The Economy  Mr. Speaker, the OECD warns of troubled global financial markets and family debt levels of Canadians are bad news for our economy. It says that the outlook for the Canadian economy has worsened significantly. The OECD predicts growth for next year almost one full percentage point

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, bogus figures do not help. Slumping growth is not the only wake-up call today. Canada has a whopping record deficit in its balance of payment. It is among the worst of all industrialized countries. This is evidence of a failed export strategy. Canadians have alread

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, there is no balance. That is completely irresponsible. The Conservatives want to withdraw Canada from the Kyoto protocol and they will do so only after the summit in Durban. The Minister of the Environment's presence in Durban is a complete charade. He is going there

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, Canadians are flabbergasted to find out the Conservatives want to break our solemn commitment on the Kyoto protocol. Of the 191 countries that signed and ratified the Kyoto protocol agreement, Canada is the only country repudiating it. Canada's obligations under thi

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives set weak insipid targets and they did not even meet their own targets. They did not get the job done. Canada signed a legally binding international agreement. Instead of even trying to honour our word, Conservatives choose to abandon the Kyoto prot

Grey Cup  Mr. Speaker, it was a sea of orange in BC Place stadium yesterday as a sellout crowd saw the BC Lions win their sixth Grey Cup 34-23 at the 99th Grey Cup in Vancouver. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers played well, but the BC Lions were simply a better team yesterday. They were led by q

Canadian Football Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-360, An Act to support Canadian professional football. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House to present a bill, an act to support Canadian professional football. From coast to coast to coast, Canadians' eyes will be riveted on Vanco

Employment  Mr. Speaker, this government should be attacking the twin deficits in the job market—the deficit of 2 million Canadians left out of the workforce and the deficit of quality in the jobs being created. The few jobs that have been created are of lesser quality, pay less, are less st

Employment  Mr. Speaker, we voted against policies that created 72,000 lost jobs in the month of October alone. We voted against policies that have left two million Canadians unemployed. We voted against policies that have forced down average wages in this country by 2% over the last year. W

Employment  Mr. Speaker, we take no lessons from that minister or this failed government on jobs. Last month the Conservatives lost 72,000 full-time jobs across the country. Seventy-two thousand families lost their breadwinner because of the government's policies. Statistics Canada announc

Employment  Mr. Speaker, I have seen it all. The minister does not know that the government lost 62,000 full-time jobs last month. That is unbelievable. Today we learn that Canadian workers are earning 2% less this year than last year because of the Conservatives' policies. It is very clear

Copyright Modernization Act  The member points out Tommy Douglas, but that was not the riding of Burnaby—Douglas. That was the riding of Burnaby as a whole, which is now half mine and half his. I thank the member for Ottawa—Orléans for his point on that. Proposed subsection 30.01(5) is absolutely deplorable

Copyright Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, I compliment the member for Burnaby—Douglas for his questions and the interventions he makes in the House of Commons. He comes from a proud history of NDP representation in Burnaby—Douglas: former members Svend Robinson and Bill Siksay. He has filled very large shoes

Copyright Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, the member is doing it again. He is doing it yet again. The poor quality of interventions from Conservatives in the House of Commons is incredible. He did this a few days ago in debate. He tried to confuse course textbooks with handwritten course notes. Of course,

Copyright Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, I would need to take a lot more time to paint the portrait of what the Conservatives have done in this particularly bad bill. When I was speaking a few days ago, I was particularly incensed and appalled by the lack of knowledge of a number of Conserva