Sustaining Canada's Economic Recovery Act  Madam Speaker, it is an honour for me to stand in the House and speak to the bill before us, Bill C-47, which looks at the budget and the economic policies taken by the government. Essentially, this is a budget that people back home in the riding that I have the honour of repres

Aboriginal Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the four Island Lake First Nations in northern Manitoba are facing third world living conditions when it comes to water and sewer services. They are facing serious health and sanitation consequences. The government has claimed that investments in water and sewer se

Preventing Human Smugglers From Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her impassioned speech regarding this very problematic bill. I would like to hear about something she referenced. What does the government's approach mean in terms of perhaps contributing to that dark history of immigration and the way we h

Canada-Panama Free Trade Act  Madam Speaker, my colleague did a good job of presenting his and his party's position on this bill. Since we are discussing some of the problems with this approach to free trade with Panama, I would like him to comment on why the government so badly wants to create this kind of

Canada-Panama Free Trade Act  Madam Speaker, absolutely this is a real failure to show interest in building a bilateral free trade relationship, and certainly engaging in an agreement without dealing with such a glaring absence of accountability and transparency on the part of Panama. One would think it would

Canada-Panama Free Trade Act  Madam Speaker, it is an honour for me to rise in the House today and speak to Bill C-46, Canada-Panama Free Trade Act. I rise, along with many of my colleagues who have spoken in this House, opposed to this free trade agreement. We have brought forward a critique and recommendat

Canada-Panama Free Trade Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his presentation. He has raised some extremely serious points about the bill we are debating today. I would like his opinion or that of the Bloc on the government's agenda with regard to this free trade agreement. It took the

Fairness at the Pumps Act  Madam Speaker, I want to ask a question of my colleague, but I will begin by prefacing just how critical the issue of fairness at the pumps is for the Canadians who I represent in northern Manitoba. We have an area with extensive distance between us as communities. We have roads

Tackling Auto Theft and Property Crime Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to know what my colleague from the Bloc Québécois thinks about prevention. We have to find out how to punish people who commit the type of crime we are talking about today, but we also have to recognize who they are. For the most part, they are young p

Post-Secondary Education  Mr. Speaker, the national student debt increases by almost $1 million every day. The federal government has Canadian students and their families on the hook for close to $15 billion. According to the Canadian Federation of Students, when students have a higher load of debt, they

Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act  Mr. Speaker, my colleague reflected on the unfortunate delays surrounding this issue. I would like to hear her comments on what it means to our position in the world when it comes to taking a leadership role and supporting not just individuals but businesses as they look to the f

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition calling on the government to save the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. It has been signed by people across Canada from all provinces and territories. Many signatories are deeply disappointed in the government's failure to support the Abori

Protecting Victims From Sex Offenders Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the very important question posed by my colleague from Hamilton Mountain. I certainly could not agree with her more. This constant dealing with the Conservative crime agenda, which as we know has great inadequacies and real gaps in actually dealing with

Protecting Victims From Sex Offenders Act  Mr. Speaker, many of us see the irony of these bills. The government was committed to passing them and to ensuring a quick process, because apparently these were a priority. Maybe they were not such a priority, and neither was democracy. That is why the Prime Minister prorogued P

Protecting Victims From Sex Offenders Act  Mr. Speaker, that is an important question. Many of us in the NDP feel that it is critical to bring forward the well-researched and well-founded proposal of the ombudsman for centres and the need to apply $5 million. That money is a drop in the bucket compared to the $1 billion b