Organ Donations  Mr. Chair, I thank the member for his contribution to the health committee. As I said before, I do not have a medical degree and I do not pretend to be an expert in the area of organ transplantation. I defer to the experts at Canadian Blood Services and in the medical community t

Organ Donations  Mr. Chair, it is a pleasure to serve with the member on the health committee. We are doing good work hearing from experts from all over the country. As I said in my speech, we know that 80% of heart disease, diabetes and lung diseases are preventable. That is a pretty compelling

Organ Donations  Mr. Chair, it is a pleasure to join in this discussions, which is the first take note debate I have had the privilege to participate in since I was elected in May. For many Canadians, the issue of organ donation is not a debate, a theoretical discussion or an interesting topic. I

Safe Streets and Communites Act  Mr. Speaker, it was a pleasure to listen to the member for Yukon. I appreciate his experience as a former RCMP officer. I have met with corrections officers who are very pleased with the provisions in this bill as they would allow accountability for inmates who often before had

Firearms Registry  Madam Speaker, this week, committee hearings began on the ending the long gun registry act. Rather than inviting law-abiding hunters, farmers and sports shooters to talk about how the long gun registry affects them personally, unsurprisingly, the NDP chose to invite its big union

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Mr. Speaker, this provision is well supported in Chilliwack--Fraser Canyon. There is a large rural component in my riding. The majority of the communities in my riding are served by volunteer firefighters. Not only do they give of their time and of their resources but they put th

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Mr. Speaker, if the hon. member would look at the budget, she would see that we have increased spending on health care by 6% per year since taking office, for a total of 36%. The provinces will make their own decisions on how they allocate their teaching spaces. However, this

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Mr. Speaker, I am a new member to the House but I was watching very carefully during the 13 years that the Liberal Party was in government. The Liberals did not deliver for Canadians. They did not deliver for volunteer firefighters. They did not deliver for family caregivers. The

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to rise in the House today and speak to Bill C-13, the keeping Canada's economy and jobs growing act. Thanks to the policies of our government, Canada continues to be an economic leader during a period of global economic uncertainty. We know that C

Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act  Mr. Speaker, the member spoke a lot about medical issues, and I know those are close to her heart. I met recently with officials of the MS Society in my office here in Ottawa. They thanked the government for the family caregiver tax credit and said it was a step in the right dir

Fair Representation Act  Mr. Speaker, Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon is a beautiful riding of 30,000 square kilometres. About 120,000 people live there. I want to thank the member from British Columbia for her excellent speech where she laid out the formula we have undertaken in this bill, with six new seats

Ending the Long-gun Registry Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to echo the sentiments of my colleague, the member who kept the flame alive for a number of years when the previous government was forcing this on Canadians. I would like the member to differentiate for the opposition once again the difference between th

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, the NDP interim leader thinks anyone who has a tax-free savings account is wealthy, but 6.7 million Canadians have tax-free savings accounts. That is a lot of NDP taxation targets. The NDP thinks anyone who plans for their future and saves their own money is wealthy

Royal Canadian Navy  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to salute commanding officer Jamie Tennant and the entire ship's company of the HMCS Montreal, the Halifax class frigate that has just returned from its Great Lakes deployment. This annual event provides Canadians an opportunity to tour a navy vessel an

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, as I have indicated, we have been there with funding in the amount of $65 million between 2005 and 2010 and $75 million going forward. As I also indicated, the issues of a first nations community in my riding of Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon are different from the Minist