37th PARLIAMENT,
1st SESSION
EDITED HANSARD • NUMBER 103
CONTENTS
Friday, October 26, 2001
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Business of the House |
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The Speaker |
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GOVERNMENT ORDERS
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Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada
Act |
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Hon. David Collenette (Minister of
Transport, Lib.) |
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(Motion agreed
to)
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Hon. David Collenette |
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Mr. James Rajotte (Edmonton Southwest,
Canadian Alliance) |
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Mr. Gérard Asselin (Charlevoix,
BQ) |
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Ms. Wendy Lill (Dartmouth,
NDP) |
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Mr. Lynn Myers (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Solicitor General of Canada, Lib.) |
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Ms. Wendy Lill |
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Ms. Val Meredith (South Surrey—White
Rock—Langley, PC/DR) |
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Hon. David Collenette (Minister of
Transport, Lib.) |
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Ms. Val Meredith |
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Mr. Lynn Myers (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Solicitor General of Canada, Lib.) |
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The Speaker |
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STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
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Margaret Arkinstall |
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Mrs. Karen Kraft Sloan (York North,
Lib.) |
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Agriculture |
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Mr. David Anderson (Cypress
Hills—Grasslands, Canadian Alliance) |
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Occupational Therapy
Week |
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Mrs. Carolyn Parrish (Mississauga
Centre, Lib.) |
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Small Business Week |
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Mr. Larry McCormick
(Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, Lib.) |
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Housing |
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Mrs. Marlene Jennings
(Notre-Dame-de-Grâce--Lachine, Lib.) |
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Education |
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Mr. Chuck Cadman (Surrey North, Canadian
Alliance) |
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EB Awareness Week |
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Ms. Sarmite Bulte (Parkdale—High Park,
Lib.) |
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Laval Symphony
Orchestra |
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Ms. Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral (Laval
Centre, BQ) |
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Trade |
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Mr. Pat O'Brien (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Minister for International Trade, Lib.) |
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Murray Krause |
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Mr. Richard Harris (Prince
George—Bulkley Valley, Canadian Alliance) |
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Gay Games 2006 |
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Ms. Raymonde Folco (Laval West,
Lib.) |
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Sydney Tar Ponds |
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Ms. Wendy Lill (Dartmouth,
NDP) |
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Employment Insurance |
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Mr. Gérard Asselin (Charlevoix,
BQ) |
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Terrorism |
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Mr. Lynn Myers (Waterloo—Wellington,
Lib.) |
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Health |
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Mr. Grant McNally (Dewdney—Alouette,
PC/DR) |
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The Speaker |
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Laval Symphony
Orchestra |
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Ms. Carole-Marie Allard (Laval East,
Lib.) |
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Lumber Industry |
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Mr. John Duncan (Vancouver Island North,
Canadian Alliance) |
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ORAL QUESTION PERIOD
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Immigration |
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Mr. Stockwell Day (Leader of the
Opposition, Canadian Alliance) |
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Hon. Elinor Caplan (Minister of
Citizenship and Immigration, Lib.) |
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Mr. Stockwell Day (Leader of the
Opposition, Canadian Alliance) |
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The Speaker |
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Hon. Elinor Caplan (Minister of
Citizenship and Immigration, Lib.) |
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Mr. Stockwell Day (Leader of the
Opposition, Canadian Alliance) |
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Hon. Elinor Caplan (Minister of
Citizenship and Immigration, Lib.) |
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Health |
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Mr. Grant Hill (Macleod, Canadian
Alliance) |
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Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.) |
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Mr. Grant Hill (Macleod, Canadian
Alliance) |
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Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.) |
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Ms. Caroline St-Hilaire (Longueuil,
BQ) |
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Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.) |
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Ms. Caroline St-Hilaire (Longueuil,
BQ) |
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Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.) |
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Mr. Réal Ménard (Hochelaga--Maisonneuve,
BQ) |
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Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.) |
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Mr. Réal Ménard (Hochelaga--Maisonneuve,
BQ) |
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Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.) |
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Employment Insurance |
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Mr. Yvon Godin (Acadie—Bathurst,
NDP) |
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Hon. Robert Thibault (Minister of State
(Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), Lib.) |
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Mr. Yvon Godin (Acadie—Bathurst,
NDP) |
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Hon. Robert Thibault (Minister of State
(Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), Lib.) |
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CSIS |
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Mr. Jay Hill (Prince George—Peace River,
Canadian Alliance) |
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Hon. Lawrence MacAulay (Solicitor
General of Canada, Lib.) |
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Mr. Peter MacKay
(Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, PC) |
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Hon. Lawrence MacAulay (Solicitor
General of Canada, Lib.) |
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Health |
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Mr. James Rajotte (Edmonton Southwest,
Canadian Alliance) |
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Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.) |
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Mr. James Rajotte (Edmonton Southwest,
Canadian Alliance) |
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Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.) |
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Anti-Terrorism
Legislation |
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Mr. Pierre Brien (Témiscamingue,
BQ) |
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Hon. Herb Gray (Deputy Prime Minister,
Lib.) |
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Mr. Pierre Brien (Témiscamingue,
BQ) |
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Mr. Stephen Owen (Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada,
Lib.) |
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National Security |
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Mr. Kevin Sorenson (Crowfoot, Canadian
Alliance) |
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Hon. Lawrence MacAulay (Solicitor
General of Canada, Lib.) |
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Mr. Kevin Sorenson (Crowfoot, Canadian
Alliance) |
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Hon. Lawrence MacAulay (Solicitor
General of Canada, Lib.) |
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The Environment |
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Mr. Bernard Bigras
(Rosemont--Petite-Patrie, BQ) |
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Hon. David Anderson (Minister of the
Environment, Lib.) |
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Mr. Bernard Bigras
(Rosemont--Petite-Patrie, BQ) |
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Hon. David Anderson (Minister of the
Environment, Lib.) |
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Parks Canada |
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Mr. Myron Thompson (Wild Rose, Canadian
Alliance) |
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Hon. Lawrence MacAulay (Solicitor
General of Canada, Lib.) |
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Mr. Myron Thompson (Wild Rose, Canadian
Alliance) |
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Hon. Lawrence MacAulay (Solicitor
General of Canada, Lib.) |
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Terrorism |
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Mr. Sarkis Assadourian (Brampton Centre,
Lib.) |
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Hon. Jim Peterson (Secretary of State
(International Financial Institutions), Lib.) |
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ACOA |
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Ms. Wendy Lill (Dartmouth,
NDP) |
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Hon. Robert Thibault (Minister of State
(Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), Lib.) |
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Ms. Wendy Lill (Dartmouth,
NDP) |
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Hon. Robert Thibault (Minister of State
(Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), Lib.) |
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Health |
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Mr. André Bachand (Richmond—Arthabaska,
PC/DR) |
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Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.) |
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Mr. Chuck Strahl (Fraser Valley,
PC/DR) |
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Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.) |
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Airline Industry |
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Mr. Charlie Penson (Peace River,
Canadian Alliance) |
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Hon. David Collenette (Minister of
Transport, Lib.) |
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Mr. Charlie Penson (Peace River,
Canadian Alliance) |
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Hon. David Collenette (Minister of
Transport, Lib.) |
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National Defence |
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Ms. Monique Guay (Laurentides,
BQ) |
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Hon. Art Eggleton (Minister of National
Defence, Lib.) |
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Ms. Monique Guay (Laurentides,
BQ) |
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Hon. Art Eggleton (Minister of National
Defence, Lib.) |
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Mrs. Cheryl Gallant
(Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, Canadian Alliance) |
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Hon. Art Eggleton (Minister of National
Defence, Lib.) |
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Mrs. Cheryl Gallant
(Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, Canadian Alliance) |
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Hon. Art Eggleton (Minister of National
Defence, Lib.) |
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Tourism Industry |
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Ms. Yolande Thibeault (Saint-Lambert,
Lib.) |
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Hon. Robert Thibault (Minister of State
(Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), Lib.) |
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Terrorism |
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Mr. Peter Goldring (Edmonton
Centre-East, Canadian Alliance) |
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Hon. Alfonso Gagliano (Minister of
Public Works and Government Services, Lib.) |
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Mr. Peter Goldring (Edmonton
Centre-East, Canadian Alliance) |
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Hon. Alfonso Gagliano (Minister of
Public Works and Government Services, Lib.) |
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Guaranteed Income
Supplement |
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Mr. Marcel Gagnon (Champlain,
BQ) |
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Ms. Raymonde Folco (Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources Development, Lib.) |
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Aboriginal Affairs |
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Mr. Stan Dromisky (Thunder Bay—Atikokan,
Lib.) |
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Mr. Georges Farrah (Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Lib.) |
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Anti-terrorism
Legislation |
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Mr. Scott Reid (Lanark—Carleton,
Canadian Alliance) |
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Mr. Stephen Owen (Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada,
Lib.) |
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Pay Equity |
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Ms. Jocelyne Girard-Bujold (Jonquière,
BQ) |
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Hon. Lucienne Robillard (President of
the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for Infrastructure,
Lib.) |
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Patent Legislation |
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Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North
Centre, NDP) |
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Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.) |
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Coast Guard |
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Mr. Loyola Hearn (St. John's West,
PC/DR) |
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Mr. Georges Farrah (Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Lib.) |
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ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
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Order in Council
Appointments |
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Mr. Joe Jordan (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Prime Minister, Lib.) |
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Government Response to
Petitions |
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Mr. Joe Jordan (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Prime Minister, Lib.) |
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Committees of the
House |
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Foreign Affairs and International
Trade |
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Mr. Mac Harb (Ottawa Centre,
Lib.) |
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Procedure and House
Affairs |
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Mr. Joe Jordan (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Prime Minister, Lib.) |
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(Motion agreed
to)
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Questions on the Order
Paper |
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Mr. Joe Jordan (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Prime Minister, Lib.) |
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The Acting Speaker (Ms.
Bakopanos) |
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GOVERNMENT ORDERS
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Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada
Act |
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Mr. Lynn Myers (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Solicitor General of Canada, Lib.) |
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The Acting Speaker (Ms.
Bakopanos) |
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(Motion agreed to, bill read
the third time and passed)
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Hon. Don Boudria |
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The Acting Speaker (Ms.
Bakopanos) |
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The Acting Speaker (Ms.
Bakopanos) |
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PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS
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Royal Prerogative of
Mercy |
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Ms. Wendy Lill (Dartmouth, NDP)
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Mr. Lynn Myers (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Solicitor General of Canada, Lib.) |
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Mr. Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast,
Canadian Alliance) |
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Mr. Grant McNally (Dewdney—Alouette,
PC/DR) |
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Mrs. Karen Kraft Sloan (York North,
Lib.) |
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Ms. Wendy Lill (Dartmouth,
NDP) |
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The Acting Speaker (Ms.
Bakopanos) |
CANADA
OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD)
Friday, October 26, 2001
Speaker: The Honourable Peter
Milliken
The House met at 10 a.m.
Prayers
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(1005)
[English]
Business of the House
The Speaker:
Order, please. It is my duty, pursuant to Standing
Order 81(14), to inform the House that the motion to be considered on Monday,
October 29, 2001, during the consideration of the business of supply is as
follows:
[Translation]
That this House call upon the
government to review its international aid policy with a view to substantially
increasing the funds available for Canadian humanitarian aid, particularly in
the context of the military interventions in Afghanistan, and to increasing the
level of its aid for development to 0.7% of GDP, as recommended by the United
Nations. |
This motion, standing in the name of the hon. member
for Lac-Saint-Jean--Saguenay, will be votable. Copies of the motion are
available at the Table.
GOVERNMENT ORDERS
[Government Orders]
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[English]
Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada
Act
The House proceeded to the consideration of Bill
C-34, an act to establish the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of
Canada and to make consequential amendments to other acts, as
reported (without amendment) from the committee.
Hon. David Collenette (Minister of
Transport, Lib.)
moved that the bill be concurred in.
(Motion agreed
to)
Hon. David Collenette
moved that the bill be read a third time and
passed.
He said: Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise this morning
on Bill C-34, an act to establish the transportation appeal tribunal of
Canada.
[Translation]
This bill was debated at second reading earlier this
month and this week the Standing Committee on Transport and Government
Operations finished its examination.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank my
colleagues on the Standing Committee on Transport and Government Operations for
handling the bill so expeditiously.
The committee met with representatives of the
department this week, which enabled them to obtain answers to their questions.
[English]
In the transportation sector there has been a real
modernizing of our federal transportation legislation in reforming the ways
that we administer and enforce our legislation in the interests of the Canadian
people.
We think that the establishment of the tribunal would
contribute greatly to legislative reform in the transportation sector. The
legislation does so in three key areas: First, it allows for the use of a
broader spectrum of administrative types of enforcement actions in relation to
minor regulatory violations.
Second, it provides for review of the use of
administrative enforcement actions by an expert body completely separate from
the department which we think is particularly useful.
Third, the legislation promotes consistent government
treatment of persons engaged in federally regulated transportation activities
in the rail, marine and aviation sectors.
I apologize for not taking part in the second reading
debate on the bill but I believe my parliamentary secretary spoke. During the
review by the committee, I was pleased to note that the representatives from
all parties indicated support for the general principles behind the tribunal
and its establishment.
[Translation]
It is always a pleasure to see that such non-partisan
co-operation is possible.
I thank my colleagues in the opposition for their
co-operation and their recognition that this multimodal tribunal is a good idea
and a very sensible way of enforcing legislative provisions.
I would like to share with hon. members some of the key
elements in the bill.
[English]
Bill C-34 has two key components: first, the
establishment of the transportation appeal tribunal of Canada; and, second, the
outlining of the tribunal's jurisdiction and decision making authority by
amending six key pieces of transportation legislation: the Aeronautics Act, the
Railway Safety Act, the Canada Shipping Act, the Canada Transportation Act, the
Marine Transportation Security Act and Bill C-14, the Canada Shipping Act,
2001.
We have had a very heavy legislative load at transport
in the last few years. In the coming months I hope to bring forward the Canada
airports bill as well as amendments to the Aeronautics Act, which are in
progress but will need to be advanced in view of the events of September 11,
and the Canada Transportation Act later next year. It will be a busy year for
those members of the House interested in transportation. That does not even
take into account the issues that we are having to grapple with on the airline
and air safety front.
The establishment of the new and improved tribunal
involves the transformation of the existing Civil Aviation Tribunal into a
multi-modal transportation tribunal. It would provide the rail, marine and
aviation sectors with access to an independent body.
The bill deals with the machinery aspects of
establishing this tribunal such as membership appointments, duties and
qualifications, and the review and appeal hearing process. It also includes
transitional housekeeping provisions to ensure that the work of the Civil
Aviation Tribunal continues smoothly into the new body.
Members of all parties have indicated that the
expertise of the members appointed to this tribunal will be crucial to the
tribunal's credibility. Obviously there will be some considerable
overlap.
The legislation makes relevant transportation expertise
a mandatory criteria. This would involve separate rosters of part time rail,
marine and civil aviation members. Within each roster there would be a wide
variety of expertise: commercial, mechanical, legal and medical, to name a few.
This means that a review hearing dealing with a rail matter would be heard by a
member with rail expertise, a medical issue would be heard by a member with
medical expertise, and so on.
This tribunal would not only have an impressive array
of relevant transportation expertise but it would come at an impressively low
cost. The roster of part time members would only be paid when they are hearing
a case.
That brings me to another issue. The jurisdiction of
the tribunal in terms of the types of administrative enforcement decisions it
could review is set out in the amendments to the six transportation acts. The
tribunal would be able to review six different types of administrative
enforcement decisions found in varying degrees in the six pieces of
transportation legislation including administrative monetary penalties,
refusals to remove enforcement notations, railway orders, a variety of
licensing decisions, notices of default in relation to assurances of
compliance, and decisions surrounding screening officer
designations.
The powers of the tribunal would depend on the nature
of the administrative enforcement decision being reviewed. Where the
enforcement action is substantially punitive in nature, the tribunal would be
able to substitute its decision for that of the department. For example, a
tribunal review of an administrative monetary penalty.
However where the enforcement action has more to do
with competencies, qualifications to hold licences, public interest or other
safety considerations, the tribunal would generally be authorized only to
confirm the department's decision or refer the matter back for reconsideration.
It is not the intent of the legislation to dilute the
fundamental safety and security responsibilities of the Minister of Transport
under the various transportation acts. I wish to thank members of the House who
provided their comments and support for the bill.
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[Translation]
In closing, I am sure the transport appeal tribunal of
Canada could provide an efficient and effective review. I am confident that it
could benefit from the same levels of support as are currently available to the
Civil Aviation Tribunal.
[English]
I hope members would agree that it is appropriate at
this time to address a few words to the current chair, vice-chair and members
of the Civil Aviation Tribunal. They will set the stage for this expanded
tribunal with their effective management of the cases brought before them. I
wish to express to each of them our gratitude for a job well done. I know their
expertise will carry forward through the transition period.
Mr. James Rajotte (Edmonton Southwest,
Canadian Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak to Bill C-34, an act
to establish the transportation appeal tribunal of Canada. It is a very
technical bill that replaces the Civil Aviation Tribunal, which is part IV of
the Aeronautics Act, and creates a transportation appeal tribunal with
jurisdiction over air, rail and marine transportation.
Until now pilots who had their licences suspended, an
airline that had its operating certificate revoked, an air courier company
facing a fine, or an airline forced to obey certain restrictions as a result of
a violation of safety related provisions of the Aeronautics Act, were able to
appeal the conviction to the Civil Aviation Tribunal.
That tribunal got cases out of the courts and the
commissioners were “persons who had knowledge and experience in aeronautics”,
with the result that decisions might be more reflective of the real world than
a procedure dominated by lawyers who had never been in a cockpit.
The Civil Aviation Tribunal had power to review
administrative enforcement actions including the suspension and cancellation of
licences, certificates and other documents of entitlement, and the imposition
of monitory penalties taken under various federal transportation acts. The
tribunal also heard appeals from determinations made on review.
Bill C-34 renames that tribunal and gives it
jurisdiction over rail and maritime matters as well. The bill is only nine
pages long and 10 of its 32 provisions deal with the transition from the Civil
Aviation Tribunal to the new transportation appeal tribunal of Canada. It would
continue to have the powers of the former tribunal, continue legal proceedings
currently before that tribunal and would transfer staff to the new
transportation appeal tribunal of Canada.
The majority of the remaining provisions of the bill
are a renumbering and house cleaning of section 29 to section 37 of the
Aeronautics Act which established the Civil Aviation Tribunal. To get the
tribunal out of the Aeronautics Act and under its own act the transportation
appeal tribunal of Canada would be created. All assets, cases, employees and
responsibilities of the Civil Aviation Tribunal would be transferred to the new
tribunal rather than simply renaming the Civil Aviation Tribunal.
The new provisions in Bill C-34 recognize that the new
tribunal's jurisdiction extends beyond aviation. For example, subclause 3(1)
while closely mirroring subsection 29(2) of the Aeronautics Act, which required
tribunal members to be persons “who have knowledge and experience in
aeronautics”, now requires persons to “have expertise in the transportation
sectors in respect of which the federal government has
jurisdiction”.
Nonetheless there are some genuinely new concepts in
Bill C-34 that slightly improve upon the former Civil Aviation Tribunal in
several ways.
First, subclause 6(3) would allow a former member of
the tribunal to clean up unfinished business for eight weeks after his or her
term expires. This is definitely more efficient than having to rehear a matter
because the term of a member of the tribunal has expired.
Second, clause 12 would provide that reviews concerning
medical matters such as someone not being medically fit to perform his or her
duties must be heard by a doctor.
Third, subclause 15(5) would mandate a balance of
probabilities as the standard of proof in all proceedings before the tribunal.
This is already a convention and it is a good idea to have it enshrined in
law.
Fourth, clause 19 would give the tribunal the ability
to award costs. This is a 180 degree change from subsection 37(7) of the
Aeronautics Act which precluded the awarding of costs. That subsection was
drafted in 1985 or earlier. It is a good idea to give the tribunal the ability
to award costs against people who bring frivolous or vexatious matters before
it.
Subclause 19(4) would allow a tribunal judgment to be
registered in the federal court, giving it the same force and effect as if it
were a federal court judgment. This is a good idea in the sense that it puts
teeth into tribunal decisions, especially when fines are imposed. The same
provisions of administrative law such as judicial review would apply to this
tribunal as well as to other tribunals.
(1015)
The majority of the paperwork that accompanies Bill
C-34 contains the consequential amendments made to the Aeronautics Act, the
Canada Shipping Act, the Canada Transportation Act, the Marine Transportation
Security Act and the Railway Safety Act in order to establish the jurisdiction
and decision making authorities of the tribunal under those acts. The bill
appears to be a good idea and after much deliberation the official opposition
has decided to support it.
However we question the timing of the legislation and
the government's priorities. I am glad the minister indicated today that he
would be bringing forth legislation to deal with other matters, particularly
the impact on the airline sector after the events of September 11.
The reality we have to face today is that consumer
confidence is down and bookings for air travel are down. There are still many
safety concerns about the possibility of weapons and other things getting
through security. There is a call from the official opposition for air
marshals, for stronger cockpit doors and for a government takeover of security
measures within airports. We also have to consider the financial impact on the
airline sector.
This is an international phenomenon. Airlines from
around the world reported losses and laid off staff. Air Canada and Air Transat
laid off staff. Air Canada asked for substantial support and other airlines are
expected to ask for it as well. Canada 3000 is also in a tough situation. The
U.S. congress approved $15 billion for the industry and in Switzerland,
Swissair faced bankruptcy.
We suggest that the priorities of the transport
minister should be the following: first, to reassure the flying public; second,
to address the safety concerns; third, to help or assist the industry through
this turmoil; and, fourth and most important, to ensure long term competition
in the industry.
If we compare what happened in Canada with what
happened in the United States, we must compliment President Bush on his speech
in Chicago. He encouraged Americans to fly again and asserted to them that the
skies were indeed safe. He called up the national guard and placed guardsmen at
inspection stations in airports. He stated :
We will work with the governors to
provide security measures--visible security measures--so the travelling public
will know that we are serious about airline safety in America. |
American airlines dramatically increased the number of
federal air marshals on airplanes. President Bush stated further:
When Americans fly, there needs to be
more highly skilled and fully equipped officers of law flying alongside
them. |
An additional action demonstrated by our southern
neighbour was $500 million in new funding for aircraft security and grants to
airlines for enhanced cockpit protection. American airlines have worked with
their pilots to fortify doors and provide stronger locks so pilots would always
be in command of the airplanes
Unfortunately the Canadian response has not been as
strong. As a result of the events of September 11 the minister addressed the
situation on September 26 and Air Canada announced that it would lay off 5,000
people.
The official opposition calls on the Minister of
Transport to take four concrete actions: first, to reconvene the transport
committee immediately to address the security and financial issues that the air
industry is facing; second, to ask Robert Milton of Air Canada and the heads of
all Canada's national and regional air carriers to appear before the transport
committee immediately to hear arguments for and against possible financial
support; third, to institute air marshals today to boost consumer confidence in
the airline industry and to offer another layer of air travel security; and
fourth, to ask all Canadian air carriers to submit a full list of the direct
out of pocket expenses incurred during the days Canada's airports were shut
down so that consideration could be given to compensation for those direct
costs.
We support Bill C-34 but we want the transport minister
and the transport committee to go beyond this. Canadians want their airports,
airplanes, highways, rail and seaway navigation made safe. They want security
measures put in place.
We want the transport minister to encourage competition
so that services can be provided to communities at affordable prices. Canadians
are desperately asking for airline competition between healthy airlines. They
want safe skies, better airport security, stronger doors, air marshals, and the
same standards now being applied in the United States. This is the real job of
the transport minister and the transport committee.
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To sum up, we will be supporting the bill before us
today but I strongly encourage the minister and all members of the House,
particularly members of the transport committee, to get involved and address
the real concerns raised by the unfortunate terrorist attacks of September
11.
[Translation]
Mr. Gérard Asselin (Charlevoix,
BQ):
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak this morning to Bill
C-34, an act to establish the transportation appeal tribunal of Canada and to
make consequential amendments to other acts.
Allow me first to pay tribute to the member for
Argenteuil--Papineau--Mirabel, the Bloc Quebecois's transportation critic, who
does excellent work here in the House and in committee.
As the Minister of Transport mentioned earlier, the
member for Argenteuil--Papineau--Mirabel had the opportunity to question
officials, to make comments and to have certain clauses of Bill C-34 explained
to him.
As a result, I can assure the minister that the Bloc
Quebecois will support Bill C-34. The bill has the advantage of bringing
together under one tribunal various transportation related statutes. I think
that we could not ask for more than a bill that consolidates all such
legislation under a single one.
The purpose of the bill is to reduce processing times,
to almost nothing in some cases. Red tape and various contexts and
interpretations of laws often have the effect of increasing delays. The bill
would reduce them in some cases.
The tribunal would be established to provide an
improved and less cumbersome system for appeals by citizens or companies
following a suspension or a fine in the transportation sector. The tribunal
would hear requests for review under the following acts: the Aeronautics Act,
the Canada Shipping Act, the Marine Transportation Security Act and the Railway
Safety Act.
The tribunal would also hear requests and appeals on
administrative monetary penalties set out in sections 177 to 181 of the Canada
Shipping Act. In addition, it would hear appeals from determinations made on
review.
The tribunal would be based on the model of the Civil
Aviation Tribunal which was established in 1986 and which has proven
itself.
There are a number of reasons to support the bill, the
main one being that it would improve resource management. When all the
resources are grouped together under one roof, staff efficiencies can only be
improved.
Also, shortening the time involved would eliminate
hours and often months of waiting, which means that waiting periods would be
shorter. Allowing plaintiffs to represent themselves means that they will not
have to hire lawyers, which is often very costly, yet still allow them to still
go ahead with civil proceedings. The fact that there is an alternative within
the Department of Transport does not mean that people will not be allowed to
opt for civil proceedings.
There is also the issue of avoiding one's
responsibilities. We know that in the area of transportation it often
happens--as it did on several occasions in the marine and aviation
industries--that people want to file a complaint but do not know where to send
it.
