Refine by MP, party, committee, province, or result type.
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I wish to thank the member for Huron—Bruce for his comments. I serve on the veterans committee with him and share his interests in service delivery and improving it. The member is genuinely concerned about that, regardless of partisan or non-partisan overtones, and I
March 5th, 2012House debate
Sean CaseyLiberal
Veterans Affairs Mr. Speaker, the chief government whip is no doubt aware of the reports last week where the member for Calgary West fell asleep in a parliamentary committee during a presentation on veterans homelessness. The member subsequently denied this and launched, and this may sound famili
March 5th, 2012House debate
Sean CaseyLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, the minister keeps saying that the services provided to veterans will not be affected, but he has not said that the budget will be kept at its current level. Is it possible to offer an acceptable level of service despite the cuts that are planned in the upcoming budg
March 5th, 2012House debate
Sean CaseyLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, the veterans affairs committee did have occasion to visit a homeless shelter in Toronto, the Good Shepherd Ministries, and there is some excellent work going on there. While we were there, the minister sent an employee to tape-record the meeting. That is where the pr
March 5th, 2012House debate
Sean CaseyLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, there were a couple of questions and I will deal with the last one first, which was whether the Liberal Party would be supporting the motion. The answer is yes, most certainly. Here I thank and congratulate the hon. member for Sackville—Eastern Shore for bringing thi
March 5th, 2012House debate
Sean CaseyLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, this has been an affliction within the Conservative Party since we started talking about budget cuts. It does not matter what the question is: the answer is that there will be no cuts to veterans' benefits. If the question is, “Will you be cutting the budget of the D
March 5th, 2012House debate
Sean CaseyLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, at the outset, on behalf of my party and my leader, I want to thank the members of Her Majesty's Canadian armed forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for their service and dedication to Canada. I also want to thank the hon. member for Sackville—Eastern Shore f
March 5th, 2012House debate
Sean CaseyLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, imagine my surprise when I heard the minister say that there have been consistent increases in the Veterans Affairs budget over the last six years. The minister will be aware of a report prepared by Keith Coulter, a report over which there is a claim of cabinet con
March 5th, 2012House debate
Sean CaseyLiberal
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, the member for Sackville—Eastern Shore would be well aware of the attempts that have been made to get the committee to talk about these budget cuts, which have been met with some mixed success. I also appreciate very much his reference to the front-line employees. He
March 5th, 2012House debate
Sean CaseyLiberal
Standing Orders and Procedure Madam Speaker, in listening to the hon. member speak about his committee, I think I will put in for a trade. My question relates to a comment that was made earlier in debate. I raised concerns over in camera committee hearings. The response I received was that committees were th
February 17th, 2012House debate
Sean CaseyLiberal
Standing Orders and Procedure Madam Speaker, I would be interested in hearing the parliamentary secretary's views with respect to in camera meetings at committee. I am the vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, one of the committees that most often conducts its business in camera. In fact,
February 17th, 2012House debate
Sean CaseyLiberal
Infrastructure Madam Speaker, I worked on this question last night on my computer, so I am a little concerned that the Minister of Public Safety may have tipped off the parliamentary secretary. Last November I called on the government to come to the aid of Canadian municipalities, like Charlot
February 17th, 2012House debate
Sean CaseyLiberal
Florence Green Madam Speaker, today I want to honour the memory of Mrs. Florence Green. Mrs. Green died this past September. She was 110 years old and the last remaining veteran of the First World War. To say that she lived a full life would be an understatement, for she bore witness to much in
February 17th, 2012House debate
Sean CaseyLiberal
Petitions Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition on behalf of several residents of British Columbia who are concerned over cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs. In this year alone there have been cuts to the Veterans Affairs budget of $226 million. The petitioners are concerned ab
February 13th, 2012House debate
Sean CaseyLiberal
Veterans Affairs Mr. Speaker, the personal medical file of yet another veteran has been violated for political reasons. Harold Leduc, a veteran and now a member of the veterans appeal board, had his personal records searched by the Conservative government in order to harass him because he fight
February 13th, 2012House debate
Sean CaseyLiberal