Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is my honour to bring forward the voices of the people of Thompson in northern Manitoba. Today I would like to present a petition on their behalf calling for the federal government to stand up for Canadians and Canadian jobs. On November 17, Vale announced devast

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to bring forward the voices of the people of Thompson and northern Manitoba. Today, I would like to present petitions on their behalf calling for the federal government to stand up for Canadians and Canadian jobs. On November 17, Vale announced devas

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is my honour to bring forward the voices of the people of Thompson in northern Manitoba. Today I would like to present petitions on their behalf calling for the federal government to stand up for Canadians and Canadian jobs. On November 17, Vale announced the dev

Business of Supply  I need to make a correction, Mr. Speaker. The discussion here is about the transportation of bitumen, not oil. This debate is a critical one for many reasons, including the control that we as Canadians ought to have not only over our resources but over good-paying, processing,

Mining Industry  Mr. Speaker, today I am standing on behalf of the people of my riding and the people of Manitoba who are saying that Vale's plan to close the smelter and the refinery in Thompson is unacceptable. Many Manitobans are critical not only of Vale but of the federal government. How ca

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to present a petition from the residents of Thompson in northern Manitoba who are calling upon the federal government to stand up for Canadians and Canadian jobs. On November 17, Vale announced the shocking news that it was planning to shut down the

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, that statement is applicable entirely, not only to this, but to so many of the proposals put forward by the Conservative government when it comes to crime and justice. We are asking to hear from people on the ground and from people in the system. We want to hear not

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, first, I welcome the member to hear directly from people in my riding. We recognize that people who have gone through the system are people who have come from our communities. They have families and they are part of a broader network of which we are all part. Not onl

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, the discussion around costs has been recurring in the discussions around prison farms. It has been a challenge to have the real costs discussed. However, one thing many people have noted is the value of effective rehabilitation of prisoners and how we ought to consid

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, that important question outlines the failure of the government to look at preventing people from reaching these institutions. It claims to have real problems with criminality and sees the value of punishment, but why do we not save ourselves the money and hassle of s

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to conclude. As a final point, I would like to look at the government's wrong-headed approach to crime and justice. On one hand, we have the eradication of the prison farms that contribute in a great way to employment skills, to the lo

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, it is an honour to rise in the House and engage in this important debate. A majority of parliamentarians have just sent a message to the government that a debate around prison farms needs to take place in the House. We represent Canadians who view the continuation

Foreign Takeovers  Mr. Speaker, today I rise to speak on the devastating impact of foreign takeovers gone wrong on women and our communities. Time and time again it has been proven that women experience greater hardship when economic conditions are more difficult. While the government has claimed

Mining Industry  Mr. Speaker, on October 4 the federal government announced it was giving a $1 billion loan to Vale. That is billion with a b. Last week we found out that it will be stripping more than 600 jobs from the Thompson operation. The government has made Vale Canada's number one corpora

Secure, Adequate, Accessible and Affordable Housing Act  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to speak to this bill that we in the NDP are proud to present. I thank my colleagues for the work they have done to move this critical bill forward at a time when Canada needs it so much. Why do we need a national housing strategy? We need a national