Commons advances budget bill amid clashes over Afghanistan and Kyoto

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Question Period, exchange by exchange

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1. deflected
   National DefenceBill Graham (Liberal) asked Mr. Jason Kenney (Conservative). substantive question.The answer avoids assuring future respect for Parliament by instead criticizing the questioner's past record.I find it passing strange that the Leader of the Opposition sat in cabinet that deployed our troops repeatedly overseas, including in Afghanistan, for the past four years without having come to consult this House of Commons.
2. deflected
   National DefenceBill Graham (Liberal) asked Mr. Jason Kenney (Conservative). substantive question.The answer sidesteps the Kyoto vote and debate sufficiency by repeating praise for the prior night's vote and past Liberal actions.This is after the Leader of the Opposition as defence minister in cabinet committed Canadian troops to the current mission in Afghanistan.
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   National DefenceBill Graham (Liberal) asked Mr. Jason Kenney (Conservative). substantive question.The answer ignores the Kyoto vote request and instead defends the minister while attacking the prior government's record.For the first time in a long time, we have a Minister of the Environment who tells it like it is.
4. misdirected
   Prime MinisterDenis Coderre (Liberal) asked Mr. Jason Kenney (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the Liberals' vote on Afghanistan rather than addressing the disrespect to Parliament claim.The hon. member and many of his colleagues, including the critics for foreign affairs and defence, voted against the mission of our troops in Afghanistan
5. partly answered
   Older WorkersMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). substantive question.The answer addresses the program by noting the announced feasibility study but provides no commitment to action.That is why I was so pleased when the Prime Minister announced that we will be conducting a feasibility study into ways to assist older workers.
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   Older WorkersMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). substantive question.The answer avoids committing to the program by emphasizing broad consultations and taxpayer value instead.That is why we are going to make sure that the decisions we make are based on a broad range of consultations.
7. misdirected
   Prime MinisterDenis Coderre (Liberal) asked Mr. Jason Kenney (Conservative). loaded question.The answer ignores the committee and Kyoto issues and instead questions Liberal support for the Afghanistan mission.The real question is why the Liberal foreign affairs and national defence critics voted against our troops' mission in Afghanistan
8. partly answered
   Older WorkersMr. Yves Lessard (Bloc) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). substantive question.The answer notes staff meetings and letters received but does not commit to creating the program.They received over 100 letters from these people.
9. deflected
   Older WorkersMr. Yves Lessard (Bloc) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). substantive question.The answer avoids any commitment to action and pivots to reviewing documents without addressing the request for help.We are going to take the time to make sure we make the best decision, the one that is in the best interests of older workers and value for taxpayers' dollars.
10. misdirected
    Prime MinisterJack Layton (NDP) asked Mr. Jason Kenney (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the NDP's position on Afghanistan instead of addressing the contempt for Parliament claim.The real question is why is the NDP against Canada's role overseas?
11. misdirected
    Prime MinisterJack Layton (NDP) asked Mr. Jason Kenney (Conservative). loaded question.The answer accuses the asker of a partisan lynching rather than responding to the respect for Parliament question.those members did a hit and run, a partisan lynching, of Canada's top business leader, for no reason other than to score cheap political points.
12. partly answered
    Firearms RegistryIrwin Cotler (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). loaded question.The answer addresses reliability concerns raised but ignores the two-thirds support and provincial requests.among other people, it was the Auditor General who indicated that the data from the long gun registry, and we are just talking about the long gun registry, is not reliable.
13. deflected
    Firearms RegistryIrwin Cotler (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). substantive question.The answer justifies the amnesty by referencing the prior government but does not address whether prosecutors were told not to enforce the law.we are taking our lead on the amnesty from the previous government which allowed time for people to register because the government had not put in place a system that could allow people to comply fully with the law.
14. answered
    Firearms RegistryCharles Hubbard (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly explains the transfer to the RCMP and offers of other work for affected employees.Anybody who is affected, who may in fact not still be at the firearms centre, will be offered other work.
15. partly answered
    Firearms RegistryCharles Hubbard (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). substantive question.The answer acknowledges the jobs concern but immediately pivots to quoting Liberals against the registry.I appreciate that and I share the sympathy that the member has for hard-working public servants.
16. deflected
    Textile IndustryMr. Paul Crête (Bloc) asked Maxime Bernier (Conservative). substantive question.The answer highlights tax cuts but does not address the foreign manufacturing program or CANtex limitations.This is why, in the last budget, we reduced the tax burden for such businesses, cutting their taxes by $20 billion over two years.
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    Older WorkersMrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Bloc) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). substantive question.The answer mentions existing programs and a study but never addresses implementing the requested income support program.We always have a program to assist with mass layoffs, as the hon. member should well know.
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    Firearms RegistryMr. Serge Ménard (Bloc) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). substantive question.The answer shifts to support for eliminating the registry and funding redirection instead of addressing free registration.from coast to coast there are victims of crime who support us in eliminating the registry for long guns only.
