Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Winnipeg South Centre, one of the great MPs in the House. It is a pleasure to have an opportunity to speak to this motion. I want to commend my colleague from Beaches—East York, who has championed many causes

Division No. 72   to market their grain. I was so impressed with the amendment proposed by the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association that I thought all MPs should have the opportunity to debate it as an amendment to Bill C-4 in the House of Commons. It is known as the cash pricing option. I

Business of Supply  . They are simply price takers. We know full well that independents are selling gasoline with that 4¢ margin above the wholesale price that is given to them and they have to pay cash and do all these wonderful things. They are selling gasoline today in Ottawa for 92¢ a litre. The company

Foreign Affairs committee  . After so much suffering, Sri Lankans got their first peace in 1985, but the peace deal was signed only in 2002. In that year, my family got their first chance to visit Sri Lanka after 22 years. When I had a chance to move around freely in Colombo and the southern part, I thought my

BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION ACT, 2009  , with 471 clauses. A lot of new things are in it, things that we never heard in the budget. How many MPs knew that a whole rewrite of the Navigable Waters Protection Act would be it? It is not even mentioned in the budget. Pages 291 to 306 deal with those changes, and I will talk about

Criminal Code   amend the Criminal Code and criminal procedure in languages of the accused and sentencing, in other words, update Canada's Criminal Code; and Bill C-22, which would amend the Criminal Code with respect to age of protection, with the importance of protecting children. We believe

Supply   own constitution and the primary interests of the public. Social transfers are at their lowest in 20 years. By the year 2003, cuts to cash transfers will total $42 billion. These cuts have a major impact on our current health care system, in terms of access to quality care

House debate   on the science and technology museum that was supposed to be set up in Hull over 22 years ago. He grovelled before federalist MPs in Ottawa instead of fighting for Gatineau, the way the Bloc Québécois does. As far as the museums are concerned, the score is Gatineau 1 and Ottawa 10. We are far

Excise Tax Act   that was true all across the land. There might have been a couple of ridings that were missed but it was pretty broad. Of course, since the election we have all been asked to memorize page 22 from the dead book which is supposed to represent what the Liberals meant and not what they said

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I rise today on a question of privilege resulting from the comments made by the Prime Minister's director of communications, Scott Reid, on national television, CBC Newsworld , on Thursday, March 17, 2005, slandering my reputation as a member of Parliament which

Criminal Code   is over 25% and they are not driving alone; 22% of all high school students from grade 9 to grade 12 reported that within the last year, they had been a passenger in a car driven by someone who smoked marijuana. Of course, it is not just teenagers. A Senate report in 2002 found

Members Of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act  There are also some people who would say that it is just one way of giving a raise to MPs while avoiding public scrutiny. A study that was done by Sobeco Ernst & Young talks about that. The minister went on at great length about how we are perhaps underpaid and overpensioned

Canada Labour Code   months—that is more than three years. This conflict caused wounds to the community of Baie-Comeau that have yet to heal. The Radio-Nord Communications strike lasted nearly two years—22 months, to be precise. My favourite—if I can call it that—because it was the most ridiculous

Department Of Health Act   converting the remaining cash transfers to tax point transfers. Index growth in transfers with economic and population growth trends; keep in touch with what is happening in society. Focusing resources was another suggestion. Canadians need to define what constitutes core, essential

Excise Tax Act   would kill the GST and when he was questioned by a member of the audience he asked "what radio station, where did I say it, come on?" Fortunately the CBC was mad at the government at that time about the cuts to the CBC, which is another promise that was talked about by the minister