Age of Consent  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to speak on Motion No. 221 proposed by my colleague, the member for Fleetwood--Port Kells. The member from Fleetwood--Port Kells is one of our hardest-working members. I want to acknowledge that in this House and thank her for her hard work and for s

Justice  Mr. Speaker, the justice minister continues to leave our children at risk. He knows that experts are recommending that the age of sexual consent be raised from 14 to 16. He knows that international pedophiles are coming to Canada because we are one of the few countries that have

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition from the wonderful residents of my riding of Langley, British Columbia. The petition deals with marriage. It says that marriage is the best foundation for families and for the raising of children and that the institution of marriage as b

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, it is very enlightening to hear from the Liberals, the Bloc and the NDP and their position on this because this is a question that I have asked the justice minister every time he has visited the justice committee. I do not seem to get a straight answer. I have asked

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition from my riding of Langley in British Columbia. The petition states that the rate of children being diagnosed with autism is high and is increasing at an alarming rate. Currently one in 195 children has autism. The petitioners call upon

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock. I would like to congratulate you, Mr. Speaker, on your very successful marathon race and we are very proud of your efforts. This is a very interesting motion that we have before us tod

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I looked through the motions with which the House dealt. There was a Conservative motion that there be no clawbacks, that the Atlantic provinces, Newfoundland and Labrador, receive those. It was the government that voted against it. I do not believe the government re

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question but we are talking about a previous Parliament. In this Parliament--

Supply  All I receive, even now, is heckling on compassionate care. Not once in the House have NDP members supported our call for the government to permit family members to take care of a dying loved one. Not once.

Supply  Maybe there is going to be a start, but I would appreciate it if they would stop the heckling. Let us do something to keep Canadians together.

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to speak to Bill C-275, and acknowledge the wonderful hard work that we have seen from the members for Abbotsford and for Cariboo—Prince George. Every driver's worst fear is to accidentally hit a child who runs between parked cars and chases a ball o

An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise to speak right after the prayer for our country. I regularly get phone calls, letters and cards saying that Canadians are praying for this Parliament to have the wisdom to do the right thing. I am one of the members of the rookie class, elect

An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments  Mr. Speaker, no, I do not oppose any of the things he listed. I support housing for the poor. I support a strong educational program for students. I have five grown children and I know the costs of tuition. It is expensive for them to go to school. I also support international ai

An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments  Mr. Speaker, Bill C-48 does not have a plan, which is why the Conservative Party is objecting to it. It was a plan that was created over a weekend. This is it. It is one page, oops, on a napkin. Where did that come from? Canadians demand better than one page on a napkin. All we

Relay for Life  Mr. Speaker, Langley just had its first ever Relay for Life and it was a huge success. Seventy Langley teams raised more than $200,000 for cancer research and services. People signed up with their co-workers, neighbours, family and friends. The young and the old participated. An