Agriculture committee  Thank you, Ministers, for coming today. It's obviously a really important issue that we're working on here. I'm from Medicine Hat, and we're captive to the CPR, and have been captive for as long as I can recall. I worked for an international petrochemical company, and I can

Agriculture committee  Okay, it's interesting because I come from a background in the private sector. I worked for an international petrochemical company in Medicine Hat. I've heard from grain farmers. When I worked for that company, the railway was the problem all the time. This is not new. Certainly

Agriculture committee  Thanks to the witnesses for coming. I'm from Medicine Hat. The CP goes right through my riding. Quite frankly, Mr. Creel, I used to work in the private sector. I worked for a company called Methanex—before that, it was Novacor Chemicals, and before that, it was Alberta Gas

Public Safety committee   pays up to 90%. The city of Medicine Hat and that area were impacted by those floods, so I totally understand what's going on there. I think we're doing the right thing to try to make sure we can recoup the losses that our citizens have had. I actually have a couple of questions

Agriculture committee  The interesting thing is you talked about traceability. In my riding, in Medicine Hat and Redcliff,there are a lot of greenhouses. There's an organization called Red Hat Co-op, and all the greenhouses are supplying tomatoes, cukes, and peppers. They do have a traceability system

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am presenting 32 petitions today on behalf of the citizens of Medicine Hat, with hundreds of signatures, to make the Wild Horse border crossing to the United States a 24-hour port of entry for commercial business. The petitioners are asking Parliament to legislate

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition I present is also on behalf of the citizens of Medicine Hat. The petitioners would like to have the House of Commons rescind the Species at Risk Act and replace it with an act that encourages voluntary implementation.

Agriculture committee   veggies. Thanks very much for the tour. It was a great tour to see exactly what the process is and how it's done. On that note, there was an article in today's paper, I think in Medicine Hat News. I don't know if you've seen it or not, but you folks have sent an amazing amount of food

Petitions   is from citizens of my riding of Medicine Hat.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition is also from residents of Medicine Hat. The petitioners are asking that the House of Commons rescind the Species at Risk Act and replace it with an act that would encourage voluntary implementation.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the third petition is also from citizens of Medicine Hat. The petitioners point out that law-abiding Canadian citizens should be free to use firearms for recreational use. They call upon the House of Commons to fix legislation so that unelected bureaucrats

South Alberta Light Horse  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to speak about the South Alberta Light Horse, Alberta's regiment, which is based in my riding of Medicine Hat. I was fortunate to be able to attend the change of command ceremony, which took place September 14, at the Court of Queen's Bench

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have a petition to present to the House from my constituents in Medicine Hat. They say that law-abiding Canadian citizens should be free to use firearms for recreational use and that the current ability of the RCMP and bureaucrats to make decisions on the spot

Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act  , and it hurt sport shooters. I have a lot of friends in my riding of Medicine Hat who are passionate, safe gun owners, and this bill, I believe, would help those individuals. I would ask the minister to comment further on how this bill would help hunters, sport shooters, farmers

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Chair, and thank you to our witnesses for coming and enduring the discussion we had. Speaking of bison, the former member of Parliament for Medicine Hat, Bob Porter, is in my riding and, guess what he has?