Canada Pension Plan  Madam Speaker, before I ask my question, is there anyone in the House who agrees with the ad hoc amendment that was thrown out at the last--

Canada Pension Plan  Madam Speaker, because we had this frivolous last moment amendment, could the hon. member outline or summarize for the House what this important bill would do? The amendment would have pretty well emasculated or blocked the passage of this important bill that would help protect t

First Nations Governance Review Act  Mr. Speaker, it will be hard to follow the hon. member's act of statesmanship and debate. I will do my best to be diplomatic. I would like to make a few remarks concerning Bill C-399 to establish a first nations ombudsman and first nations auditor to assist with administrative a

Species at Risk Act  Mr. Speaker, I will focus my remarks today on the aboriginal issues and opportunities in the proposed species at risk act. The way opportunities have been seized in the development of the legislation is quite a story. It is a story we have ignored in a long debate that seems to h

Main Estimates, 2002-03  Mr. Speaker, I have just one question for the member. The member spoke about transparency in programs. I agree that it is good to fix problems as soon as we find them. I also wanted to make sure that the member agrees with the balanced approach to fixing problems. We had some pr

Canada Games  Mr. Speaker, I wish to pay tribute today to the 2007 Canada Winter Games Bid Committee led by President Doug Inglis. The Government of Canada along with the Yukon territory and the Canada Games Council have just announced that the 2007 Canada Winter Games will be hosted in White

Supply  Madam Chairman, I notice that my colleague from Nunavut is here and I would like to ask a question in that respect. When we appeared before the Romanow commission a couple of hours ago, she again made the point that in rural parts of the northern territories some people feel that

Supply  Madam Chairman, I want to talk about a warning that goes along with fixing of administrative problems. When it is determined that there are administrative problems and new systems are put in place to fix them, sometimes we can go overboard. I had an experience in my riding, and I

Supply  My next question, Madam Chairman, relates to the improvements that are going on in the Parliament Buildings. As the citizens of Canada may know, there are ongoing renovations to the buildings on Parliament Hill to make them more functional and to fit in with the modern technologi

Supply  Madam Chairman, I will begin by congratulating the minister on his new portfolio which I believe he has been in for nine days. He has done a tremendous job over the last four and a half hours. I have two questions for the minister. The first one will be pretty hard considering t

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals and firearms) and the Firearms Act  Once I have finished my speech I will give members a departmental speech if I have time so they can enjoy them both. The last item suggested by the opposition is not true. Opposition members are suggesting that taking the offences out of the property section would remove the def

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals and firearms) and the Firearms Act  Mr. Speaker, this speech has not been given by anyone else. I have been making it up to refute some of the invalid points the opposition has made with respect to the bill. I will speak to an aspect of Bill C-15B which has not been the subject of recent discussion and has not bee

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals and firearms) and the Firearms Act  Mr. Speaker, I will talk about a couple of the points members of the opposition party, the Alliance, made recently. First, they suggested we propose an amendment in the House instead of in the Senate that would help rural Canada. The member should understand legislative procedur

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals and firearms) and the Firearms Act  I am glad the hon. member has raised the issue because it is the next part of my speech. Not only the hunters but the trappers, fishermen and even the farmers in my riding are very happy that the rural caucus has done a lot of work to make sure the bill would not harm any practic

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals and firearms) and the Firearms Act  The opposition is very animated this afternoon.