Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to draw attention to the ongoing status of highway 7. This is the most direct route between Ottawa and Toronto. It is also the natural gateway for the explosive growth of Kanata into Lanark county. Highway 7 should be a divided four lane highway. The pr

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, they got zero in British Columbia last year. In the past few years 11 fatal accidents have occurred on parts of the highway passing through Lanark county. Three have occurred in Frontenac county and still more have occurred on the stretch that passes through rural Ot

Canada Elections Act  Mr. Speaker, I will be dividing my time with the hon. member for Surrey Central.

Canada Elections Act  Mr. Speaker, I am not sure if unanimous consent was gained because hon. members realize I will have 10 minutes less to speak, but at any rate I am grateful to the other members present for giving their consent. I want to start today by making a few general observations, by deali

Health  Mr. Speaker, an outbreak of foot and mouth disease would shut down Canada's beef exports and that could cost the country billions of dollars. The CFIA is only now developing a communications plan with Canadian travellers. It has failed to communicate its contingency plans to Can

Health  Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency tells us that it has put together a comprehensive plan to deal with an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Canada. Unfortunately it has not advertised and circulated this plan to industry stakeholders. This means that municipalit

Canada Elections Act  Mr. Speaker, I am happy to speak today in favour of the amendment put forward by my hon. colleague, the member for Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière. The member suggests that the committee reviewing any possible electronic voting or voting changes would only seek consultation from

Income Tax Act  Madam Speaker, I am rising to follow up on a question that I asked on March 14 which dealt with the ongoing existing crisis in Canadian agriculture. Today I want to turn to an incipient crisis, a crisis that all Canadians and parliamentarians of all stripes want to avoid and to

Bélanger-Campeau Commission  Madam Speaker, first, I would like to say a few words about the Clarity Act. The question of the clear majority was mentioned by the hon. parliamentary secretary. That provision of the law, it deserves to be said here, is very unclear. It is important to point that out because t

Figure Skating  Mr. Speaker, yesterday in Vancouver, Jamie Salé and David Pelletier were crowned world pairs figure skating champions. This inspiring example of perseverance and determination shows what a fellow from Quebec and a girl from Red Deer, Alberta, can accomplish when they decide to w

Modernization Of House Of Commons Procedure  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member talked about how this place is very democratic and how he worries that, and I believe these are his words, there would be anarchy if we did not have the status quo. I may be wrong but that is my understanding of what he said. I will make a few observ

Modernization Of House Of Commons Procedure  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member raises a good point. I do not think that the exact method is necessarily the important thing. It is some form of review prior to, as opposed to after, appointments have been made, some form of questioning, that would be profitable. Committees are cert

Modernization Of House Of Commons Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member who has just spoken for bringing a very serious matter to the attention of the House. It will be a very interesting test when Bill C-9 comes before the House. The hon. government House leader is also the minister sponsoring Bill C-9. It will

Modernization Of House Of Commons Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his quite alarming comments. We will soon find out whether his concerns will be realized. Tomorrow I will be attending the committee dealing with Bill C-9 where I will be putting forward some amendments. Report stage will be next week and

Supply  Mr. Speaker, of course it is the standard procedure of the federal government on all issues to try to put moneys forward in the form of matching grants and then take credit for the entire amount as if it had in fact spent the entire amount. That would explain the largest proporti