House sends fixed-date elections bill to third reading

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1. deflected
   Canada-EU SummitBill Graham (Liberal) asked Mr. Jason Kenney (Conservative). substantive question.The answer avoids explaining the current cancellation by referencing past Liberal actions and other summits instead.First, Mr. Speaker, I would note that the last Liberal prime minister cancelled two EU-Canada summits.
2. deflected
   Canada-EU SummitBill Graham (Liberal) asked Mr. Jason Kenney (Conservative). loaded question.The answer sidesteps the climate change criticism and guarantee offer by listing prior meetings without addressing attendance.perhaps the Leader of the Opposition is not aware that the Prime Minister did meet with the presidency of the European Union this summer at the margins of the G-8 summit in St. Petersburg.
3. deflected
   Canada-EU SummitBill Graham (Liberal) asked Mr. Jason Kenney (Conservative). loaded question.The answer evades the question on legitimate reasons by again citing past Liberal cancellations and other meetings.I would remind the Leader of the Opposition that his former leader, the member for LaSalle—Émard , missed and cancelled two Canada-EU summits.
4. misdirected
   Canada-EU SummitLucienne Robillard (Liberal) asked Mr. Jason Kenney (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the prior Liberal record rather than addressing the current government's climate reputation or Nairobi absence.it seems that the hon. member has forgotten that the former Liberal prime minister cancelled two summits with leaders of the European Union.
5. answered
   Canada-EU SummitLucienne Robillard (Liberal) asked Mr. Jason Kenney (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly addresses the question about allowing Quebec's minister to speak and confirms joint attendance.The Minister of the Environment will meet with her Quebec counterpart today to plan their trip to the international conference in Nairobi.
6. deflected
   Canada-EU SummitMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Mr. Jason Kenney (Conservative). loaded question.The answer shifts blame to Liberals for missing targets instead of clarifying the Prime Minister's stance on phase two.he recognized that it was impossible for Canada to reach the phase I targets because of the Liberal government's inaction.
7. partly answered
   Canada-EU SummitMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Mr. Jason Kenney (Conservative). substantive question.The answer explains the timeline but does not address holding a debate or clarifying the Nairobi position.phase I runs from 1997 to 2012.
8. deflected
   Canada-EU SummitMr. Michel Gauthier (Bloc) asked Mr. Mark Warawa (Conservative). substantive question.The answer discusses the conference agenda but avoids stating Canada's specific position or removing doubts.over the next two weeks in Nairobi, at the UN conference on climate change, countries will be discussing how we can review the Kyoto protocol.
9. deflected
   Canada-EU SummitMr. Michel Gauthier (Bloc) asked Mr. Mark Warawa (Conservative). loaded question.Answer restates Kyoto participation without addressing inconsistency and attacks the asker.I encourage the hon. member to stop obstructing the government.
10. deflected
    Canada-EU SummitJack Layton (NDP) asked Mr. Jason Kenney (Conservative). loaded question.Answer dismisses the premise as ridiculous and avoids confirming the agenda or priorities.this is completely ridiculous.
11. misdirected
    Canada-EU SummitJack Layton (NDP) asked Mr. Jason Kenney (Conservative). substantive question.Answer pivots to promoting the clean air act and attacks the NDP instead of addressing the Prime Minister's attendance.which has always been opposed by the NDP.
12. partly answered
    Canada-EU SummitMr. Pablo Rodriguez (Liberal) asked Maxime Bernier (Conservative). substantive question.Answer praises the appointee but does not address potential bias in research funding.His contribution to the council will be excellent.
13. deflected
    Canada-EU SummitMr. Pablo Rodriguez (Liberal) asked Maxime Bernier (Conservative). loaded question.Answer labels the question as Liberal misinformation and avoids addressing the appointee's views on climate research.once again we are dealing with Liberal misinformation.
14. misdirected
    Income TrustsDominic LeBlanc (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.Answer shifts to criticizing the Liberal record and cites unrelated support instead of addressing the muzzling claim.This is a file that it bungled last year.
15. misdirected
    Income TrustsDominic LeBlanc (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.Answer attacks the Liberal critic and avoids confirming any pattern of muzzling.Perhaps the member opposite would like to muzzle his own critic.
16. partly answered
    National DefenceMr. Claude Bachand (Bloc) asked Mr. Russ Hiebert (Conservative). substantive question.Answer addresses training progress but does not confirm agreement with the 10-year timeline.So far we have trained over 7,000 and our goal is to create many more members of its military and police force
17. deflected
    National DefenceMr. Claude Bachand (Bloc) asked Mr. Russ Hiebert (Conservative). substantive question.The answer avoids the timeline question entirely by pivoting to Remembrance Day support for troops.However, in the meantime, with Remembrance Day being this week, I trust he and all members of this chamber would stand with me to support our men and women in uniform, past and present, for the sacrifices they have made on behalf of our nation.
18. answered
    Citizenship and ImmigrationMs. Johanne Deschamps (Bloc) asked Monte Solberg (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly addresses awareness and actions taken against sham marriages by citing rejection rates.Last year we turned down about 13% of all the applications from people who were coming here under the guise of sponsoring a spouse.