For example, when people want to file a complaint
regarding transportation do they send it to the Department of Transport, the
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the ports and wharves branch, Parks Canada,
the coast guard or to the Department of the Environment?
We can see the complexity of the process. People may be
victim of an illegal action but do not know which department or service to turn
to. Even if they want to file a complaint with the Government of Canada, with
the departments involved in the marine industry, they may have to deal with
various levels and, again, experience some problems.
Those same people could also have problems with the
aviation industry. In such instances they would naturally turn to Transport
Canada, which might then say that is was the airline's fault or carrier's fault
that the people should file complaints or their claims with the competition
bureau with Nav Canada or the airport managers, or go back to the travel agency
or even the carrier which can file a complaint itself.
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If one single tribunal can be created, with qualified
and competent staff, one that is less unwieldy and is set up to handle cases
promptly, then Bill C-34 could be beneficial to all those needing to make use
of it.
It would not in any way replace court proceedings but
instead would offer an alternative.
The tribunal would also make it possible to handle at
one single point appeals relating to transportation in general. The tribunal,
it must be pointed out, would not handle complicated cases requiring hearings
with lawyers present.
Certain clarifications by the Minister of Transport are
required. When it is stated that the tribunal will not handle complicated cases
requiring the presence of lawyers, I think it will be necessary to specify the
criteria for determining the complexity of cases. This will be important.
A mention has been made of shortening the time for
someone to get to appear before the tribunal. However, once the file has been
examined it might be determined that it is too complex and requires a lawyer. I
believe that those administering this act will have to set criteria in advance
for determination of whether a case is complicated and complex.
The bill also mentions that members shall be appointed
to hold office during good behaviour for a term not exceeding seven years and
that they are eligible to be reappointed. It is important to clarify whether
what is meant is that seven years is the maximum term or that members are
eligible for reappointment every seven years. It is important that the bill be
clear on this point.
Regarding the right to appeal, if a complainant's case
is thrown out by the tribunal but the complainant wishes to try again, may the
case be heard by other members? Do people who have lost their case the first
time around but who wish to exercise their right of appeal need to be heard by
the same members? If they did the odds that the tribunal would rule differently
would be slim.
I think there should be a provision that would allow
people who represent themselves before the Department of Transport's tribunal
to be heard by other members.
In conclusion, as I mentioned at the start of my
speech, the Bloc Quebecois will be supporting Bill C-34. We are in favour of
the bill because it has the advantage of bringing together under one tribunal
various statutes for which the Department of Transport is
responsible.
The purpose of the bill is to reduce processing times
to almost nothing in some cases. This does not seem to be too cumbersome and is
a simple and effective way of proceeding. The bill has the advantage of trying
to make recourse easier for the public.
The Bloc Quebecois has always supported any efforts by
the House of Commons to improve the operation of government. We cannot
criticize a bill when we see that it will be more efficient, more cost
effective and less cumbersome. The Bloc Quebecois will be voting in favour of
Bill C-34.
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[English]
Ms. Wendy Lill (Dartmouth,
NDP):
Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to speak today to Bill
C-34, an act to establish the transportation appeal tribunal of Canada and to
make consequential amendments to other acts.
The bill would establish the transportation appeal
tribunal of Canada. The New Democrats will be supporting the bill and the
principle of independent scrutiny, review and appeal of decisions made by the
Department of Transport.
The transportation appeal tribunal would be made up of
people with transportation expertise who are able to accurately assess the
problems facing employees and employers within the trucking industry and of
course the travelling public.
Travellers would be able to have their views aired and
resolved. The appeal tribunal would give them a sounding board to have their
complaints dealt with. That is something that has been sorely
absent.
The bill is relatively straightforward. The
transportation appeal tribunal would be an expansion of the Civil Aviation
Tribunal which was provided for by part IV of the Aeronautics Act. It makes
complete sense to extend to the marine and rail industries what is already
available to the aviation sector.
The Civil Aviation Tribunal has been extremely
successful. A transportation appeal tribunal would be an independent,
quasi-judicial body that could review and appeal transportation decisions. It
would replace the internal review process that currently exists.
We support and welcome greater scrutiny of ministerial
decisions. It has always been preferable to have a separate and impartial body
that can hear appeals.
There is certainly a need to have a separate and
impartial body to oversee decisions made by the Department of Transport. This
is evident in light of what the department is doing with respect to hours of
service regulations for the trucking industry.
The New Democrats have had great concerns about hours
of service regulations for motor carriers. The Liberal government is changing
the regulations to allow truck and bus drivers to be on the road 84 hours a
week. Hon. members should stop and imagine what it would be like to be behind
the wheel of a truck 84 hours a week.
I live in a province where truck traffic is already
involved in many of the accidents on our highways. I shudder to think that the
number of accidents could be drastically increased by having exhausted drivers
behind the wheels of trucks.
By endorsing proposals from the Canadian Trucking
Alliance that would put truck drivers in the position of having to work an 84
hour week, we would be ushering in by far the most lax regulations for truck
driver hours in the western world.
This is not the kind of record we would be proud of.
Politicians and bureaucrats are apparently convinced that improving trucking
industry profitability would be good for the economy. There appears to be
little concern about the likely downside of the change: more death and injury
on the road.
I hope this is an example of how there is a need for an
impartial ministerial review of such an issue. Truck driver hours is an
important issue and the transportation appeal tribunal could deal with it
reasonably. An independent appeal and review process would prevent costly
action from having to be taken in court. It would be common sense.
The tribunal would in my mind simplify and streamline
the whole appeal and review process which in this area as well as many others
including human rights and disability claims is cumbersome, time consuming and
frustrating for the Canadian public.
I am pleased to be able to say the New Democrats will
be supporting Bill C-34. We will be watching to make sure it meets the needs of
the Canadian people.
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Mr. Lynn Myers (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Solicitor General of Canada, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I was heartened to hear the comments of
the member opposite. She has taken a fair bit of time to review the legislation
and I believe she understands it fully.
Could she elaborate a bit on the appeal tribunal act in
terms of how it might affect her province? What kind of impact might it have in
that part of Canada? How it would apply across Canada is important and well
worth thinking about. Could the hon. member assist me in that
regard?
Ms. Wendy Lill:
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the comment from the member
across the floor. My hope would be that the transportation appeal tribunal
would begin to deal with some of the very critical problems that we have
regarding infrastructure of our highways in Atlantic Canada. I do not think it
is any secret that we have some of the worst highways in the country. For
starters, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are suffering from a terrible decline
in highways over the last five or six years.
I would like to see the board as a sounding board for
Atlantic Canadians to send a very clear message to the government that it is
time to reinvest in a public transportation and highway system that begins to
meet the needs of people across the country, but certainly in Nova Scotia. We
never feel we are being heard in Atlantic Canada on these issues. This is one
more opportunity, as well as members being able to stand up and speak in the
House, to send a loud and clear message that we need investments in our
transportation system.
Ms. Val Meredith (South Surrey—White
Rock—Langley, PC/DR):
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand and speak on behalf
of the coalition for Bill C-34. I hope my colleague from the NDP is not
disappointed in the fact that the legislation will do nothing to allow her
province or any other province to bring the issue of infrastructure to the
government's attention.
I believe I am the only speaker today who attended the
committee meeting when the legislation was reviewed. It is a piece of
legislation that just responds to decisions that the government has made with
regard to the aviation acts, the marine acts and the rail acts. The bill has no
presence at this point with the trucking transportation network.
I am pleased to hear that the minister is looking at
other legislation regarding transportation. One concern I have had over the
years is that there has been a dire lack of a transportation plan by the
government. I am hopeful that the legislation we can look forward to receiving
is an indication that the government actually has a plan for transportation in
Canada. I hope that plan for transportation looks at transportation networks on
a continental basis and not just from a national level, although our attention
is at a national level.
I am hopeful that the minister respects, and the
legislation shows that he does, that each modal of transportation does not
operate in isolation. They all interconnect one way or another.
Bill C-34 is basically a housekeeping piece of
legislation and is probably long overdue. The aviation tribunal, the
predecessor of the tribunal being established, has been successful in meeting
the requirements and concerns of the aviation industry.
I am hopeful that reputation and response will continue
through marine and rail modals. I am hopeful that the appointments to be made
will take into consideration that we need expertise not only from aviation, but
from the other modes of transportation as well.
I suggest that the timing of this is probably very
appropriate as there have been changes to the marine transportation which may
down the road cause some concerns that decisions might be made by governments
that want to be challenged.
We had the marine legislation brought before us over
the last year and a half which made changes to the way that operates. This
tribunal will broaden its scope and will allow the marine industry to question
some of the decisions that are made as a result of that legislation. The timing
is very good for this particular change.
I mentioned at the committee that we had been assured
by the department that it had received input from the marine and rail
industries as to the tribunal and the operations it would be partaking in. We
understand from government officials in transportation that the concerns of
those industries have been addressed and that this legislation is acceptable to
them. Having not heard from either the rail or the marine industry, the
committee believed that they it was right in moving forward and giving the
government its assurance that we would be supporting this.
I am pleased on behalf of the coalition, to give the
government our support for increasing the responsibilities of the tribunal to
include the marine and the rail industry. We look forward to another successful
tenure for those people who are appointed to the tribunal and that they help
the government make the right decisions to move the transportation industries
forward in the future.
I urge the minister to look at transportation planning
from a broad perspective, including all modals, not just nationally but also
continentally.
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Hon. David Collenette (Minister of
Transport, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to my hon.
friend's comments. She decries the lack of a national transportation policy by
the government. She has been here since 1993 and I want to remind her of some
of the radical changes that have been brought forward by the
government.
We brought forward the Canada Transportation Act in
1996, the national airports policy, the Nav Canada legislation, the CN
privatization, the Canada Marine Act, the airline restructuring bill, the
Canada Shipping Act, Part 1 and 2, and the Marine Liability Act. Earlier in my
speech, I talked about the legislation that I would be bringing forward in the
future.
I also want to underscore the fact that I have
initiated a transportation blueprint process, which is to look forward to the
next 10 to 20 years so that we can have a comprehensive plan.
I hope the hon. member would recognize that the
government is, despite the ongoing crises in the airline industry and other
parts of transportation, indeed looking at a comprehensive approach in the
years ahead.
Ms. Val Meredith:
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the minister's comments and I
look forward to seeing the follow up to the blueprint he presented.
However, generally there is a blueprint and a plan
before legislation, such as the minister has just recited, is introduced.
Normally a plan is put in place first, indicating where the government is
going, then the legislation needed to move that forward is brought in. The
minister has just confirmed that what the government has done over the past
number of years is piecemeal. The legislation has been put on the table without
it being part of an overall plan.
I am pleased to see that, after eight years in the
government, the minister has come up with a blueprint that looks at
transportation over a ten year period, and, after eight years, the government
is finally putting a plan together.
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Mr. Lynn Myers (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Solicitor General of Canada, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, by bringing this bill forward the Minister
of Transport has indicated that this is a very important piece of the
transportation puzzle. It is not a piecemeal approach, contrary to what was
said by the last speaker. As outlined by the minister and the government it is
a great vision of what we need to do regarding transportation.
The fact that there is widespread support for the bill
underscores the commitment of some of the other parties in the House that this
is an important bill well worth consideration and support. At the end of the
day that will be precisely what we see.
It is part of the overall plan of our government to
proceed with transportation matters in a manner consistent with the values of
Canada and, more important, with the needs and requirements of the various
regions across Canada. It is the position of the federal government that we
need to do the kinds of things necessary to ensure that takes place.
Bill C-34, an act to establish the transportation
appeal tribunal of Canada, is a very good bill and one worthy of note. I would
like to outline some of the things that would happen as a result of the
legislation.
The Civil Aviation Tribunal, CAT, is an independent,
quasi-judicial body established in 1986 to review administration enforcement
decisions taken under the Aeronautics Act. There is a bit of history here. The
Civil Aviation Tribunal performed to the satisfaction of both Transport Canada
as well as the aviation community for over 15 years. We applaud the good work
the tribunal has done over the years. It is a good example of regulatory best
practice. We commend it and look at how it might apply in other areas because
it has done such good work over the last number of years.
It has shifted reviews and appeals of enforcement
decisions under the Aeronautics Act from the minister, senior department
officials and the courts to an administrative body characterized by
independence, expertise, expediency, affordability, fairness and transparency.
This is a great hallmark for the tribunal. It made the transformation in a
manner consistent with the values of Canada and with what Canadians expect from
a regulatory body.
In the fall of 1988 consultations were held with the
various transportation sectors on a departmental proposal to transform the CAT
into a multi-modal tribunal so that the enforcement review processes available
to the aviation sector under the Aeronautics Act would be available to other
transport sectors as well. Those discussions went well as some very good
conclusions were reached as a result of a great deal of dialogue with the
various partners and stakeholders in the transport area.
The acts principally implicated are: the Aeronautics
Act, the Canada Shipping Act, the Marine Transportation Security Act and the
Railway Safety Act. The new shipping legislation as proposed in Bill C-14 is
also implicated as is the Canada Transportation Act. A wide number of acts are
affected in this very important area.
The proposed transportation appeal tribunal of Canada
bill is modeled after legislation that established the Civil Aviation Tribunal,
part IV of the Aeronautics Act. The latter would be repealed by this
legislation.
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The TATC bill addresses, first, the jurisdictions of
the new tribunal in very general terms; second, the appointment of members
including the designation of a chairperson and a vice-chairperson; and, third,
the qualifications of tribunal members hearing particular cases on review and
on appeal. In general terms cases must be presided over by members with
expertise in the particular sector, although there are exemptions medical cases
or other related issues.
Fourth, it also addresses the nature of tribunal
hearings, including that strict rules of evidence do not apply and that the
standard of proof in hearings is on the balance of probabilities; fifth, the
authority of the tribunal to hold hearings in private in defined circumstances;
and, sixth, the authority of the tribunal to award costs and expenses in
defined circumstances.
These are important sections to remember and important
aspects to note. They underscore the commitment of the government to ensure
flexibility and fairness.
The authority of the tribunal to hold its hearings in
private is broader than is the comparable authority of the CAT. The bill would
provide that hearings could be held in private where they might disclose
personal medical information or business information of a highly confidential
nature and where the private interests of the individual or company in keeping
the information confidential outweigh the general principle that hearings be
conducted in public. Prudence and common sense are the orders of the
day.
The ability of the tribunal to award costs and/or
expenses in defined circumstances is new. The CAT does not have the comparable
authority. The tribunal may award costs and the reimbursement of expenses where
a matter brought before it is frivolous or vexatious, where a party fails to
appear at a hearing without justification, and where the tribunal grants an
adjournment at the request of a party on short notice.
This underscores the fact that these folk mean
business, and well they should because this is a very important sector of the
Canadian economy. They would act in a very expeditious fashion. That is exactly
what is outlined here and what would take place.
While the tribunal bill addresses the jurisdiction of
the tribunal in a very general sense, the tribunal's specific authorities and
decision making powers are set out in various modal transportation acts
outlined in other sections.
Similar to the decision making authorities of the CAT,
the tribunal would have the final decision making authority in punitive cases
where safety is not an issue, for example the assessment by the minister of an
administrative monetary penalty against an air carrier for a regulation
contravention. That would be an example where the new tribunal would act.
However where safety, competence and qualifications are
at issue, for example the suspension of a seaman's certificate because he or
she is medically unfit, the tribunal would only be available to confirm the
minister's decision or refer it back to the minister for reconsideration
These are very important aspects of the tribunal. They
underscore the commitment of the government to act in a manner consistent with
the way things should operate in Canada. I believe it is very important in that
sense.
There are a number of proposed amendments to the
Aeronautics Act that would include clarifying the authority of the minister to
refuse to issue or amend Canadian aviation documents and establish the
jurisdiction of the tribunal in relation to such decisions, for example to
confirm the minister's decision or to refer it back to the minister for
reconsideration; revising the procedures for the assessment by the minister and
review by the tribunal of administrative monetary penalties; authorizing the
minister to refuse to issue, amend or renew, or to suspend Canadian aviation
documents based on outstanding monetary penalties being owed by the applicant
or document holder. These decisions are not reviewable by the
tribunal.
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There are two additional amendments that are worthy of
note: to clarify when certain decisions by the minister related to Canadian
aviation documents may come into effect and to repeal of part IV of the act
which established the Civil Aviation Tribunal, thereby allowing for seamless
transition to the tribunal.
There are also amendments that would affect the Canada
Shipping Act. A number of statutes would be affected as a result of this new
bill and I will highlight those now. The proposed amendments to the Canada
Shipping Act would establish the jurisdiction of the tribunal under section
120, the suspension of a personnel certificate by reason of medical
incapacitation; section 125, the suspension or cancellation of a personnel
certificate based on a false statement or fraud; section 128, the suspension or
cancellation of a foreign certificate; section 133, suspension of a personnel
certificate based on convictions for specified offences; and section 504, the
suspension or cancellation of a personnel certificate which is based on various
grounds.
The procedures for tribunal review are comparable to
those proposed in the new shipping legislation, Bill C-14. The role of the
adjudicators would be assumed by the tribunal. This is very important because
it makes that kind of shift in a way that is consistent with government policy
and the very good vision of the Minister of Transport in this all important
matter.
There are three things I will highlight. First, 30
days' notice of a proposed suspension or cancellation of a personnel
certificate must be given, unless the minister then makes an ex parte
application to the tribunal to have the certificate action take effect
immediately. Second, in cases involving competency, qualifications and other
safety matters, the tribunal is limited to confirming the minister's decision
or referring it back to the minister for reconsideration.
The Speaker:
I am sorry to interrupt the hon. member but it is time
to move on to other matters. After question period he will have seven minutes
remaining in the time for his remarks, followed by questions and
comments.
STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
[S. O. 31]
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[English]
Margaret Arkinstall
Mrs. Karen Kraft Sloan (York North,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to the late Dr.
Margaret Arkinstall, pioneer, physician, community and church leader, letter
writer, music lover and family Christmas song composer.
In the early 1930s Dr. Margaret and her husband
provided medical services in northern Ontario. Years later the family moved to
York North where she continued her practice and became a founding member of the
Newmarket Home Service to Seniors. Last year she was made a member of the Order
of Canada.
In her nineties, Dr. Margaret headed a group called the
Friends of New Canadian Citizens. My favourite memory of Dr. Margaret is the
welcome speeches she gave at the end of every Citizenship Court when she would
rise and deliver a warm, articulate welcome to each of the new Canadians
present.
Her talents were many and remarkable. The lives she
touched and healed are too numerous to count. We will miss her sharp wit, her
intelligence, her tenacity, her decency and her grace.
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Agriculture
Mr. David Anderson (Cypress
Hills—Grasslands, Canadian Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, food producers feel that they have a
target on their back. Faced with unnecessary gun control regulations, bizarre
animal rights legislation, a punitive species at risk bill and an uninformed
GMO labelling campaign, rural people should feel threatened.
On top of all this, the Liberals are actively trying to
convince Canadians that there is no public support for farmers. They are
wrong.
Since this past March the agriculture department has
twice tried to manipulate agriculture polling results. Its own polling, which
it now refuses to release, indicates that 70% of Canadians believe that the
government should “do whatever it has to do in order to ensure the survival of
the family farm in Canada even if this means that we have to pay a little more
in income tax”.
This is in line with Canadian Alliance polls which show
that over three-quarters of Canadians recognize that farmers should receive
subsidies to help them compete until farm subsidies in other nations are
lowered.
While there may be a target being drawn on food
producers, it is not the Canadian people who are taking aim. The frightening
thing is that it is the very department which is supposed to promote
agriculture that is drawing a bead on Canadian producers.
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Occupational Therapy
Week
Mrs. Carolyn Parrish (Mississauga
Centre, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, this week is Occupational Therapy Week.
The Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists encourages us to take a
moment to set balanced priorities in our lives, plan our activities, establish
a healthy pace, and develop a work environment that is well ordered and less
stressful.
Occupational therapists have the skills to help people
with the job of living. They assist in designing people friendly workplaces and
help people to cope with injuries. They also reduce workplace stress by helping
to develop realistic and balanced lifestyles.
Reducing stress is an important goal for all Canadians.
The Canadian Mental Health Association estimates that workplace stress and
related illness cost the Canadian economy $5 billion a year. Stress also
affects people outside the workplace including caregivers, children, stay at
home parents and the elderly.
Let us all take a moment this week to prioritize, plan,
pace and position ourselves to lead happier, less stressful and more productive
lives.
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Small Business Week
Mr. Larry McCormick
(Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, during Small Business Week we celebrate
entrepreneurship. In my riding small business forms the economic foundation of
the many communities scattered across the three counties of Hastings,
Frontenac, and Lennox and Addington from the shores of Lake Ontario in the
south to Algonquin Park in the north.
Before serving the citizens of my riding as their
member of parliament my wife Reta and I operated a country store in the village
of Camden East. I know something about the dreams, the skills, the
perseverance, and the hard work small businessmen and women invest in their
communities.
In the vast majority of instances business people not
only run their operations. They are volunteers on local boards, from library
boards to environmental committees. They often serve municipally, from elected
municipal officials to volunteer firepersons.
Today as Small Business Week concludes it is an honour
to salute the entrepreneurs who make up this important sector, both for their
contributions to the national economy and to the social fabric of our
communities. I ask members to join me in applauding Canada's
entrepreneurs.
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Housing
Mrs. Marlene Jennings
(Notre-Dame-de-Grâce--Lachine, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, professionals have manuals for maintaining
our cars and appliances, but what about our homes? Since a house is a person's
biggest investment it makes sense to maintain it over the years.
Thanks to the people at Canada Mortgage and Housing
Corporation, industry professionals will have such a tool to help them do just
that. The comprehensive CMHC manual provides valuable information about looking
after the basement, the outside walls and exterior features of a house, as well
as providing information on its heating, electrical and plumbing systems.
Builders, warranty providers and property managers have
all been quick to pick up on its benefits. Endorsed by the Canadian Home
Builders' Association and the Canadian New Home Warranty Council, this manual
serves as both a reference guide and a service tool for builders.
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Education
Mr. Chuck Cadman (Surrey North, Canadian
Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, last spring Constable Mike Ingles and Vice
Principal Jamie Doyle asked me to a meeting to discuss their idea for a
conference involving three high schools. Last week I had the privilege of
taking part in that conference, the theme of which was respect, that spent an
entire day in each school.
I gave the keynote address and three workshops on youth
violence each day. Students rotated through presentations of their choice. Time
prevents me from naming all the presenters but they included: Dianne Sowden,
whose daughter became involved in the sex trade and drugs at the age of 13;
Jade Bell, a former addict who as a result of an overdose is confined to a
wheelchair and speaks through a computer; and Rock Solid, a group of police
officers who draw on their experiences to encourage young people to speak out
when they are victimized among other things.
I salute the organizers and school staff for the
concept and making it work. I commend the students of Len Shepherd Secondary,
West Whalley Secondary and Guildford Park Secondary who through the respect
they showed to the presenters, their teachers and each other made the whole
exercise a tremendous success.
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(1105)
EB Awareness Week
Ms. Sarmite Bulte (Parkdale—High Park,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, October 27, I will have the
honour to attend the celebration of the 2001 inaugural of Epidermolysis Bullosa
(EB) Awareness Week. EB Awareness Week was founded to bring attention to this
group of rare and genetic skin diseases for which there is no cure. I
congratulate my constituent, Kevin Campbell, for his determination and hard
work for making EB awareness a reality.
Last year the Minister of Health announced the creation
of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and funding for health research.
Through these efforts I hope the day will come when this devastating skin
disease is wiped from the face of the earth.
* * *
[Translation]
Laval Symphony
Orchestra
Ms. Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral (Laval
Centre, BQ):
Mr. Speaker, on October 22, the ADISQ recognized the
extraordinary talent of the Laval symphony orchestra by awarding it with its
album of the year award in the classical music, orchestras and large ensembles
category.
Entitled Mozart, the award-winning album
brilliantly illustrates the unique personality of the LSO and the energetic
spirit of its conductor, Jean-François Rivest.
Claude Gingras, a music critic who usually is quite
parsimonious with his praise, was so taken with Jean-François Rivest and
pianist Alain Lefèvre, that he wrote, with reference to them, that both
conductor and pianist imbue the musical passages with an exquisite chamber
music quality. Listening to Rivest or Lefèvre, it could even be said that, with
their extremely subtle artistry, they take Mozart's music one step further
.
The LSO sets itself apart with its enthusiasm,
freshness and sensitivity; despite the fact that it has been around for only 15
years, it demonstrates remarkable maturity. This recognition by the ADISQ gives
us every reason to believe that the orchestra has a brilliant future ahead of
it.
Bravo to the LSO and to its conductor, Jean-François
Rivest. The people of Laval are very proud of you.
* * *
[English]
Trade
Mr. Pat O'Brien (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Minister for International Trade, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, yesterday it was alleged that I called
environmental rights and labour rights garbage. Hansard proves that
statement is absolutely and totally false. What I did say was:
EU ministers are adamant that we not
litter up trade deals by trying to include environmental and labour standards
in those trade deals. It is best done in side agreements. |
It is appalling that my words were so badly twisted. I
thank my colleague who attempted to clarify matters, the hon. member for
Haliburton--Victoria--Brock. I hope there will be better attention to the truth
in the future by the NDP member for Churchill.
* * *
Murray Krause
Mr. Richard Harris (Prince
George—Bulkley Valley, Canadian Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, in our gallery today we have a very
distinguished gentleman from Prince George, B.C. Murray Krause is executive
director of the Central Interior Native Health Society in Prince George. He was
elected as a city councillor in 1993. He serves on the board of directors for
the College of New Caledonia, is chair of the Health Match B.C. advisory board,
is a member of the Provincial Co-ordinating Committee on Rural and Remote
Health Services, is chair of the Prince George Intercultural Committee, is
chair of the Prince George Standing Committee on Youth, and is a member of the
Hate Activities Task Force in Prince George.
Murray gives back a lot to the community. It is no
wonder he was nominated for and received the distinction of Citizen of the Year
for 2000.
