Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, Canada is working very closely with its allies, including the G7 and NATO members, on this matter. I point out that Canada has already frozen the assets and applied travel bans to members of the Yanukovych regime. The Prime Minister has announced, at the request of

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, as I have stated, our Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs have spoken out quite clearly and very strongly. We join our allies in condemning in the strongest possible terms President Putin's military intervention in Ukraine. Canada has suspended its en

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, our Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs have spoken out quite clearly and very strongly. We join our allies in condemning, in the strongest terms, President Putin's military intervention in Ukraine. Canada's Prime Minister is in close communication with hi

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, as is normal in these cases, we have contacted all Canadians in Ukraine. I will provide the numbers later on today to the hon. members. We are asking them to contact our embassies and to call our international lines in case they need to tell us about their whereabout

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you seek unanimous consent to see the clock at 5:30 p.m.

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I will not agree with the Green Party to say that we are going to put a carbon tax out here. No, we are not. However, the Minister of the Environment has stated quite clearly on many occasions that, yes, we are addressing the issue of climate change. We always atten

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, let me look at the member directly and tell him that I am absolutely proud of what we have done and what we are going to achieve. He said I should feel ashamed. Absolutely not; I am absolutely happy to say that. Now, let us go back to the other question and see how

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, let us look at the bigger picture. Let me tell members that I am very glad that we have a skinny little booklet to say these things. We used to get fancy books over there. This way, at least we do not need to spend too much money on this thing. To the point, let me

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, it is, indeed, a pleasure to rise on behalf of my constituency to speak on budget 2014. Before I start, I will point out that I will be sharing my time with my colleague, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour and for Western Economic Diversification.

Situation in the Central African Republic  Mr. Chair, I of course want to thank my colleague on the other side who has been a foreign affairs critic for a long time and knows the issues very well. He put forward two suggestions about providing capacity-building support for the African Union's peacekeeping forces. I want

Situation in the Central African Republic  Mr. Chair, the second point that he did mention, which has great merit, concerned conflict prevention. That is excellent. We do not want to see atrocities taking place, as everyone is saying here. So yes, those are very good points.

Situation in the Central African Republic  Mr. Chair, as I stated in my speech, the United Nations and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon have already said that this is a serious crisis. If and when the United Nations calls for any kind of assistance, Canada is prepared to see what it can provide as the best assistance. Let m

Situation in the Central African Republic  Mr. Chair, the history of that country has been military coups and dictatorships. When Mr. Bozizé, who was the last to come to power, was overthrown, it changed from coups to a religious war. Prior to that, it was not a religious war. As has been alluded to by many speakers, the

Situation in the Central African Republic  Mr. Chair, I absolutely agree with the member. We need these corridors because of the violent situation. We need to provide all the assistance we are sending, and it has to reach the people. The security corridors are very important to provide access to the people who need aid.

Situation in the Central African Republic  Mr. Chair, I was at the Addis Ababa African Union summit about two weeks ago. As the member knows, Canada is working with its allies. We feel that the African Union may be the key player in supporting them in addressing this issue. The African Union, just after the meeting of th