19. partly answered
    Citizenship and ImmigrationMs. Johanne Deschamps (Bloc) asked Monte Solberg (Conservative). substantive question.The answer discusses the backlog and fraud checks but does not address accelerating family reunification specifically.We are working on reducing that backlog, but we cannot turn it around overnight.
20. deflected
    Income TrustsMs. Yasmin Ratansi (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.The answer ignores the campaign promise violation and instead promotes unrelated pension income splitting benefits.the intention was always to provide income security for seniors which we are doing through the splitting of pension income.
21. misdirected
    Income TrustsMs. Yasmin Ratansi (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the Liberal Party's position and internal consistency rather than addressing the broken promise or apology request.Then the other day, with the leader I gather, they decided in some kind of knee-jerk reaction that they would vote against seniors and vote against pensioners on this bill.
22. misdirected
    Income TrustsMr. Paul Szabo (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the Liberal Party's alleged tax views instead of addressing the minister's role or broken promises.I know that the Liberal Party thinks that large corporations should not pay taxes in Canada.
23. misdirected
    Income TrustsMr. Paul Szabo (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the questioner's consistency and quotes another Liberal rather than addressing the broken promise.The member for Mississauga South is wrong. He should turn around and say it to the author of that statement, the official critic who is sitting behind him, the member for Markham—Unionville.
24. deflected
    AfghanistanMs. Dawn Black (NDP) asked Mr. Russ Hiebert (Conservative). substantive question.The answer sidesteps the chain-of-command contradiction by blaming Liberals for past neglect instead of clarifying who is in charge.I want to remind all members in the chamber that we would not even be looking at these options if it were not for the fact that the Liberals put us in this situation after 13 years of neglecting the military.
25. deflected
    AfghanistanMs. Dawn Black (NDP) asked Mr. Russ Hiebert (Conservative). substantive question.The answer announces a funding increase but ignores the request to rebalance the mission based on the cited reports.I hope all members will support the efforts that we are making to win over the hearts and minds of the men and women of Afghanistan.
26. misdirected
    Income TrustsMr. Mark Holland (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the opposition's past record instead of addressing the demand for an apology.if we look back one year and see how this issue was not addressed and then was attempted to be addressed, we would see that it was bungled by the party opposite.
27. deflected
    Income TrustsMr. Mark Holland (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.The answer shifts to economic growth statistics and challenges the opposition rather than responding to the apology request.If members opposite and the member for Wascana truly believe that an income trust economy is in Canada's best interests, then go ahead and--
28. deflected
    Income TrustsMr. Marcel Proulx (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.The answer cites an editorial supporting the policy and invites a vote instead of addressing the investor's complaint.I invite the members opposite, if they truly believe it is the right thing for Canada to have an income trust economy, to go ahead and vote against the motion.
29. partly answered
    Income TrustsMr. Marcel Proulx (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). substantive question.The answer explains the four-year transition period and international context but does not address cynicism about politics.I would remind the member opposite that the provisions with respect to changing the tax rules for income trusts do not come into force for some four years for trusts that were trading on October 31, 2006.
30. misdirected
    TaxationMr. Pierre Paquette (Bloc) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). substantive question.The answer discusses income trusts instead of the fiscal imbalance request from Quebec.the information we used with respect to decision making on the income trust issue was the information that was available about the growth of income trusts
31. answered
    TaxationMr. Pierre Paquette (Bloc) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). substantive question.The answer confirms hearing the figure and states that discussions with provinces are ongoing toward budget 2007.We are on track. We are continuing the discussions vigorously with the various provinces on the fiscal balance issues.
32. answered
    Aboriginal AffairsAnita Neville (Liberal) asked Jim Prentice (Conservative). substantive question.The answer clarifies parallel federal and provincial responsibilities and commits to working on a resolution.I have simply pointed out and have had a public discussion about the fact that both Ontario and the Government of Canada have parallel responsibilities that impact on Caledonia.
33. partly answered
    Aboriginal AffairsMs. Jean Crowder (NDP) asked Jim Prentice (Conservative). substantive question.Directly addresses willingness to meet but pivots to attacking Liberals and listing spending without detailing a plan.I am certainly prepared to meet with the chief or any other chief at any time.
34. partly answered
    Aboriginal AffairsMs. Jean Crowder (NDP) asked Jim Prentice (Conservative). substantive question.Repeats meeting readiness and funding figures but provides no timeline for revealing intentions or personal meeting.Certainly I am prepared to meet at any time to discuss the way forward.
35. misdirected
    Aboriginal AffairsAnita Neville (Liberal) asked Jim Prentice (Conservative). loaded question.Ignores the query entirely and instead attacks the prior Liberal government and the questioners personally.Those members should be embarrassed and humiliated to stand up and ask that kind of question.
36. deflected
    Points of OrderMr. Peter Julian (NDP) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). substantive question.Responds to the point of order by accusing the member of filibustering rather than addressing the procedural concern raised.