Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to a Special Report on Wild Atlantic Salmon in Eastern Canada prepared by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans' Advisory Committee on Atlantic Salmon: (a) what recommendations have been implemented in whole or in part; (b) of those recommendations in (a), what action

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the minister does not seem to understand that 110,000 energy workers have lost their jobs. B.C. is home to a developing LNG sector, where tens of thousands of jobs are riding on the investment decisions of LNG companies. When Liberals in Ottawa threaten to increase

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have now confirmed that they are planning to impose a made-in-Ottawa carbon tax on all Canadians, no matter where they live and no matter if their province already has a carbon tax. British Columbia already has a carbon tax, but the Liberals in Ottawa a

Citizenship Act  Madam Speaker, I appreciate my hon. colleague's comments. I asked the Liberal member for Brampton South earlier why the Liberals were okay with protecting dual citizenship when it came to terrorism, but when it came to fraud, they wanted to allow those citizens to have their cit

Citizenship Act  Perhaps I will try again, Mr. Speaker. The member has just said a number of times that they are eliminating two-tier citizenship, but that is simply not true. We understand that the Liberals, no matter what terrorist act an individual commits against this country as a dual ci

Citizenship Act  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have certainly dined out on the phrase “A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian” for several months now, but that is not actually the case. The minister has indicated that he is looking to remove the citizenship of dual Canadian citizens if they commit

Fisheries and Oceans  Mr. Speaker, the offshore northern shrimp fishery employs hundreds of maritimers. Despite the importance of the northern shrimp fishery to communities in the Maritimes, three of the four members of the so-called independent advisory panel are from Newfoundland and Labrador. Howev

Fisheries and Oceans  Mr. Speaker, the panel was set up with not a single member from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, or P.E.I. The offshore northern shrimp fishery is worth $131 million a year to Nova Scotia companies alone. Despite the importance of this industry to Nova Scotia, the minister's so-called

Canadian Coast Guard  Mr. Speaker, the government House leader has found himself a new part-time job as the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, but the rules from the Ethics Commissioner leave him unable to properly manage a number of important files in the department. We woul

Fisheries and Oceans  Mr. Speaker, one would hope that the procurement minister would know what a mid-shore patrol ship is. However, warranty work on the patrol ships is not the only file the part-time minister cannot deal with. Canada's Atlantic salmon are in jeopardy, and the minister finds himself

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, by appointing the Liberal House leader as the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Prime Minister has placed his part-time minister into a precarious position. The minister is in a conflict of interest whenever he is dealing with the Irvi

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the part-time Minister of Fisheries has an admitted conflict of interest whenever it comes to the Irving family in New Brunswick. The Irvings have interests in fisheries habitat work, are involved in the Atlantic Salmon Federation, and the minister's advisory panel o

Abandoned Vessels  Mr. Speaker, as I said previously, I would like to thank the member for South Shore—St. Margarets for bringing forward this motion. I am pleased to rise today as the official opposition critic for fisheries, oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard to speak in favour of Motion No. 4

Abandoned Vessels  Mr. Speaker, I want to ask the member for South Shore—St. Margarets why she chose to pursue this through a motion and not through legislation. Perhaps she could expand on a concern I have had with previous attempts by members to deal with this sort of issue in that the burden has

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the Ethics Commissioner has ruled that the new Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard cannot have any dealings with the Irving family. However, Irving shipyards is a major supplier to the Canadian Coast Guard. Irving is undertaking major warranty