* * *
[Translation]
Gay Games 2006
Ms. Raymonde Folco (Laval West,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, yesterday morning, we learned the good
news that Montreal has been chosen to host the Gay Games VII, which will take
place in 2006. The games are expected to draw more than 24,000 athletes and
200,000 visitors. This is great news for Montreal and for Quebec.
This event will enrich our cultural and sports life, as
well as producing approximately $150 million in economic spinoffs. This good
news demonstrates the openness of Montrealers and the energetic spirit of the
gay community.
I would like to highlight the significant co-operation
between the three levels of government: federal, provincial and municipal. This
is an example of the great things that can be accomplished when our governments
work together.
In closing, allow me to congratulate the organizers and
sponsors of the Montreal bid on their most successful efforts.
* * *
(1110)
[English]
Sydney Tar Ponds
Ms. Wendy Lill (Dartmouth,
NDP):
Mr. Speaker, we have just learned that there is another
delay for the families living near the Sydney Tar Ponds. The anxiously awaited
report on the levels of danger to the residents of Whitney Pier is being
revised.
This is one of the worst environmental disasters in
Canada and nothing is being done about it except studying it to death. Families
have been living with uncertainty for months and are now being told they must
wait at least another six weeks to find out how great the danger is.
This is outrageous. People's lives are at risk. People
are sick and people are dying. The area has one of the highest rates of cancer
and birth defects in Canada. A report released in April showed there are at
least 35 toxins in the Whitney Pier neighbourhood, including arsenic at 70
times the acceptable limit.
The latest delay amounts to fiddling with statistics
while people get sicker. The report must be released now and the issue must be
brought before the parliamentary committees on environment and health. We need
action, not delays.
* * *
[Translation]
Employment Insurance
Mr. Gérard Asselin (Charlevoix,
BQ):
Mr. Speaker, back in May, the Standing Committee on
Human Resources Development presented to the minister a unanimous report on the
urgent need to go beyond Bill C-2.
Close to five months later, the Liberal government
responded to the 17 recommendations by rejecting all of them. Even though six
out of ten people who are unemployed continue to be excluded from the
employment insurance program, the minister simply said that everything was
fine.
Yesterday, when the minister was unable to indicate the
estimated EI surplus, she justified her ignorance by saying that it was a
“notional” surplus.
The minister showed once again that she is in over her
head as a cabinet member and that she remains insensitive to the workers'
plight.
* * *
[English]
Terrorism
Mr. Lynn Myers (Waterloo—Wellington,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, since the tragic terrorist attacks on the
United States on September 11, Canadians have expressed concern about their own
security. While we must be vigilant and alert I urge Canadians not to panic.
The terrorists seek not only to destroy our buildings and take innocent lives.
They seek to change the way we view the world around us and make us suspicious
of one another.
The terrorists will not succeed. Canadians will
continue to go about their daily activities. We will fly on airplanes, assemble
in public places and go on with our business and personal lives.
I reassure Canadians that our government has taken and
will continue to take strong action to mitigate the terrorist threat. As a
government we will do what is necessary to make sure Canadians are safe and
secure in their homes, neighbourhoods, communities and in this great country of
ours.
* * *
Health
Mr. Grant McNally (Dewdney—Alouette,
PC/DR):
Mr. Speaker, we appear to have the first casualty of
the Liberal leadership race. The Minister of Health has been trying to throw
out Hail Mary's to get back into the game with the Minister of Finance, the
Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Industry. He is throwing
incomplete passes and may be replaced by the coach very soon.
First, the Minister of Health broke cabinet solidarity
by voting against the government on GMOs. Then he completely mishandled the
Cipro deal causing great embarrassment to the government. The--
The Speaker:
Order, please. The hon. member for Dewdney--Alouette I
am sure is aware of the rules that Standing Order 31 statements cannot be used
as attacks on an individual member. I think he is stepping over the line here.
Even though it appears his tact may be good natured, I have a feeling he is
over the line.
* * *
[Translation]
Laval Symphony
Orchestra
Ms. Carole-Marie Allard (Laval East,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, this week, as part of its non-broadcast
gala, the ADISQ recognized the talent of the Laval symphony orchestra by
presenting it the Album of the year award in the classical music/orchestra and
large band category.
The winning album “Mozart” includes two major works of
the great composer, namely the magnificent “Concerto No. 23”, which is full of
light, softness and joie de vivre, and the “Symphony No. 41”, known as
“Jupiter”, which is avant-garde and dramatic.
The wonderful rendition of these works by the orchestra
earned it the top awards thanks to the internationally renown pianist Alain
Lefèvre and the conductor and artistic director of the Laval symphony
orchestra, Jean-François Rivest, who was able to channel the talent of his
musicians with his usual energy.
This award confirms the enviable position of the Laval
symphony orchestra at the national level.
* * *
(1115)
[English]
Lumber Industry
Mr. John Duncan (Vancouver Island North,
Canadian Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, the softwood lumber dispute is continuing
to victimize workers and their families and penalize the economies of Canada
and the U.S. We have more than 20,000 forest workers laid off across Canada,
the North American economy dipping into recession and consumers retreating from
spending.
On Wednesday I asked once again for the minister to
call a national stakeholders meeting to get the Canadian forest sector on the
same page prior to next week's anticipated anti-dumping decision by the U.S.
department of commerce. Once again no meeting has been announced by the
minister.
Yesterday two U.S. consumer groups urged U.S. and
Canadian negotiators to resist lumber export taxes because higher prices hurt
consumers.
The minister cannot drop the ball on softwood lumber.
When will we have the national stakeholders meeting?
ORAL QUESTION PERIOD
[Oral Questions]
* * *
[English]
Immigration
Mr. Stockwell Day (Leader of the
Opposition, Canadian Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, the United Nations national safe list
includes those countries from which no fugitive could credibly claim fear of
being killed, tortured or persecuted for their religious or political beliefs.
Canada, the United States and most European countries are on that
list.
This week the government shockingly voted against a
Canadian Alliance motion that Canada not accept fugitives running here from the
United States claiming bogus refugee status.
Now we learn the government is negotiating an agreement
with the United States which in effect would agree with the Canadian Alliance
motion, the very motion the government voted against. Is this true?
Hon. Elinor Caplan (Minister of
Citizenship and Immigration, Lib.):
No, Mr. Speaker. The Leader of the Opposition clearly
does not understand either the safe third agreement or the fact that my
officials speak with their U.S. counterparts and have talks about how we can
better co-ordinate our activities and better co-operate on a whole host of very
important issues.
Mr. Stockwell Day (Leader of the
Opposition, Canadian Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, very interesting. We will be watching that
closely.
The immigration committee wrote in 1998, and I
quote:
|
--it
strains public credibility when people who arrive in Canada without travel
documents-- |
That means they have destroyed their documents to get
here.
|
--are
allowed to enter Canada and remain at large pending the hearing of their
refugee claim. |
This is one of the well known weaknesses of our refugee
system.
Will the minister and the government have a change of
heart and accept the committee's recommendation and the Canadian Alliance
recommendation that all suspicious new arrivals, that would be those without
documents included, not be--
The Speaker:
The hon. Minister of Citizenship and
Immigration.
Hon. Elinor Caplan (Minister of
Citizenship and Immigration, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, if we have any concerns that people who
arrive at a port of entry, be they refugee claimants or potential visitors,
pose any security threat to Canada, if we do not know who they are or if the
immigration officers have reasonable grounds to believe they pose a threat,
they are detained. That is the fact.
Mr. Stockwell Day (Leader of the
Opposition, Canadian Alliance):
In actual fact, Mr. Speaker, it does not
happen.
[Translation]
One of the essential elements for a bilateral agreement
between safe third countries is for there to be a common visa policy. The
United States has more stringent policies for issuing visas than Canada
does.
Does the minister of immigration intend to harmonize
our list of countries with a visa requirement with the U.S. list?
[English]
Hon. Elinor Caplan (Minister of
Citizenship and Immigration, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I attempted to explain this fully
yesterday at the immigration committee hearing.
We discussed with the United States and other
countries, but particularly with the United States, emerging trends in the
world where there may be a need for a visa imposition or where a visa
requirement could be lifted. That is ongoing business.
I would say to the leader that he gives the wrong
impression to suggest that we are not consulting. We certainly are and we
always have. Because of our good relationship with the United States, my
officials speak virtually every day with our neighbours.
* * *
Health
Mr. Grant Hill (Macleod, Canadian
Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, the health minister is now going to
stockpile vaccine against smallpox.
I would like to quote what my medical textbook says
about the terrorism threat:
The recurrence of smallpox resulting
from a deliberate release of variola virus cannot be ruled out. However, the
potential damage of such an act should not be exaggerated. |
Why has the health minister not quietly stockpiled
smallpox vaccine instead of making a big announcement so that he can divert
attention away from his other problems with Cipro?
(1120)
Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I would have hoped this would be the kind
of matter we could discuss in the interests and in the protection of the public
and its health.
Yesterday before the committee I responded to a
question put by the hon. member's colleague in the Alliance Party about what we
were doing in this regard. I responded by being very frank and saying that like
other countries, we were taking responsible steps to protect Canadians against
all eventualities, and that is exactly what we will continue to do.
Mr. Grant Hill (Macleod, Canadian
Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, the text goes on to say:
Smallpox does not spread rapidly, and
an outbreak caused in this manner (that is by bioterrorism) should be able to
be contained within 3 to 4 weeks. |
The minister could have easily and quietly stockpiled
this vaccine. He could have done what they have done in other countries instead
of making a great big fuss about this.
Why did the minister try to divert attention away from
his Cipro blunder by bringing up something to scare Canadians?
Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, the member should read along farther in
whatever he is looking at because if it is accurate, it will tell him that
there is no more smallpox vaccine stockpiled in the world.
We have some on hand from 25 years ago. There is more
now being developed. When I met with Secretary Thompson in the United States, I
told him Canada was interested in working with the Americans on the development
of that new vaccine and that we want to be part of the process when it is
available. We will do what is necessary once again to protect the health of
Canadians.
[Translation]
Ms. Caroline St-Hilaire (Longueuil,
BQ):
Mr. Speaker, it is quite obvious that the Minister of
Health was at fault in totally ignoring a report from his own department in
June 2000 indicating that Canada was not in a position to deal with a
bioterrorism attack. He has just recently not even hesitated to break the law
in order to conceal his errors in judgment.
Does the minister realize that the message he is
sending to the public is that he will resort to anything to conceal his errors
in judgment, up to and including breaking the law?
Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, it is very important for Canadians to know
that Health Canada has been working for some months on preparing itself for
emergency situations here in Canada.
Among other things, Health Canada inaugurated an
emergency centre in July 2000. We now have stockpiles of drugs. As well, we
have put in place co-ordinated emergency response measures and will continue
our efforts.
Ms. Caroline St-Hilaire (Longueuil,
BQ):
Mr. Speaker, it is all very well for the Minister of
Health to use the emergency situation as a cover-up, but there is one thing he
cannot get around, something everyone has understood: the favoured approach of
the minister and of his government is that the end justifies the
means.
Will the Minister of Health admit that this kind of
approach is irresponsible and dangerous, particularly in a time of
crisis?
Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, what is most important to me and to the
government is to protect and ensure the health of Canadians.
This is exactly what we have done. We now have the
necessary drugs. A week ago that was not the case, but now it is. We have saved
Canadians money.
We are going to continue to do whatever is necessary to
protect people's health.
Mr. Réal Ménard (Hochelaga--Maisonneuve,
BQ):
Mr. Speaker, according to the Department of Health, it
was because Bayer could not produce the drug within 48 hours that the
department decided to break the law and get it from Apotex, which would deliver
the order three weeks later.
In what way does the minister think that such a
disgraceful manoeuvre would protect public health?
Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, what Canadians expect from us as a
government is that we should always act with their protection in mind.
Where bioterrorism is concerned, we must do what is
necessary to have access to drugs designed to counter such threats.
All week, the focus in the House has been on what was
done. But ultimately, we did what we did to protect people's health and we now
have the necessary drugs.
(1125)
Mr. Réal Ménard (Hochelaga--Maisonneuve,
BQ):
Mr. Speaker, Health Canada contacted Novopharm to ask
it to supply Cipro and Novopharm said that it was illegal to do so, which
should have alerted the minister.
The question in everyone's mind today is how something
that was illegal for Novopharm could become legal for Apotex. Could the
minister explain this?
Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, Canadians can see the facts and what
matters most.
And what matters most is health, putting in place
measures to effectively meet threats.
This is precisely what we did. We at Health Canada took
action to have the necessary drugs available and now they are.
* * *
Employment Insurance
Mr. Yvon Godin (Acadie—Bathurst,
NDP):
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the minister
responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
The government decided to ignore the recommendations
made by the members of the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development,
which were supported by the Liberals, outlined in a report entitled “Beyond
Bill C-2”, regarding changes to the employment insurance program.
Given this decision, what steps does ACOA intend to
take in order to help people who will have to deal with the gap next
January?
Hon. Robert Thibault (Minister of State
(Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, ACOA continues to work together with the
communities and provinces of Atlantic Canada to create jobs, which are long
term, not short term and to promote sustainable economic
development.
I invite the member to work with me for the future of
Atlantic Canada.
Mr. Yvon Godin (Acadie—Bathurst,
NDP):
Mr. Speaker, I have been working with the government
for four years now to find solutions for our regions, but the government has
been unable to come up with any.
Employment insurance belongs to the workers.
With respect to employment insurance, what is the
minister going to do, in the short term, to create jobs for this coming
January, so that people will not have to cope with the gap that the Liberals
force them to deal with every year?
Hon. Robert Thibault (Minister of State
(Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, Atlantic Canadians are very happy with
what ACOA is doing for economic development. There have already been 62,000
jobs created in Atlantic Canada and we continue to work with the
community.
In the short term, there is the infrastructure program
between Canada and the provinces. We are leading the rest of Canada when it
comes to signing agreements with communities and the provinces.
* * *
[English]
CSIS
Mr. Jay Hill (Prince George—Peace River,
Canadian Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, the report of the security intelligence
review committee expresses concern about CSIS priorities. Our overseas CSIS
agents are apparently so busy assisting with the processing of legitimate
refugee claimants that they do not have time to track and catch illegals who
pose a threat to our national security.
Yesterday we learned of a high tech stowaway in a
container destined for Canada but we had to learn of his existence from Italian
authorities rather than from CSIS.
Why has the solicitor general not issued a ministerial
directive for CSIS to refocus its foreign operations from pushing paper to
actually identifying and preventing illegal immigrants from entering
Canada?
Hon. Lawrence MacAulay (Solicitor
General of Canada, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, part of the reason would be because they
caught him in Italy.
Another thing is the RCMP and CSIS work in co-operation
with Italian authorities and all other authorities around the world to make
sure that individuals who pose a threat to the security of this country or
other countries are brought to justice.
Mr. Peter MacKay
(Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, PC):
Mr. Speaker, somehow the Prime Minister thinks that all
refugees who are terrorists are going to arrive by planes. There is a story
about cargo boy, a suspected al-Qaeda terrorist bound for Canada, who was
picked up in a routine inspection in Italy, which shows that people still do
travel by boat.
Ships are requested to call customs 96 hours in
advance. The coast guard, our first line of defence since the Liberals cut the
ports police, had 250 positions eliminated. Its radar only provides 20%
coverage.
How can the government possibly justify its actions,
which have left our massive coastline so vulnerable to terrorists? What happens
if the terrorists simply decide not to call?
(1130)
Hon. Lawrence MacAulay (Solicitor
General of Canada, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, again it is a prime example of security
agencies working together around the world. What we must have is an efficient
security intelligence agency and police force, and we have it.
I believe what took place yesterday in Italy is a prime
example of what co-operation can do for the security of all nations around the
world.
* * *
Health
Mr. James Rajotte (Edmonton Southwest,
Canadian Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, we need to encourage research and
development in Canada so that Canadians can have access to well paying, long
term jobs. For companies to do research and development in Canada, they need
clear legal guidelines and a commitment by the government to enforce and
respect those guidelines.
How will research and development companies every trust
Canada as a safe place to do business and employ Canadians when our own
government violates patent laws?
Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I will take that question because I
recently had experience with those laws. I can tell the member we do respect
them. Patents are a way to reward and encourage innovation.
This week we sat down with the patent holder, Bayer,
and we resolved the matter. We resolved it on a basis that is good for
Canadians because we got access to the drugs we need at preferred prices. We
did not spend a nickel more than we had to in order to achieve that.
The member should know that we do respect patent laws.
We also respect the need to protect the health of Canadian.
Mr. James Rajotte (Edmonton Southwest,
Canadian Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, the reality is that the government did not
respect the patent laws.
The Minister of Health has defended his actions by
arguing against the bottom line. The reality is that both the generic and the
brand name pharmaceutical companies are large scale business operations. Both
need clear legal guidelines to invest in Canada and provide Canadians with
drugs to address their medical needs.
How can the government defend breaking arbitrarily its
own laws?
Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, the member should know that we took steps
to make sure the health of Canadians was protected.
When the patent was an issue we met with the patent
holder and resolved the matter with them through agreement. However what was
really at issue this past week was not so much the patent law. The issue in
this episode was if we were in a position to respond to protecting the health
of Canadians should something happen. We are in a position to do so.
* * *
[Translation]
Anti-Terrorism
Legislation
Mr. Pierre Brien (Témiscamingue,
BQ):
Mr. Speaker, the government and the Minister of Health
are bungling when faced with a potential emergency, and their actions show that
they feel they can break the law.
At the same time, parliament is working on
anti-terrorism legislation, Bill C-36, and a number of voices are condemning
the abuse that could result from this legislation.
Since the government is clearly showing that it
overreacts in a crisis, is the Deputy Prime Minister prepared to make major
amendments to Bill C-36 and include, among other provisions, sunset clauses?
Hon. Herb Gray (Deputy Prime Minister,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, we will take a serious look at all the
committee's recommendations. I also wish to thank the Bloc Quebecois member for
supporting a very important federal measure.
Mr. Pierre Brien (Témiscamingue,
BQ):
Mr. Speaker, everyone knows that panic is not the best
policy, as evidenced this week by the actions of the Minister of Health. It is
in emergency situations and in crises that democratic controls are most
necessary.
Can the Deputy Prime Minister assure us that, as a
minimum, his government will pledge to include sunset clauses in its
anti-terrorism bill?
[English]
Mr. Stephen Owen (Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, the hon. member brings up a good point and
that is the advice coming from the Senate and the House committees looking into
Bill C-36. The Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice have said in the
House repeatedly that the government, while it has put forward preferred
options, is willing to consider all reasonable advice coming from those
committees.
* * *
National Security
Mr. Kevin Sorenson (Crowfoot, Canadian
Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, first the solicitor general claims the
RCMP and CSIS are adequately funded and staffed. Then he jumps on his soapbox
explaining why there is a need to throw more money into the security forces.
The fact is he is the one who gutted them in the first place. Now police and
CSIS investigations are being sidelined because the RCMP does not have enough
manpower.
Will the solicitor general stop playing a shell game
with the RCMP and immediately ensure that it has adequate personnel so nothing
is put on the back burner?
(1135)
Hon. Lawrence MacAulay (Solicitor
General of Canada, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, as I have said many times in the House,
the government provided in the last budget and since the last budget about $2
billion to the public safety envelope for the security of this
nation.
In the last couple of weeks we provided about $100
million extra for police and security intelligence. We have a public safety
committee in place to make sure that if any more funds or any more technology
are needed it will be provided.
Mr. Kevin Sorenson (Crowfoot, Canadian
Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, the minister talks about the money that
was put in since the budget. The budget was so long ago, we cannot
remember.
SIRC reports that CSIS is so overloaded with work that
it can take years to determine if potential newcomers to our country pose a
security threat. This was occurring long before September 11. Since then its
workload has increased dramatically.
Again, I ask the solicitor general this. When will CSIS
receive the necessary funding to hire more agents so no one slips into this
country who poses a threat to the safety and security of Canadians?
Hon. Lawrence MacAulay (Solicitor
General of Canada, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I think my hon. colleague is well aware
that the director of CSIS has said many times that he has the financial
resources to fulfill his mandate. In fact, just a week ago we provided another
$10 million in that area.
I am aware there was a backlog in dealing with
immigration screening. However I can tell my hon. colleague that that backlog
has been cleaned up.
* * *
[Translation]
The Environment
Mr. Bernard Bigras
(Rosemont--Petite-Patrie, BQ):
Mr. Speaker, throughout the negotiations on climate
change at the Bonn conference last July, Canada made its four conditions
abundantly clear through the press.
At the end of the conference, all four of its
conditions for ratifying the Kyoto protocol were met. They were: market
mechanisms, carbon sinks, clean development mechanisms, and a compliance
regime.
If the minister got everything he wanted in Bonn, why
has the Kyoto protocol still not been ratified?
Hon. David Anderson (Minister of the
Environment, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, it is true that we made great strides in
Bonn, and I congratulate the Deputy Prime Minister, the hon. member for Windsor
West, on his success.
However the Government of Canada cannot act without the
support of the provinces and without consulting them. We want the broadest
consultations possible with all sectors, including the provinces, before
deciding whether Canada should ratify the protocol.
Mr. Bernard Bigras
(Rosemont--Petite-Patrie, BQ):
Mr. Speaker, the minister is well aware that the
national assembly has passed a unanimous motion calling on the federal
government to ratify the Kyoto protocol.
The fact is that the minister set four conditions in
Bonn and these four conditions have been met.
Today Canadians and Quebecers have just one question:
What new conditions will Canada set on the eve of the conference of the parties
to open in Marrakesh next week?
Hon. David Anderson (Minister of the
Environment, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to inform the member that
Quebec's minister of the environment has supported the position of Ontario and
Alberta that more consultations with the provinces are needed before the
protocol can be ratified. This was just one week ago, the resolution of the
National Assembly of Quebec notwithstanding.
* * *
[English]
Parks Canada
Mr. Myron Thompson (Wild Rose, Canadian
Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, as a result of September 11, it is obvious
to everyone that we need each and every RCMP officer on duty in our fight
against terrorism.
Could the Minister of Canadian Heritage explain why we
have RCMP officers filling the job of park wardens when we have capable
professionals sitting on the sidelines?
Hon. Lawrence MacAulay (Solicitor
General of Canada, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, what is taking place is there is an
agreement between Parks Canada and the RCMP. As my hon. colleague is well
aware, the RCMP provides support for many agencies of government and Parks
Canada happens to be one of these agencies.
Mr. Myron Thompson (Wild Rose, Canadian
Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, I am surprised the minister answered that
question. He cannot run his own department. I hope he is not looking after
parks.
Parks Canada is spending over $40 million over the next
two years for 140 RCMP officers to carry out law enforcement duties in the
parks.
Does the minister not think that when our RCMP officers
are crying for more resources in our fight against terrorism, that $40 million
for them to chase poachers is a complete waste of our valuable and limited
resources?
(1140)
Hon. Lawrence MacAulay (Solicitor
General of Canada, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I certainly would not lower myself to the
language that my hon. colleague used in his question.
As I have indicated, the RCMP provides security for
many agencies, including Parks Canada, to make sure the law is abided by all
people in this country. We will continue to do that.
* * *
Terrorism
Mr. Sarkis Assadourian (Brampton Centre,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Secretary of State
for International Financial Institutions. Fintrac is taking an expanded mandate
with increased funding to combat terrorist activities in Canada.
Could the secretary of state inform the House how this
will work and benefit Canadians in general?
Hon. Jim Peterson (Secretary of State
(International Financial Institutions), Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, as members know, Fintrac's current mandate
is to deal with and fight money laundering. We have expanded that mandate so
that it will also include tracking down terrorist funds. Yesterday we announced
that we would add $10 million to its budget.
This is just part of the government's fight against
terrorism; $280 million was recently announced, which brings the funding to
$1.8 billion announced in the last year for defence, security and fighting
terrorism.
* * *
ACOA
Ms. Wendy Lill (Dartmouth,
NDP):
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the minister for ACOA.
His ministry has produced a report saying that 23,000 jobs in Atlantic Canada
will be lost in the next 26 months. The minister calls the situation very
mild.
Is very mild what the minister thinks the impact of
unemployment will be on the tens of thousands of Atlantic workers and their
families who are out of work and who are on the verge of being laid
off?
How can he be so flippant with these good people who
are being forced to survive with reduced EI, reduced provincial transfers and
totally inadequate social and infrastructure spending from his
government?
Hon. Robert Thibault (Minister of State
(Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I wish to thank the hon. member for a very
good question. The report in question was prepared right after the tragic
events of September 11, when we were having trouble getting our goods across
the border. With thanks to my colleagues for the good work, the situation has
been a lot less severe than had been predicted.
I met this morning with Premier Lord who confirmed that
with me. I have been speaking with officials in the government of Nova Scotia.
I am quite confident for the future of Atlantic Canada.
Ms. Wendy Lill (Dartmouth,
NDP):
Mr. Speaker, the minister well knows that the current
infrastructure program was inadequate before September 11. For example, the
community of North Preston is in urgent need of a recreation centre. This
project is an infrastructure priority for the Halifax regional municipality,
but where is the federal commitment? The people of North Preston need this
facility now, but the infrastructure program is underfunded.
Will the minister commit to increase the size and
rollout of this program in Atlantic Canada so communities like North Preston
can get the facilities they need?
Hon. Robert Thibault (Minister of State
(Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, again I thank the member for her question.
I was in the community of North Preston a few weeks ago. I saw the site and
talked to them about their plans. I agree with her wholeheartedly. I agree with
the municipality also.
I do not think it is a question of underfunding. I
think it is a question of rollout. We have been fast at getting infrastructure
programs out to Atlantic Canada. That one is under review and is going under an
environmental assessment right now. I hope to have a favourable response at a
future date.
* * *
[Translation]
Health
Mr. André Bachand (Richmond—Arthabaska,
PC/DR):
Mr. Speaker, yesterday, before the Standing Committee
on Health and here in the House, the Minister of Health insisted that all of
the relevant information regarding the Cipro affair was included in his
department's affidavit and that it answered all our questions.
