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November 22nd, 2006House debate
Phthalate Control Act Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I have listened to the debate this evening. Canadians watching and members of Parliament listening in on the debate will wonder why so specific a private member's bill has come up, a bill so specific in its target. Why go after these th
October 31st, 2006House debate
Climate Change Mr. Speaker, today the former chief economist of the World Bank, Nicholas Stern, sounded the alarm about the environmental crisis we are facing. I will quote: “Climate change...is the greatest...market failure” the world has every seen. He said that unchecked global warming will
October 30th, 2006House debate
Budget Implementation Act, 2006, No. 2 Mr. Speaker, I have a question for my colleague about the great alliance we have seen between the Conservatives and the Bloc. I would just like to know whether the alliance between the two parties is finally over? Will the marriage continue? For I do not know how many years, we
October 25th, 2006House debate
Budget Implementation Act, 2006, No. 2 Mr. Speaker, Prince George is a fine city. I live in Skeena and visit Prince George as often as I can. The question I have for the member is twofold and the first part concerns the United States. Within the U.S. congressional district there is a separate accounting office which
October 25th, 2006House debate
Budget Implementation Act, 2006, No. 2 Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the minister's zeal and I would like to know if that zeal is matched by any sort of analysis that went into the budget. In particular, he mentioned the transit passes. Just recently, I was on the Toronto transit system and when I looked up, lo and beho
October 25th, 2006House debate
Petitions Mr. Speaker, it is a great pleasure for me to present a petition, also signed by more than 100 people within my constituency. The petitioners fear that Canada is at risk of losing our heritage of welcome, a long tradition. They call upon Parliament to enact a welcome to strange
October 25th, 2006House debate
House debate Mr. Speaker, what I cannot find in the hon. parliamentary secretary's answer is how, at a time when there is unmitigated devastation of the forests of British Columbia and a government absolutely swimming in extra tax dollars, the Conservatives found the will to actually pull out
October 24th, 2006House debate
House debate Mr. Speaker, what an engaging debate for Canadians to watch again as the ideologues on the Conservative benches reared their heads to strike a blow on the idea of farmers working together collectively. Governing is about choices and the Conservative government has made a very cl
October 24th, 2006House debate
Criminal Code Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague from Winnipeg for all the work he has done over the years on this issue. As banks continue to show record profits, and good for them for being able to do that, there also seems to be a breaking of their responsibility and the contract--a co
October 24th, 2006House debate
Criminal Code Mr. Speaker, I know my colleague works very hard, particularly with respect to people. We are talking about these payday loan places. This is obviously a sector of the economy that has a propensity to prey upon those in our society who do not have the means and the wherewithal
October 24th, 2006House debate
The Environment Mr. Speaker, if winning the battle against climate change is the fight of our lives, the government got knocked out in the first round. Science has told us that anything more than a two degree rise in the earth's temperature will prove catastrophic for our planet. We need to red
October 23rd, 2006House debate
The Environment Mr. Speaker, the government continues to defy the very laws of biology and physics by standing up in the House every day while lacking anything that resembles a spine. The hot air act failed to set short term targets. It failed to go after the biggest polluters. Could the mini
October 23rd, 2006House debate
Point of Order Mr. Speaker, the respect I have for this place and for all parliamentarians gathered here to do the work that all Canadians sent us here to do is of the utmost. I humbly beseech you, Mr. Speaker, that in this regard, the minister has presented herself as bringing forward a plan
October 19th, 2006House debate
The Environment Mr. Speaker, the Conservative's made in Washington plan is basically a free ticket for oil companies to continue to pollute. With the minister's proposal regarding intensity-based targets, pollution will not be reduced; rather, it will continue to increase. Can the minister expl
October 19th, 2006House debate