Liberal Party of Canada   they were. As a proud Albertan, I am proud to be part of the only party that stands in this House to defend the interests of Alberta and Medicine Hat.

Petitions   to present them to the House on behalf of the constituents of Medicine Hat.

Jobs and Growth Act, 2012   running smoothly, and this bill supports jobs and growth to do just that. This is good legislation for all Canadians. It is also good for my home province of Alberta and my riding of Medicine Hat. It contains support for farmers. There are many in my region who I am proud to represent

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to start by saying that consumer confidence is critical to Canada's beef industry, and that is why we will not compromise when it comes to the safety of Canadians' food. As the member of Parliament for Medicine Hat and more specifically as the MP

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee  . If I might just ask in terms of the fuel, are you providing fuel to Calgary co-op and also to the Medicine Hat co-op?

Special Committee on Cooperatives committee   of the Medicine Hat Co-op, which supplies gasoline, medications, and food. I can tell you that with her membership we quite often celebrate when we get our substantial dividend cheque. Of course, part of that is reinvested. The other thing I wanted to mention is that there are different types

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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