We have now learned that a second generic drug company,
Novopharm, was approached on October 15 to meet the demand for
Cipro.
If the affidavit was indeed complete, why then did it
make no mention of Novopharm?
Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, the facts are now clear for members and
for the public. What is clear is that Health Canada and my officials always
acted in good faith to protect the health of Canadians and to ensure access to
the needed drugs.
We will continue to be aggressive in taking the
necessary measures to protect the population.
(1145)
[English]
Mr. Chuck Strahl (Fraser Valley,
PC/DR):
Mr. Speaker, at the end of this week when the health
minister hit rock bottom, let me remind the Prime Minister what he said when he
was in opposition. He said:
|
--every minister in the cabinet that I will be presiding over
will have to take full responsibility for what is going on in his department.
If there is any bungling in the department, nobody will be singled out. The
minister will have to take the responsibility. If there are errors...people who
cannot defend themselves will not be singled out, and left hanging out there in
front of the public. |
Why has the Prime Minister allowed his health minister
to hang his junior officials out to dry over the bungling in that health
minister's own department?
Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I will chuck that one right back and say
that the member has not really understood what has gone on this
week.
What has gone on this week is that we have stood behind
the officials who, in good faith, took steps to protect the public interest. We
have stood behind officials and got the facts of what really happened. We have
not allowed the big pharmaceutical company to bully our officials and pretend
that they did not tell the truth.
We have defended them. We have done the right thing. We
have also protected the health of Canadians and the government is proud that
this is the case.
* * *
Airline Industry
Mr. Charlie Penson (Peace River,
Canadian Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, against the recommendations of the
Competition Bureau, Air Canada won a six month delay in a predatory pricing
hearing brought forward by WestJet.
The tribunal bought into the monopoly's argument that
the post-September 11 restructuring made it impossible for Air Canada to devote
the time it needed to present its case. However, Air Canada had ample time to
start its new discount airline, Tango, during that period.
Why is the minister determined to preserve Air Canada
through stop-gap measures that will not solve the airline industry's long term
competitive problems?
Hon. David Collenette (Minister of
Transport, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, my hon. friend knows that Bill C-26, which
was passed recently, provided for Competition Bureau powers to deal with
predatory pricing.
Application was made to the tribunal after the findings
of the commissioner. The tribunal has adjourned those proceedings, but that is
a matter that is separate from the government. It is a quasi-judicial tribunal
that will deal with the matter in its own time.
Mr. Charlie Penson (Peace River,
Canadian Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, the bottom line to all this is that the
Liberal government has consistently ignored the advice of its own competition
commissioner on the airline issue.
The government's handling of the airline industry in
Canada has been a dismal failure. Some of the casualties of Liberal
incompetence are Canadian Airlines, Greyhound, Air Nova and RootsAir, and now
it is having to prop up Canada 3000.
Why does the minister think that Canadians will not
recognize that the $75 million bailout of Canada 3000 just sets the stage for
the massive bailout to follow for Air Canada?
Hon. David Collenette (Minister of
Transport, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I am very surprised. The Alliance Party,
Reform as it then was, actually supported the government's policy. There were
no divisions. In Bill C-26 we enacted the recommendations of the commissioner
of competition, so I would ask the hon. member to get his facts
straight.
With respect to the announcement I made last night with
Canada 3000, is he telling Canadians that the government is wrong to give short
term cash support to the number two airline to provide competition? Is that
where the Alliance Party is?
* * *
[Translation]
National Defence
Ms. Monique Guay (Laurentides,
BQ):
Mr. Speaker, yesterday the U.S. secretary of defence,
Donald Rumsfeld, expressed doubts that Osama bin Laden could ever be captured
and described the campaign in Afghanistan as more difficult than
expected.
Does the Minister of Defence share the doubts of his
American counterpart?
[English]
Hon. Art Eggleton (Minister of National
Defence, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, everything is being done to suppress
terrorism. We do know that many of the terrorist activities in this world,
including those of September 11, originate with al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.
Every effort is being made, in fact, to deal with that organization and to deal
with its supporters in the Taliban. Every effort is being made to target them
in Afghanistan and to not target the people of Afghanistan. That country and
its people have long suffered. Indeed, what is needed is to continue with the
efforts against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
[Translation]
Ms. Monique Guay (Laurentides,
BQ):
Mr. Speaker, in a context where more and more members
of the public are questioning the present coalition strategy of strikes on
Afghanistan and the impact on civilian populations, what are we to conclude
from this message from the U.S. government, seemingly questioning its own
strategy of bombarding Afghanistan?
(1150)
[English]
Hon. Art Eggleton (Minister of National
Defence, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, not every aspect of a strategy is going to
be discussed publicly, obviously. We are not out to telegraph to Osama bin
Laden and his supporters what the next strategy will be in dealing with
him.
It has been said right from the beginning that this
campaign will not be a short one and it will not at all be just a military
one.
We are absolutely determined, and I know the Americans
are absolutely determined, to bring about the suppression of the kind of threat
from terrorism that their country, our country and other freedom loving
countries in the world are experiencing.
Mrs. Cheryl Gallant
(Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, Canadian Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, joint task force 2 is well trained for its
role in domestic hostage rescue. Claiming that this unit is intended for a
special forces role in overseas operations is a smokescreen intended to hide
the fact that the Liberal government blundered in disbanding the Canadian
airborne regiment in 1995.
The minister is needlessly putting the lives of
Canadian soldiers at risk by stretching our limited resources to cover his
mistakes.
Will he admit today that Canada needs and must have a
unit like the Canadian airborne to carry on the international war against
terrorism?
Hon. Art Eggleton (Minister of National
Defence, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, that is a lot of nonsensical
rhetoric.
The JTF2 will be involved in this endeavour. It is a
well trained force. It has the equipment that is necessary to do the job. It is
the equivalent of the organizations it will be working with from the United
States, Britain and other allied countries.
I think we can be proud of what our forces can do. We
should not run them down the way the Alliance runs them down. We should be
supporting them.
Mrs. Cheryl Gallant
(Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, Canadian Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, lest we forget the lessons of Somalia,
knowing Canadian soldiers will be at risk if they are used in inappropriate
roles overseas, all the government has learned so far is, when Canadian forces
need help, to blame Canadian soldiers and dismantle army resources rather than
fix the problems.
Canada, and indeed her allies, needs units like the
Canadian airborne now more than ever. Will the minister commit today to giving
Canada's military the frontline resources it needs and restore the Canadian
airborne regiment to active service?
Hon. Art Eggleton (Minister of National
Defence, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, no, we will not be restoring the Canadian
airborne regiment, but the first part of her question was about
resources.
The government has over the last three years provided
$3 billion more in resources. The government has made it abundantly clear that
for anything that we ask our Canadian forces to do, we will make sure they get
the resources to do that job. We will not ask of them something that they are
not trained to do. We will not ask of them something for which we do not give
them the resources. The government will give them what is necessary to fight
terrorism.
* * *
[Translation]
Tourism Industry
Ms. Yolande Thibeault (Saint-Lambert,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, recently the minister responsible for the
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency commented on the economic impact of the
September 11 events on the Atlantic region and its tourism markets in the
northeastern U.S.
Can the minister responsible for the ACOA tell the
House how this information will foster the adoption of future tourism promotion
strategies that will benefit the Atlantic region?
[English]
Hon. Robert Thibault (Minister of State
(Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, every dog has his day.
[Translation]
Good agreements between ACOA and the Atlantic provinces
are enabling us to minimize the negative effects of the events of September
11.
One excellent example of partnership is that of the
Atlantic Canada tourist industry. This year, in conjunction with the Government
of Canada, the Atlantic provinces and the tourist industry are investing
$5 million to promote Atlantic Canada in the northeastern U.S.
I invite the Americans as well as all Canadians to come
and visit the Atlantic region.
* * *
[English]
Terrorism
Mr. Peter Goldring (Edmonton
Centre-East, Canadian Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, last week the staff on Parliament Hill
were issued high tech rubber gloves to open the mail. This five-fingered
prophylactic is not a solution.
The United States surgeon general states that
technology is available to develop equipment to sanitize and make mail safe
from bacteria such as anthrax.
What is being done in Canada to procure this new
equipment to protect our Canadian postal workers and postal customers? Is
Canada Post now investing in mail sanitizing equipment?
(1155)
Hon. Alfonso Gagliano (Minister of
Public Works and Government Services, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for
asking me this question at this time.
At this moment as we speak, the Canada Post president
is in Boston meeting with American counterparts about postal administration and
they are working together to address this problem.
The member will be surprised to hear that we will have
the same equipment and same machinery as the Americans. We want to make sure
that we protect all our postal workers and all Canadians.
Mr. Peter Goldring (Edmonton
Centre-East, Canadian Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, obviously there is a great concern for the
safety of the mail system. Public confidence in the postal system is essential
to the normal functioning of the economy and the lives of Canadians.
I believe that Canadian manufacturing technology can be
brought to bear against this terrorist tool of war. Will the minister advise
how and in what way Canadian industry is being encouraged to develop, produce
and deliver this new technology?
Hon. Alfonso Gagliano (Minister of
Public Works and Government Services, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, right now we are facing an emergency
situation and therefore we will collaborate with our neighbours and make sure
that everyone is protected.
In the meantime, if Canadian industry also makes
available Canadian manufactured tools that we can use, our objective is to make
sure that our more than 50,000 postal employees are protected and all Canadians
are protected. The Canada Post administration will do everything in its power
to ensure that protection.
* * *
[Translation]
Guaranteed Income
Supplement
Mr. Marcel Gagnon (Champlain,
BQ):
Mr. Speaker, we recently learned that over 380,000
Canadians are not receiving the guaranteed income supplement, even though they
are eligible for it.
We are talking about millions of dollars that Human
Resources Development Canada is literally stealing from the neediest members of
our society.
Does the Minister of Human Resources Development intend
to eliminate the 11 month retroactivity threshold, so that elderly people will
receive the money that is owed to them?
Ms. Raymonde Folco (Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources Development, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, we are well aware that the guaranteed
income supplement issue is now being reviewed by the Standing Committee on
Human Resources Development, on which I sit, and that we are almost ready to
submit a report to the minister.
As soon as that report is in the hands of the minister,
we will see how she will react to it.
* * *
[English]
Aboriginal Affairs
Mr. Stan Dromisky (Thunder Bay—Atikokan,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, the communal licence issued to the Burnt
Church First Nation for the food, social and ceremonial fishery this fall
expired at midnight last Saturday.
The expiry of the licence marks the end of a fishery
that many Canadians anticipated with concern. Many aboriginals and
non-aboriginals around Miramichi Bay wondered if the fall of 2001 would bring a
repeat of the open conflicts of 1999 and 2000.
Could the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Fisheries and Oceans report to the House on the state of affairs of the
fisheries affected by the supreme court's Marshall decision?
Mr. Georges Farrah (Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his good
question.
[Translation]
We were very pleased to see that this year the
situation in Burnt Church improved a lot.
As we know, fishing in Burnt Church has always been a
relatively sensitive issue. This year, the permit for subsistence fishing that
was delivered to that community allowed it to catch lobster, mostly, while
complying with the regulations and the act.
However, there is still a lot of work to do, because we
must reach a long term agreement with Burnt Church. We will work very hard
during the winter to reach such an agreement with this aboriginal
community.
* * *
[English]
Anti-terrorism
Legislation
Mr. Scott Reid (Lanark—Carleton,
Canadian Alliance):
Mr. Speaker, the United Kingdom and the United States,
the two key players in the war on terrorism, understand that enhanced police
powers must be coupled with stronger checks and balances. Both countries have
passed provisions for compensation of people whose property or whose person is
arrested wrongfully through new anti-terrorism laws.
If the government will not allow for a sunset clause as
a way to protect Canadian civil liberties, will it amend Bill C-36 to guarantee
full financial compensation for any Canadian who may be wrongfully detained in
the new anti-terrorism dragnet?
(1200)
Mr. Stephen Owen (Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, there are well established rules in
Canadian law for governments to be held civilly liable for mistaken actions by
police or by prosecutors. Of course these civil remedies will always be
available to Canadians who may have their rights infringed in any way by public
authorities.
* * *
[Translation]
Pay Equity
Ms. Jocelyne Girard-Bujold (Jonquière,
BQ):
Mr. Speaker, at last the federal court is going to hear
the case of 6,000 public servants, mainly from the Office of the Auditor
General, CSIS and the Health Research Institute, in connection with pay
equity.
Yesterday, the President of the Treasury Board's reply
suggested that she would be supporting the employers. Can she clarify her stand
for us? Does she mean she will provide them with financial support for the
legal proceedings or for pay equity?
Hon. Lucienne Robillard (President of
the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for Infrastructure,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I thought I made it very clear yesterday.
I said that the equity settlement applied some months ago was solely for
employees whose employer was treasury board.
However, as far as the separate employers are
concerned, if they are able to demonstrate that they have a pay equity problem
within their organization, treasury board is prepared to support them and has,
moreover, already done so in some cases. That is the context within which
treasury board can intervene.
* * *
[English]
Patent Legislation
Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North
Centre, NDP):
Mr. Speaker, yesterday the health minister said he has
strong views when it comes to the multinational drug industry. Certainly this
week he has shown he does not have much respect for the drug patent act.
It would certainly be nice to know if there is going to
be more to the health minister's position than just tough talk. Would he end
this difficult week for him by clearing the air and indicating to all
Canadians, does he support the Mulroney drug patent act, yes or no?
Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Health,
Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, I know it is Friday and the opposition is
limping lamely toward the end of the week exhausted from five days of chasing
its own tail. Even to those members it must be obvious that what the issue of
this week has been about really is the protection of public health, will
Canadians have access to what they need to be protected in these difficult and
dangerous times.
It is clear also this government, this minister and
Health Canada have acted to protect public health. We have what we need on good
terms for Canadians. We will continue to do what we have been doing.
* * *
Coast Guard
Mr. Loyola Hearn (St. John's West,
PC/DR):
Mr. Speaker, earlier today the solicitor general said
“We have beefed up the coast guard by requiring them now to call in 96 hours in
advance”. His own people, the people in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans
responsible, will tell us the onus is on the captain to make the call. If a
boat does not call we do not know it is in our waters because cutbacks have
caused the coast guard to be almost eliminated, 20% coverage by
radar.
Should not terrorists at least have to have a
reservation confirmed before we let them into the country?
[Translation]
Mr. Georges Farrah (Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member is well aware, the
decision taken by our government is to ensure that, in light of the present
situation, vessels notify us 96 hours prior to arrival in Canadian waters
instead of 24.
The same thing applies to the 96 hour notice as when it
was 24. The coast guard works in close collaboration with Customs Canada,
Transport Canada and the U.S. coast guard to ensure the safety and security of
Canadians.
ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
[Routine Proceedings]
* * *
(1205)
[English]
Order in Council
Appointments
Mr. Joe Jordan (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Prime Minister, Lib.):
Madam Speaker, I am pleased to table, in both official
languages, a number of order in council appointments made recently by the
government.
* * *
Government Response to
Petitions
Mr. Joe Jordan (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Prime Minister, Lib.):
Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8) I have
the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to
five petitions.
* * *
Committees of the
House
Foreign Affairs and International
Trade
Mr. Mac Harb (Ottawa Centre,
Lib.):
Madam Speaker, the Standing Committee on Foreign
Affairs and International Trade has the honour to present its ninth report.
In accordance with its order of reference of Tuesday,
October 2, your committee has considered Bill C-31, an act to amend the Export
Development Act and to make consequential amendments to other acts, and agreed
on Thursday, October 25 to report it without amendment. A copy of the relevant
minutes of proceedings for meetings numbers 33, 35 and 36 is tabled.
* * *
Procedure and House
Affairs
Mr. Joe Jordan (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Prime Minister, Lib.):
Madam Speaker, I have the honour to present the 33rd
report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs regarding the
membership of standing committees and of the Special Committee on Non-Medical
Use of Drugs.
Madam Speaker, if the House gives its consent, I move
that the 33rd report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs
be concurred in.
The Acting Speaker (Ms. Bakopanos): Is there
agreement?
Some hon. members: Agreed.
(Motion agreed
to)
* * *
Questions on the Order
Paper
Mr. Joe Jordan (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Prime Minister, Lib.):
Madam Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to
stand.
The Acting Speaker (Ms.
Bakopanos):
Is that agreed?
Some hon. members: Agreed.
GOVERNMENT ORDERS
[Government Orders]
* * *
[English]
Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada
Act
The House resumed consideration of the motion that Bill
C-34, an act to establish the Transportation
Appeal Tribunal of Canada and to make consequential amendments to other
acts, be read the third time and passed.
Mr. Lynn Myers (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Solicitor General of Canada, Lib.):
Madam Speaker, having listened intently to the debate
and the points made by a number of hon. members in the House, Bill C-34, the
transportation appeal tribunal of Canada act, is a good bill and worthy of
support. I conclude by asking all members to support the bill in the best
interests of the country.
The Acting Speaker (Ms.
Bakopanos):
Is the House ready for the question?
Some hon. members: Question.
The Acting Speaker (Ms. Bakopanos): Is it the
pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
Some hon. members: Agreed.
(Motion agreed to, bill read
the third time and passed)
Hon. Don Boudria:
Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I think if
you were to seek it, the House would agree to call it 1.30 p.m. and to move on
to private members' business.
The Acting Speaker (Ms.
Bakopanos):
Is it agreed?
Some hon. members: Agreed.
(1210)
The Acting Speaker (Ms.
Bakopanos):
It being 1.30 p.m., the House will now proceed to the
consideration of private members' business as listed on today's order
paper.
PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS
[Private Members' Business]
* * *
[English]
Royal Prerogative of
Mercy
Ms. Wendy Lill (Dartmouth, NDP)
moved:
That, in the opinion of this House,
the government should recognize and uphold, in its treatment of requests for
the royal prerogative of mercy, the principle that the lives of all Canadians,
including the lives of persons with disabilities, must be treated, and be
perceived to be treated, equally under the law. |
She said: Madam Speaker, it is my honour to move Motion
No. M-372 today for debate in the House. The motion asks cabinet to consider
carefully the security of persons with disabilities when considering any
request for the royal prerogative of mercy.
The motion has a threefold purpose: to provide an
opportunity for parliamentarians to discuss an issue which is not yet in the
public arena but will be imminently; to give cabinet direction on an issue
important to millions of persons with disabilities; and to offer assurances to
persons with disabilities and their families that their government is
protecting their rights and their lives under the law.
What caused me to write this motion was the
announcement last spring from the legal team for Robert Latimer that they would
be requesting his early release for the second degree murder conviction of his
daughter Tracy.
The Latimer case has achieved such a level of notoriety
in Canada by now that I am not sure delving too deeply into the details will
serve a great purpose. However I know the effect this crime has had on the
thousands of persons with disabilities and their families.
Since that October morning almost eight years ago when
Robert Latimer sat his 12 year old daughter Tracy in the cab of his truck,
piped in carbon monoxide and gassed her to death, it would be fair to say that
all persons with disabilities have been on a rollercoaster ride as they waited
to see how the courts of the land would deal with the case.
Thousands of persons with disabilities and those who
love them and care for them were watching and waiting as the Latimer case wound
its way through the courts. They were waiting and holding their breath, holding
their hearts really, to hear with what severity the highest court in the land
would judge the murder of one of society's most vulnerable, because the
severity of that judgment would send a clear message out to all Canadians about
the seriousness of committing a crime against a person with a disability. So
they waited and they held their breath.
I remember a witness who came before the disability
subcommittee during that long period of waiting said “If Robert Latimer's crime
goes unpunished, if it is okay for him to take his daughter's life, then it
casts doubt about the meaning of my whole life, which is bound up in 24 hour
caring for a severely disabled daughter, and it fills me with great fear”.
I heard from a woman with multiple disabilities who
said “What if I have a bad day or a bad month or a bad year? Does that mean
that my caregiver may decide that it is the compassionate thing to end it for
me?”
These are horrible things to contemplate, yet they are
always on the minds of people who are vulnerable. They are much concerned about
the fact that it was the father who was getting all of the attention, not the
daughter Tracy whose life had been taken.
The Canadian Association for Community Living published
the book Our Lives, Our Voices: Families Talk About Lives Worth Living.
As stated therein, the book was published because, “We are concerned that in
the outpouring of support for mercy for Robert Latimer, there has been little
attention to the court evidence about Tracy's joy for life. With a series of
stories which families have shared, we wanted to help others to appreciate the
value and love that we have for our children”.
In that book one father from Ontario said that the
principal reason they are at odds with Robert Latimer is that he placed a lower
value on his daughter's life because she was disabled. He had options that he
did not pursue and chose to dispense with his daughter as he would a sick farm
animal.
These are some of the comments that I have heard and
read. They are deeply painful and fearful comments from members of the
community of persons with disabilities as they awaited a decision to be handed
down from the highest court of the land.
Lo and behold, on January 18, 2001 the Supreme Court of
Canada upheld the conviction and minimum 10 year sentence for Robert Latimer
for the murder of his daughter Tracy. By doing so, it made a very important
statement about Tracy Latimer's equality under the law.
With its decision, the supreme court recognized that
the charter of rights guarantees to every Canadian the right to life and
security of the person and to equal protection under the law, regardless of
mental or physical disability.
In its decision, the supreme court recognized that
denunciation of unlawful conduct is one of the objectives of sentencing
recognized in section 718 of the criminal code.
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Denunciation becomes much more important in the
consideration of sentencing in cases where there is a high degree of planning
and premeditation and where the offence and the consequences are highly
publicized so that like-minded people may well be deterred by severe sentences.
This is particularly in so far as a victim is a vulnerable person with respect
to AIDS, disability or other similar factors.
The minimum sentence of 10 years was upheld for Robert
Latimer for taking the life of his daughter Tracy, but unfortunately this
painful story does not seem to be over. Although a special request for clemency
has not yet been filed, robertlatimer.com, the friends of the family website,
has announced that an application for clemency will be coming in the near
future.
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is actively
circulating a petition calling for the release of Robert Latimer under the
royal prerogative of mercy section of the criminal code.
My motion today calls upon cabinet to think long and
hard about granting any royal prerogative of mercy which will decrease the
level of security of persons with disabilities. I believe the real message that
cabinet would be sending if it reduces Latimer's sentence is that murdering a
person with a disability is not as serious a crime, ergo persons with
disabilities are not equal under the law.
We hear a lot about security right now. Security is a
very emotionally charged word since the horrifying events of September 11. Do
not misunderstand me. I believe we need to increase our airport and border
security, but we seem to miss the point of what security means for many people
with disabilities.
Security means having access to services, employment,
housing and health care, knowing that they will not be blocked at every turn
from doing the things that others can do. Security also means not being afraid
of being reliant upon others for support, literally for life itself.
The biggest case around this form of security has been
the public debate over the conviction of Robert Latimer for murdering his
daughter Tracy. This is a case where the media has kept the focus on the
criminal, not on the victim. There seems to be a feeling that the life of Tracy
Latimer was worth less than our lives because she had a specific medical
condition.
The suggestion from a trial judge in Saskatchewan was
that the punishment should be two years instead of ten. That is about 20% of
what a normal sentence should be. The judge tried to put into law an argument
which could have become a precedent that the life of a person with a disability
can be discounted like a T-shirt at Zellers on a sales day. I am thankful that
the Supreme Court of Canada refused to allow that argument to stand.
The danger now, however, is that there is a movement
which says that the trial judge got it right, that the supreme court got it
wrong, and that cabinet should grant clemency to Robert Latimer. This movement
is not small. As I have already said, it includes such organizations as the
Canadian Civil Liberties Association which even has its own website extolling
the virtues of a loving father.
I do not understand how an organization which uses the
motto “The freedom of no one is safe unless the freedom of everyone is safe”
does not understand the inherent danger in saying that there should be
exceptions in our justice system available for “compassionate fathers who kill
their daughters”.
It is not up to me to decide if Robert Latimer loved
his daughter. It is not up to me to make a judgment of Tracy's medical
condition. It is not up to me to retry any specific case that already has been
before the courts. As a matter of fact, elected representatives are the last
people who should be trying individual cases.
However as a parliamentarian it is up to me to uphold
the law. It is our job as parliamentarians to tell the cabinet our opinion on
how the law should be applied when it comes to the specific section of the
criminal code dealing with mercy.
The law says that if one is convicted of second degree
murder the sentence is life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years.
The law does not say unless one is a loving father, unless one's victim has a
severe disability, unless one is a good farmer or unless one has good lawyers.
As a matter of fact our law is quite devoid of loopholes for murder and I am
thankful for that.
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If clemency is to be used in the Latimer case, a
message is sent to the thousands of caregivers, who vulnerable people rely on
for their basic existence, that the consequences for unilaterally deciding to
harm someone in a person's care will be different if it is believed it is in
that person's best interest.
Our job today is to send a message out to the cabinet
room that we should be ever mindful of the real and perceived security needs of
people with disabilities, our neighbours who have to rely on others for their
daily activities.
A colleague from this place recently asked me why I
think that people with disabilities are not already considered fully in this
context. I think the record speaks for itself. Our history, even our recent
history, shows us that people with disabilities are most often the last
considered and the first forgotten in matters of public policy.
We are a society that too often rewards the strong and
the loud and forgets the weak and the vulnerable. That is why we in the House
of Commons must be their voice. We must remember we had a physical
sterilization of this community as a matter of public policy in parts of Canada
as recently as 50 years ago.
We have seen recent cuts from the government to income
support programs such as CPP disability, to provincial social assistance
supports, to the construction of affordable and accessible housing, and to
employment programs. The fear that they may be undervalued again, as I believe
the Saskatchewan trial judge undervalued Tracy Latimer, is a well founded
fear.
In closing, I ask members of the House to speak out in
favour of this motion. We need to send Canadians with disabilities a message.
We need to say that we have heard them and we will not apply laws that
discounts their lives. We need to send a clear message to the cabinet that all
Canadians are equal and that as a House of Commons we do not believe that the
punishment for taking any life should be diminished because of the ability of
the victim.
