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Firefighters Mr. Speaker, the hon. member well knows that it is not for him to determine whether a motion is in order or not. The amendment will come around and the amendment will be put on the table in the House of Commons. I certainly hopes he supports it when that amendment comes up. I app
June 10th, 2005House debate
Peter JulianNDP
Firefighters Mr. Speaker, it is sad to see that some members in the House are not supporting what firefighters and public safety officers have been wanting, needing and deserving for a decade. It is certainly not the time to play politics with the lives and well-being of firefighters and thei
June 10th, 2005House debate
Peter JulianNDP
Firefighters moved: That, in the opinion of this House, the government should: (a) recognize all firefighters who have fallen in the line of duty in Canada; (b) support the proposed Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation mandate for the construction of a monument in the Parliamentary precin
June 10th, 2005House debate
Peter JulianNDP
Canadian Sovereignty Mr. Speaker, in its greedy push for even bigger profits, the Canadian Council of Chief Executives wants to eliminate virtually everything dear to Canadians. Its plan for deep integration proposes to eliminate the Canada-U.S. border, impose American regulations, increase the fore
June 10th, 2005House debate
Peter JulianNDP
Supply Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to reply to the party that I believe is now the third party in Ontario, Nova Scotia, British Columbia and in many other parts of the country. The reason the Conservative Party is falling so rapidly in the polls is because of its knee-jerk, one-note band
June 9th, 2005House debate
Peter JulianNDP
Supply Mr. Speaker, one of the major issues around NAFTA is the fact that we negotiated access to the American market, or thought we had, through the chapter 19 provision of the dispute settlement mechanism. In return for that, we gave to the Americans privileged and preferential access
June 9th, 2005House debate
Peter JulianNDP
Supply Mr. Speaker, I will share my time with the member for Churchill. I strongly support the motion put forward by the hon. member for Chambly—Borduas. It is a very important motion. It is also a current matter. We know very well that the Liberal government's record is terrible when
June 9th, 2005House debate
Peter JulianNDP
Department of Social Development Act Madam Speaker, I listened with great interest to the presentation by the member for Beauport—Limoilou, and to the speeches by the members for Mégantic—L'Érable and Lévis—Bellechasse, all very strong and very eloquent. But enough flattery; now for the criticism. I was totally sur
June 8th, 2005House debate
Peter JulianNDP
Supply Mr. Speaker, I will be pleased to provide the parliamentary secretary with additional input. I hope that means there is an opening on the part of the government to finally start dealing with the communities in crisis across this country. He mentioned balance. What was balanced a
June 2nd, 2005House debate
Peter JulianNDP
Supply Mr. Speaker, this has been an extremely important issue for communities throughout Canada for 30 years now. I will be sharing my time with the member for Nanaimo—Cowichan. Both of us, like the majority of the NDP caucus, wanted to take part in today's debate, because it is an ext
June 2nd, 2005House debate
Peter JulianNDP
Supply Mr. Speaker, I do not see quorum in the House. And the count having been taken:
May 31st, 2005House debate
Peter JulianNDP
Budget Implementation Act, 2005 Madam Speaker, the member referred, I thought somewhat derogatorily, to a Baptist minister from Saskatchewan who recently, with Canadians from coast to coast to coast, was voted the greatest Canadian of all time, bar none. After the most extensive voting process in Canada's histo
May 18th, 2005House debate
Peter JulianNDP
Budget Implementation Act, 2005 Madam Speaker, as I rise to speak on the budget bill I wish to congratulate Carole James, who is the leader of the B.C. New Democratic Party, for her tremendous breakthrough yesterday with over 40% of the vote in British Columbia. I would also like to congratulate the new member
May 18th, 2005House debate
Peter JulianNDP
Committees of the House Is that how you guys ran the Airbus agreement?
May 2nd, 2005House debate
Peter JulianNDP
Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, we need to proceed very quickly on this. The recommendation on the commission of inquiry is to strike it immediately and give it a mandate to investigate the avian flu outbreak. The problem is that the CFIA has gone off into its little corner and done its own review
April 21st, 2005House debate
Peter JulianNDP