Business of Supply   increase in those fees over the past 18 years. ATMs are everywhere. There are nearly 20,000 private ATMs in Canada now. They are expensive to use, and an increasing number of businesses only accept cash as a method of payment. If customers do not have any cash, they have to make

Business of Supply   with more unsubstantiated attacks in the House of Commons as well as in the media. Over the course of the debate today, they have made, and I am sure they will continue to make, more false allegations and launch more smears against Conservative MPs and candidates, and what is worse

The Budget  I certainly will. Mr. Speaker, I will start with the riding of Prince Edward—Hastings, which is a Conservative-held riding, for the moment that is. The constituent said, “My biggest concern about this budget is for the CBC. The CBC is one of the best and largest creative forces

National Lyme Disease Strategy Act   initiative. I want to say from the very outset that the official opposition will be voting in favour of this bill. I want to acknowledge as well the pioneering work of former MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis who, well over five years ago, urged the health minister to implement such a strategy

Public Safety committee   like to take this opportunity to thank the chair of the committee on behalf of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation for his many years of work on this issue and to thank all the MPs on the committee who supported our attendance today. Mr. Chairman, all the members of the committee

Finance committee   medical and dental benefits for retirees and employees on LTD. To top it off, there's expected to be $6 billion in cash available from operations and from the sale of the business units, with the sale of the intellectual property yet to take place. It is unfathomable that this much

Information & Ethics committee  , however, I also knew moments of failure, sorrow and error. My second-biggest mistake in life, for which I have no one to blame but myself, is having accepted payments in cash from Karlheinz Schreiber for a mandate he gave me after I left office. I will tell you today how that came

Business of Supply   of the media buys were allocated entirely to the local campaigns and the content of the advertising was based on the national content of the NDP campaign. A similar occurrence transpired with NDP candidates, several of whom have gone on to become MPs sitting in this House in the greater

Budget and Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2007   without debate or discussion for protecting the Arctic. The government is being rather inconsistent. And yet there are simple, very effective, inexpensive solutions available to the government. Among others, 22 recommendations were unanimously adopted by the Standing committee

Excise Tax Act  . That was the tone of the debate. Hon. friends opposite will say that in the red book on page 22 they said they would replace the GST. Indeed that is true. I acknowledge that. However, what is important to point out is while they were saying that and distributing it in the red book, which went

Business of Supply   investments under review. According to Industry Canada of those 13,516 have been takeovers. Under the ICA, the Conservative government has turned down only one takeover prior to this one, and that was MacDonald Dettwiler. This happened after considerable pressure led by an NDP MP, Peggy

Business of Supply   social transfer and, in the future, equal per capita cash in other major transfers for infrastructure, job training and health care. Another important change that responded to Ontario's concerns was the inclusion of a provision to ensure that payments to provinces, those becoming

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I would be embarrassed to make such comments. What he said is anti-democratic. Since 1993, Quebeckers have been voting for the Bloc Québécois because Quebec needs Bloc Québécois MPs to represent them; otherwise we would no longer be here. That is democracy

Budget Implementation Act, 1995  , with a generous two tiered MP pension plan. As well as being a bad budget for the Liberal Party it is also a very bad budget for Canada. That is the important matter I want to deal with this morning. Apart from the negative impact of continued debt and taxation, the budget creates some

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act   once a decision has been made, and MPs can do nothing to help their constituents. There is no appeal mechanism as there is in other countries like Australia. Sure, they can reapply, but seldom does the decision differ. In the end they just become a cash cow for the immigration