Hiv-Aids  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Health. Globally there are as many as 42 million people infected with HIV-AIDS. Here in Canada the number of new infections has not decreased since 1996. Can the Minister of Health tell the House what his department is doing to re

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act  Madam Speaker, I am here to talk about the new fiscal framework for equalization. To ensure that all Canadians received the same level of government services in every province, the federal government introduced a system of transfers called equalization in 1957. Equalization was

Dystonia  Mr. Speaker, dystonia is a neurological movement disorder that causes muscles in the body to pull or spasm. Although it is the third most common movement disorder after Parkinson's disease and tremor, very few Canadians are familiar with the condition despite the fact that nearl

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, in the last election the Prime Minister made a commitment to run the federal government smarter and more efficiently in cooperation with the provinces and territories. Could the Minister of National Revenue inform the House of any initiatives to cut down the duplicat

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I would suggest that the point to my question of privilege is, as a Canadian citizen who espouses Canadian values, I have a right to an opinion, and I would demand an apology from the Leader of the Opposition and the caucus members.

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, today the leader of Her Majesty's opposition and some members of his caucus have sullied my reputation by alluding that I am anti-American. On October 30 the Ottawa Citizen printed a clarification on an error it made. I would like to read that in the House for the re

Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to address hon. members today on an important bill for the protection of the marine environment and marine wildlife, namely, the bill to amend the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994, and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, or CEPA. The foc

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I did not hear a question but I did hear a commentary on how badly the Conservative government mismanaged the finances of the country which led us into a $400 billion debt and a $42 billion deficit. It was the finance minister and the current Prime Minister who clean

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I think there was unparliamentary language used again. I do not think the government stole any money from the EI fund. One, it followed the instructions of the Auditor General. Two, there has been a $7 billion increase in equalization payments. Three, the government

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today on behalf of my constituents of Don Valley East to speak to the motion proposed by the hon. members of the opposition. As proposed, the motion calls upon the federal government to recognize the existence of a so-called fiscal i

Canadian Forces  Mr. Speaker, a number of ceremonies were held in 2004 to remember the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic. During that conflict, nearly 2,000 members of the Royal Canadian Navy sacrificed their lives, including 752 members of the air force and 1,600 merchant marines.

Health  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of State for Public Health. As we all know, diseases such as SARS know no boundaries and the next national public health epidemic may only be a plane ride away. I would like to ask the minister, what steps has the government taken to

Official Report  Mr. Speaker, I rise to clarify remarks I made earlier this week and to make a correction to Hansard . On October 12 during the debate on the Speech from the Throne, I referred to an investment that the Government of Canada has made in Ontario regarding affordable housing. On pag

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak today to Bill C-2, an act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Evidence Act. In general, Bill C-2 supports a strong commitment in the Speech from the Throne to crackdown on child pornography. It would broaden the definition of child pornog

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, as a new member of Parliament, there are too many questions, so I will basically choose those that I am capable of answering. There are things that are not known and that is that Canadians received the highest tax reduction from the government. The government has be