Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, I hope my voice holds out as well. I take a different perspective than the member from Hamilton Centre, who is a very effective orator and who has experience on the union side. My experience in collective negotiations has been on the management side. What I think i

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, our job in this House is not to make sure that the Conservative members of Parliament feel comfortable. Our role in this House is to defend the letter carriers and mail sorters, who are ordinary, middle-class Canadians. Sometimes that is going to make some members un

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, when the hon. member began his remarks, I noticed that it was 5:15 a.m. It is now 5:29 a.m. So it seems to me that his question period has been cut a little short. The hon. member actually has a minute left to answer questions. I would just like to ask you that you

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, I really enjoyed listening to the remarks made by my colleague from Saint-Jean, who has already made an impact in this House as an eloquent speaker. As he mentioned, there are emails from all quarters. I have received several dozen emails myself, just as every member

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Madam Speaker, on Thursday, in question period, the industry minister read the same prepared response five times consecutively in the House. I am certain the Conservatives cannot give us any lessons on--

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Madam Speaker, the member for Wellington—Halton Hills made an intervention that was a pathetic attempt at political spin. He is generally a little more fact-based in his approach. The government is clearly taking the corporation's side. Rather than dealing with the lock-out, whi

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, for some time now, the Conservatives have been acting very poorly in the House. I urge you as Speaker to control the Conservative members who are lacking respect in this Parliament.

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, I live up a hill; I do not live in a cave. That is why I am so pleased to respond to the member's question, which is about NDP provincial governments. Every year the federal Ministry of Finance, which certainly is not in any way an NDP sympathizer, publishes an annu

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member from Western Arctic for his question. He adds a great deal to the debate, and always has since he first joined this House in 2006. I believe he is absolutely right. The Prime Minister and the government treat postal workers as if they are the boss

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, actions speak louder than words, and the Conservative government is using a sledgehammer against working families today. There is no doubt about that. I am a long-time member of the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce. I am a proud member of the Burnaby Board of Tra

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, I am proud and happy to hear the member for Scarborough—Agincourt speak about the idea of a reverse process. Our party has grown from 13 members to 103 members. I understand he is an authority on the reverse process, going from 174 members to 34. I would be very plea

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  The member for Windsor—Tecumseh says he is shocked. We all remember the events leading up to May 2. We all remember the orange surge in many parts of this country. Perhaps it was just a reaction by the Conservative Prime Minister, but at the time he said we should not worry, tha

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate following the member for Dartmouth—Cole Harbour. He is a very eloquent speaker. My voice may be a bit hoarse at 1:00 a.m., and although our voices may be a bit hoarse and our throats a bit irritated, our voices will not be still in the House of Commons

Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act  Mr. Speaker, I was sitting behind the member for Beaches—East York. It was a wonderful and masterful speech, and it was worth reading from notes. I should mention, though, that earlier today in question period the Minister of Industry read the same prepared notes, not once, not

Resumption and Continuation of Postal Services Legislation  Mr. Speaker, every member of the opposition has approached this issue with respect for the ordinary workers who carry our mail every day. We are talking about people who work hard in the community. My letter carrier climbs 40 steps up the hill to deliver every day. Letter carrier