The Environment  Mr. Speaker, what was true on day one is even more true now and that is that Canadians no longer trust the Conservatives to protect the environment. They are in desperate need of some adult supervision. The minister will not even let his own clean air act come before this House

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, my colleague, the parliamentary secretary, passed over something that is critical and I would like to clarify the record. When it comes to the motion before us today, which talks about the creation of a market based approach to emissions trading, particularly as de

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will give a statistic according to the Library of Parliament in order to answer my colleague's question. We asked the library to look at the industry of photovoltaic cells. These are the solar panels that produce electricity in Canada: 700 jobs in Canada, 50,000

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question and his work on the environment. There is a specific carbon exchange named within the motion, the Montréal Exchange. Many in opposition to this will fixate on that and ask why the government would pick one exchange over another.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from the Bloc Québécois for his question. The possibilities that come with the carbon exchange are incredible. There is a lot of interest among major polluting companies and other countries and states. For example, California, New York a

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie for his motion on climate change, especially concerning the carbon exchange. This concept is really necessary for our country, which should make an immediate commitment to emission trading. Otherwise, it will be impo

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from the Bloc for moving this motion and for his question to my hon. Conservative colleague. It was a very clear and specific question. Perhaps I will ask it in the other official language and we will have a clearer response. Does my colleague's

Railway Continuation Act, 2007  Mr. Speaker, I know the member for Timmins—James Bay experiences first-hand what happens when the rails go wrong. It is not often that some of these noxious substances go barrelling through the middle of Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver. They tend to travel on other routes to marke

Railway Continuation Act, 2007  Mr. Speaker, I have a brief question for my colleague. She touched on this generally, but I think it is important for people to establish as well that in the midst of a negotiation, the two sides in this case will use various leverages and tactics in order to get the things that

Railway Continuation Act, 2007  Mr. Speaker, it is with some reluctance that I join this debate, simply because the need for this in this day and age should not still exist. One would hope in 2007 that reasonable minds using legislation that this country has agreed to would be able to resolve disputes, yet some

Railway Continuation Act, 2007  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her words and her experience when it comes to properly settling disputes between management and labour. Our country has had a long and turbulent history over this, but I think many Canadians would have expected that we would have evolved to

Railway continuation Act, 2007  We will not reference Tiny Tim yet, but it might come later in his answer to my question. The important issue being raised by the CN workers that live in my riding in northwestern British Columbia, CN being one of the main rail lines and an increasingly important one, has been c

Railway continuation Act, 2007  Mr. Speaker, I had the fortune, or misfortune, of being at the not so recent Liberal leadership convention and there was not as much emotion or energy put forward by many of the speakers there as has been encapsulated in the last 20 minutes. I lament the fact that the octaves use

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, it has come as no surprise to Canadians that the government has become a follower rather than a leader when it comes to the issue of the environment. The Conservatives should be thoroughly embarrassed by their handling of the climate change file, regulating air poll

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the governor of Montana has requested this of the minister. Now the people of British Columbia are demanding this and the minister is away on the file. When will the Conservatives learn that everyday Canadians expect leadership when it comes to the environment, not