Government Contracts  Mr. Speaker, I guess we are going to be really well served now because the government's latest bid to foster national unity through advertising involved spending $2.1 million to run the names of 15 federal agencies in the credits for a TV mini-series. Even the intergovernmental a

Supply  Mr. Speaker, the motion today deals with two issues over which we are embroiled in a trade dispute with the United States. First, it addresses the issue of softwood lumber. Second, it addresses agricultural subsidies. I will address primarily the second issue because there is li

Supply  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is speaking to the government's overall neglect of its primary duties, particularly in dealing with international trade wars. If the Prime Minister is in Rome today rubbing shoulders with the president of France I hope he will not neglect to raise th

Supply  Mr. Speaker, not only is there a problem of neglect but the Prime Minister on a number of occasions has made remarks that could not conceivably have gone over well with the White House. In particular he expressed his preferences as to who would win the presidential election last

Public Safety Act, 2002  Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. We require unanimous consent to proceed whether the leader of the Liberal Party agrees or not. I do not, so that is the end of it.

Royal Assent Act  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to speak to Bill S-34, an act respecting royal assent to bills passed by the Houses of Parliament. I will be speaking against the bill but, for the sake of clarification, I will be speaking against it on my own behalf and not on behalf of the Canadi

Government Contracts  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Prime Minister declared to reporters: If you want to have a good story, give me the names of the guys who are leaking to you. You will have a lot of foul words. And you will have a lot of very easy stories for many months to come. Then last night he u

Government Contracts  We are of course, Mr. Speaker, most eager to see the list of $25,000 donors to the members of the leadership campaign. Last weekend the Prime Minister had to skip a $10,000 per guest cocktail party in Montreal in order to sack his disgraced Minister of National Defence. Happily

Supply  Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. My understanding is that under the rules of order of this place the question of relevance applies not only to speakers but also to questions and comments.

Golden Jubilee  Mr. Speaker, this year Canada celebrates the golden jubilee of our sovereign, Queen Elizabeth, as she marks 50 years as our Queen and as the head of the Commonwealth. For a half a century Canadians have been blessed with a monarch of grace and dignity. Queen Elizabeth's wisdom h

Main Estimates, 2002-03  Mr. Speaker, you have my firm promise that I will be referring only to you in the course of my comments, tempted though I am. I would like to refer back to the debate that occurred between the member for Toronto--Danforth and the Conservative House leader and to address one of t

Main Estimates, 2002-03  Mr. Speaker, I would like to speak directly to the point the hon. Conservative House leader has raised. However I just want to go back to a theme that came up in his discussions with the member for Toronto--Danforth. This is an underlying theme I find in the government's defence

Main Estimates, 2002-03  Mr. Speaker, perhaps the way I should phrase this is by not referring specifically to the exchange that took place here but more to the media strategy that goes on outside the House and which consists of saying that if there were any ethical dilemmas government members were caugh

Main Estimates, 2002-03  Mr. Speaker, there is a systemic problem that produces the kinds of dilemmas that we get here. It is indicated by the vast amount of money that my hon. colleague just cited. When government is this large and involved in the economy in so many ways, not just in the overtly public

Species at Risk Act  moved: Motion No. 21 That Bill C-5, in Clause 10, be amended by replacing lines 39 to 45 on page 9 and lines 1 to 3 on page 10 with the following: “10. (1) A competent minister may, after consultation with every other competent minister, enter into an agreement in respect of t