Mr. Lynn Myers (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Solicitor General of Canada, Lib.):
Madam Speaker, it is my privilege to rise today to
speak to Motion No. 372 presented by the member for Dartmouth. As hon. members
well know, our system of laws is generally intended to serve the common good
and all individuals are treated equally before the law.
I also believe there are times when the application of
law may lead to unintended or unanticipated consequences for an individual.
This may result in the imposition of an undue hardship or an inequity out of
proportion to the nature of the offence or of the sentence, for that matter.
It may also be that there exists no other legal remedy
to redress such an inequality and inequity in that all legal avenues normally
available have in fact been exhausted. When such a situation arises the
individual may seek recourse in what is known as a royal prerogative of mercy
or clemency.
The royal prerogative of mercy is little understood by
the majority of Canadians. Indeed it may not be fully understood by some
members of the House.
Historically the royal prerogative of mercy is the
oldest form of redress or intervention to right a wrong or correct an
injustice. It originates from the absolute power of monarchs, kings, queens and
emperors to dispense justice or to exercise mercy. They could sentence someone
to prison and they could shorten the sentence if it were considered too harsh.
They could sentence someone to death and they could commute that death sentence
at will.
Of course much has changed since the time of monarchs
who ruled with unfettered power. Today justice is administered under what we
know to be the rule of law. The exercise of unfettered authority has been
replaced with a system of laws administered by an independent judiciary
according to clearly defined procedures that ensure due process for all
concerned. That is as it should be.
However, as I said at the outset, there may well be
individual circumstances when the rule of law and due process result in
unintended consequences and the individual has no recourse but to seek clemency
under the royal prerogative of mercy.
In Canada the royal prerogative of mercy is exercised
by the Governor General under letters patent which stipulate the powers of that
office or the governor in council under the criminal code. The royal
prerogative of mercy is not a single remedy. It is not a one size fits all.
Rather it can take a number of different forms to address the unique
circumstances of an individual.
This is important to understand because when most
people think of the royal prerogative they envisage that it somehow implies an
individual is exonerated from a guilty verdict and that the sentence imposed by
the court is eradicated. That is only true in the case of what is known as a
free pardon, which is the ultimate and most rarely granted of the remedies
available.
A free pardon is extended only in those cases when it
has been demonstrated that somebody is wrongfully convicted, but there is
already provision in the criminal code to deal with people who are wrongfully
convicted. They may appeal to the Attorney General of Canada for a new trial,
for example, under section 690 of the Criminal Code of Canada.
There have been no cases in the past 20 years where a
free pardon has been granted to an individual who was wrongfully convicted of a
criminal code offence. Recourse has always and was always sought under section
690 of the Criminal Code of Canada.
Another remedy available under the royal prerogative of
mercy is a conditional pardon. It too can take different forms. It could, for
example, result in the release of people from imprisonment earlier than would
otherwise be allowed under the Corrections and Conditional Release Act. However
they would remain under sentence subject to the supervision and control of a
parole officer.
Another form of conditional pardon could include a
remission of the remainder of the sentence, which can only be granted by the
Governor General, and the setting aside of the criminal record under the
Criminal Records Act.
There have also been many instances where a judicial
error or an anomaly in the administration of justice could only be addressed
under the royal prerogative of mercy.
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For example, it could happen that a court has no record
or has lost a record of a fine having been paid thereby rendering an applicant
ineligible for a pardon under the Criminal Records Act.
I would like to underline that clemency is granted only
in exceptional circumstances and only in very deserving cases involving those
who have been convicted of federal offences. It is an ultimate recourse when
all other avenues have been exhausted.
It deals with the circumstances of an individual who
was convicted and on whom a sentence was imposed, and determines whether that
sentence resulted in an undue hardship that was not intended by either the
legislators or the judiciary.
Consider also the case of an individual, sentenced to
life for second degree murder, who is diagnosed as suffering from a serious
disorder of the central nervous system, resulting in paralysis and impaired
speech. The medical prognosis is poor and doctors unanimously recommend
transfer to a chronic care facility.
Clemency might be granted in such a case because
further incarceration may constitute a more severe hardship than would
otherwise have been foreseen. It may be that the offender cannot be adequately
cared for in a prison setting.
Clemency in such a case might take the form of a
conditional pardon resulting in release from prison under the supervision of a
parole officer. The guilty verdict still stands and the applicant continues to
serve his or her sentence under conditions of parole supervision and monitoring
in the community.
The royal prerogative of mercy is exercised according
to general principles which have evolved over time and which are meant to
ensure a fair and equitable process.
First, the independence of the judiciary must be
respected in that there must be stronger and more specific grounds to recommend
action that might counter a court's decision.
Second, the applicant must have exhausted all other
avenues available under the criminal code or other pertinent legislation. The
royal prerogative of mercy is not intended to replace that process.
Third, the royal prerogative of mercy is intended only
for those exceptional cases in which consideration of justice, humanity and
compassion override the normal administration of justice.
Fourth, and most important, there must be evidence of
substantial injustice or undue hardship out of proportion to the nature of the
offence or the intended consequence of a particular sanction. In assessing
this, each application is strictly examined on its own merits.
Clemency will not be considered where the difficulty
experienced by an individual applicant results from the normal consequences of
the application of law. It is not a mechanism to review the merits of existing
legislation or those of the judicial system in general.
The royal prerogative of mercy is used very sparingly.
It is granted only in instances when there is evidence of undue hardship beyond
the intended consequences of a sentence and only in cases where there is no
other legal remedy. It is unfettered in that it can apply a remedy that is best
suited to an individual circumstance.
The motion before us seeks the support of the members
of the House for the principle that, in the exercise of the royal prerogative
of mercy, the lives of all Canadians must be treated and perceived to be
treated equally under the law. The motion also underlines the fact that this
should include the lives of persons with disabilities.
If we interpret the motion from the point of view of
the applicant for clemency, I would submit that by its very nature the royal
prerogative of mercy already focuses principally on the individual. It is
concerned solely with the applicant, not with the circumstances of others, be
they family members, friends or others in the community.
If the member's motion is aimed at the victim, then I
would ask hon. members in the House to consider whether it is appropriate for
us to place limits or qualifications on the exercise of the royal prerogative
of mercy. I would also ask whether indeed this House has the constitutional
authority to impose such limits.
I hope my comments have shed some light on this very
important matter. It is a matter of great interest to many Canadians. Clearly,
I wanted to be able to outline some of the points that were raised in my speech
because I consider them to be important with respect to the motion.
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Mr. Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast,
Canadian Alliance):
Madam Speaker, at the outset, I would like to thank my
hon. colleague, the member for Dartmouth, for having brought the motion before
the House. I understand it is an issue close to her heart.
It is sometimes difficult as an elected legislator to
bring forward conscientious positions which may be morally right but which may
not be politically right. She certainly has done so in this motion. I commend
her for her principle and her courage in so doing.
The motion reads:
That, in the opinion of this House,
the government should recognize and uphold, in its treatment of requests for
the royal prerogative of mercy, the principle that the lives of all Canadians,
including the lives of persons with disabilities, must be treated, and be
perceived to be treated, equally under the law. |
It is quite clear that the motion implicitly addresses
the particular situation of Robert Latimer who was convicted of killing his
daughter Tracy and is serving a sentence of 10 years. It is also a general
application. I do not mean to suggest that it would apply in that one case
only. It is also a motion with general application and a principle that is
extremely important.
I regret that apparently a majority of Canadians
believe that Mr. Latimer should receive the royal prerogative of clemency and
have his sentence curtailed by an executive order of the governor in council,
by cabinet. I gather most Canadians believe this because they regard the
actions of Mr. Latimer as somehow having been morally justified if not morally
obligatory, that is to say, to have killed his severely disabled daughter.
I think what the member for Dartmouth seeks to do is to
remind us, as parliamentarians and as Canadians citizens, that we cannot and
must not make distinctions between human persons and their right to life.
Therein lies the first principle, not just of the motion but of our entire
legal system and, I would suggest, western civilization. That is to say, the
sanctity of human life and the notion that the right to take life can only
exist in self-defence, and that to take the life of individuals because of the
circumstances of their life, be it their ethnicity, religion, age, social or
economic condition or their physical and mental condition is to violate the
very first premise upon which a society founded on the rule of law exists. That
principle is the inviolable dignity of the human person.
The first words of our Constitution Act, 1982
read:
Whereas Canada is founded upon
principles which recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of
law. |
That sentence, so often missed and misunderstood in our
jurisprudence and in our public debates, is so central to this premise. What it
says is that the rights which we possess, the rights of which the charter
speaks, are not rights granted by the state, by a legislature or by a court,
nor are they rights that can be abrogated by any of those institutions. Rather,
these are rights that are inherent and inalienable in the human person. If they
are inalienable, they are and must be granted by a creator.
No man, no parliament, no father, even a father in
great emotional turmoil and confusion, has the right to suspend and to violate
the inalienable dignity of the human person.
This principle perhaps was most beautifully articulated
in the preamble to the American declaration of independence, which is a
foundational document of modern liberal democracy, where Thomas Jefferson wrote
that:
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We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life-- |
Men and women have certain inalienable rights. They
cannot be alienated by even a grieving father wishing, in his subjective mind,
to put a handicapped daughter out of her misery.
While I can understand to some degree the anguish of
some parents of severely disabled children, I also recognize the heroism of
many more parents and adoptive parents of severely disabled children who
exercise compassion every day, not through the ease of terminating the life of
their child but through their compassion of giving themselves wholly to their
children.
Compassion is a concept much misunderstood in our
public discourse. Compassion does not mean feeling sorry for somebody. It quite
literally means, in its etymological root, com-passion. Passion means to suffer
with, not to suffer with a disabled person and take away the person's right to
life.
The motion and the principle to which it speaks is
critically important because, as the parliamentary secretary sort of dodged
around, there is a large public movement to seek royal clemency for Mr. Latimer
and people who may be in a similar circumstance in the future. Should this or a
future cabinet bend to that political pressure, it will, I submit, undermine
and unravel the very basis of our jurisprudence, our rule of law and our right
to claim we are a civilized society.
At various times in history, individuals, politicians
and jurors have sought to make qualitative distinctions between different
categories of human beings and to assign to those different categories
different degrees of rights.
What comes to mind of course is the infamous Dred Scott
decision by the U.S. supreme court in 1857 wherein that court ascribed to
African-Americans the status of only four-fifths of a human being and thereby
denied them the inalienable rights about which the American declaration
spoke.
In the century just passed, what John Paul II has
referred to as the century of tears, we have seen one brutal, horrific example
after another of state systems, most notoriously the Nazi system, which again
made a qualitative distinction between different human beings based on
arbitrary criteria, in that case race and religion.
When such distinctions are made, we unleash a
juggernaut of violence against the innocent. That is what happened in an
isolated example when Tracy Latimer was killed.
Let us not forget that the Nazi movement started its
reign of terror and death, not with the execution of Jews in the Holocaust but
rather with the eugenics program which sought to eliminate those who were
deemed imperfect because of some condition of life, such as being mentally or
physically disabled.
Josef Mengele and his evil peers did things to people
in a way perhaps much more cold-bloodedly than what Robert Latimer did to his
own daughter. They looked at human beings as not being human beings and decided
they had the right to remove their dignity that God had granted them. That is a
notion we cannot and must not ever accept.
I will close by submitting that we ought to pass the
motion and direct the cabinet never to grant clemency to someone who has
alienated the inviolable right to life of a person because of his or her mental
or physical condition.
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Mr. Grant McNally (Dewdney—Alouette,
PC/DR):
Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to be able to join in
the debate today. I want to, as did my colleague from Calgary, commend my
colleague from
Dartmouth for bringing
forward this very important motion. She brings a very unique perspective to it,
one that she is willing to stand up for strongly. I applaud her for
that.
I, too, want to focus on the motion as it relates to
the Latimer case, which is of course what much of the debate is focused on so
far today.
I want to begin by reading a bit from the decision of
the supreme court. I would point out that Mr. Latimer's actions were
purposeful, with intent and with consequences. In part the supreme court
said:
--Tracy could have been fed with a
feeding tube into her stomach, an option that would have improved her nutrition
and health, and that might also have allowed for more effective pain medication
to be administered...The Latimers rejected the feeding-tube option as being
intrusive and as representing the first step on a path to preserving Tracy's
life artificially. |
Tracy had a serious disability, but
she was not terminally ill. Her doctors anticipated that she would have to
undergo repeated surgeries, her breathing difficulties had increased, but her
life was not in its final stages. |
Tracy enjoyed music, bonfires, being
with her family and the circus. She liked to play music on a radio, which she
could use with a special button. Tracy could apparently recognize family
members and she would express joy at seeing them. Tracy also loved being rocked
gently by her parents. |
Further on in the decision, the court
stated:
The Latimers were told that this
procedure would cause pain, and the doctors involved suggested that further
surgery would be required in the future to relieve the pain emanating from
various joints in Tracy's body. According to the appellant's wife, Laura
Latimer, further surgery was perceived as mutilation. As a result, Robert
Latimer formed the view that his daughter's life was not worth
living. |
In the weeks leading up to Tracy's
death, the Latimers looked into the option of placing Tracy in a group home in
North Battleford. She had lived there between July and October of 1993, just
prior to her death, while her mother was pregnant. The Latimers applied to
place Tracy in the home in October, but later concluded they were not
interested in permanently placing her in that home at that time. |
There are some things that get lost in the debate and
one is Tracy's story. Much of the focus has been on Mr. Latimer and the
discussion around whether or not it is fair for him to serve out his 10 year
sentence and that this is an unreasonable sentence placed on him.
I would argue that we need to focus on Tracy, and those
who would be in a similar situation if others made the same choice with their
children. If an individual acts with wilful intent, premeditated, planned
event, our laws state that that is clearly against and in violation of the laws
of this land.
As others have said, we can understand the difficulties
that the Latimers went through, and many other Canadians go through similar
circumstances, but in the end, the act that was committed was an act of the
will. It was wilfully done, with full knowledge of consequences that would be
received after that action was taken.
I believe we would be setting a very dangerous
precedent if the cabinet were to go ahead with the prerogative of mercy in this
case, or others, in making a statement about the value of life. Either we
believe that all life is equal and there is an inalienable right to life by all
or we do not. There simply is no middle ground. We can argue that there is a
middle ground, but really what we are talking about is a moral divide, a
philosophy that would say that we must take into account all considerations,
basically, a relativistic point of view that truth is relative and that there
are no moral absolutes.
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The other perspective is one of moral absolutes, that
there is such a thing as right and wrong. That is the foundation of this debate
and it will be played out in many different ways and many different examples
given. However, at the end of the debate, that is the question we must answer.
Was this action right or wrong? The courts determined the action was wrong and
the law was applied.
Are we then to say that the message sent by the courts,
as determined by the laws of the land, will be revoked later on? That sends a
very disturbing message, particularly to families who are dealing with a
similar circumstance, who have disabled children. It sends a very disturbing
message to all disabled people.
It is my belief, and I am speaking for myself in this
debate, that what Mr. Latimer did was wrong and that he needs to accept those
consequences. We need to send that message, through the decision, that those
who would take similar actions would receive the same kind of consequences.
When a society devalues the life of one, the doors open to the devaluation of
other people as well. When we open that door, it is a very hard door to close.
We must send a message that all life is valuable and of the same value.
When we look at the debates around the quality of life,
this must be in my opinion the focal point, that all life is equal and valuable
regardless of the circumstances, some of which may be very painful and
difficult circumstances for families or individuals to go through.
However what happens is the perspective can change. If
we focus on what could be if the person were not disabled and lament about the
mark that will never be reached because of the disability, we lose focus of the
joy and the great things that can happen together as a family and as
individuals. If we refocus on what we have rather than on what we do not have,
our perspective changes.
I read some stories about parents and disabled children
in a book that was given to me by my colleague from Dartmouth. It was very
clear with the parents of disabled children, who came through that battle of
expectations and realizations that a certain quality of life would not be
achieved because of a particular disability, that the quality of life which was
there was one that would be embraced and accepted. When that notion is
embraced, the joy, the pain and the sorrow we all experience, and which is
common to parents of disabled children and disabled people in general, is a
human condition to all families.
In the debate today I would hope that we focus on that
key issue, the value of human life and that we send a message to our
constituents, the people of this land, that we do value life. Because we do
value life, we would encourage the government not to send a conflicting message
by allowing an individual who has committed this act to then receive the royal
prerogative of mercy.
We have an opportunity, as leaders in the nation, to
speak on the issue and I am sure we will have different opinions. In the end we
must look at that fundamental question of the inalienable rights of each
individual and the rights of all people in our country. Let us send the right
message.
I close by congratulating my colleague from Dartmouth
once again. I hope that we can send a strong message united together in this
place on this motion.
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Mrs. Karen Kraft Sloan (York North,
Lib.):
Madam Speaker, I rise in the House today to offer a few
words in support of the motion. I thank the hon. member for Dartmouth for
bringing this very important issue to the attention of the House.
I ask members to look at the motion. At the heart of it
is the principle of the necessity that all Canadians, including those who have
disabilities, be treated and be perceived to be treated equally under the
law.
When I first read the motion I had to ask myself how we
could consider ourselves as members of a civilized society unless we ensured
the protection of all, especially those among us who need the greatest amount
of care. Another question I had was how we as members of the House could say
that we have a hierarchy of values, that we value some Canadians more than we
value others.
We have tremendous sympathy for families and caregivers
of individuals with severe disabilities. There are huge pressures on these
families. I know of individuals in my riding of York North who have family
members who have chronic disabilities or who are in a state of dealing with
terminal cancer. People have had to give up their jobs to be in their homes to
take care of their loved ones.
There are tremendous pressures within the family in
dealing with different family members themselves. How does one deal with young
children, pre-school age children when there is a parent or a spouse who has a
severe disability? How does one take care of these people? The pressures are
tremendous.
We have to be proactive. We have to provide support for
these individuals. We have to ensure that respite care is available, that there
are good supports in the community around social services and medical services.
Home care is essential in delivering these services.
As the member for Dartmouth puts forward in her motion,
it is for us to look through the eyes of the person with the disability. It is
not just a matter of looking at the caregiver. It is not just looking at the
father who stopped his child's life. We have to look at the challenges those
individuals themselves face.
Life is extremely precious. It is not for others to
decide when life is no longer worth living. Despite the hardships, despite the
pain, despite the difficulties, it is up to the individuals themselves to make
that decision.
As the member for Dartmouth and others in the House
have said, this motion essentially deals with a particular issue which involved
a child. I would ask members to remember that Tracy was an individual with a
disability but she was also a child. I am wondering if something else is not at
work here as well.
Children in our society are often voiceless. They do
not have the right to vote because they are under the age of 18. It is often
very difficult to hear their voices and their concerns in the policies that
affect government and the things we do as a nation.
Children have rights. Some Canadians, in fact even some
members of the House, reject the idea that children have rights. Certainly
under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child these rights are clearly
spelled out. Somehow the fact that children have rights themselves that are
inherent in them because of who they are as people is seen as a challenge
against the family itself.
I ask the House whether this case is before us not only
because Tracy was a person with a disability but also because Tracy was a
child.
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Some very good points have been brought forward by
members of the House. They are very important points. They speak to us as to
the kind of society we are and the kind of society we want to have. They talk
to the rule of law. They talk to the very basic principles of a civilized
society.
I want to thank the member for Dartmouth very much for
bringing forward the motion in the House today. She has provided a voice for
Tracy Latimer, a voice that has in many cases been silenced.
Ms. Wendy Lill (Dartmouth,
NDP):
Madam Speaker, it has been a wonderful debate. I thank
everyone who has taken part in the debate and who has dug deeply into their own
sense of justice and vulnerability and possibly their own experiences with
persons with disabilities. They have been honest and caring. I would like to
make some comments about what has been said and then read a bit more from a
mother of a child very similar to Tracy Latimer in terms of her disabilities
and maybe in terms of her joy for life.
The speaker for the government, the first speaker,
talked about the various kinds of cases in which clemency may be brought about.
I did not find any real comfort in that. I was not sure how he was instructing
us in terms of this case, but he did make a point about the fact that he
thought the motion was aimed mainly at the victim in this instance. I have to
say that I believe the motion is aimed at the millions of people in the country
who are suffering from a disability or who are looking after persons with
disabilities. There is nothing particularly narrow about the motion. It really
does reach out into the hearts of people everywhere.
I was happy with the comments from the member from
Calgary on the concept that the general principle the motion is dealing with is
extremely important and that is the sanctity of life. He quoted from the
preamble to the American declaration of independence, which states “We hold
these truths to be self-evident, that all men” and women “are created equal”
with certain “unalienable rights”, including the right to life.
He also recognized the heroism of parents of children
with disabilities. I have to say that I see it every day in the 24 hour care
and the effort that goes into looking after children with disabilities. It is
not of course something that people choose to do and possibly is not something
that at age 20 they ever thought they would be doing or would ever choose, but
the fact is it becomes their lives. Caring for our loved ones, whatever their
level of ability, is the core of their lives and let us not think it is
anything else. Our lives become a journey of taking care of what is required to
look after the people we love. The idea of exercising that difficult compassion
is the daily stuff of just doing it and just taking care of people.
I appreciated the comments of the member for
Dewdney--Alouette in questioning what happens if others make choices for their
children that would end their lives and what it does to the thousands of others
who are trying to care for their children. Was the action right or wrong? The
court determined that it was wrong. The Supreme Court of Canada finally said it
was a case of second degree murder and the minimum sentence is 10
years.
As the member said, when society devalues one we open
the door to devaluing many others. We need to send a strong message to
constituents that we do value life and not send a conflicting message by
granting the prerogative of mercy.
I appreciated the comments of the member for York North
about the principle of treating all Canadians equally under the law. How can
we, as members of the House, have a hierarchy of values for some? She mentioned
the huge pressures on families who are in need of respite care, social services
and home care and said that we have to be conscious of those things. She also
mentioned the fact that children do have rights but asked if we are not
sometimes forgetting them in light of many issues.
I will close with the words of a mother of a daughter
who has a disability:
|
--we
cannot lose sight of the fact that murders that are motivated by compassion,
the victims almost in every case are vulnerable people--people who are sick,
aged, or who have a disability. My daughter will decide when it is time for her
to leave this earth--no one else has the right to make that decision for her or
to take her life from her. |
(1300)
I appreciate all the comments I have heard in the House
and the hundreds of people who have given us strength with their comments over
the years on this issue. I believe we have given some very important
instructions to the Government of Canada today.
[Translation]
The Acting Speaker (Ms.
Bakopanos):
The time provided for the consideration of private
members' business has now expired. Since the motion was not selected as a
votable item, the item is dropped from the order paper.
[English]
It being 1.05 p.m., the House stands adjourned until
Monday next at 11 a.m. pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).
(The House adjourned at 1.05 p.m.)
