to Bill C-32, for a cause that is near and dear to me, both as a former health professor but also as a coach and judge, namely, reducing tobacco use among Canadians and parti

National Certification Exam Award  Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate one of my constituents, Craig Spencer. Craig was recently honoured by the Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists with the prestigious National Certification Exam Award. A recent gr

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Mr. Speaker, I absolutely agree. In a study recently published where Canada was one of four countries examined, the study showed that many Canadians did not know the health effects of using tobacco. Tobacco contains over 4,000 chemicals and 60 of these are known carcinogens. Cana

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Mr. Speaker, I absolutely agree that looking at the drug issue requires a comprehensive approach. We do need a national prevention campaign. Addiction is an illness and we need to provide treatment for those who are suffering with this addiction. Part of this needs to involve th

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support Bill C-15, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. With respect, I do not support the NDP amendment. Mr. Speaker, I wonder what your earliest memory is. I asked my colleagues and their memories were of eating ice cream for th

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, in the last three years, we have had three ministers and three plans to address climate change. The Conservatives acknowledged last week that federal rules to limit industrial greenhouse gas emissions will not even be developed for another year, nor will they be imp

Medical Isotopes  Mr. Speaker, Canadians who are facing cancer are under tremendous stress. The shutdown of Chalk River has adversely affected the necessary supply of medical isotopes that 5,000 patients a day in Canada need. The government faced a similar situation a year and a half ago. It said