Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, I think it would have. It would have made him feel like he was still part of the group. You know, politics is very close. You're with your friends, your other.... He was just cut off, and that was hard. Yes, I think it would have helped.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Oh, definitely. Definitely. The last year of his life was very hard, coming back Friday night and then going back either Sunday night or Monday. He would spend most of the day in bed on Sunday just so he could get up and go back to Ottawa. Yes, travel is hard for everybody.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It was very hard. At first, in 2004 when he was diagnosed and had surgery, that was not too bad. He couldn't travel because his body was just not healing as well as it should have. Mentally, he bemoaned the fact that he couldn't be doing his work. He had his secretaries and LAs c

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Oh, yes, I do. I really do. The back and forth.... I mean, when you come here, you have a trip of four and a half to five hours. You get off the plane. Sometimes you have to go to another meeting. It's hard, especially when you've been up since three o'clock or four o'clock east

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It would have made it a lot easier for us. Watching him decline when he wanted to participate and could participate was harder than anything—watching him slowly decline. That part of the politics that he loved was taken away from him. It was very hard. I think that ended his life

Procedure and House Affairs committee  One thing I'd like to say is that our community elects us to carry their concerns to Ottawa. Being in Ottawa all the time, you hear very little news about what happens elsewhere, especially in B.C., or any of the outer areas from the centre of Canada. It's usually just about Onta

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, I think the committees should continue. We have to have the committees. I still think you can do things over the Internet. It's been proven that we can do it. Security, of course, has to be tightened. The security that I think could be tightened is on the back end, not neces

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much. Good morning, and thank you for allowing me to participate in this discussion. Something happened this weekend that made me stop and say, “What the fuck. Why do shitty things happen to good people?” I've known my sister-in-law's brother and wife for some