APPENDIX
Alphabetical List of Members with their
Constituencies, Province of Constituency
and Political Affiliations;
Committees of the House,
the Ministry and Parliamentary Secretary
Chair Occupants
Speaker
Hon. Peter Milliken
The Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the
Whole
Mr. Bob Kilger
Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole
Mr. Réginald Bélair
Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole
House
Ms. Eleni Bakopanos
Board Of Internal Economy
Hon. Peter Milliken
Hon. Don Boudria
Hon. Andy Mitchell
Mr. Bill Blaikie
Ms. Marlene Catterall
Mr. Bob Kilger
Mr. Peter MacKay
Mr. Jacques Saada
Mr. John Reynolds
Mr. Pierre Brien
Mr. Richard Harris
Alphabetical list of Members of the House of Commons
First Session--Thirty Seventh Parliament
Name of Member |
Constituency |
Province of Constituency |
Political Affiliation |
Abbott, Jim |
Kootenay--Columbia |
British Columbia |
CA |
Ablonczy, Diane |
Calgary--Nose Hill |
Alberta |
CA |
Adams, Peter |
Peterborough |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Alcock, Reg |
Winnipeg South |
Manitoba |
Lib. |
Allard, Carole-Marie |
Laval East |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Anders, Rob |
Calgary West |
Alberta |
CA |
Anderson, David |
Cypress Hills--Grasslands |
Saskatchewan |
CA |
Anderson, Hon. David, Minister of the Environment |
Victoria |
British Columbia |
Lib. |
Assad, Mark, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Citizenship and Immigration |
Gatineau |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Assadourian, Sarkis |
Brampton Centre |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Asselin, Gérard |
Charlevoix |
Quebec |
BQ |
Augustine, Jean |
Etobicoke--Lakeshore |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Bachand, André |
Richmond--Arthabaska |
Quebec |
PC/DR |
Bachand, Claude |
Saint-Jean |
Quebec |
BQ |
Bagnell, Larry |
Yukon |
Yukon |
Lib. |
Bailey, Roy |
Souris--Moose Mountain |
Saskatchewan |
CA |
Baker, Hon. George |
Gander--Grand Falls |
Newfoundland |
Lib. |
Bakopanos, Eleni |
Ahuntsic |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Barnes, Sue |
London West |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Beaumier, Colleen |
Brampton West--Mississauga |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Bélair, Réginald |
Timmins--James Bay |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Bélanger, Mauril |
Ottawa--Vanier |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Bellehumeur, Michel |
Berthier--Montcalm |
Quebec |
BQ |
Bellemare, Eugène |
Ottawa--Orléans |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Bennett, Carolyn |
St. Paul's |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Benoit, Leon |
Lakeland |
Alberta |
CA |
Bergeron, Stéphane |
Verchères--Les-Patriotes |
Quebec |
BQ |
Bertrand, Robert |
Pontiac--Gatineau--Labelle |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Bevilacqua, Maurizio |
Vaughan--King--Aurora |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Bigras, Bernard |
Rosemont--Petite-Patrie |
Quebec |
BQ |
Binet, Gérard |
Frontenac--Mégantic |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Blaikie, Bill |
Winnipeg--Transcona |
Manitoba |
NDP |
Blondin-Andrew, Hon. Ethel, Secretary of State (Children and
Youth) |
Western Arctic |
Northwest Territories |
Lib. |
Bonin, Raymond |
Nickel Belt |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Bonwick, Paul |
Simcoe--Grey |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Borotsik, Rick |
Brandon--Souris |
Manitoba |
PC/DR |
Boudria, Hon. Don, Minister of State and Leader of the Government
in the House of Commons |
Glengarry--Prescott--Russell |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Bourgeois, Diane |
Terrebonne--Blainville |
Quebec |
BQ |
Bradshaw, Hon. Claudette, Minister of Labour |
Moncton--Riverview--Dieppe |
New Brunswick |
Lib. |
Breitkreuz, Garry |
Yorkton--Melville |
Saskatchewan |
CA |
Brien, Pierre |
Témiscamingue |
Quebec |
BQ |
Brison, Scott |
Kings--Hants |
Nova Scotia |
PC/DR |
Brown, Bonnie |
Oakville |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Bryden, John |
Ancaster--Dundas--Flamborough--Aldershot |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Bulte, Sarmite, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Canadian Heritage |
Parkdale--High Park |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Burton, Andy |
Skeena |
British Columbia |
CA |
Byrne, Gerry |
Humber--St. Barbe--Baie Verte |
Newfoundland |
Lib. |
Caccia, Hon. Charles |
Davenport |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Cadman, Chuck |
Surrey North |
British Columbia |
CA |
Calder, Murray |
Dufferin--Peel--Wellington--Grey |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Cannis, John |
Scarborough Centre |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Caplan, Hon. Elinor, Minister of Citizenship and
Immigration |
Thornhill |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Cardin, Serge |
Sherbrooke |
Quebec |
BQ |
Carignan, Jean-Guy |
Québec East |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Carroll, Aileen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Foreign Affairs |
Barrie--Simcoe--Bradford |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Casey, Bill |
Cumberland--Colchester |
Nova Scotia |
PC/DR |
Casson, Rick |
Lethbridge |
Alberta |
CA |
Castonguay, Jeannot, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Health |
Madawaska--Restigouche |
New Brunswick |
Lib. |
Catterall, Marlene |
Ottawa West--Nepean |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Cauchon, Hon. Martin, Minister of National Revenue and Secretary
of State (Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of
Quebec) |
Outremont |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Chamberlain, Brenda |
Guelph--Wellington |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Charbonneau, Yvon |
Anjou--Rivière-des-Prairies |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Chatters, David |
Athabasca |
Alberta |
CA |
Chrétien, Right Hon. Jean, Prime Minister of Canada |
Saint-Maurice |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Clark, Right Hon. Joe |
Calgary Centre |
Alberta |
PC/DR |
Coderre, Hon. Denis, Secretary of State (Amateur Sport) |
Bourassa |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Collenette, Hon. David, Minister of Transport |
Don Valley East |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Comartin, Joe |
Windsor--St. Clair |
Ontario |
NDP |
Comuzzi, Joe |
Thunder Bay--Superior North |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Copps, Hon. Sheila, Minister of Canadian Heritage |
Hamilton East |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Cotler, Irwin |
Mount Royal |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Crête, Paul |
Kamouraska--Rivière-du-Loup--Témiscouata--Les
Basques |
Quebec |
BQ |
Cullen, Roy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Finance |
Markham |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Cummins, John |
Delta--South Richmond |
British Columbia |
CA |
Cuzner, Rodger |
Bras d'Or--Cape Breton |
Nova Scotia |
Lib. |
Dalphond-Guiral, Madeleine |
Laval Centre |
Quebec |
BQ |
Davies, Libby |
Vancouver East |
British Columbia |
NDP |
Day, Stockwell, Leader of the Opposition |
Okanagan--Coquihalla |
British Columbia |
CA |
Desjarlais, Bev |
Churchill |
Manitoba |
NDP |
Desrochers, Odina |
Lotbinière--L'Érable |
Quebec |
BQ |
DeVillers, Paul |
Simcoe North |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Dhaliwal, Hon. Herb, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans |
Vancouver South--Burnaby |
British Columbia |
Lib. |
Dion, Hon. Stéphane, President of the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs |
Saint-Laurent--Cartierville |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Discepola, Nick |
Vaudreuil--Soulanges |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Doyle, Norman |
St. John's East |
Newfoundland |
PC/DR |
Dromisky, Stan |
Thunder Bay--Atikokan |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Drouin, Claude, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Industry |
Beauce |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Dubé, Antoine |
Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
Quebec |
BQ |
Duceppe, Gilles |
Laurier--Sainte-Marie |
Quebec |
BQ |
Duhamel, Hon. Ronald, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Secretary
of State (Western Economic Diversification) (Francophonie) |
Saint Boniface |
Manitoba |
Lib. |
Duncan, John |
Vancouver Island North |
British Columbia |
CA |
Duplain, Claude |
Portneuf |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Easter, Wayne |
Malpeque |
Prince Edward Island |
Lib. |
Eggleton, Hon. Art, Minister of National Defence |
York Centre |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Elley, Reed |
Nanaimo--Cowichan |
British Columbia |
CA |
Epp, Ken |
Elk Island |
Alberta |
CA |
Eyking, Mark |
Sydney--Victoria |
Nova Scotia |
Lib. |
Farrah, Georges, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Fisheries and Oceans |
Bonaventure--Gaspé--Îles-de-la-Madeleine--Pabok |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Finlay, John, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian
Affairs and Nothern Development |
Oxford |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Fitzpatrick, Brian |
Prince Albert |
Saskatchewan |
CA |
Folco, Raymonde, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human
Resources Development |
Laval West |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Fontana, Joe |
London North Centre |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Forseth, Paul |
New Westminster--Coquitlam--Burnaby |
British Columbia |
CA |
Fournier, Ghislain |
Manicouagan |
Quebec |
BQ |
Fry, Hon. Hedy, Secretary of State (Multiculturalism) (Status of
Women) |
Vancouver Centre |
British Columbia |
Lib. |
Gagliano, Hon. Alfonso, Minister of Public Works and Government
Services |
Saint-Léonard--Saint-Michel |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Gagnon, Christiane |
Québec |
Quebec |
BQ |
Gagnon, Marcel |
Champlain |
Quebec |
BQ |
Gallant, Cheryl |
Renfrew--Nipissing--Pembroke |
Ontario |
CA |
Gallaway, Roger |
Sarnia--Lambton |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Gauthier, Michel |
Roberval |
Quebec |
BQ |
Girard-Bujold, Jocelyne |
Jonquière |
Quebec |
BQ |
Godfrey, John |
Don Valley West |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Godin, Yvon |
Acadie--Bathurst |
New Brunswick |
NDP |
Goldring, Peter |
Edmonton Centre-East |
Alberta |
CA |
Goodale, Hon. Ralph, Minister of Natural Resources and Minister
responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board |
Wascana |
Saskatchewan |
Lib. |
Gouk, Jim |
Kootenay--Boundary--Okanagan |
British Columbia |
CA |
Graham, Bill |
Toronto Centre--Rosedale |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Gray, Hon. Herb, Deputy Prime Minister |
Windsor West |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Grewal, Gurmant |
Surrey Central |
British Columbia |
CA |
Grey, Deborah |
Edmonton North |
Alberta |
PC/DR |
Grose, Ivan |
Oshawa |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Guarnieri, Albina |
Mississauga East |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Guay, Monique |
Laurentides |
Quebec |
BQ |
Guimond, Michel |
Beauport--Montmorency--Côte-de-Beaupré--Île-d'Orléans |
Quebec |
BQ |
Hanger, Art |
Calgary Northeast |
Alberta |
CA |
Harb, Mac |
Ottawa Centre |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Harris, Richard |
Prince George--Bulkley Valley |
British Columbia |
CA |
Harvard, John |
Charleswood St. James--Assiniboia |
Manitoba |
Lib. |
Harvey, André, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Transport |
Chicoutimi--Le Fjord |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Hearn, Loyola |
St. John's West |
Newfoundland |
PC/DR |
Herron, John |
Fundy--Royal |
New Brunswick |
PC/DR |
Hill, Grant |
Macleod |
Alberta |
CA |
Hill, Jay |
Prince George--Peace River |
British Columbia |
PC/DR |
Hilstrom, Howard |
Selkirk--Interlake |
Manitoba |
CA |
Hinton, Betty |
Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys |
British Columbia |
CA |
Hubbard, Charles |
Miramichi |
New Brunswick |
Lib. |
Ianno, Tony |
Trinity--Spadina |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Jackson, Ovid |
Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Jaffer, Rahim |
Edmonton--Strathcona |
Alberta |
CA |
Jennings, Marlene, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for
International Cooperation |
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce--Lachine |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Johnston, Dale |
Wetaskiwin |
Alberta |
CA |
Jordan, Joe, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister |
Leeds--Grenville |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Karetak-Lindell, Nancy |
Nunavut |
Nunavut |
Lib. |
Karygiannis, Jim |
Scarborough--Agincourt |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Keddy, Gerald |
South Shore |
Nova Scotia |
PC/DR |
Kenney, Jason |
Calgary Southeast |
Alberta |
CA |
Keyes, Stan |
Hamilton West |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Kilger, Bob |
Stormont--Dundas--Charlottenburgh |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Kilgour, Hon. David, Secretary of State (Latin America and
Africa) |
Edmonton Southeast |
Alberta |
Lib. |
Knutson, Gar |
Elgin--Middlesex--London |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Kraft Sloan, Karen |
York North |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Laframboise, Mario |
Argenteuil--Papineau--Mirabel |
Quebec |
BQ |
Laliberte, Rick |
Churchill River |
Saskatchewan |
Lib. |
Lalonde, Francine |
Mercier |
Quebec |
BQ |
Lanctôt, Robert |
Châteauguay |
Quebec |
BQ |
Lastewka, Walt |
St. Catharines |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Lavigne, Raymond |
Verdun--Saint-Henri--Saint-Paul--Pointe
Saint-Charles |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Lebel, Ghislain |
Chambly |
Quebec |
BQ |
LeBlanc, Dominic |
Beauséjour--Petitcodiac |
New Brunswick |
Lib. |
Lee, Derek |
Scarborough--Rouge River |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Leung, Sophia, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
National Revenue |
Vancouver Kingsway |
British Columbia |
Lib. |
Lill, Wendy |
Dartmouth |
Nova Scotia |
NDP |
Lincoln, Clifford |
Lac-Saint-Louis |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Longfield, Judi |
Whitby--Ajax |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Loubier, Yvan |
Saint-Hyacinthe--Bagot |
Quebec |
BQ |
Lunn, Gary |
Saanich--Gulf Islands |
British Columbia |
PC/DR |
Lunney, James |
Nanaimo--Alberni |
British Columbia |
CA |
MacAulay, Hon. Lawrence, Solicitor General of Canada |
Cardigan |
Prince Edward Island |
Lib. |
MacKay, Peter |
Pictou--Antigonish--Guysborough |
Nova Scotia |
PC/DR |
Macklin, Paul Harold |
Northumberland |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Mahoney, Steve |
Mississauga West |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Malhi, Gurbax, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Labour |
Bramalea--Gore--Malton--Springdale |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Maloney, John |
Erie--Lincoln |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Manley, Hon. John, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Ottawa South |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Manning, Preston |
Calgary Southwest |
Alberta |
CA |
Marceau, Richard |
Charlesbourg--Jacques-Cartier |
Quebec |
BQ |
Marcil, Serge |
Beauharnois--Salaberry |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Mark, Inky |
Dauphin--Swan River |
Manitoba |
PC/DR |
Marleau, Hon. Diane |
Sudbury |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Martin, Keith |
Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca |
British Columbia |
CA |
Martin, Pat |
Winnipeg Centre |
Manitoba |
NDP |
Martin, Hon. Paul, Minister of Finance |
LaSalle--Émard |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Matthews, Bill, Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the
Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental
Affairs |
Burin--St. George's |
Newfoundland |
Lib. |
Mayfield, Philip |
Cariboo--Chilcotin |
British Columbia |
CA |
McCallum, John, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Finance |
Markham |
Ontario |
Lib. |
McCormick, Larry, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Agriculture and Agri-Food |
Hastings--Frontenac--Lennox and Addington |
Ontario |
Lib. |
McDonough, Alexa |
Halifax |
Nova Scotia |
NDP |
McGuire, Joe |
Egmont |
Prince Edward Island |
Lib. |
McKay, John |
Scarborough East |
Ontario |
Lib. |
McLellan, Hon. Anne, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of
Canada |
Edmonton West |
Alberta |
Lib. |
McNally, Grant |
Dewdney--Alouette |
British Columbia |
PC/DR |
McTeague, Dan |
Pickering--Ajax--Uxbridge |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Ménard, Réal |
Hochelaga--Maisonneuve |
Quebec |
BQ |
Meredith, Val |
South Surrey--White Rock--Langley |
British Columbia |
PC/DR |
Merrifield, Rob |
Yellowhead |
Alberta |
CA |
Milliken, Hon. Peter |
Kingston and the Islands |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Mills, Bob |
Red Deer |
Alberta |
CA |
Mills, Dennis |
Toronto--Danforth |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Minna, Hon. Maria, Minister for International Cooperation |
Beaches--East York |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Mitchell, Hon. Andy, Secretary of State (Rural Development)
(Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario) |
Parry Sound--Muskoka |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Moore, James |
Port Moody--Coquitlam--Port Coquitlam |
British Columbia |
CA |
Murphy, Shawn |
Hillsborough |
Prince Edward Island |
Lib. |
Myers, Lynn, Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General of
Canada |
Waterloo--Wellington |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Nault, Hon. Robert, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development |
Kenora--Rainy River |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Neville, Anita |
Winnipeg South Centre |
Manitoba |
Lib. |
Normand, Hon. Gilbert, Secretary of State (Science, Research and
Development) |
Bellechasse--Etchemins--Montmagny--L'Islet |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Nystrom, Hon. Lorne |
Regina--Qu'Appelle |
Saskatchewan |
NDP |
O'Brien, Lawrence |
Labrador |
Newfoundland |
Lib. |
O'Brien, Pat, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for
International Trade |
London--Fanshawe |
Ontario |
Lib. |
O'Reilly, John, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
National Defence |
Haliburton--Victoria--Brock |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Obhrai, Deepak |
Calgary East |
Alberta |
CA |
Owen, Stephen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice
and Attorney General of Canada |
Vancouver Quadra |
British Columbia |
Lib. |
Pagtakhan, Hon. Rey, Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific) |
Winnipeg North--St. Paul |
Manitoba |
Lib. |
Pallister, Brian |
Portage--Lisgar |
Manitoba |
CA |
Pankiw, Jim |
Saskatoon--Humboldt |
Saskatchewan |
PC/DR |
Paquette, Pierre |
Joliette |
Quebec |
BQ |
Paradis, Denis |
Brome--Missisquoi |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Parrish, Carolyn |
Mississauga Centre |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Patry, Bernard |
Pierrefonds--Dollard |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Penson, Charlie |
Peace River |
Alberta |
CA |
Peric, Janko |
Cambridge |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Perron, Gilles-A. |
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles |
Quebec |
BQ |
Peschisolido, Joe |
Richmond |
British Columbia |
CA |
Peterson, Hon. Jim, Secretary of State (International Financial
Institutions) |
Willowdale |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Pettigrew, Hon. Pierre, Minister for International Trade |
Papineau--Saint-Denis |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Phinney, Beth |
Hamilton Mountain |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Picard, Pauline |
Drummond |
Quebec |
BQ |
Pickard, Jerry |
Chatham--Kent Essex |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Pillitteri, Gary |
Niagara Falls |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Plamondon, Louis |
Bas-Richelieu--Nicolet--Bécancour |
Quebec |
BQ |
Pratt, David |
Nepean--Carleton |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Price, David |
Compton--Stanstead |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Proctor, Dick |
Palliser |
Saskatchewan |
NDP |
Proulx, Marcel |
Hull--Aylmer |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Provenzano, Carmen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Veterans Affairs |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Rajotte, James |
Edmonton Southwest |
Alberta |
CA |
Redman, Karen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the
Environment |
Kitchener Centre |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Reed, Julian |
Halton |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Regan, Geoff, Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the
Government in the House of Commons |
Halifax West |
Nova Scotia |
Lib. |
Reid, Scott |
Lanark--Carleton |
Ontario |
CA |
Reynolds, John |
West Vancouver--Sunshine Coast |
British Columbia |
CA |
Richardson, John |
Perth--Middlesex |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Ritz, Gerry |
Battlefords--Lloydminster |
Saskatchewan |
CA |
Robillard, Hon. Lucienne, President of the Treasury Board and
Minister responsible for Infrastructure |
Westmount--Ville-Marie |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Robinson, Svend |
Burnaby--Douglas |
British Columbia |
NDP |
Rocheleau, Yves |
Trois-Rivières |
Quebec |
BQ |
Rock, Hon. Allan, Minister of Health |
Etobicoke Centre |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Roy, Jean-Yves |
Matapédia--Matane |
Quebec |
BQ |
Saada, Jacques |
Brossard--La Prairie |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Sauvageau, Benoît |
Repentigny |
Quebec |
BQ |
Savoy, Andy |
Tobique--Mactaquac |
New Brunswick |
Lib. |
Scherrer, Hélène |
Louis-Hébert |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Schmidt, Werner |
Kelowna |
British Columbia |
CA |
Scott, Hon. Andy |
Fredericton |
New Brunswick |
Lib. |
Serré, Benoît, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural
Resources |
Timiskaming--Cochrane |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Sgro, Judy |
York West |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Shepherd, Alex, Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the
Treasury Board |
Durham |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Skelton, Carol |
Saskatoon--Rosetown--Biggar |
Saskatchewan |
CA |
Solberg, Monte |
Medicine Hat |
Alberta |
CA |
Sorenson, Kevin |
Crowfoot |
Alberta |
CA |
Speller, Bob |
Haldimand--Norfolk--Brant |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Spencer, Larry |
Regina--Lumsden--Lake Centre |
Saskatchewan |
CA |
St-Hilaire, Caroline |
Longueuil |
Quebec |
BQ |
St-Jacques, Diane |
Shefford |
Quebec |
Lib. |
St-Julien, Guy |
Abitibi--Baie-James--Nunavik |
Quebec |
Lib. |
St. Denis, Brent |
Algoma--Manitoulin |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Steckle, Paul |
Huron--Bruce |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Stewart, Hon. Jane, Minister of Human Resources
Development |
Brant |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Stinson, Darrel |
Okanagan--Shuswap |
British Columbia |
CA |
Stoffer, Peter |
Sackville--Musquodoboit Valley--Eastern
Shore |
Nova Scotia |
NDP |
Strahl, Chuck |
Fraser Valley |
British Columbia |
PC/DR |
Szabo, Paul, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public
Works and Government Services |
Mississauga South |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Telegdi, Andrew |
Kitchener--Waterloo |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Thibault, Hon. Robert, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada
Opportunities Agency) |
West Nova |
Nova Scotia |
Lib. |
Thibeault, Yolande |
Saint-Lambert |
Quebec |
Lib. |
Thompson, Greg |
New Brunswick Southwest |
New Brunswick |
PC/DR |
Thompson, Myron |
Wild Rose |
Alberta |
CA |
Tirabassi, Tony |
Niagara Centre |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Tobin, Hon. Brian, Minister of Industry |
Bonavista--Trinity--Conception |
Newfoundland |
Lib. |
Toews, Vic |
Provencher |
Manitoba |
CA |
Tonks, Alan |
York South--Weston |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Torsney, Paddy |
Burlington |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Tremblay, Stéphan |
Lac-Saint-Jean--Saguenay |
Quebec |
BQ |
Tremblay, Suzanne |
Rimouski-Neigette-et-la Mitis |
Quebec |
BQ |
Ur, Rose-Marie |
Lambton--Kent--Middlesex |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Valeri, Tony |
Stoney Creek |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Vanclief, Hon. Lyle, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food |
Prince Edward--Hastings |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Vellacott, Maurice |
Saskatoon--Wanuskewin |
Saskatchewan |
CA |
Venne, Pierrette |
Saint-Bruno--Saint-Hubert |
Quebec |
BQ |
Volpe, Joseph |
Eglinton--Lawrence |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Wappel, Tom |
Scarborough Southwest |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Wasylycia-Leis, Judy |
Winnipeg North Centre |
Manitoba |
NDP |
Wayne, Elsie |
Saint John |
New Brunswick |
PC/DR |
Whelan, Susan |
Essex |
Ontario |
Lib. |
White, Randy |
Langley--Abbotsford |
British Columbia |
CA |
White, Ted |
North Vancouver |
British Columbia |
CA |
Wilfert, Bryon |
Oak Ridges |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Williams, John |
St. Albert |
Alberta |
CA |
Wood, Bob |
Nipissing |
Ontario |
Lib. |
Yelich, Lynne |
Blackstrap |
Saskatchewan |
CA |
Alphabetical list of Members of the House of Commons by
Province
First Session--Thirty Seventh Parliament
Name of Member |
Constituency |
Political Affiliation |
Alberta (26)
|
Ablonczy, Diane |
Calgary--Nose Hill |
CA |
Anders, Rob |
Calgary West |
CA |
Benoit, Leon |
Lakeland |
CA |
Casson, Rick |
Lethbridge |
CA |
Chatters, David |
Athabasca |
CA |
Clark, Right Hon. Joe |
Calgary Centre |
PC/DR |
Epp, Ken |
Elk Island |
CA |
Goldring, Peter |
Edmonton Centre-East |
CA |
Grey, Deborah |
Edmonton North |
PC/DR |
Hanger, Art |
Calgary Northeast |
CA |
Hill, Grant |
Macleod |
CA |
Jaffer, Rahim |
Edmonton--Strathcona |
CA |
Johnston, Dale |
Wetaskiwin |
CA |
Kenney, Jason |
Calgary Southeast |
CA |
Kilgour, Hon. David, Secretary of State (Latin America and
Africa) |
Edmonton Southeast |
Lib. |
Manning, Preston |
Calgary Southwest |
CA |
McLellan, Hon. Anne, Minister of Justice and Attorney General
of Canada |
Edmonton West |
Lib. |
Merrifield, Rob |
Yellowhead |
CA |
Mills, Bob |
Red Deer |
CA |
Obhrai, Deepak |
Calgary East |
CA |
Penson, Charlie |
Peace River |
CA |
Rajotte, James |
Edmonton Southwest |
CA |
Solberg, Monte |
Medicine Hat |
CA |
