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Government Appointments  Mr. Speaker, if it were not for the court documents that made it really clear, those guys would not tell us which minister was approached. The reality is that the minister knows it is against the law and if he knows that and knows that he should not even be seen to have a discu

October 19th, 2007House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak on the throne speech today. This is actually a great opportunity to respond to what the Conservative government has outlined for Canadians. First, I do want to say that it is good to be back in the House of Commons. It is good t

October 23rd, 2007House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  I am glad an hon. member asks me which ones. Let me begin. By the way, I did not expect him to address the in and out scheme from Elections Canada. I did not expect that. I understand why the Conservatives would avoid explaining that in the throne speech. Never mind, we will be

October 23rd, 2007House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  I do not mean to get on the nerves of the Conservatives. I am just doing my job here. I hope they can sit down and listen, and answer these questions. Let us talk about the items that were priorities. The Conservatives falsely claim that they are the champions of accountability.

October 23rd, 2007House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Yes, that is right, falsely claim. I am glad they are applauding. What have they done so far? Where is the public appointment commissioner? They promised to appoint a public appointment commissioner. They have not appointed a public appointment commissioner. So far the governme

October 23rd, 2007House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I am glad my hon. colleague has raised the issue of the GST. First, the Liberals did not make a promise in the red book, as the hon. member said, but somebody did make a promise. When that promise was not fulfilled, Sheila Copps resigned. I call on the Prime Minis

October 23rd, 2007House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, the issue a very important one, and I thank my hon. colleague for raising it. More than 50% of the people of Mississauga were born outside of Canada. Many of them have immigrated here particularly because of their amazing and incredible skills. We have attracted the

October 23rd, 2007House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

University of Toronto Mississauga  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour of representing the riding of Mississauga—Erindale, the host for one of the fastest growing and most dynamic university campuses in Canada. This year, the University of Toronto Mississauga celebrated its 40th anniversary. Thanks to its administrati

October 29th, 2007House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak to Bill C-5. I want to thank the minister for tabling the bill and I also want to take this opportunity to thank department officials for providing me with an informative and educational briefing session yesterday afternoon. As

October 30th, 2007House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for his ongoing dedication to his riding and to his constituents. I know that in his riding there is a nuclear power generation plant. I can assure him that I will be consulting with him and other stakeholders in his riding about the futu

October 30th, 2007House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act  Mr. Speaker, I am not so sure what the member's question indicates about his listening capacity, but the first thing I said in my speech is that we will support sending this bill to committee and that we will perform our duty as the official opposition in listening to stakeholder

October 30th, 2007House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act  Mr. Speaker, the problem with the NDP is that it lacks pragmatism. The NDP has absolutely no idea how the world operates. The NDP can live in utopia and can pretend that it is defending the interests of Canadians but all it is really doing is living in a fantasy world. The reali

October 30th, 2007House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act  Mr. Speaker, I am never comfortable when we talk about nuclear accidents and this bill is not intended to talk about that. I want to ask the member, what did he do in 1976 when the liability act set the amount at $75 million? Did members of the NDP support it at $75 million? If

October 30th, 2007House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to echo what the member is saying. I also want to add that this amount reflects those studies and also reflects international standards and what other countries have been doing for the last few years. It reflects the Senate committee report that was tabled two

October 30th, 2007House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal

Budget and Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2007  Mr. Speaker, only the Conservatives can claim repetitive tax cuts to bring it back to where it was when the Liberals were in power. My question for the hon. member is very specific. Last March, the Prime Minister, with fanfare, made an announcement about public transportation.

November 28th, 2007House debate

Omar AlghabraLiberal