House debates farm income crisis report amid elections Canada probe

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1. deflected
   Elections CanadaStéphane Dion (Liberal) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). substantive question.The answer avoids consent on unsealing and pivots to the party's legal dispute with Elections Canada.However, the issue at stake, in the contention and dispute between ourselves and Elections Canada, is a simple one.
2. deflected
   Elections CanadaStéphane Dion (Liberal) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). substantive question.The answer redirects the question to Elections Canada instead of addressing government consent.that question would be better directed to the people at Elections Canada.
3. deflected
   Elections CanadaStéphane Dion (Liberal) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). substantive question.The answer repeats prior deflection and accuses the asker of not listening while avoiding a yes-or-no on disclosure.I gather he is not listening or cannot understand what I am saying, but we have not seen the affidavit documents supporting the warrant.
4. misdirected
   Elections CanadaMr. Michael Ignatieff (Liberal) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). loaded question.The question assumes obstruction as fact; the answer attacks the premise and shifts to the policy dispute.I honestly thought the member for Etobicoke—Lakeshore was a better man than to assert as fact things that are simply untrue.
5. deflected
   Elections CanadaMr. Michael Ignatieff (Liberal) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). loaded question.The answer ignores the refusal-to-cooperate claim and reframes around the ongoing court case.we have taken Elections Canada to court because we disagree with its interpretation of the law.
6. deflected
   Elections CanadaMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). substantive question.The answer again states they lack the affidavit and points to Elections Canada for release.We have not seen what was in the affidavit that justified it.
7. deflected
   Elections CanadaMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). loaded question.The answer sidesteps the contempt allegation by reiterating lack of access to the affidavit.I have answered that question several times.
8. deflected
   Elections CanadaMr. Michel Guimond (Bloc) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). loaded question.The answer denies hiding documents and returns to the interpretation dispute without addressing the raid justification.We have made available to Elections Canada every document it has sought with regard to our dispute with the court case we have initiated on the interpretation of the elections law.
9. deflected
   Elections CanadaMr. Michel Guimond (Bloc) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). loaded question.Answer restates party's legal stance without addressing integrity or the search details raised.
10. deflected
    Gasoline PricesJack Layton (NDP) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). substantive question.Answer pivots to criticizing NDP tax plans instead of addressing government action on gas prices.I know the NDP has a very different plan, a plan to raise the tax on fuels.
11. deflected
    Gasoline PricesJack Layton (NDP) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). substantive question.Answer again shifts focus to NDP policies rather than outlining consumer protection measures.NDP members want higher taxes.
12. misdirected
    Elections CanadaRalph Goodale (Liberal) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). substantive question.Answer disputes facts then attacks Liberals with an unrelated example instead of addressing the warrant release request.For example, the member for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine , in 2004, received $16,132.93 from the Liberal Party to pay for advertising.
13. misdirected
    Elections CanadaRalph Goodale (Liberal) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). loaded question.Answer calls questions absurd and accuses Liberals of being present rather than addressing the Prime Minister's involvement.It was the Liberal Party with its camera crew in tow.
14. misdirected
    Elections CanadaMarlene Jennings (Liberal) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). loaded question.Answer attacks the questioner personally with a Liberal example instead of clarifying the distinction between civil and criminal matters.She did exactly what she says is criminal behaviour by the Conservative Party.
15. deflected
    Elections CanadaMarlene Jennings (Liberal) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). loaded question.Answer repeats the Liberal example without addressing the specific advertising authorization question posed to the minister.It is the exact same structure that has been used by all parties.
16. misdirected
    Broadcasting and TelecommunicationsMr. Jean-Yves Laforest (Bloc) asked Lawrence Cannon (Conservative). substantive question.Answer mocks the Bloc and changes subject to sending Bloc members to Quebec City instead of addressing the regulatory transfer request.Honestly, why not send a Bloc Québécois to Quebec City?
17. misdirected
    Broadcasting and TelecommunicationsMr. Jean-Yves Laforest (Bloc) asked Lawrence Cannon (Conservative). loaded question.The answer diverts to a Supreme Court ruling and the lawyer's political ties instead of addressing the minister's alleged inconsistency on Quebec jurisdiction.yesterday, I referred to the Supreme Court decision in the Guèvremont case, which put an end to the claim that Quebec has authority over telecommunications.
18. deflected
    Public SafetyMr. Serge Ménard (Bloc) asked Mr. Dave MacKenzie (Conservative). substantive question.The answer ignores the question about Quebec's opposition to the 2004 intervention and pivots to a generic statement on mismanagement.our government will not tolerate mismanagement of Canadian taxpayers' money and unlike the previous government, any allegation of mismanagement is a matter that our government takes seriously.
19. deflected
    Public SafetyMr. Serge Ménard (Bloc) asked Mr. Dave MacKenzie (Conservative). substantive question.The answer again avoids committing on paying Quebec's costs and repeats the forensic audit talking point without addressing the request.as I said, the government will not tolerate mismanagement of Canadian taxpayers' money.
