House advances hazardous materials bill amid softwood lumber clashes

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1. deflected
   LiteracyBill Graham (Liberal) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). loaded question.Answer restates spending figures without addressing the accusation of targeted cuts to vulnerable groups.The House will know that the government will spend over $80 million on literacy in the next two years.
2. deflected
   LiteracyBill Graham (Liberal) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). loaded question.Answer counters with spending facts and past Liberal record instead of addressing current program cuts.The fact of the matter is that under the previous government, for 13 years, adult illiteracy went up.
3. partly answered
   Softwood LumberBill Graham (Liberal) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). loaded question.Answer acknowledges industry challenges and points to budget measures but does not address the minister's specific blame on Quebec policies.That is why the budget adopted by this Parliament includes funds for the forestry industry and for older workers.
4. deflected
   Softwood LumberLucienne Robillard (Liberal) asked Maxime Bernier (Conservative). loaded question.Answer highlights the new agreement and past Liberal inaction rather than addressing the minister's explanation for job losses.We have settled the softwood lumber dispute, and we have put more than $5 billion Canadian back into industry pockets.
5. deflected
   Softwood LumberLucienne Robillard (Liberal) asked Maxime Bernier (Conservative). loaded question.Answer pivots to criticizing 13 years of Liberal government instead of outlining current actions for affected Quebec regions.Thirteen long years of corrupt Liberal government meant that the softwood lumber problem remained unresolved.
6. partly answered
   Softwood LumberMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). substantive question.Answer acknowledges the agreement is insufficient and references upcoming budget plans for workers and industry.It is not sufficient and that is why, in our budget, we have funding for the older workers and for the forestry industry.
7. partly answered
   Softwood LumberMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Maxime Bernier (Conservative). substantive question.Answer confirms intent to create an older workers program but does not address the call for immediate broad assistance.We made a promise to have an older workers assistance program.
8. deflected
   Softwood LumberMr. Michel Gauthier (Bloc) asked Maxime Bernier (Conservative). loaded question.Answer emphasizes resolving the dispute and opposition status of Bloc rather than addressing specific proposed measures.we have resolved the softwood lumber dispute, which the Liberals failed to do in their 13 years of corrupt government and which the members of the Bloc Québécois will never be able to do.
9. deflected
   Softwood LumberMr. Michel Gauthier (Bloc) asked Jean-Pierre Blackburn (Conservative). rhetorical question.Answer describes regional job losses without addressing government action on unemployment.Fifteen of the nineteen sawmills in the region are closed.
10. partly answered
    Canada-U.S. BorderJack Layton (NDP) asked Peter MacKay (Conservative). substantive question.Answer explains treaty history and suspension but does not address how exercises improve safety.
11. misdirected
    Canada-U.S. BorderJack Layton (NDP) asked Peter MacKay (Conservative). loaded question.Answer attacks the questioner with sarcasm instead of stating a Canadian position on live fire.the leader of the NDP was not listening and he has taken the usual approach of ready, fire, aim.
12. deflected
    Softwood LumberDenis Coderre (Liberal) asked Jean-Pierre Blackburn (Conservative). loaded question.Answer criticizes the questioner and blames environmental standards rather than retracting or apologizing.the member for Bourassa is never lacking for inflammatory words, always cut and dried and always rude.
13. deflected
    Softwood LumberDenis Coderre (Liberal) asked Jean-Pierre Blackburn (Conservative). loaded question.Answer continues to attack the member's tone and pivots to general consultation needs without addressing the claim.the member for Bourassa just carries on with his insults in the House of Commons.
14. misdirected
    Softwood LumberDominic LeBlanc (Liberal) asked David Emerson (Conservative). loaded question.Answer attacks the premise and accuses the member of wanting litigation instead of addressing environmentalist blame.the hon. member perhaps is trying to suggest that the U.S. housing market has taken a severe downturn because of the softwood lumber agreement, which he knows is patent nonsense.
15. deflected
    Softwood LumberDominic LeBlanc (Liberal) asked David Emerson (Conservative). loaded question.Answer defends cabinet colleagues and pivots to passing the agreement rather than committing to immediate support measures.If the hon. member wants a support package for the softwood lumber industry, for the forestry industry, he should pass the softwood lumber agreement
16. misdirected
    Softwood LumberMr. Paul Crête (Bloc) asked Maxime Bernier (Conservative). substantive question.Answer attacks the Bloc's past actions and cites budget instead of justifying refusal to add new measures.We have acted in six months, something that the Bloc Québécois, after 13 years, cannot do here.
17. misdirected
    Softwood LumberMr. Paul Crête (Bloc) asked Maxime Bernier (Conservative). loaded question.Answer quotes an attack on the Bloc leader instead of addressing the softwood lumber question.When you are a party leader in Ottawa, in these troubled times, if you do not have a clear position on one of the most serious issues of the day, [such as the softwood lumber agreement, on which we ask him to take a clear position and to continue to vote in our favour], you are insignificant.
