Fight Against Food Waste Act   for Welland, and Alex Atamanenko, the former member of Parliament for British Columbia Southern Interior, who together developed a pan-Canadian food strategy. I would like to hear the member's thoughts on how her particular bill fits in with that overall strategy and the important

Fight Against Food Waste Act  Mr. Speaker, the food strategy that I had the pleasure of working on with Malcolm Allen and Alex Atamanenko was a great experience. We were able to produce a document about food from the farm to the plate. It had a lot of great aspects, and we are very happy to see that the new

Business of Supply   in Canada of food security, and I would like to acknowledge the incredible work that the NDP has done on this issue for many years. We had Malcolm Allen and also Alex Atamanenko compile an important report called “Everybody eats: Our vision for a pan-Canadian food strategy”, and we

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply   Atamanenko, the respected and newly retired MP for the old riding of British Columbia Southern Interior. As someone born and raised there, I am somewhat biased, but I think that my riding, from the vineyards and orchards of the South Okanagan, the ponderosa pines of the Kettle, the big

Supply Management  Mr. Speaker, our supply management sector is under threat at the current secretive negotiations on the trans-Pacific partnership. Countries such as the U.S. and New Zealand are applying tremendous pressure on Canada to put supply management on the chopping block. Most recently,

Members not seeking re-election to the 42nd Parliament  Mr. Chair, as always, when I get up here, there is a standing ovation. This has been quite a journey, which started during the summer of 2003 while my wife Ann and I were driving across the Prairies. I remember it clearly. It was at dinner in Medicine Hat when I mentioned to Ann

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have over 300 names from Trail, Castlegar, and the Beaver Valley of folks who are upset about paying additional fees so that they can pay their bills. This especially hits seniors unfairly. The petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada, its agencies, min

Yukon and Nunavut Regulatory Improvement Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my Liberal colleague for his excellent question. I have notes here that I have not had a chance to talk about, such as various stakeholders who believe that this consensus, this consultation, did not take place. One of them is Mr. Felix Geithner

Yukon and Nunavut Regulatory Improvement Act  Mr. Speaker, that is a logical question. However, if we look at the process and see that one group of people, namely the first nations in Yukon, do not agree with that, then in my mind that should trigger that there is something wrong. It then becomes another top-heavy federal go

Yukon and Nunavut Regulatory Improvement Act  Mr. Speaker, it is with pleasure and a certain amount of emotion that I speak to Bill S-6. My heart has a soft spot for Yukon and its people. In 1976, I first went to Yukon to undertake a study on the feasibility of expanding youth hostels. For those of us who remember the late

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have over 300 names, with three different petitions, on Canada Post. The first one from Nelson, Salmo, and Ymir calls upon the government to reverse the cuts to services announced by Canada Post and to look instead for ways to innovate in areas such as postal banki

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I also have a petition that deals with climate change, with over 60 signatures, calling for Canada to adopt a carbon policy that applies a fee to greenhouse gas emissions at their source of production in Canada, and calling on nations around the world to adopt a simi

Public Safety committee  You can control the volume of the interpretation where your microphone is. My thanks to Mr. Atamanenko for his help. That is very kind. At the last committee meeting, my colleague Mr. Garrison asked a question that I see as very interesting. It dealt with the best practices

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much. Our time is up, Mr. Atamanenko. At this time, on behalf of the committee, I would like to thank Mr. Farrant for taking the time to be at committee again. Mr. Brown, we thank you very much for your testimony before committee today. It has been most welcome

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, Chair. Thank you, gentlemen, for being here. The argument today seems to be that the system appears to be working but that there's a possibility of abuse of the system, in other words, a possibility of charges. That's what the bill is about. That's kind of