Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, in terms of the decision to suspend the Mackenzie Valley pipeline, I should remind my hon. friend that companies are always looking at the economic environment that they are working in. Time is money. When delays occur, the market will change. If that pipeline had be

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I welcome the opportunity to highlight some key measures in Bill C-38, our government's plan to keep this country on a course toward long-term growth and prosperity. Bill C-38 would unleash the potential of Canadian business and entrepreneurs to innovate and thrive i

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, I should remind my friend that this is the Fisheries Act, not the water act. What we are doing with the Fisheries Act is making it a true Fisheries Act by making the habitat provisions apply to fisheries of human interest, commercial, recreational and aboriginal fish

Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity Act  Madam Speaker, going back to my friend's comments about the fisheries and comments from all the members opposite, the hyperbole is simply overwhelming and one wonders if they have even read the act. Therefore, I will help them with what our new amended act would actually say. Re

Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act  Mr. Speaker, one does not know where to begin except to correct my hon. friend across the way. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance is the female member from Saint Boniface, an MP we are all very proud of. I would also remind the member of that great saying, “

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, could the minister or parliamentary secretary further elaborate on what the Government of Canada is doing to protect Lake Simcoe and Lake Winnipeg?

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, the members opposite make a great show of being supporters of environmental groups, but one of the most significant environmental communities in our country that they never talk about or support is Canada's millions of hunters and anglers who are the true conservationi

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, it is an honour to address my remarks regarding Bill C-38 to Canada's magnificent endowment of freshwater resources that are so important to our country. I think Canadians treasure our freshwater endowment almost above all other resources. Our freshwater resources

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act  Madam Speaker, yes, I respect him. Friedman and I agree. Government should be controlling negative externalities. Let me give my hon. friend a specific example. In 1989, the then Mulroney government implemented the pulp and paper effluent regulations. In the mid-1990s, I became

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act  Madam Speaker, as I said in my remarks, what is important is the physics, chemistry and biology of the environment. The histrionics of my friend opposite and all my friends opposite where they throw everything up in the air, having had no experience in environmental management th

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act  Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to speak today about our government's priorities: jobs, growth and long-term prosperity. It is very appropriate after the recent comments of the leader of the NDP, who seems to want to pit one region of Canada against another, one industrial secto

Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act  Madam Speaker, I have not heard such anti-corporate rhetoric from anybody since the 1960s, but the NDP lives in the past when it talks about these corporations. I have a specific question for my hon. friend. Given that many union members have their pension funds stuffed with inv

Intermountain Sport Fish Enhancement Group  Mr. Speaker, I was pleased to present Canada's National Recreational Fisheries Award to the Intermountain Sport Fish Enhancement Group at their annual banquet in Dauphin, Manitoba. Created in 1989 by DFO, these awards recognize Canadians for their achievements in protecting and

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, our intentions are very clear. Our intentions are to save Canada's pension plan for the foreseeable future. It is interesting to hear my colleague opposite, and indeed the NDP. The common refrain is that there is always lots of money and that is all we spend. That

Plast  Mr. Speaker, I join with the entire Canadian Ukrainian community in commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Ukrainian scouting organization, Plast. Officially founded by Dr. Oleksander Tysovsky on April 12, 1912, in Lviv, Plast is a Ukrainian youth organization that fosters n