Sorenson, Kevin |
Crowfoot |
CA |
Thompson, Myron |
Wild Rose |
CA |
Williams, John |
St. Albert |
CA |
British Columbia (34)
|
Abbott, Jim |
Kootenay--Columbia |
CA |
Anderson, Hon. David, Minister of the Environment |
Victoria |
Lib. |
Burton, Andy |
Skeena |
CA |
Cadman, Chuck |
Surrey North |
CA |
Cummins, John |
Delta--South Richmond |
CA |
Davies, Libby |
Vancouver East |
NDP |
Day, Stockwell, Leader of the Opposition |
Okanagan--Coquihalla |
CA |
Dhaliwal, Hon. Herb, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans |
Vancouver South--Burnaby |
Lib. |
Duncan, John |
Vancouver Island North |
CA |
Elley, Reed |
Nanaimo--Cowichan |
CA |
Forseth, Paul |
New Westminster--Coquitlam--Burnaby |
CA |
Fry, Hon. Hedy, Secretary of State (Multiculturalism) (Status
of Women) |
Vancouver Centre |
Lib. |
Gouk, Jim |
Kootenay--Boundary--Okanagan |
CA |
Grewal, Gurmant |
Surrey Central |
CA |
Harris, Richard |
Prince George--Bulkley Valley |
CA |
Hill, Jay |
Prince George--Peace River |
PC/DR |
Hinton, Betty |
Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys |
CA |
Leung, Sophia, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
National Revenue |
Vancouver Kingsway |
Lib. |
Lunn, Gary |
Saanich--Gulf Islands |
PC/DR |
Lunney, James |
Nanaimo--Alberni |
CA |
Martin, Keith |
Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca |
CA |
Mayfield, Philip |
Cariboo--Chilcotin |
CA |
McNally, Grant |
Dewdney--Alouette |
PC/DR |
Meredith, Val |
South Surrey--White Rock--Langley |
PC/DR |
Moore, James |
Port Moody--Coquitlam--Port Coquitlam |
CA |
Owen, Stephen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Justice and Attorney General of Canada |
Vancouver Quadra |
Lib. |
Peschisolido, Joe |
Richmond |
CA |
Reynolds, John |
West Vancouver--Sunshine Coast |
CA |
Robinson, Svend |
Burnaby--Douglas |
NDP |
Schmidt, Werner |
Kelowna |
CA |
Stinson, Darrel |
Okanagan--Shuswap |
CA |
Strahl, Chuck |
Fraser Valley |
PC/DR |
White, Randy |
Langley--Abbotsford |
CA |
White, Ted |
North Vancouver |
CA |
Manitoba (14)
|
Alcock, Reg |
Winnipeg South |
Lib. |
Blaikie, Bill |
Winnipeg--Transcona |
NDP |
Borotsik, Rick |
Brandon--Souris |
PC/DR |
Desjarlais, Bev |
Churchill |
NDP |
Duhamel, Hon. Ronald, Minister of Veterans Affairs and
Secretary of State (Western Economic Diversification) (Francophonie) |
Saint Boniface |
Lib. |
Harvard, John |
Charleswood St. James--Assiniboia |
Lib. |
Hilstrom, Howard |
Selkirk--Interlake |
CA |
Mark, Inky |
Dauphin--Swan River |
PC/DR |
Martin, Pat |
Winnipeg Centre |
NDP |
Neville, Anita |
Winnipeg South Centre |
Lib. |
Pagtakhan, Hon. Rey, Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific) |
Winnipeg North--St. Paul |
Lib. |
Pallister, Brian |
Portage--Lisgar |
CA |
Toews, Vic |
Provencher |
CA |
Wasylycia-Leis, Judy |
Winnipeg North Centre |
NDP |
New Brunswick (10)
|
Bradshaw, Hon. Claudette, Minister of Labour |
Moncton--Riverview--Dieppe |
Lib. |
Castonguay, Jeannot, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Health |
Madawaska--Restigouche |
Lib. |
Godin, Yvon |
Acadie--Bathurst |
NDP |
Herron, John |
Fundy--Royal |
PC/DR |
Hubbard, Charles |
Miramichi |
Lib. |
LeBlanc, Dominic |
Beauséjour--Petitcodiac |
Lib. |
Savoy, Andy |
Tobique--Mactaquac |
Lib. |
Scott, Hon. Andy |
Fredericton |
Lib. |
Thompson, Greg |
New Brunswick Southwest |
PC/DR |
Wayne, Elsie |
Saint John |
PC/DR |
Newfoundland (7)
|
Baker, Hon. George |
Gander--Grand Falls |
Lib. |
Byrne, Gerry |
Humber--St. Barbe--Baie Verte |
Lib. |
Doyle, Norman |
St. John's East |
PC/DR |
Hearn, Loyola |
St. John's West |
PC/DR |
Matthews, Bill, Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the
Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental
Affairs |
Burin--St. George's |
Lib. |
O'Brien, Lawrence |
Labrador |
Lib. |
Tobin, Hon. Brian, Minister of Industry |
Bonavista--Trinity--Conception |
Lib. |
Northwest Territories (1)
|
Blondin-Andrew, Hon. Ethel, Secretary of State (Children and
Youth) |
Western Arctic |
Lib. |
Nova Scotia (11)
|
Brison, Scott |
Kings--Hants |
PC/DR |
Casey, Bill |
Cumberland--Colchester |
PC/DR |
Cuzner, Rodger |
Bras d'Or--Cape Breton |
Lib. |
Eyking, Mark |
Sydney--Victoria |
Lib. |
Keddy, Gerald |
South Shore |
PC/DR |
Lill, Wendy |
Dartmouth |
NDP |
MacKay, Peter |
Pictou--Antigonish--Guysborough |
PC/DR |
McDonough, Alexa |
Halifax |
NDP |
Regan, Geoff, Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the
Government in the House of Commons |
Halifax West |
Lib. |
Stoffer, Peter |
Sackville--Musquodoboit Valley--Eastern
Shore |
NDP |
Thibault, Hon. Robert, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada
Opportunities Agency) |
West Nova |
Lib. |
Nunavut (1)
|
Karetak-Lindell, Nancy |
Nunavut |
Lib. |
Ontario (103)
|
Adams, Peter |
Peterborough |
Lib. |
Assadourian, Sarkis |
Brampton Centre |
Lib. |
Augustine, Jean |
Etobicoke--Lakeshore |
Lib. |
Barnes, Sue |
London West |
Lib. |
Beaumier, Colleen |
Brampton West--Mississauga |
Lib. |
Bélair, Réginald |
Timmins--James Bay |
Lib. |
Bélanger, Mauril |
Ottawa--Vanier |
Lib. |
Bellemare, Eugène |
Ottawa--Orléans |
Lib. |
Bennett, Carolyn |
St. Paul's |
Lib. |
Bevilacqua, Maurizio |
Vaughan--King--Aurora |
Lib. |
Bonin, Raymond |
Nickel Belt |
Lib. |
Bonwick, Paul |
Simcoe--Grey |
Lib. |
Boudria, Hon. Don, Minister of State and Leader of the
Government in the House of Commons |
Glengarry--Prescott--Russell |
Lib. |
Brown, Bonnie |
Oakville |
Lib. |
Bryden, John |
Ancaster--Dundas--Flamborough--Aldershot |
Lib. |
Bulte, Sarmite, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Canadian Heritage |
Parkdale--High Park |
Lib. |
Caccia, Hon. Charles |
Davenport |
Lib. |
Calder, Murray |
Dufferin--Peel--Wellington--Grey |
Lib. |
Cannis, John |
Scarborough Centre |
Lib. |
Caplan, Hon. Elinor, Minister of Citizenship and
Immigration |
Thornhill |
Lib. |
Carroll, Aileen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Foreign Affairs |
Barrie--Simcoe--Bradford |
Lib. |
Catterall, Marlene |
Ottawa West--Nepean |
Lib. |
Chamberlain, Brenda |
Guelph--Wellington |
Lib. |
Collenette, Hon. David, Minister of Transport |
Don Valley East |
Lib. |
Comartin, Joe |
Windsor--St. Clair |
NDP |
Comuzzi, Joe |
Thunder Bay--Superior North |
Lib. |
Copps, Hon. Sheila, Minister of Canadian Heritage |
Hamilton East |
Lib. |
Cullen, Roy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Finance |
Markham |
Lib. |
DeVillers, Paul |
Simcoe North |
Lib. |
Dromisky, Stan |
Thunder Bay--Atikokan |
Lib. |
Eggleton, Hon. Art, Minister of National Defence |
York Centre |
Lib. |
Finlay, John, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian
Affairs and Nothern Development |
Oxford |
Lib. |
Fontana, Joe |
London North Centre |
Lib. |
Gallant, Cheryl |
Renfrew--Nipissing--Pembroke |
CA |
Gallaway, Roger |
Sarnia--Lambton |
Lib. |
Godfrey, John |
Don Valley West |
Lib. |
Graham, Bill |
Toronto Centre--Rosedale |
Lib. |
Gray, Hon. Herb, Deputy Prime Minister |
Windsor West |
Lib. |
Grose, Ivan |
Oshawa |
Lib. |
Guarnieri, Albina |
Mississauga East |
Lib. |
Harb, Mac |
Ottawa Centre |
Lib. |
Ianno, Tony |
Trinity--Spadina |
Lib. |
Jackson, Ovid |
Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound |
Lib. |
Jordan, Joe, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime
Minister |
Leeds--Grenville |
Lib. |
Karygiannis, Jim |
Scarborough--Agincourt |
Lib. |
Keyes, Stan |
Hamilton West |
Lib. |
Kilger, Bob |
Stormont--Dundas--Charlottenburgh |
Lib. |
Knutson, Gar |
Elgin--Middlesex--London |
Lib. |
Kraft Sloan, Karen |
York North |
Lib. |
Lastewka, Walt |
St. Catharines |
Lib. |
Lee, Derek |
Scarborough--Rouge River |
Lib. |
Longfield, Judi |
Whitby--Ajax |
Lib. |
Macklin, Paul Harold |
Northumberland |
Lib. |
Mahoney, Steve |
Mississauga West |
Lib. |
Malhi, Gurbax, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Labour |
Bramalea--Gore--Malton--Springdale |
Lib. |
Maloney, John |
Erie--Lincoln |
Lib. |
Manley, Hon. John, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Ottawa South |
Lib. |
Marleau, Hon. Diane |
Sudbury |
Lib. |
McCallum, John, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Finance |
Markham |
Lib. |
McCormick, Larry, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Agriculture and Agri-Food |
Hastings--Frontenac--Lennox and
Addington |
Lib. |
McKay, John |
Scarborough East |
Lib. |
McTeague, Dan |
Pickering--Ajax--Uxbridge |
Lib. |
Milliken, Hon. Peter |
Kingston and the Islands |
Lib. |
Mills, Dennis |
Toronto--Danforth |
Lib. |
Minna, Hon. Maria, Minister for International
Cooperation |
Beaches--East York |
Lib. |
Mitchell, Hon. Andy, Secretary of State (Rural Development)
(Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario) |
Parry Sound--Muskoka |
Lib. |
Myers, Lynn, Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General
of Canada |
Waterloo--Wellington |
Lib. |
Nault, Hon. Robert, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development |
Kenora--Rainy River |
Lib. |
O'Brien, Pat, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for
International Trade |
London--Fanshawe |
Lib. |
O'Reilly, John, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
National Defence |
Haliburton--Victoria--Brock |
Lib. |
Parrish, Carolyn |
Mississauga Centre |
Lib. |
Peric, Janko |
Cambridge |
Lib. |
Peterson, Hon. Jim, Secretary of State (International Financial
Institutions) |
Willowdale |
Lib. |
Phinney, Beth |
Hamilton Mountain |
Lib. |
Pickard, Jerry |
Chatham--Kent Essex |
Lib. |
Pillitteri, Gary |
Niagara Falls |
Lib. |
Pratt, David |
Nepean--Carleton |
Lib. |
Provenzano, Carmen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Veterans Affairs |
Sault Ste. Marie |
Lib. |
Redman, Karen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the
Environment |
Kitchener Centre |
Lib. |
Reed, Julian |
Halton |
Lib. |
Reid, Scott |
Lanark--Carleton |
CA |
Richardson, John |
Perth--Middlesex |
Lib. |
Rock, Hon. Allan, Minister of Health |
Etobicoke Centre |
Lib. |
Serré, Benoît, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Natural Resources |
Timiskaming--Cochrane |
Lib. |
Sgro, Judy |
York West |
Lib. |
Shepherd, Alex, Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the
Treasury Board |
Durham |
Lib. |
Speller, Bob |
Haldimand--Norfolk--Brant |
Lib. |
St. Denis, Brent |
Algoma--Manitoulin |
Lib. |
Steckle, Paul |
Huron--Bruce |
Lib. |
Stewart, Hon. Jane, Minister of Human Resources
Development |
Brant |
Lib. |
Szabo, Paul, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public
Works and Government Services |
Mississauga South |
Lib. |
Telegdi, Andrew |
Kitchener--Waterloo |
Lib. |
Tirabassi, Tony |
Niagara Centre |
Lib. |
Tonks, Alan |
York South--Weston |
Lib. |
Torsney, Paddy |
Burlington |
Lib. |
Ur, Rose-Marie |
Lambton--Kent--Middlesex |
Lib. |
Valeri, Tony |
Stoney Creek |
Lib. |
Vanclief, Hon. Lyle, Minister of Agriculture and
Agri-Food |
Prince Edward--Hastings |
Lib. |
Volpe, Joseph |
Eglinton--Lawrence |
Lib. |
Wappel, Tom |
Scarborough Southwest |
Lib. |
Whelan, Susan |
Essex |
Lib. |
Wilfert, Bryon |
Oak Ridges |
Lib. |
Wood, Bob |
Nipissing |
Lib. |
Prince Edward Island (4)
|
Easter, Wayne |
Malpeque |
Lib. |
MacAulay, Hon. Lawrence, Solicitor General of Canada |
Cardigan |
Lib. |
McGuire, Joe |
Egmont |
Lib. |
Murphy, Shawn |
Hillsborough |
Lib. |
Quebec (75)
|
Allard, Carole-Marie |
Laval East |
Lib. |
Assad, Mark, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Citizenship and Immigration |
Gatineau |
Lib. |
Asselin, Gérard |
Charlevoix |
BQ |
Bachand, André |
Richmond--Arthabaska |
PC/DR |
Bachand, Claude |
Saint-Jean |
BQ |
Bakopanos, Eleni |
Ahuntsic |
Lib. |
Bellehumeur, Michel |
Berthier--Montcalm |
BQ |
Bergeron, Stéphane |
Verchères--Les-Patriotes |
BQ |
Bertrand, Robert |
Pontiac--Gatineau--Labelle |
Lib. |
Bigras, Bernard |
Rosemont--Petite-Patrie |
BQ |
Binet, Gérard |
Frontenac--Mégantic |
Lib. |
Bourgeois, Diane |
Terrebonne--Blainville |
BQ |
Brien, Pierre |
Témiscamingue |
BQ |
Cardin, Serge |
Sherbrooke |
BQ |
Carignan, Jean-Guy |
Québec East |
Lib. |
Cauchon, Hon. Martin, Minister of National Revenue and
Secretary of State (Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of
Quebec) |
Outremont |
Lib. |
Charbonneau, Yvon |
Anjou--Rivière-des-Prairies |
Lib. |
Chrétien, Right Hon. Jean, Prime Minister of Canada |
Saint-Maurice |
Lib. |
Coderre, Hon. Denis, Secretary of State (Amateur Sport) |
Bourassa |
Lib. |
Cotler, Irwin |
Mount Royal |
Lib. |
Crête, Paul |
Kamouraska--Rivière-du-Loup--Témiscouata--Les
Basques |
BQ |
Dalphond-Guiral, Madeleine |
Laval Centre |
BQ |
Desrochers, Odina |
Lotbinière--L'Érable |
BQ |
Dion, Hon. Stéphane, President of the Queen's Privy Council for
Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs |
Saint-Laurent--Cartierville |
Lib. |
Discepola, Nick |
Vaudreuil--Soulanges |
Lib. |
Drouin, Claude, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Industry |
Beauce |
Lib. |
Dubé, Antoine |
Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
BQ |
Duceppe, Gilles |
Laurier--Sainte-Marie |
BQ |
Duplain, Claude |
Portneuf |
Lib. |
Farrah, Georges, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Fisheries and Oceans |
Bonaventure--Gaspé--Îles-de-la-Madeleine--Pabok |
Lib. |
Folco, Raymonde, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Human Resources Development |
Laval West |
Lib. |
Fournier, Ghislain |
Manicouagan |
BQ |
Gagliano, Hon. Alfonso, Minister of Public Works and Government
Services |
Saint-Léonard--Saint-Michel |
Lib. |
Gagnon, Christiane |
Québec |
BQ |
Gagnon, Marcel |
Champlain |
BQ |
Gauthier, Michel |
Roberval |
BQ |
Girard-Bujold, Jocelyne |
Jonquière |
BQ |
Guay, Monique |
Laurentides |
BQ |
Guimond, Michel |
Beauport--Montmorency--Côte-de-Beaupré--Île-d'Orléans |
BQ |
Harvey, André, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Transport |
Chicoutimi--Le Fjord |
Lib. |
Jennings, Marlene, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for
International Cooperation |
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce--Lachine |
Lib. |
Laframboise, Mario |
Argenteuil--Papineau--Mirabel |
BQ |
Lalonde, Francine |
Mercier |
BQ |
Lanctôt, Robert |
Châteauguay |
BQ |
Lavigne, Raymond |
Verdun--Saint-Henri--Saint-Paul--Pointe
Saint-Charles |
Lib. |
Lebel, Ghislain |
Chambly |
BQ |
Lincoln, Clifford |
Lac-Saint-Louis |
Lib. |
Loubier, Yvan |
Saint-Hyacinthe--Bagot |
BQ |
Marceau, Richard |
Charlesbourg--Jacques-Cartier |
BQ |
Marcil, Serge |
Beauharnois--Salaberry |
Lib. |
Martin, Hon. Paul, Minister of Finance |
LaSalle--Émard |
Lib. |
Ménard, Réal |
Hochelaga--Maisonneuve |
BQ |
Normand, Hon. Gilbert, Secretary of State (Science, Research
and Development) |
Bellechasse--Etchemins--Montmagny--L'Islet |
Lib. |
Paquette, Pierre |
Joliette |
BQ |
Paradis, Denis |
Brome--Missisquoi |
Lib. |
Patry, Bernard |
Pierrefonds--Dollard |
Lib. |
Perron, Gilles-A. |
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles |
BQ |
Pettigrew, Hon. Pierre, Minister for International Trade |
Papineau--Saint-Denis |
Lib. |
Picard, Pauline |
Drummond |
BQ |
Plamondon, Louis |
Bas-Richelieu--Nicolet--Bécancour |
BQ |
Price, David |
Compton--Stanstead |
Lib. |
Proulx, Marcel |
Hull--Aylmer |
Lib. |
Robillard, Hon. Lucienne, President of the Treasury Board and
Minister responsible for Infrastructure |
Westmount--Ville-Marie |
Lib. |
Rocheleau, Yves |
Trois-Rivières |
BQ |
Roy, Jean-Yves |
Matapédia--Matane |
BQ |
Saada, Jacques |
Brossard--La Prairie |
Lib. |
Sauvageau, Benoît |
Repentigny |
BQ |
Scherrer, Hélène |
Louis-Hébert |
Lib. |
St-Hilaire, Caroline |
Longueuil |
BQ |
St-Jacques, Diane |
Shefford |
Lib. |
St-Julien, Guy |
Abitibi--Baie-James--Nunavik |
Lib. |
Thibeault, Yolande |
Saint-Lambert |
Lib. |
Tremblay, Stéphan |
Lac-Saint-Jean--Saguenay |
BQ |
Tremblay, Suzanne |
Rimouski-Neigette-et-la Mitis |
BQ |
Venne, Pierrette |
Saint-Bruno--Saint-Hubert |
BQ |
Saskatchewan (14)
|
Anderson, David |
Cypress Hills--Grasslands |
CA |
Bailey, Roy |
Souris--Moose Mountain |
CA |
Breitkreuz, Garry |
Yorkton--Melville |
CA |
Fitzpatrick, Brian |
Prince Albert |
CA |
Goodale, Hon. Ralph, Minister of Natural Resources and Minister
responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board |
Wascana |
Lib. |
Laliberte, Rick |
Churchill River |
Lib. |
Nystrom, Hon. Lorne |
Regina--Qu'Appelle |
NDP |
Pankiw, Jim |
Saskatoon--Humboldt |
PC/DR |
Proctor, Dick |
Palliser |
NDP |
Ritz, Gerry |
Battlefords--Lloydminster |
CA |
Skelton, Carol |
Saskatoon--Rosetown--Biggar |
CA |
Spencer, Larry |
Regina--Lumsden--Lake Centre |
CA |
Vellacott, Maurice |
Saskatoon--Wanuskewin |
CA |
Yelich, Lynne |
Blackstrap |
CA |
Yukon (1)
|
Bagnell, Larry |
Yukon |
Lib. |
LIST OF STANDING AND SUB-COMMITTEES
(As of October 26, 2001 — 1st Session, 37th
Parliament)
Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Development and Natural
Resources
|
Chair: Raymond Bonin
|
Vice-Chairs: Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Maurice Vellacott
|
Larry Bagnell
Gérard Binet
Serge Cardin
Jean-Guy Carignan
David Chatters
Reed Elley
John Finlay
John Godfrey
Gerald Keddy
Richard Marceau
Pat Martin
Benoît Serré
Guy St-Julien
Total: (16)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
Rob Anders
David Anderson
Gérard Asselin
André Bachand
Claude Bachand
Roy Bailey
Leon Benoit
Stéphane Bergeron
Bernard Bigras
Rick Borotsik
Garry Breitkreuz
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
Joe Clark
Joe Comartin
John Cummins
Stockwell Day
Bev Desjarlais
Norman Doyle
John Duncan
Ken Epp
Brian Fitzpatrick
Paul Forseth
Ghislain Fournier
Cheryl Gallant
Yvon Godin
Peter Goldring
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Art Hanger
Richard Harris
Loyola Hearn
John Herron
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Betty Hinton
Rahim Jaffer
Dale Johnston
Jason Kenney
Robert Lanctôt
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Peter MacKay
Preston Manning
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Philip Mayfield
Joe McGuire
Grant McNally
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
James Moore
Anita Neville
Lorne Nystrom
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Pierre Paquette
Charlie Penson
Gilles-A. Perron
Joe Peschisolido
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Jean-Yves Roy
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Larry Spencer
Darrel Stinson
Chuck Strahl
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Vic Toews
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
Agriculture and Agri-Food
|
Chair: Charles Hubbard
|
Vice-Chairs: Murray Calder
Howard Hilstrom
|
David Anderson
Rick Borotsik
Garry Breitkreuz
Claude Duplain
Mark Eyking
Marcel Gagnon
Rick Laliberte
Larry McCormick
Dick Proctor
Bob Speller
Paul Steckle
Suzanne Tremblay
Rose-Marie Ur
Total: (16)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
Peter Adams
Rob Anders
André Bachand
Roy Bailey
Leon Benoit
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
Joe Comartin
Paul Crête
John Cummins
Stockwell Day
Odina Desrochers
Norman Doyle
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Brian Fitzpatrick
Paul Forseth
Cheryl Gallant
Peter Goldring
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Art Hanger
Richard Harris
Loyola Hearn
John Herron
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Betty Hinton
Rahim Jaffer
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Mario Laframboise
Robert Lanctôt
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Peter MacKay
Preston Manning
Richard Marceau
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Philip Mayfield
Grant McNally
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
James Moore
Lorne Nystrom
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Pierre Paquette
Charlie Penson
Gilles-A. Perron
Joe Peschisolido
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Jean-Yves Roy
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Larry Spencer
Darrel Stinson
Chuck Strahl
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Vic Toews
Maurice Vellacott
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
Canadian Heritage
|
Chair: Clifford Lincoln
|
Vice-Chairs: Jim Abbott
Dennis Mills
|
Paul Bonwick
Sarmite Bulte
Rodger Cuzner
Claude Duplain
Christiane Gagnon
Cheryl Gallant
Roger Gallaway
John Harvard
Betty Hinton
Wendy Lill
Grant McNally
Caroline St-Hilaire
Tony Tirabassi
Total: (16)
|
Associate Members
Diane Ablonczy
Rob Anders
David Anderson
André Bachand
Roy Bailey
Leon Benoit
Bernard Bigras
Bill Blaikie
Rick Borotsik
Diane Bourgeois
Garry Breitkreuz
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Serge Cardin
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
Joe Comartin
John Cummins
Libby Davies
Stockwell Day
Norman Doyle
Antoine Dubé
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Brian Fitzpatrick
Paul Forseth
Peter Goldring
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Art Hanger
Richard Harris
Loyola Hearn
John Herron
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Rahim Jaffer
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Robert Lanctôt
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Peter MacKay
Preston Manning
Richard Marceau
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Philip Mayfield
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
James Moore
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Pierre Paquette
Charlie Penson
Joe Peschisolido
Dick Proctor
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Benoît Sauvageau
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Larry Spencer
Darrel Stinson
Chuck Strahl
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Vic Toews
Suzanne Tremblay
Maurice Vellacott
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
Citizenship and Immigration
|
Chair: Joe Fontana
|
Vice-Chairs: Paul Forseth
Steve Mahoney
|
Mark Assad
Yvon Charbonneau
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
John Godfrey
Art Hanger
Inky Mark
Anita Neville
Jerry Pickard
David Price
Stéphan Tremblay
Tony Valeri
Judy Wasylycia-Leis
Lynne Yelich
Total: (16)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
Rob Anders
David Anderson
André Bachand
Roy Bailey
Leon Benoit
Bernard Bigras
Rick Borotsik
Garry Breitkreuz
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Serge Cardin
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
John Cummins
Stockwell Day
Norman Doyle
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Brian Fitzpatrick
Cheryl Gallant
Peter Goldring
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Richard Harris
Loyola Hearn
John Herron
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Betty Hinton
Rahim Jaffer
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Francine Lalonde
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Peter MacKay
Preston Manning
Richard Marceau
Keith Martin
Philip Mayfield
Grant McNally
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
James Moore
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Charlie Penson
Joe Peschisolido
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Larry Spencer
Darrel Stinson
Chuck Strahl
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Vic Toews
Maurice Vellacott
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
John Williams
|
Environment and Sustainable Development
|
Chair: Charles Caccia
|
Vice-Chairs: Karen Kraft Sloan
Bob Mills
|
Roy Bailey
Bernard Bigras
Joe Comartin
Paul Forseth
Marcel Gagnon
John Herron
Gar Knutson
Rick Laliberte
Karen Redman
Julian Reed
Andy Savoy
Hélène Scherrer
Alan Tonks
Total: (16)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
Peter Adams
Rob Anders
David Anderson
André Bachand
Leon Benoit
Stéphane Bergeron
Rick Borotsik
Garry Breitkreuz
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Serge Cardin
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
John Cummins
Stockwell Day
Bev Desjarlais
Norman Doyle
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Brian Fitzpatrick
Cheryl Gallant
Peter Goldring
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Art Hanger
Richard Harris
Loyola Hearn
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Betty Hinton
Rahim Jaffer
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Robert Lanctôt
Clifford Lincoln
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Peter MacKay
Preston Manning
Richard Marceau
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Pat Martin
Philip Mayfield
Grant McNally
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
James Moore
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Charlie Penson
Joe Peschisolido
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Svend Robinson
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Larry Spencer
Darrel Stinson
Peter Stoffer
Chuck Strahl
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Vic Toews
Maurice Vellacott
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
Finance
|
Chair: Maurizio Bevilacqua
|
Vice-Chairs: Nick Discepola
Ken Epp
|
Sue Barnes
Carolyn Bennett
Scott Brison
Roy Cullen
Albina Guarnieri
Rahim Jaffer
Jason Kenney
Sophia Leung
Yvan Loubier
John McCallum
Shawn Murphy
Lorne Nystrom
Pauline Picard
Gary Pillitteri
Monte Solberg
Total: (18)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
Rob Anders
David Anderson
André Bachand
Roy Bailey
Leon Benoit
Bernard Bigras
Rick Borotsik
Garry Breitkreuz
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
John Cummins
Stockwell Day
Odina Desrochers
Norman Doyle
Antoine Dubé
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Brian Fitzpatrick
Paul Forseth
Christiane Gagnon
Cheryl Gallant
Jocelyne Girard-Bujold
Yvon Godin
Peter Goldring
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Monique Guay
Art Hanger
Richard Harris
Loyola Hearn
John Herron
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Betty Hinton
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Peter MacKay
Preston Manning
Richard Marceau
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Philip Mayfield
Alexa McDonough
Grant McNally
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
James Moore
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Pierre Paquette
Charlie Penson
Gilles-A. Perron
Joe Peschisolido
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Kevin Sorenson
Larry Spencer
Darrel Stinson
Chuck Strahl
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Vic Toews
Stéphan Tremblay
Maurice Vellacott
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
Fisheries and Oceans
|
Chair: Wayne Easter
|
Vice-Chairs: John Cummins
Paul Steckle
|
Sarkis Assadourian
Andy Burton
Rodger Cuzner
Georges Farrah
Loyola Hearn
Dominic LeBlanc
James Lunney
Bill Matthews
Lawrence O'Brien
Jean-Yves Roy
Peter Stoffer
Suzanne Tremblay
Tom Wappel
Total: (16)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
Rob Anders
David Anderson
Gérard Asselin
André Bachand
Roy Bailey
Leon Benoit
Rick Borotsik
Garry Breitkreuz
Scott Brison
Chuck Cadman
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
Stockwell Day
Norman Doyle
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Brian Fitzpatrick
Paul Forseth
Ghislain Fournier
Marcel Gagnon
Cheryl Gallant
Yvon Godin
Peter Goldring
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Art Hanger
Richard Harris
John Herron
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Betty Hinton
Rahim Jaffer
