Petitions   on behalf of the citizens of Medicine Hat.

The Budget   to thank the voters of the great riding of Medicine Hat for re-electing me as the member for that constituency. My colleague just mentioned this, but I would like to mention it again because it appears that some of the members opposite do not recognize that over 70% of Canadians did

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act   to thank all those constituents who had confidence in me and voted for me to return to Ottawa as their representative to our federal government. It is an honour and a privilege to be returned to Ottawa as the member of Parliament for the great riding of Medicine Hat, and I am humbled

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act   heard us. We have also heard them. In addition to that, through our knowledge infrastructure program, millions and millions of dollars have been invested in universities and colleges right across Canada, including the Medicine Hat College in my own riding.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank the witnesses for coming today. It's important to get your perspective on Growing Forward. I'm from the Medicine Hat riding in the southeast corner of Alberta. We have a huge agricultural area, with both dry-land farming

Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act  Madam Speaker, the Medicine Hat riding is a huge rural area. About half of the population is rural, and there are all types of farmers and products. Could the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food tell the House why we need to pass this legislation immediately for the benefit

Agriculture committee  Thank you. I was just checking, in terms of the horticultural...I understand there was almost $2.7 million of funding from the federal government. In particular, Mr. Bell, I know you talk about the farmers' market, and we have a great farmers' market in Medicine Hat

Agriculture committee  Okay. My colleague talked about the freight rates in particular. I'm from southeast Alberta, in the corner—the great riding of Medicine Hat. We have CP Rail down there, and I hear day after day about the lack of movement of cars for producers. And it doesn't matter, as you

Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act  Madam Speaker, it is really appropriate that I put a question to my colleague. In Taber, in my riding of Medicine Hat, an individual who had intruders on his property, who were proposing to obviously steal property, took some action to prevent that because the police were

Annual Business Awards  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to recognize a number of organizations in my riding that won awards from the Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce's annual business awards, in conjunction with National Small Business Week. Many category winners go on and compete

Canadian Defence Executive of the Year Award   navy. One of Spencer's main objectives is being honest with the customer and delivering what he has promised. Under Spencer, Meggitt Training Systems has flourished and his style has led to that business growing in Medicine Hat. It is his desire that Canada be a world leader

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present this petition today, started by two high school students, Katie van der Sloot and Rachel Brown, of Medicine Hat. This petition was signed by hundreds of citizens from Medicine Hat and across Canada. The petitioners ask the government to ban

Birthday Congratulations  Mr. Speaker, it is with best wishes that I stand today to tell hon. members about the oldest living person in Canada, Cora Hansen of the city of Medicine Hat in my riding. Cora turned 113 years old on March 25. Born in 1899, Cora is thought to be the last person born

Act to Provide for the Continuation and Resumption of Rail Service Operations  Mr. Speaker, I listened intently to my colleague from Kildonan—St. Paul and I understand that CP runs through her riding in Winnipeg. CP also runs through my riding in Medicine Hat. In Medicine Hat, we have a huge agricultural component of the economy. Farmers are wanting

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out that my wife has a membership in a Medicine Hat co-op and through that membership we buy a lot of goods. I know for a fact that co-operatives are profitable. My wife gets an annual dividend, which is very nice. A lot of people