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1. deflected
   Firearms RegistryBill Graham (Liberal) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). loaded question.Answer expresses condolences then pivots to mandatory sentences without addressing the gun registry question.This government is determined to have more effective legislation that will prevent such a tragedy and such an act from occurring in the future.
2. deflected
   Firearms RegistryBill Graham (Liberal) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). substantive question.Answer criticizes past laws and registry instead of addressing whether Dawson proves need to strengthen rather than abolish it.We take no pleasure on this side of the House from having warned the previous government repeatedly over the past decade that the gun registry would not prevent this kind of occurrence.
3. deflected
   Firearms RegistryBill Graham (Liberal) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). loaded question.Answer attacks prior policy as wasted effort without engaging the call to keep the registry while adding new laws.I am sorry that the Leader of the Opposition feels the necessity of justifying a decade of wrong approaches and wasted effort in terms of a gun control policy that does not work.
4. partly answered
   Firearms RegistryLucienne Robillard (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). substantive question.Answer directly addresses the registry question by stating it will be maintained with police access.I can assure the Premier of Quebec, Mr. Charest, and everyone who is concerned by this situation that we are going to maintain the registry system.
5. deflected
   Firearms RegistryLucienne Robillard (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). substantive question.Answer shifts to cost and new programs instead of recognizing the registry's value in reducing incidents.the Auditor General said that there was a great deal of waste in the system: nearly a billion dollars.
6. deflected
   Foreign AffairsMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). substantive question.Answer avoids duty to present policy first in the House by referencing a prior spring address and upcoming UN speech.I do not know where the leader of the Bloc Québécois was when I addressed a number of these issues in the spring.
7. misdirected
   Foreign AffairsMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). loaded question.Answer attacks the asker by linking him to US policy rather than addressing the shift from multilateralism.But now that we have a very important foreign policy agreement on softwood lumber: it is mine, that of George Bush and of Gilles Duceppe.
8. answered
   AfghanistanMr. Claude Bachand (Bloc) asked Gordon O'Connor (Conservative). substantive question.Answer directly explains the deployment as fulfilling military assessment for security and reconstruction needs.In response to the question, the military made an assessment that it needed additional infantry and armour and engineers to fulfill its requirements in the area to provide better security for both our reconstruction effort and for our security forces.
9. deflected
   AfghanistanMr. Claude Bachand (Bloc) asked Gordon O'Connor (Conservative). substantive question.The answer separates the troop increase from NATO talks without explaining the sudden change in commitment.these are two separate issues. One is that our troops on the ground said that they needed some improvements to improve their security, and we have done that.
10. misdirected
    AfghanistanJack Layton (NDP) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). loaded question.The response shifts to describing a recent casualty incident rather than addressing the listed policy inconsistencies.The circumstances of today's deaths, where our servicemen were in the process of distributing some candy to some children in a village and were killed by a suicide bomber when doing this, nothing more than this incident illustrates the evil that they are fighting
11. partly answered
    AfghanistanJack Layton (NDP) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). substantive question.The answer affirms a multifaceted approach but does not directly agree or disagree with the quoted minister's statement.it has been clear from the beginning that the United Nations effort in Afghanistan requires a multifaceted approach, not just security operations
12. deflected
    Firearms RegistryMs. Raymonde Folco (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). loaded question.The answer pivots to Auditor General criticisms and new programs instead of explaining why gun lobby input is prioritized.among the people whom we have listened to is the Auditor General. The Auditor General pointed to a great waste of dollars in terms of a failed plan
13. deflected
    Firearms RegistryMs. Raymonde Folco (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). loaded question.The answer cites public support and Liberal critics but avoids naming who is being listened to on gun control.we are listening to millions across the country who want effective gun control.
14. deflected
    Firearms RegistryMarlene Jennings (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). loaded question.The answer questions the spending figures and restates the desire for an effective system without addressing the gun lobby influence claim.The fact remains that Canadian taxpayers have spent more than a billion dollars, yet we still do not have an effective system.
15. partly answered
    Firearms RegistryMarlene Jennings (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). loaded question.The answer acknowledges some registry improvements and lists new police measures but does not confirm whether control laws will be weakened.we acknowledge that the Auditor General said that certain administrative systems have improved and we are keeping those.
16. answered
    AfghanistanMrs. Vivian Barbot (Bloc) asked Josée Verner (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly addresses aid delivery, poppy alternatives, and infrastructure support with specific CIDA actions.CIDA has been praised by a senior official of the World Bank for the efficiency of its aid and its follow-up procedures for ensuring that the money actually gets to the people.
17. answered
    AfghanistanMrs. Vivian Barbot (Bloc) asked Gordon O'Connor (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly denies any mission change and clarifies the limited liaison exchange.We have no intention of changing the tasks or the activity within Afghanistan.