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Gary Lunn
Peter MacKay
Preston Manning
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Philip Mayfield
Grant McNally
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
James Moore
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Charlie Penson
Joe Peschisolido
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Svend Robinson
Yves Rocheleau
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Larry Spencer
Darrel Stinson
Chuck Strahl
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Vic Toews
Maurice Vellacott
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
Foreign Affairs and International Trade
|
Chair: Bill Graham
|
Vice-Chairs: Jean Augustine
Brian Pallister
|
George Baker
Aileen Carroll
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
John Duncan
John Harvard
Marlene Jennings
Stan Keyes
Francine Lalonde
Diane Marleau
Keith Martin
Pat O'Brien
Pierre Paquette
Bernard Patry
Svend Robinson
Total: (18)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
Rob Anders
David Anderson
Sarkis Assadourian
André Bachand
Claude Bachand
Roy Bailey
Colleen Beaumier
Leon Benoit
Stéphane Bergeron
Bernard Bigras
Bill Blaikie
Rick Borotsik
Garry Breitkreuz
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Serge Cardin
David Chatters
Joe Clark
Irwin Cotler
Paul Crête
John Cummins
Stockwell Day
Norman Doyle
Stan Dromisky
Antoine Dubé
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Mark Eyking
Brian Fitzpatrick
Paul Forseth
Cheryl Gallant
Peter Goldring
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Art Hanger
Mac Harb
Richard Harris
Loyola Hearn
John Herron
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Betty Hinton
Rahim Jaffer
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Peter MacKay
John Maloney
Preston Manning
Richard Marceau
Inky Mark
Pat Martin
Philip Mayfield
Grant McNally
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
James Moore
Anita Neville
Lorne Nystrom
Deepak Obhrai
Jim Pankiw
Charlie Penson
Joe Peschisolido
Beth Phinney
David Price
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Yves Rocheleau
Benoît Sauvageau
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Bob Speller
Larry Spencer
Darrel Stinson
Chuck Strahl
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Vic Toews
Stéphan Tremblay
Tony Valeri
Maurice Vellacott
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
Sub-Committee on International Trade, Trade Disputes and
Investment
|
Chair: Mac Harb
|
Vice-Chair:
|
Rick Casson
Mark Eyking
Gary Lunn
Pat O'Brien
Pierre Paquette
Svend Robinson
Bob Speller
Tony Valeri
Total: (9)
|
Sub-Committee on Human Rights and International
Development
|
Chair: Beth Phinney
|
Vice-Chair:
|
Sarkis Assadourian
Colleen Beaumier
Bill Casey
Irwin Cotler
Antoine Dubé
Marlene Jennings
Deepak Obhrai
Svend Robinson
Total: (9)
|
Health
|
Chair: Bonnie Brown
|
Vice-Chairs: Reg Alcock
Rob Merrifield
|
Diane Ablonczy
André Bachand
Colleen Beaumier
Diane Bourgeois
Jeannot Castonguay
Brenda Chamberlain
Stan Dromisky
James Lunney
Réal Ménard
Hélène Scherrer
Judy Sgro
Yolande Thibeault
Judy Wasylycia-Leis
Total: (16)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Rob Anders
David Anderson
Roy Bailey
Leon Benoit
Bernard Bigras
Rick Borotsik
Garry Breitkreuz
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
John Cummins
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
Libby Davies
Stockwell Day
Norman Doyle
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Brian Fitzpatrick
Paul Forseth
Cheryl Gallant
Jocelyne Girard-Bujold
Peter Goldring
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Art Hanger
Richard Harris
Loyola Hearn
John Herron
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Betty Hinton
Rahim Jaffer
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Gary Lunn
Peter MacKay
Preston Manning
Richard Marceau
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Pat Martin
Philip Mayfield
Grant McNally
Val Meredith
Bob Mills
James Moore
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Charlie Penson
Joe Peschisolido
Pauline Picard
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Larry Spencer
Darrel Stinson
Chuck Strahl
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Vic Toews
Maurice Vellacott
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with
Disabilities
|
Chair: Judi Longfield
|
Vice-Chairs: Joe Peschisolido
Diane St-Jacques
|
Eugène Bellemare
Paul Crête
Libby Davies
Raymonde Folco
Monique Guay
Tony Ianno
Dale Johnston
Gurbax Malhi
Serge Marcil
Joe McGuire
Anita Neville
Carol Skelton
Larry Spencer
Greg Thompson
Alan Tonks
Total: (18)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
Peter Adams
Rob Anders
David Anderson
André Bachand
Roy Bailey
Carolyn Bennett
Leon Benoit
Rick Borotsik
Diane Bourgeois
Garry Breitkreuz
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
John Cummins
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
Stockwell Day
Norman Doyle
Antoine Dubé
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Brian Fitzpatrick
Paul Forseth
Christiane Gagnon
Marcel Gagnon
Cheryl Gallant
Jocelyne Girard-Bujold
John Godfrey
Yvon Godin
Peter Goldring
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Art Hanger
Richard Harris
Loyola Hearn
John Herron
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Betty Hinton
Rahim Jaffer
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Robert Lanctôt
Wendy Lill
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Peter MacKay
Preston Manning
Richard Marceau
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Pat Martin
Philip Mayfield
Larry McCormick
Grant McNally
Réal Ménard
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
James Moore
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Charlie Penson
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Jean-Yves Roy
Werner Schmidt
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Darrel Stinson
Chuck Strahl
Myron Thompson
Tony Tirabassi
Vic Toews
Stéphan Tremblay
Maurice Vellacott
Judy Wasylycia-Leis
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
Sub-Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities
|
Chair:
|
Vice-Chair:
|
Carolyn Bennett
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
Raymonde Folco
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Anita Neville
Joe Peschisolido
Carol Skelton
Larry Spencer
Tony Tirabassi
Total: (9)
|
Sub-Committee on Children and Youth at Risk
|
Chair: John Godfrey
|
Vice-Chair:
|
Libby Davies
Monique Guay
Anita Neville
Carol Skelton
Diane St-Jacques
Greg Thompson
Tony Tirabassi
Alan Tonks
Total: (9)
|
Industry, Science and Technology
|
Chair: Susan Whelan
|
Vice-Chairs: Walt Lastewka
Charlie Penson
|
Larry Bagnell
Stéphane Bergeron
Bev Desjarlais
Claude Drouin
Jocelyne Girard-Bujold
Preston Manning
Dan McTeague
James Rajotte
Andy Savoy
Brent St. Denis
Chuck Strahl
Paddy Torsney
Joseph Volpe
Total: (16)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
Peter Adams
Rob Anders
David Anderson
André Bachand
Roy Bailey
Mauril Bélanger
Leon Benoit
Bernard Bigras
Rick Borotsik
Garry Breitkreuz
Pierre Brien
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Serge Cardin
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
John Cummins
Stockwell Day
Odina Desrochers
Norman Doyle
Antoine Dubé
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Brian Fitzpatrick
Paul Forseth
Christiane Gagnon
Cheryl Gallant
Yvon Godin
Peter Goldring
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Art Hanger
Richard Harris
Loyola Hearn
John Herron
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Betty Hinton
Rahim Jaffer
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Mario Laframboise
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Peter MacKay
Richard Marceau
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Pat Martin
Philip Mayfield
Grant McNally
Réal Ménard
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
James Moore
Lorne Nystrom
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Pierre Paquette
Joe Peschisolido
Dick Proctor
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Larry Spencer
Darrel Stinson
Peter Stoffer
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Vic Toews
Maurice Vellacott
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
Justice and Human Rights
|
Chair: Andy Scott
|
Vice-Chairs: Chuck Cadman
Denis Paradis
|
Carole-Marie Allard
Michel Bellehumeur
Bill Blaikie
Irwin Cotler
Paul DeVillers
Brian Fitzpatrick
Ivan Grose
Peter MacKay
John Maloney
John McKay
Lynn Myers
Stephen Owen
Kevin Sorenson
Vic Toews
Pierrette Venne
Total: (18)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
Rob Anders
David Anderson
André Bachand
Roy Bailey
Leon Benoit
Bernard Bigras
Rick Borotsik
Diane Bourgeois
Garry Breitkreuz
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
Joe Comartin
John Cummins
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
Stockwell Day
Bev Desjarlais
Norman Doyle
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Paul Forseth
Cheryl Gallant
Peter Goldring
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Art Hanger
Richard Harris
Loyola Hearn
John Herron
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Betty Hinton
Rahim Jaffer
Marlene Jennings
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Dominic LeBlanc
Derek Lee
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Preston Manning
Richard Marceau
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Philip Mayfield
Grant McNally
Réal Ménard
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
James Moore
Anita Neville
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Pierre Paquette
Charlie Penson
Joe Peschisolido
David Pratt
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Svend Robinson
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Larry Spencer
Darrel Stinson
Chuck Strahl
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Suzanne Tremblay
Maurice Vellacott
Tom Wappel
Judy Wasylycia-Leis
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
Bryon Wilfert
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
Liaison
|
Chair:
|
Vice-Chair:
|
Peter Adams
Mauril Bélanger
Maurizio Bevilacqua
Raymond Bonin
Bonnie Brown
Charles Caccia
Wayne Easter
Joe Fontana
Bill Graham
Charles Hubbard
Ovid Jackson
Clifford Lincoln
Judi Longfield
David Pratt
Andy Scott
Susan Whelan
John Williams
Total: (17)
|
Budget Sub-Committee
|
Chair: Bill Graham
|
Vice-Chair:
|
Bonnie Brown
Wayne Easter
Clifford Lincoln
Judi Longfield
Susan Whelan
John Williams
Total: (7)
|
National Defence and Veterans Affairs
|
Chair: David Pratt
|
Vice-Chairs: Leon Benoit
David Price
|
Rob Anders
Claude Bachand
Colleen Beaumier
Stan Dromisky
Cheryl Gallant
John O'Reilly
Janko Peric
Louis Plamondon
Carmen Provenzano
Peter Stoffer
Elsie Wayne
Bryon Wilfert
Bob Wood
Total: (16)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
David Anderson
André Bachand
Roy Bailey
Stéphane Bergeron
Rick Borotsik
Garry Breitkreuz
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
John Cummins
Stockwell Day
Norman Doyle
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Brian Fitzpatrick
Paul Forseth
Peter Goldring
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Monique Guay
Art Hanger
Richard Harris
Loyola Hearn
John Herron
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Betty Hinton
Rahim Jaffer
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Francine Lalonde
Wendy Lill
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Peter MacKay
Preston Manning
Richard Marceau
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Pat Martin
Philip Mayfield
Grant McNally
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
James Moore
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Charlie Penson
Joe Peschisolido
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Svend Robinson
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Larry Spencer
Darrel Stinson
Chuck Strahl
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Vic Toews
Maurice Vellacott
Randy White
Ted White
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
Procedure and House Affairs
|
Chair: Peter Adams
|
Vice-Chairs: Richard Harris
Jacques Saada
|
Pierre Brien
Marlene Catterall
Cheryl Gallant
Yvon Godin
Michel Guimond
Jay Hill
Joe Jordan
Paul Harold Macklin
Carolyn Parrish
Geoff Regan
John Reynolds
John Richardson
Tony Tirabassi
Total: (16)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
Rob Anders
David Anderson
André Bachand
Roy Bailey
Sue Barnes
Michel Bellehumeur
Leon Benoit
Stéphane Bergeron
Bill Blaikie
Rick Borotsik
Garry Breitkreuz
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
John Cummins
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral
Stockwell Day
Norman Doyle
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Brian Fitzpatrick
Paul Forseth
Peter Goldring
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Art Hanger
John Harvard
Loyola Hearn
John Herron
Grant Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Betty Hinton
Rahim Jaffer
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Peter MacKay
John Maloney
Preston Manning
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Philip Mayfield
Grant McNally
Réal Ménard
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
Dennis Mills
James Moore
Lorne Nystrom
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Charlie Penson
Joe Peschisolido
Marcel Proulx
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
Gerry Ritz
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Larry Spencer
Caroline St-Hilaire
Darrel Stinson
Chuck Strahl
Paul Szabo
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Vic Toews
Maurice Vellacott
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
Bryon Wilfert
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
Sub-Committee on Private Members' Business
|
Chair: Carolyn Parrish
|
Vice-Chair:
|
Bill Blaikie
Garry Breitkreuz
Michel Guimond
Jay Hill
Marcel Proulx
Total: (6)
|
Sub-Committee on Parliamentary Calendar
|
Chair: Marlene Catterall
|
Vice-Chair:
|
Pierre Brien
Yvon Godin
Richard Harris
Jay Hill
Total: (5)
|
Public Accounts
|
Chair: John Williams
|
Vice-Chairs: Mac Harb
Beth Phinney
|
Robert Bertrand
John Bryden
Gerry Byrne
Odina Desrochers
John Finlay
Rahim Jaffer
Sophia Leung
Pat Martin
Philip Mayfield
Shawn Murphy
Gilles-A. Perron
Alex Shepherd
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Total: (17)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
Rob Anders
David Anderson
André Bachand
Roy Bailey
Leon Benoit
Rick Borotsik
Garry Breitkreuz
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Serge Cardin
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
John Cummins
Stockwell Day
Bev Desjarlais
Norman Doyle
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Brian Fitzpatrick
Paul Forseth
Cheryl Gallant
Peter Goldring
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Art Hanger
Richard Harris
Loyola Hearn
John Herron
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Betty Hinton
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Peter MacKay
Preston Manning
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Grant McNally
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
James Moore
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Denis Paradis
Charlie Penson
Joe Peschisolido
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Benoît Sauvageau
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Larry Spencer
Darrel Stinson
Peter Stoffer
Chuck Strahl
Vic Toews
Maurice Vellacott
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
Lynne Yelich
|
Sub-Committee on Combating Corruption
|
Chair: John Williams
|
Vice-Chair:
|
Robert Bertrand
John Bryden
Odina Desrochers
Pat Martin
Philip Mayfield
Shawn Murphy
Beth Phinney
Alex Shepherd
Greg Thompson
Total: (10)
|
Transport and Government Operations
|
Chair: Ovid Jackson
|
Vice-Chairs: James Moore
Marcel Proulx
|
Reg Alcock
Gerry Byrne
John Cannis
Joe Comuzzi
Bev Desjarlais
Peter Goldring
André Harvey
Mario Laframboise
Ghislain Lebel
Val Meredith
Alex Shepherd
Darrel Stinson
Paul Szabo
Total: (16)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
Rob Anders
David Anderson
Gérard Asselin
André Bachand
Roy Bailey
Leon Benoit
Bernard Bigras
Rick Borotsik
Garry Breitkreuz
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Serge Cardin
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
Paul Crête
John Cummins
Stockwell Day
Odina Desrochers
Norman Doyle
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Brian Fitzpatrick
Paul Forseth
Ghislain Fournier
Christiane Gagnon
Cheryl Gallant
Jocelyne Girard-Bujold
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Monique Guay
Art Hanger
Richard Harris
Loyola Hearn
John Herron
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Betty Hinton
Charles Hubbard
Rahim Jaffer
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Dominic LeBlanc
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Peter MacKay
Preston Manning
Richard Marceau
Serge Marcil
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Philip Mayfield
Grant McNally
Réal Ménard
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Charlie Penson
Joe Peschisolido
Dick Proctor
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Larry Spencer
Peter Stoffer
Chuck Strahl
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Vic Toews
Maurice Vellacott
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
SPECIAL COMMITTEES
Special Committee on non-medical use of drugs
|
Chair: Paddy Torsney
|
Vice-Chairs: Carole-Marie Allard
Randy White
|
André Bachand
Bernard Bigras
Libby Davies
Mac Harb
Dominic LeBlanc
Derek Lee
Réal Ménard
Stephen Owen
Jacques Saada
Kevin Sorenson
Total: (13)
|
STANDING JOINT COMMITTEES
Library of Parliament
|
Joint Chair:
|
Joint Vice-Chair:
|
Representing the Senate:The Honourable SenatorsGérald Beaudoin
John Bryden
Jane Marie Cordy
Donald Oliver
Vivienne Poy
|
Representing the House of Commons:Mauril Bélanger
Carolyn Bennett
Robert Bertrand
Marlene Catterall
Marcel Gagnon
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Betty Hinton
Jim Karygiannis
Raymond Lavigne
Wendy Lill
Jerry Pickard
Louis Plamondon
Jacques Saada
Darrel Stinson
Andrew Telegdi
Total: (21)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
Rob Anders
David Anderson
André Bachand
Roy Bailey
Leon Benoit
Rick Borotsik
Garry Breitkreuz
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
John Cummins
Libby Davies
Stockwell Day
Norman Doyle
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Brian Fitzpatrick
Paul Forseth
Cheryl Gallant
Peter Goldring
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Art Hanger
Richard Harris
Loyola Hearn
John Herron
Howard Hilstrom
Rahim Jaffer
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Peter MacKay
Preston Manning
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Philip Mayfield
Grant McNally
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
James Moore
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Charlie Penson
Joe Peschisolido
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Benoît Sauvageau
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Larry Spencer
Chuck Strahl
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Vic Toews
Maurice Vellacott
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
Official Languages
|
Joint Chairs: Mauril Bélanger
Shirley Maheu
|
Joint Vice-Chairs: Scott Reid
Yolande Thibeault
|
Representing the Senate:The Honourable SenatorsGérald Beaudoin
Joan Fraser
Jean-Robert Gauthier
Laurier LaPierre
Viola Léger
Jean-Claude Rivest
Raymond Setlakwe
|
Representing the House of Commons:Eugène Bellemare
Gérard Binet
Sarmite Bulte
Claude Drouin
Christiane Gagnon
John Godfrey
Yvon Godin
Peter Goldring
Richard Harris
John Herron
Raymond Lavigne
Dan McTeague
Benoît Sauvageau
Total: (24)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
Rob Anders
David Anderson
André Bachand
Roy Bailey
Leon Benoit
Stéphane Bergeron
Rick Borotsik
Garry Breitkreuz
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
Joe Comartin
John Cummins
Stockwell Day
Norman Doyle
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Brian Fitzpatrick
Paul Forseth
Cheryl Gallant
Jim Gouk
Gurmant Grewal
Deborah Grey
Art Hanger
Loyola Hearn
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Betty Hinton
Rahim Jaffer
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Peter MacKay
Preston Manning
Richard Marceau
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Philip Mayfield
Grant McNally
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
James Moore
Lorne Nystrom
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Jim Pankiw
Charlie Penson
Joe Peschisolido
Louis Plamondon
James Rajotte
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Larry Spencer
Darrel Stinson
Chuck Strahl
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Vic Toews
Suzanne Tremblay
Maurice Vellacott
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
Ted White
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
Scrutiny of Regulations
|
Joint Chairs: Gurmant Grewal
Céline Hervieux-Payette
|
Joint Vice-Chair: Tom Wappel
|
Representing the Senate:The Honourable SenatorsJohn Bryden
Sheila Finestone
Noël Kinsella
Wilfred Moore
Pierre Claude Nolin
|
Representing the House of Commons:Sue Barnes
Paul Bonwick
Jean-Guy Carignan
Joe Comuzzi
John Cummins
Jim Gouk
Michel Guimond
Gar Knutson
Robert Lanctôt
Derek Lee
Paul Harold Macklin
Lynn Myers
Lorne Nystrom
Jim Pankiw
Ted White
Total: (23)
|
Associate Members
Jim Abbott
Diane Ablonczy
Rob Anders
David Anderson
André Bachand
Roy Bailey
Michel Bellehumeur
Leon Benoit
Rick Borotsik
Garry Breitkreuz
Scott Brison
Andy Burton
Chuck Cadman
Bill Casey
Rick Casson
David Chatters
Joe Clark
Stockwell Day
Norman Doyle
John Duncan
Reed Elley
Ken Epp
Brian Fitzpatrick
Paul Forseth
Cheryl Gallant
Peter Goldring
Deborah Grey
Art Hanger
Richard Harris
Loyola Hearn
John Herron
Grant Hill
Jay Hill
Howard Hilstrom
Betty Hinton
Rahim Jaffer
Dale Johnston
Gerald Keddy
Jason Kenney
Ghislain Lebel
Gary Lunn
James Lunney
Peter MacKay
Preston Manning
Inky Mark
Keith Martin
Philip Mayfield
Grant McNally
Val Meredith
Rob Merrifield
Bob Mills
James Moore
Deepak Obhrai
Brian Pallister
Charlie Penson
Joe Peschisolido
James Rajotte
Scott Reid
John Reynolds
Gerry Ritz
Werner Schmidt
Carol Skelton
Monte Solberg
Kevin Sorenson
Larry Spencer
Darrel Stinson
Chuck Strahl
Greg Thompson
Myron Thompson
Vic Toews
Maurice Vellacott
Pierrette Venne
Elsie Wayne
Randy White
John Williams
Lynne Yelich
|
Panels of Chairman of Legislative Committees
The Speaker
Hon. Peter Milliken
The The Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of
the Whole
Mr. Bob Kilger
The Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole
Mr. Réginald Bélair
The Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees of the
Whole House
Ms. Eleni Bakopanos
THE MINISTRY
According to precedence
Right Hon. Jean Chrétien |
|
Prime Minister of
Canada |
Hon. Herb Gray |
|
Deputy Prime Minister |
Hon. David Collenette |
|
Minister of Transport |
Hon. David Anderson |
|
Minister of the
Environment |
Hon. Ralph Goodale |
|
Minister of Natural Resources and
Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board |
Hon. Brian Tobin |
|
Minister of Industry |
Hon. Sheila Copps |
|
Minister of Canadian
Heritage |
Hon. John Manley |
|
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Hon. Paul Martin |
|
Minister of Finance |
Hon. Art Eggleton |
|
Minister of National
Defence |
Hon. Anne McLellan |
|
Minister of Justice and Attorney
General of Canada |
Hon. Allan Rock |
|
Minister of Health |
Hon. Lawrence MacAulay |
|
Solicitor General of
Canada |
Hon. Alfonso Gagliano |
|
Minister of Public Works and
Government Services |
Hon. Lucienne Robillard |
|
President of the Treasury
Board and Minister responsible for Infrastructure |
Hon. Martin Cauchon |
|
Minister of National Revenue and
Secretary of State (Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of
Quebec) |
Hon. Jane Stewart |
|
Minister of Human Resources
Development |
Hon. Stéphane Dion |
|
President of the Queen's Privy
Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs |
Hon. Pierre Pettigrew |
|
Minister for International
Trade |
Hon. Don Boudria |
|
Minister of State and Leader of the
Government in the House of Commons |
Hon. Lyle Vanclief |
|
Minister of Agriculture and
Agri-Food |
Hon. Herb Dhaliwal |
|
Minister of Fisheries and
Oceans |
Hon. Ronald Duhamel |
|
Minister of Veterans Affairs and
Secretary of State (Western Economic Diversification) (Francophonie) |
Hon. Claudette Bradshaw |
|
Minister of Labour |
Hon. Robert Nault |
|
Minister of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development |
Hon. Maria Minna |
|
Minister for International
Cooperation |
Hon. Elinor Caplan |
|
Minister of Citizenship and
Immigration |
Hon. Sharon Carstairs |
|
Leader of the Government in
the Senate |
Hon. Robert Thibault |
|
Minister of State (Atlantic
Canada Opportunities Agency) |
Hon. Ethel Blondin-Andrew |
|
Secretary of State
(Children and Youth) |
Hon. Hedy Fry |
|
Secretary of State (Multiculturalism)
(Status of Women) |
Hon. David Kilgour |
|
Secretary of State (Latin America
and Africa) |
Hon. Jim Peterson |
|
Secretary of State (International
Financial Institutions) |
Hon. Andy Mitchell |
|
Secretary of State (Rural
Development) (Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern
Ontario) |
Hon. Gilbert Normand |
|
Secretary of State (Science,
Research and Development) |
Hon. Denis Coderre |
|
Secretary of State (Amateur
Sport) |
Hon. Rey Pagtakhan |
|
Secretary of State
(Asia-Pacific) |
PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES
Mr. Joe Jordan |
|
to the Prime Minister |
Mr. André Harvey |
|
to the Minister of Transport |
Mrs. Karen Redman |
|
to the Minister of the
Environment |
Mr. Benoît Serré |
|
to the Minister of Natural
Resources |
Mr. Claude Drouin |
|
to the Minister of Industry |
Ms. Sarmite Bulte |
|
to the Minister of Canadian
Heritage |
Ms. Aileen Carroll |
|
to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs |
Mr. John McCallum |
|
to the Minister of Finance |
Mr. John O'Reilly |
|
to the Minister of National
Defence |
Mr. Stephen Owen |
|
to the Minister of Justice and
Attorney General of Canada |
Mr. Jeannot Castonguay |
|
to the Minister of
Health |
Mr. Lynn Myers |
|
to the Solicitor General of
Canada |
Mr. Paul Szabo |
|
to the Minister of Public Works and
Government Services |
Mr. Alex Shepherd |
|
to the President of the Treasury
Board |
Ms. Sophia Leung |
|
to the Minister of National
Revenue |
Ms. Raymonde Folco |
|
to the Minister of Human Resources
Development |
Mr. Pat O'Brien |
|
to the Minister for International
Trade |
Mr. Geoff Regan |
|
to the Leader of the Government in
the House of Commons |
Mr. Larry McCormick |
|
to the Minister of Agriculture
and Agri-Food |
Mr. Georges Farrah |
|
to the Minister of Fisheries and
Oceans |
Mr. Carmen Provenzano |
|
to the Minister of Veterans
Affairs |
Mr. Gurbax Malhi |
|
to the Minister of Labour |
Mr. John Finlay |
|
to the Minister of Indian Affairs and
Nothern Development |
Marlene Jennings |
|
to the Minister for International
Cooperation |
Mr. Mark Assad |
|
to the Minister of Citizenship and
Immigration |