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, 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

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.

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

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

Petitions   on behalf of the citizens of Medicine Hat.

Citizen Awards  , Alex won a trip to Ottawa to tour Parliament where I was pleased to meet and congratulate her. I congratulate both Tamara and Alex on their well-deserved awards. Both of these individuals embody the civic spirit that continues to make the Medicine Hat constituency a great place

Special Olympics World Summer Games  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to congratulate my constituent, Christine Sullivan, who will be competing in power lifting at the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece. Christine is from my riding of Medicine Hat, and she and 108 other athletes are proudly

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to thank the witnesses for coming today. Canada's economic action plan was huge for my riding. I had the opportunity to talk to all the mayors and the reeves throughout our riding. Medicine Hat is a fairly large riding in the southeast corner

Citizens of the Year  Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to two outstanding constituents of the Medicine Hat riding, Albert Zagorsky and Talon Chandler. Albert Zagorsky was recently named citizen of the year by Grasslands Regional Family and Community Support Services. For over 40 years, Mr

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's a good point. In my own riding of Medicine Hat, we have communities that have had boil-water advisories for many years. Anyway, I would also like to get an indication of what the department is doing in terms of the number of housing units and schools being built

National Defence committee  There was something else you talked about earlier with HRSDC, in terms of R and D and working with other military-type situations. We have an organization in Medicine Hat, Meggitt Defense Systems, and they have been working hand in glove with those folks, and you talked about

Community Service  Madam Speaker, for the past 34 years Dr. Kenneth Sauer has enriched the city of Medicine Hat through his volunteerism and public service. A former educator and city alderman, Dr. Sauer has held many leadership roles in the community with the Palliser Health Region, the Medicine

Child Protection Act (Online Sexual Exploitation)  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to ask questions on this very important bill. I point out that citizens of the fabulous riding of Medicine Hat have very much been in support of the anti-crime bills that we have put through. They regularly call our office and ask why we have not done

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I understand that, because in my own riding of Medicine Hat we actually got some of that ACAP funding.