The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the House is getting tired of that kind of answer. The minister has been here two months and--

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the tar ponds, along with many other contaminated sites in this country, are in desperate need of environmental cleanup. Our government budgeted $1 billion to clean up these brownfields. The NDP, along with the Conservatives, derailed this initiative. Could the min

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I wish to present a petition on behalf of my constituents of Sydney--Victoria. I have received an overwhelming response from over 1,000 constituents calling upon the current government to honour the child care agreement made by the provinces and our previous governme

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, as we are in a new Parliament, I would hope all members would keep their facts straight. All members should listen to representatives of day care centres and hear what they want. They should listen to the parents and hear what they want. All the government is giving

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, first, the tar ponds location is on provincial property and we have an agreement with the Tory provincial government. Therefore, let us not start pointing fingers. We have bailed out the provincial government. On child care, yes, rural people need child care, but n

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Mississauga South. As this is my first speech in the House in this 39th Parliament, I would like to congratulate all new members who were elected for the first time to Parliament and all those who have returned. This p

Canada Account Report 2003-04  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2) I am pleased to table, in both official languages, the Canada Account annual report 2003-04.

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am glad the member asked that question because it gives me a little opening here. Yes, my family is in the agriculture business and we have supply management. My father was one of the founding farmers who started supply management in the early 1970s, so I know how

Supply  Mr. Speaker, calling people terminators in the House is very unparliamentary language. I sometimes call the governor of California the terminator but we just cannot throw that term around loosely. It is very disrespectful. This government is behind farmers. Last year we put $5 b

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, who is a true champion for the whole agriculture industry. We are proud to have her in our caucus. She stands up for farmers every day. It is an honour to rise in the House this afternoon to con

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the Bloc member. How can we negotiate a better deal for our Canadian farmers at the WTO when the opposition parties are shutting down the House? It diminishes our political presence in Hong Kong and, with the motion they put forward in the agric

John Junior Hanna  Madam Speaker, one of Cape Breton's hockey legends has passed away. John Junior Hanna lost his battle with cancer this weekend with his family by his side. Junior Hanna was considered one of the greatest Nova Scotians to ever play in the Original Six. Junior Hanna was a proud an

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Chair, I commend my hon. colleague from Dartmouth on his speech and also on his understanding of this file. The hon. member is from an urban riding. I know Dartmouth quite well. Sometimes we think that this issue is mostly a rural issue, which it is not. The softwood lumber i

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Chair, I would first like to respond to the member's comments about the Prime Minister's involvement on this file. At every high level meeting, he is right there for us. Whenever he gets a chance to talk to the President of the United States or with the President of Mexico he

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Chair, I listened with great interest to the speech from the member for Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley, which is a great place to fish, by the way. I have fished there many times. The government has always stood behind Atlantic Canada and the special case that Atl