18. answered
    Firearms RegistryMr. Serge Ménard (Bloc) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). substantive question.The answer affirms keeping the registry while noting plans for efficiency.we will keep the firearms registry for people who want to own firearms.
19. deflected
    Firearms RegistryMr. Serge Ménard (Bloc) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). loaded question.The answer avoids the premise about unrestricted rifles by quoting an opponent and shifting focus.it is important for all of us just to remember that no long gun registry system, no weapon registry system, can stop unfortunate acts like the one that happened in Montreal last week
20. answered
    AfghanistanKeith Martin (Liberal) asked Josée Verner (Conservative). substantive question.The answer supplies the specific CIDA personnel counts requested.There are three people from CIDA specifically.
21. deflected
    AfghanistanKeith Martin (Liberal) asked Josée Verner (Conservative). substantive question.The answer sidesteps clinic and school counts by questioning the asker instead.I would like to know when the member opposite last met with soldiers who served there and listened to their success stories.
22. answered
    AfghanistanMr. Bernard Patry (Liberal) asked Gordon O'Connor (Conservative). substantive question.The answer explains the three-pronged approach and denies any contradiction.The Taliban can only be defeated when all three operations are in synchronization, and that is what we are doing.
23. partly answered
    AfghanistanMr. Bernard Patry (Liberal) asked Gordon O'Connor (Conservative). substantive question.The answer acknowledges the promise of updates but defers without providing timing or content.at an appropriate time we will return to the House and give an update on Afghanistan.
24. misdirected
    AfghanistanMs. Dawn Black (NDP) asked Gordon O'Connor (Conservative). substantive question.The answer attacks the NDP and Taliban instead of addressing refocusing the mission.Only they and the Taliban want us out of Afghanistan.
25. misdirected
    AfghanistanMs. Dawn Black (NDP) asked Gordon O'Connor (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the NDP's position instead of addressing the question of when troops would return.I find it hypocritical for the NDP to be asking us to pull our military out and replace them with the Taliban.
26. deflected
    LobbyistsRalph Goodale (Liberal) asked John Baird (Conservative). substantive question.The answer claims no breach occurred then pivots to attacking Liberals and the Senate instead of explaining the broken promise.Will the member for Wascana stand in his place and call on the Liberal Senate to finally pass the federal accountability act and clean up the mess?
27. deflected
    LobbyistsRalph Goodale (Liberal) asked John Baird (Conservative). substantive question.The answer challenges the asker to propose amendments rather than identifying specific sections or confirming retroactivity.If the member opposite would like to show his true bravado, he should stand up and say that no Liberal ministerial staffer will be allowed to lobby, let the Senate make that amendment, let it be retroactive and then we will find out if he puts his money where his mouth is.
28. deflected
    LobbyistsMr. Marcel Proulx (Liberal) asked John Baird (Conservative). substantive question.The answer restates a denial and shifts focus to Liberal staffers and Senate amendments instead of addressing the specific cases cited.If the member opposite would like to raise the bar and ban former Liberal staffers, dozens, if not hundreds, who are peddling as lobbyists today, then he should get his friends in the Senate to make an amendment and send it back here to vote on it.
29. misdirected
    LobbyistsMr. Marcel Proulx (Liberal) asked John Baird (Conservative). loaded question.The answer claims the individuals worked only for opposition members, redirecting blame rather than explaining the apparent contradiction with the Prime Minister's statements.I have made it clear that all of these people worked for persons who were not in the government but in the opposition.
30. deflected
    LobbyistsMr. Jean-Yves Laforest (Bloc) asked John Baird (Conservative). substantive question.The answer denies any current lobbyists from government then pivots to criticizing the previous Liberal government and Senate.We are raising the ethical bar because of the gross ethical abuses perpetrated by the previous Liberal government.
31. deflected
    LobbyistsMr. Jean-Yves Laforest (Bloc) asked John Baird (Conservative). loaded question.The answer promotes the accountability act and attacks the prior Liberal record instead of addressing tolerance of the cited behaviour.The Liberal Senate has had that bill for more than 85 days.
32. deflected
    Government ContractsNavdeep Bains (Liberal) asked John Baird (Conservative). substantive question.The answer invokes an internal Liberal report and Senate inaction rather than choosing between oil companies and Canadians.Let us look at what a report of the Liberal Party said about this.
33. misdirected
    Softwood LumberMr. Peter Julian (NDP) asked David Emerson (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the questioner's honesty rather than addressing the court intervention or agreement details.the hon. member is spreading more of his intellectual dishonesty on the softwood lumber agreement.
34. answered
    Benoît SauvageauMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). rhetorical question.The statement offers a tribute with no question asked, and the response matches by extending condolences and praise.At this time, I would like to again offer our sincere condolences.