Supply  Madam Speaker, that was done excellently well with a straight face. The government talks about blazing the trail. I am curious as to why I did not hear support for the motion in the hon. member's speech. We have heard the rumours that various ministers are involved with negotia

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank the Bloc member for his comments. I have only one question. The Liberals have said that they are unable to support this motion, due to ongoing negotiations with the industry. I would like him to comment on this. As for the Conservatives, they say that it is

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am deeply saddened to have missed the beginning of the parliamentary secretary's speech. I was on a call-in show in Victoria and another one in Vancouver. Canadians are deeply impressed with this motion and the concept of finally bringing forward mandatory regulati

Supply  Madam Chair, I am disappointed the hon. member did not get to finish his speech. I was looking forward to the conclusion and summation. The harmonization aspect that he is talking about is exactly what we are looking at. When we have California, New York, Maine, Washington and a

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans seems to be poised to grant approval to reopen the Tulsequah Chief mine in northwestern British Columbia. Previously, the DFO was on record with concerns about how this project would affect the salmon bearing streams and caribo

Fisheries  Mr. Speaker, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans is promoting seriously flawed policies that are threatening the coastal communities of British Columbia. The science around open net farming is clear: this man-made technology is threatening the existence of wild salmon and dest

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is quite vociferous on these environmental issues. I have seen him acting this way in committee. I am a bit confused about one section of what he said. A few weeks ago we had a motion before this House to enforce mandatory fuel emissions standards, w

Government Appointments  Mr. Speaker, a year ago when the Prime Minister finally clawed his way to the top job he promised to put an end to the politics of cronyism. Obviously this was just another empty promise rather than a sincere commitment to changing how Liberals do their shady business. The envir

Government Appointments  Mr. Speaker, the only qualification this person seems to have is who he knew in the PMO. It is another promise made and another promise broken. The NRTEE is going to be asked to do some very important work over the coming years, picking up the slack for a cabinet that cannot see

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, that was an answer skilled at passing the buck. It has been eight years since we signed on to Kyoto and we still have no plan. Now the Liberals have introduced budget legislation that threatens key environmental acts. It is a desperate attempt to manage cabinet bick

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, thank you for this opportunity to address an important issue for my constituents. Specifically I rise with respect to the offshore oil and gas moratorium that exists right now in the Hecate Strait off the Queen Charlotte Islands, sometimes known as the Haida Gwaii.

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, there was an obvious omission so I will ask the question again. With respect to this thoughtful consideration, is the government at this point involved in negotiations over the regulatory environment? That is important. What investment in the obvious research is re

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have a related question for the parliamentary secretary. What we are discussing here is whether this is cronyism and whether this is going against the Prime Minister's promise of fixing the democratic deficit. We in B.C. have seen a number of failed Liberal candid

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Red Deer for the opportunity to speak on this issue again. It seems that the government did not hear clearly enough from the committee, when we had this in front of us in committee, that we needed to bring the debate into the House for gre

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I was just having a conversation with someone from Halifax. Ms. McLaughlin is the woman to whom I am referring. The important distinction for Canadians to understand is the difference between a failed candidate and someone who has chosen to leave the life of politic