Property Rights  Mr. Speaker, Nepean--Carleton is the riding I represent and it is the region I want to speak about today. At the outset of the creation of the Federal District Commission, which has now become the National Capital Commission, farmers had huge pieces of land confiscated. They were

Property Rights  That is beautiful.

Property Rights  Mr. Speaker, I want to address the entirely and deliberately specious aspect of the Liberal argument on this issue. The Liberals argue that this motion, which protects private property in a way that is done in most civilized nations of the earth, would somehow inhibit the governm

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, three days before the last election campaign, Ottawa Liberals held a fancy press conference in Barrhaven, where they promised $200 million in infrastructure. One year later, they have broken their promise. The money still sits in the federal vault. The federal Liber

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I want to ask a substantive question about the direction of the government. The government promises to spend at least $5 billion on a day care bureaucracy. Experts in the field, advocates who support this plan, actually say it will cost ultimately $10 billion a year

Government Contracts  Mr. Speaker, a lease contract between Liberal Senator Paul Massicotte and the Liberal government once again turned into a taxpayers' nightmare. I am trying to understand the logic. The government paid Senator Massicotte's company $10 million over one year for a building that was

Government Contracts  Mr. Speaker, where I come from people start paying rent when they move into the place. The government has been paying half a million dollars per month to the company of a Quebec Liberal senator for a building that was totally empty for an entire year, and half empty for the last

Government Contracts  Mr. Speaker, Liberal Senator Massicotte would have us believe that he broke no rule in signing a $100 million contract with the federal government. But subsection 14(1) of the Parliament of Canada Act states, “ No person who is a member of the Senate shall...be a party to...any c

Government Contracts  Mr. Speaker, the fact remains that section 14 of the Parliament of Canada Act bans senators from participating in government business, whether they were appointed before or after that government business started. That means the Liberals broke the law and paid millions to a Libera

Citizen Engagement  Mr. Chair, the hon. member spoke eloquently about the issue of democratic reform. One of the questions that always occurs to me when we discuss the issue of democratic input into governance is how it affects our policies with respect to internationalists. When the tsunami crisis

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise in the House today to present a petition by my constituents who believe that the Government of Canada should no longer make rental charges to a community hospital just outside the borders of my constituency, the Queensway Carleton Hospital. T

Government Contracts  Mr. Speaker, section 14 of the Parliament of Canada Act says: No person who is a member of the Senate shall, directly or indirectly, knowingly and wilfully be a party to or be concerned in any contract under which the public money of Canada is to be paid. As CEO and a $30 milli

An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member spoke very much of his Liberal priorities. One such priority is the establishment of a government day care bureaucracy which the Liberals have been pushing relentlessly. While we in this party will keep existing agreements that have been signed with

An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member spoke about Liberal waste and Liberal corruption. We know this is a corrupt, wasteful government. I want to identify what I consider to be the number one article of waste in the Liberal government's agenda, and I would like to find out what the hon. m

Members of the House of Commons Recall Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-383, an act to allow the recall of members of the House of Commons. Mr. Speaker, my private member's bill would restore the very principle of democratic accountability to our system of parliamentary democracy. It would permit constituents who