The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask my colleague a quick question about funding for aboriginal people. A shortage of funding creates all sorts of problems. For example, along the border of Yukon in northern B.C. there are a number of first nations that are trying to settle land cla

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, the history is that the GST rebate for municipalities started on February 1. The government has kept its promise already.

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I first want to thank the Prime Minister and the finance minister for the tremendous job they have done for the north in this budget. It puts the north on the map, which is very exciting. My counterparts from the other territories and the people in the north were exc

Supply  Madam Speaker, the member is right. There is a new leader in the House. The new leader is on this side of the House and has a very exciting agenda that we have been able to talk about all day. The motion sort of backfired. On the other side of the House there is the same old lead

Message from the Senate  Mr. Speaker, I am delighted that the member mentioned the number of areas that government should be, and actually is, concerned about and has mentioned in the Speech from the Throne. It has a great record for Canadians and great proposals, and we will be happy when the opposition

Message from the Senate  Mr. Speaker, I would like to respond to the member for Renfrew--Nipissing--Pembroke on this important matter. I would like to reiterate what has been said numerous times in the House over the last few years. The sponsorship program was fraught with deficiencies and fundamentally

Message from the Senate  Mr. Speaker, I definitely agree with the suggestion to improve the system. I know some of our new ministers are working on that. However I did explain that CSIS has a mandate overseas and that we are collecting more intelligence since September 11. We have given it more resource

Message from the Senate  Mr. Speaker, I always enjoy debating with that member for whom I have a great deal of respect. This will be fun. First, I will reply to the point on marijuana. The United States will be very happy that we are increasing the penalties for the producers and pushers of marijuana. A

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I welcome the opportunity to join the debate on Bill C-303, sponsored by the hon. member for Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques. I congratulate the member for the bill, which is an effort to help out certain workers, who must travel far distances for

Haiti  Mr. Chair, the member should talk to more Canadians then because we have made the largest tax cut in history. In a number of categories, we are actually lower than other countries in the G-7. We have higher taxes in some areas, which is at the choice of Canadians because they th

Haiti  Mr. Chair, that is quite the question with which to end the debate. I would like to start by saying that among all the members in the House, there is none I admire more than the one who asked the question of me for her conscientious work in the House. The new Prime Minister and

Haiti  Mr. Chair, I will address the question first and then the comment. The residents of my area have mixed views on missile defence. I have said that in several speeches on missile defence. Residents of my area have mixed views on a lot of things and I try to represent both sides. S

Haiti  Mr. Chair, of course as the member knows, we disagree on the distribution of expenses, but I would say that he is correct that the government made choices. I would look to the choices it made, to the very large increases in health care which is such a priority for Canadians. I w

Haiti  Mr. Chair, I think the previous member's speech is a very thoughtful and positive addition to the evening. I would like to give one personal opinion in relation to the cuts in defence, having been chair of our defence caucus for some time. I am a big supporter of defence. Defenc

Haiti  Mr. Chair, I think it was a bit of an insult to the Secretary General of the United Nations to say that he was not talking about Canada today, that he was factually incorrect to say that we do not have the defence to do anything. We had General Leslie in the gallery the other da