Leader of the Opposition  Mr. Speaker, James Murray is indeed a senior researcher for the Conservatives fully funded by the taxpayers. Mr. Murray was sent on the road last week with his little digital camera getting footage of the Liberal leader to be used for election purposes. It seems these people can

Fisheries  Mr. Speaker, in a callous manner that is both uninformed and misleading, the German minister of agriculture has condemned the Canadian seal hunt and wants to ban seal products in Germany. All parties in the House support the seal harvesters on the east coast but yet the Prime Mi

Fisheries  Mr. Speaker, it is hard to ask questions when one does not get a decent answer whatsoever. I would implore the parliamentary secretary to push hard on this one. Each year, Germany slaughters over one million deer and over half a million boar pigs, including the young. It attacks

Seal Hunt  Mr. Speaker, today I introduced a motion that the Government of Canada ban the importation of all deer and wild boar products from Germany. In Germany 1.2 million deer and over 500,000 wild boar are cruelly slaughtered annually, most of which are killed for sport. This past Mon

Fisheries Act, 2007  The hon. minister just asked if that was a promise. I will take that under advisement. Clause 15, which again provides a minister with discretionary powers, says, “The Minister may, for the purpose of conducting research” obtain information from any person that the minister cons

Fisheries Act, 2007  I thank the member for Random—Burin—St. George's for clarifying that. He was also a member at the time. If it says in clause 36 that the minister may issue releases for aquaculture purposes, where is the rest? If the minister truly believes, as he did in 2003, about the special

Fisheries Act, 2007  Mr. Speaker, I hope to lower the noise for just a little bit, if I may, in respect of my hon. colleagues. I am proud to be standing here today to be talking about this significant act, there is no doubt about it. This is something that replaces an act that existed for well over

Ocean Ranger  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate a sad anniversary. Twenty-five years ago today, 84 lives were lost at sea after the Ocean Ranger capsized in the icy waters of the North Atlantic. February 15, 1982, will be a day long remembered by all Canadians and particularly by Newf

Fisheries and Oceans  Mr. Speaker, regarding the new Ambassador for Fisheries Conservation, over the weekend in his statement the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans was angry that we questioned the appointment, saying that this was a Liberal initiative of 2005. Finally someone on the other side now admi

Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life  Mr. Speaker, in the presence of my hon. colleagues, I would like to talk about the Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life. The relay for life is a unique community event that recognizes individuals who have survived cancer and honours those who have lost their lives to the diseas

Canadian Wheat Board  Mr. Speaker, the government is doing everything in its power to demolish the Canadian Wheat Board. It is threatening to kick out its chief executive officer because he is doing his job and not adhering to their ideology. Farm producers are concerned. Will the government promise

Status of Women  Mr. Speaker, I too would like to reiterate the comments of my hon. colleague from Avalon in congratulating Mr. Collins. This year women in Canada should be celebrating the 25th anniversary of Canada's ratification of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimi

Main Estimates, 2006-07  Mr. Speaker, I have three questions and I would like the minister to write them down and deal with each one. My first question concerns the sequestering of carbon dioxide for the sake of cleaning up the environment. There are a lot of questions about that scientifically and I wo

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Since we are all in a somewhat generous mood, I would seek the consent of the House to revert to reports from interparliamentary delegations.

Interparliamentary Delegations  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 34(1) I have the honour to present to the House, in both official languages, the report of the Canadian Parliamentary Delegation of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, PACE, for its m