Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, the member's speech earned well-deserved applause, and I appreciate the positive manner in which she gave it. She made a great case for culture. I think she knows we are on her side. We reinstated a lot of programs to support culture. I want to commend her on the p

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, you are doing a great job. I appreciated the tone and positivity of the member's speech. I am going to quote a line from the throne speech. It says, “A clear majority of Canadians voted for ambitious climate action now.” I am wondering what the member's plan would

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, November 10, 1995, was the last time any committee reported 100 reports. Peter Milliken was the chair of PROC at the time. I have the honour to present, in both official languages, at this historic moment, the 100th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, last time, I mentioned the great work of the committee clerk and the researcher. As this may be my last time up on these reports, I would like to congratulate all the committee members. I think we had a number of free spirits on our committee. I congratulate them for

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 98th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, entitled “A Parallel Debating Chamber for Canada’s House of Commons”. This may be a very historic report, because it may lead to the d

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, I am delighted when the indigenous affairs critic asks questions supporting things that were in my speech. All 86 bills are very important. The member for Northwest Territories already answered that question when he said that we have to rebuild the trust that was bro

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, I am glad that the member asked that question, because he explained a very simple bill that the opposition spent all sorts of time on, and it slowed down the important bills.

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, the member is drawing to our attention how far forward first nations and governments in the Northwest Territories, Yukon and the north are because we have these co-management boards. On those boards, with good representation, are the indigenous governments, Inuit gov

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, the member for Northwest Territories has worked so hard on this bill for his people. Yes, regarding certainty, if we get this out of the courts, the illegal situation it is in, it would give certainty to development again. I think everyone in this House has spoken i

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for the question. She made two of the points that I had in my speech. First of all, the member mentioned my constituents. The bill that relates to my constituents where the Conservatives have abrogated the land claim was passed a couple of years a

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, first I want to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people. I have a speech, but I think I will start by trying to answer questions and concerns that have been brought up. If I do that, then members could vote unanimously

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, briefly, the member is a real champion of rural Canada. His constituents are very lucky. He is always standing up for the rural small communities. How does he think small communities felt when the Conservatives overrode something they had constitutional protection fo

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, what does the member support in the bill?

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, a lot of the debate has been technical, but I want to ask a more spiritual question. When you make a treaty with first nations, like the treaties with the Sahtu, the Deh Cho and the Gwich'in, there is a trust there. They trust that the government will at least follo

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 97th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs dealing with regulations respecting the non-attendance of members by reason of maternity or care for a new-born or newly-adopted child.