Scientific Research  Mr. Speaker, the Minister of the Environment has confirmed that funding for the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences will not be renewed. Two weeks ago, I met with researchers at the Université du Québec à Montréal who depend on this funding. They are concern

Scientific Research  Mr. Speaker, the government is abandoning research on climate change in the Arctic. Does the government understand the nature of research? Does it understand that research takes time and cannot be turned on and off like a tap without any impact? When a program is cancelled, the t

THE BUDGET  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague from Mississauga—Erindale for his comments. He talked a great deal about innovation and the importance of research. As the Liberal Party critic for science and technology, I often consult universities. Furthermore, I am privileged to have

Health  Mr. Speaker, three years ago, the Prime Minister stated, before Bill Gates, that Canada was committed to financing a research centre to produce an AIDS vaccine. Last month, during the prorogation and without a compelling reason, the program was cancelled. Yesterday, to our surpri

Robert Thirsk  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the return to Earth of my friend, astronaut Robert Thirsk, who spent six months on the International Space Station. That is quite a trip. Robert returned to Earth this morning, gently touching down in Kazakhstan. During his mission he cond

Housing  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives have spent less than one per cent of the $1.9 billion they announced for affordable housing 14 months ago. They have spent almost nothing of the $1.5 billion they announced for social housing in the last budget. I think we would all agree that these

Housing  Mr. Speaker, people who live on the street and in rundown social housing cling desperately to government announcements. Yet this government has spent less than 1% of the $1.9 billion announced 14 months ago for affordable housing and almost none of the $1.5 billion announced for

Health  Mr. Speaker, the uncertainty about the future of a Canadian nuclear reactor to produce isotopes is having impacts in a number of areas. There are concerns now that our colleges will see a drop in enrolment of nuclear medicine technicians, who are responsible for diagnostic proced

Telecommunications Industry  Mr. Speaker, Canada was recently ranked 28th out of 30 countries on cellphone costs. Canadians need competition to ensure better services and lower monthly bills. The government has horribly mismanaged the Globalive file. It took $442 million from the company 15 months ago and

Telecommunications Industry  Mr. Speaker, this is certainly not the way to treat our businesses. This government awarded Globalive Communications Inc. a portion of the spectrum reserved for cellular telephone communications. The company paid $442 million for that privilege 15 months ago. Last week, the

ADISQ Gala  Mr. Speaker, the most important event of the year in the Quebec music industry was held yesterday in Montreal. Of course, I am talking about the 31st ADISQ Gala, where the Felix awards were handed out. No thanks to the Conservatives, Quebec's music industry continues to impress,

Business of Supply  As usual, Mr. Speaker, the member for Outremont is utterly predictable. There is no depth to which he will not sink to try to make his point. I have to say that people really appreciated what I said in 2006 because I showed that, unlike the member, I was able to admit my mistake

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for Jeanne-Le Ber. I am here today to speak to the motion presented by the NDP. I believe I responded to that quite clearly in the 20 minutes I used to speak about the Liberal Party's position.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would simply like to say that the hon. member for Jeanne-Le Ber criticized me for not speaking French often enough. I can assure him that I will be making plenty of speeches in French in Jeanne-Le Ber during the next election.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Bourassa. I can assure him that immigration is very important to the future of our country. As the industry, science and technology critic, I am very aware of the importance of immigration to the prosperity of Canada and Quebec.