Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, last Tuesday torrential rain caused landslides near La Tuque, Quebec. A roadway sank and a state of emergency was declared. Fortunately, things are returning to normal. Can the Minister of Public Safety tell us what our government intends to do and if aid will be al

Witness Protection Program Act  moved that Bill C-286, An Act to amend the Witness Protection Program Act (protection of spouses whose life is in danger) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act be read the second time and referred to committee. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank you and all member

Witness Protection Program Act  Mr. Speaker, the member asked a responsible question. When we propose bills, we have to check the financial implications of those bills. I would like to tell my colleague that consultations with the departments of Justice and Public Safety are now underway. First of all, this

Witness Protection Program Act  I thank my colleague for his question. I think that people will not necessarily remember who introduced this bill or who supported it, but I hope they will remember that all members of the House voted for it. People will be able to say that the members of the 39th Parliament d

Etchemin River Restoration Committee  Mr. Speaker, after 13 years of efforts to protect and restore the precious heritage of Etchemin River, the Etchemin river restoration committee has succeeded in bringing back Atlantic salmon, which had last been seen in these waters some 200 years ago. For that achievement, the

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, revenues from energy resources are vital to the Quebec economy and the Canadian economy. However, some Liberal members are even prepared to put this industry at risk. Liberal leadership candidates want policies that are cause for great concern. The hon. member for Ki

International Development  Mr. Speaker, as our Prime Minister made clear yesterday by announcing a contribution of $15 million for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, our government actively supports international development. Small Canadian non-governmental organizations, better known as NGOs, have been a

Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague from Honoré-Mercier has laudable intentions, but once again, like most of the measures proposed by the Liberal government in the past 13 years, this one sadly misses the mark. It is rather pathetic to see a national party introduce a private member'

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I have listened carefully to the speech by the former member of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. I would like to inform him that Ghislain Picard, of the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador, is working closely with

International Bridges and Tunnels Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Ottawa South for his comments. I have the pleasure of sitting with him on the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. In his speech, the hon. member mentioned the appropriateness of our government’s

Canada Transportation Act  Mr. Speaker, the question that I want to put to my colleague, who sits with me on the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, concerns the problem of noise in the railway yards, especially at Charny and at Lévis. Finally, we have before us a bill that

Canada Transportation Act  Mr. Speaker, I have listened carefully to my hon. colleague’s speech. Just like him, there are citizens, constituents from my riding who are concerned about the noise caused by the railway yards. I have had the opportunity to meet with representatives of the various groups affect

Canada Transportation Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak in support of Bill C-11, introduced by my hon. colleague, the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. This bill would update the Canada Transportation Act of 1996. It is the result of extensive consultations and its basic purpose

Canada Transportation Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for her question. In fact, my colleague has raised the case of a real and current situation in this country. Essentially, two situations have arisen. Urban development has indeed occurred near railway stations and rail lines, but also nea

Canada Transportation Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. First, with respect to the premise of his question, I should perhaps remind him that in fact railway transportation is one of the most ecological modes of transportation there is, and that it is entirely in our interest to ma