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    Firearms RegistryMr. Serge Ménard (Bloc) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). substantive question.The answer cites the Auditor General and one murder statistic but does not engage with the data or free-registration proposal.In 2003, there were 549 murders in Canada, including two that were committed with registered long guns.
20. partly answered
    FisheriesMr. Bill Matthews (Liberal) asked Loyola Hearn (Conservative). substantive question.The answer gives a partial assurance on shipping but does not address removing quotas.I will guarantee the member that it will not ship any fish to China or anywhere else outside this country by water.
21. answered
    FisheriesMr. Bill Matthews (Liberal) asked Loyola Hearn (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly endorses the use-it-or-lose-it principle and states the fish will be processed for Canadians.The companies that have quotas, or the individuals who have quotas, will catch it and use it for the benefit of our people or they will not catch it at all.
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    Employment InsuranceMr. Jean-Claude D'Amours (Liberal) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). substantive question.The answer defends evaluation of pilot projects but does not promise to extend them or support the bill.Before committing Canadian taxpayers' dollar ad infinitum, we want to ensure that new ideas will work
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    Employment InsuranceMr. Jean-Claude D'Amours (Liberal) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). substantive question.The answer attacks the opposition's motives instead of addressing the call to act immediately on the pilot projects.not just take the opposition's word for it because it was trying to buy votes locally for their members.
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    Softwood LumberMr. Peter Julian (NDP) asked David Emerson (Conservative). loaded question.The answer defends the agreement's benefits but does not address the claim of surrender or lack of instructions.The softwood lumber agreement shows that. It protects Canadian sovereignty, it protects provincial forest management policy.
25. misdirected
    Softwood LumberMr. Peter Julian (NDP) asked David Emerson (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the questioner's motives and strategy rather than addressing the request for specific commitments on chapter 19 and support.That hon. member should have the courage to tell Canadians, to tell people employed in the softwood lumber industry that his strategy is a strategy for trade war.
26. partly answered
    HealthBelinda Stronach (Liberal) asked Tony Clement (Conservative). loaded question.The answer provides details on Quebec's program and funding but does not specify a timeline for federal action on wait times.We are initiating discussions with the other provinces.
27. deflected
    The EnvironmentBelinda Stronach (Liberal) asked Rona Ambrose (Conservative). loaded question.The answer shifts focus to past Liberal failures and general pollution stats instead of confirming or outlining a current plan.Under the former Liberal government, every single industry sector in Canada has fallen behind on pollution control compared to the United States.
28. deflected
    Citizenship and ImmigrationAndrew Telegdi (Liberal) asked Monte Solberg (Conservative). substantive question.The answer defends past Liberal shortfalls but does not address whether targets will be set or explain the decision not to set them.The Liberals missed that by a total of almost one million people.
29. misdirected
    Citizenship and ImmigrationAndrew Telegdi (Liberal) asked Monte Solberg (Conservative). substantive question.The answer insults the member's knowledge rather than addressing the request to restore the $700 million for processing.He is ignorant of the portfolio and that is very unfortunate, given how he holds himself out as such an expert.
30. deflected
    The EnvironmentMr. Bernard Bigras (Bloc) asked Rona Ambrose (Conservative). loaded question.The answer criticizes the motion's implications instead of retracting statements or revealing a greenhouse gas reduction plan.the member is obviously trying to distract from the irresponsibility of putting forward a motion in the House that he knows full well means the reduction of four times over of the amount of emissions in every single Canadian household.
31. deflected
    The EnvironmentMr. Bernard Bigras (Bloc) asked Rona Ambrose (Conservative). substantive question.The answer pivots to a general commitment to an accountable plan without responding to the specific corporate urging or timeline for action.I was elected to make sure that we put forward an accountable plan on the environment to Canadians, not to corporations.
32. partly answered
    AgricultureWayne Easter (Liberal) asked Chuck Strahl (Conservative). loaded question.The answer details the spring cash advance program and other initiatives but does not directly refute the claim of broken trust or delayed immediate cash.we have an enhanced spring cash advance program that will make $1.2 billion available for farmers immediately.
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    The EnvironmentMr. Charlie Angus (NDP) asked Rona Ambrose (Conservative). loaded question.The answer avoids the question on northern economic costs by pivoting to attack Liberal quotes instead of addressing the minister's role or commitments.Just to highlight some of the comments by some of the Liberal members, it was the member for Etobicoke North, when faced with needing to vote for Kyoto, who said, "If I had my druthers, I would not, but the reality is the Prime Minister needs the votes".
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    The EnvironmentMr. Charlie Angus (NDP) asked Rona Ambrose (Conservative). loaded question.The answer turns the question into an attack on the asker for insulting international partners rather than addressing the claim of having no climate plan.When the hon. member insults my position, the Prime Minister's position and this government's position, I want to remind him that he is also insulting some of our key international partners.
35. partly answered
    Human Resources and Social DevelopmentMaria Minna (Liberal) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly denies abandoning the program but offers no explanation for government silence or future plans on caregivers.I cannot understand why the hon. member would want to mislead Canadians into believing that.