18. deflected
    The EnvironmentMr. Bernard Bigras (Bloc) asked Rona Ambrose (Conservative). loaded question.Answer avoids specifics on Kyoto or oil industry targets by deferring to an unreleased plan.ask the hon. member to wait for our plan to be released.
19. deflected
    The EnvironmentMr. Bernard Bigras (Bloc) asked Rona Ambrose (Conservative). loaded question.Answer again defers to a future plan without addressing the call for immediate action on melting glaciers.I would ask the hon. member to wait for the plan to be released and work with us on it.
20. answered
    Canada Mortgage and Housing CorporationJudy Sgro (Liberal) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). loaded question.Answer directly denies any privatization plans for CMHC.Reports to the contrary are simply untrue, false, erroneous, inaccurate and downright wrong.
21. answered
    Canada Mortgage and Housing CorporationJudy Sgro (Liberal) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). loaded question.Answer again directly denies privatization and notes ongoing affordable housing funding.CMHC will continue to provide over $2 billion in affordable housing assistance that will help 630,000 families right across this country.
22. answered
    Canada Mortgage and Housing CorporationMarlene Jennings (Liberal) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). loaded question.Answer repeats a clear denial of privatization plans.we are not planning any privatization of CMHC.
23. misdirected
    Canada Mortgage and Housing CorporationMarlene Jennings (Liberal) asked Stephen Harper (Conservative). rhetorical question.Answer dismisses the question by mocking the opposition rather than confirming profit allocation.if after a week of scouring the country listening to Canadians the best those members can come up with are four questions on a rumour that is utterly false, this government must be doing a pretty good job.
24. answered
    HousingMrs. Irene Mathyssen (NDP) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). loaded question.Answer directly states there are no privatization plans for CMHC.We will not have any plans to privatize CMHC.
25. partly answered
    HousingMrs. Irene Mathyssen (NDP) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). substantive question.Addresses spending levels but avoids any commitment on a national program or privatization.That is why we are spending over $2 billion a year, through CMHC, on affordable housing.
26. deflected
    Canadian Wheat BoardWayne Easter (Liberal) asked Chuck Strahl (Conservative). substantive question.Ignores the request to rescind the order and instead quotes the board's code of conduct.Here is what the Canadian Wheat Board's own Code of Conduct says: --directors must remain impartial and retain the perception of impartiality in relation to their duties and responsibilities.
27. deflected
    Canadian Wheat BoardWayne Easter (Liberal) asked Chuck Strahl (Conservative). loaded question.Rejects the gag-order premise but does not address the ethics or accountability question.there is nothing in the order in council that prevents individual directors from speaking out.
28. misdirected
    Canadian Wheat BoardRalph Goodale (Liberal) asked Chuck Strahl (Conservative). substantive question.Ignores the plebiscite request and instead attacks the previous minister about farmers going to jail.while that member was the minister of agriculture, farmers went to jail for trying to market their own product, and we do not want to see that happen any more.
29. deflected
    Canadian Wheat BoardRalph Goodale (Liberal) asked Chuck Strahl (Conservative). loaded question.Avoids the vote question by pivoting to a task force and past Crow-rate criticism.he forgot to add to that list getting rid of the Crow rate.
30. deflected
    Government ProgramsMs. Paule Brunelle (Bloc) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). substantive question.Defends overall literacy spending but does not explain the specific program cuts.That is why we are investing over $80 million in literacy.
31. deflected
    Government ProgramsMs. Paule Brunelle (Bloc) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). substantive question.Denies program cuts but shifts focus to administration versus programming without addressing the 30% reduction.the government has not cut any program spending on women, none.
32. deflected
    InfrastructureNavdeep Bains (Liberal) asked John Baird (Conservative). substantive question.Praises transit in general and cites editorials but never answers whether the Prime Minister approved the withholding or if other agreements are frozen.I have been reading a significant amount on this.
33. misdirected
    Softwood LumberMr. Peter Julian (NDP) asked David Emerson (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the questioner's motives and proposals rather than addressing the softwood agreement or job losses.It is about time the hon. member told this House and Canadians what he is really proposing.
34. misdirected
    Softwood LumberMr. Peter Julian (NDP) asked David Emerson (Conservative). loaded question.The answer accuses the member of deception instead of addressing the court ruling or agreement details.The truth is that member does not care, he is not responsible and he is promoting a deception on the Canadian people and the workers in the softwood lumber industry.
35. deflected
    InfrastructureNavdeep Bains (Liberal) asked John Baird (Conservative). loaded question.The answer quotes an editorial attacking Liberals rather than confirming or denying the leak of the contract.Turns out there are some people who favour secrecy, who are happy to keep the taxpayer in the dark, and not surprisingly they belong to the federal Liberal party -- the same party that when in power was hardly famous for openness and transparency.
36. misdirected
    PrivilegeMr. Peter Julian (NDP) asked Mr. Pierre Poilievre (Conservative). substantive question.The answer addresses a different privilege question about a different member instead of the insults raised.The member for Mississauga South has claimed that he was threatened, that he felt intimidated and that his right of free speech was infringed upon.