20. misdirected
    EthicsMs. Joyce Murray (Liberal) asked Mr. James Moore (Conservative). substantive question.The answer attacks the questioner's website and campaign promises instead of explaining the Cadman tape or financial considerations mentioned.Where is the question on higher education? Where is her commitment to the people of Vancouver Quadra to raise substantive issues?
21. misdirected
    EthicsMs. Joyce Murray (Liberal) asked Mr. James Moore (Conservative). substantive question.The answer mocks the asker personally and repeats denials without clarifying the Prime Minister's recorded comments on the Cadman offer.She can continue to raise these fantasy questions and can continue to try to raise issues and scandals that in fact never happened.
22. misdirected
    EthicsKen Dryden (Liberal) asked Mr. James Moore (Conservative). rhetorical question.The answer counters by attacking the asker's voting record rather than having the Prime Minister address his own words on the Cadman matter.We have had a number of votes in the House of Commons in the past few weeks where the hon. member was, well, less than standing up.
23. misdirected
    EthicsKen Dryden (Liberal) asked Mr. James Moore (Conservative). rhetorical question.The answer again focuses on the asker's absences from votes and avoids any substantive response to the Cadman recording or Watergate analogy.He pulled himself on every confidence vote in the House of Commons.
24. deflected
    Public SafetyMr. Thomas Mulcair (NDP) asked Mr. Dave MacKenzie (Conservative). substantive question.The answer sticks to defending the forensic audit and does not address the call for a full investigation into alleged election interference.There was a forensic audit which followed up on the observations made by auditors working on a financial audit regarding the mismanagement of financial activities at Kanesatake between April 2003 and March 2005.
25. deflected
    Public SafetyMr. Thomas Mulcair (NDP) asked Mr. Dave MacKenzie (Conservative). substantive question.The answer refers only to an upcoming audit report without addressing the cost-sharing demand.The report will be submitted to the minister and we will go from there.
26. misdirected
    Government ContractsJudy Sgro (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). substantive question.The answer attacks the questioner instead of addressing the request for an apology or explanation.For the hon. member to suggest anything else is beneath contempt.
27. partly answered
    Government ContractsJudy Sgro (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). substantive question.The answer covers disclosure and the acknowledged error but sidesteps the political-debts accusation.There was an error made administratively with respect to one of the contracts and I have acknowledged that from the word go.
28. partly answered
    Government ContractsJohn McCallum (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.The answer denies deliberate rule-breaking but does not address misleading the House or blaming others.if the member opposite is suggesting that I deliberately broke the rules, he is wrong.
29. misdirected
    Government ContractsJohn McCallum (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.The answer pivots to listing government achievements and attacks the opposition rather than addressing the corruption claims.The problem over there is that they have no plan, no policy, no vision and no leadership.
30. deflected
    Bill C-484Ms. Nicole Demers (Bloc) asked Rob Nicholson (Conservative). substantive question.The answer defends the free vote but ignores the call for the minister to defend women's rights on the bill.I am sorry the hon. member may be offended by a free vote on a private member's bill but that is the case.
31. partly answered
    JusticeMrs. Carole Freeman (Bloc) asked Rob Nicholson (Conservative). substantive question.The answer states the case-by-case approach but does not confirm any specific intervention with Montana.as we have indicated, on issues involving Canadians outside this country, we will deal with them on a case-by-case basis.
32. answered
    The EnvironmentMr. David McGuinty (Liberal) asked John Baird (Conservative). loaded question.The answer directly rebuts the claim of having misled the House by restating what was and was not known.I have never heard of Morten Paulsen, Barry Cooper or Douglas Leahy.
33. misdirected
    AfghanistanMs. Dawn Black (NDP) asked Peter MacKay (Conservative). substantive question.The answer attacks the NDP's voting record and character instead of addressing the funding shortfall for domestic operations.Being a defence critic for the NDP is a bit like being a tailor in a nudist colony.
34. misdirected
    AfghanistanMs. Catherine Bell (NDP) asked Peter MacKay (Conservative). substantive question.The answer accuses the NDP of hypocrisy on military support rather than addressing the timeline for replacing search and rescue aircraft.it is not only cynical, it is hypocritical for the member from the NDP to be getting up and somehow trying to suggest that she is worried about the health, welfare and well-being of the Canadian Forces.
35. misdirected
    The EnvironmentMr. David McGuinty (Liberal) asked John Baird (Conservative). loaded question.The answer denies personal knowledge then pivots to accusing the Liberal member of smear tactics instead of addressing the ridings or promises.What is very clear here is that all the Liberal Party has left is smear, slander and character assassination.
36. misdirected
    Golden NematodeMr. Luc Malo (Bloc) asked Christian Paradis (Conservative). substantive question.The answer claims federal leadership and accuses the member of dishonesty rather than outlining a long-term plan for producers.If the hon. member were honest in the House, he would see that work is being done on the ground, that the industry is being consulted and that departmental officials are working flat out
37. deflected
    Business of the HouseRalph Goodale (Liberal) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). loaded question.The answer lists government achievements on crime legislation but avoids the question about Conservative Party headquarters and spending limits.This week is indeed stronger justice system week.
38. partly answered
    Business of the HouseMs. Libby Davies (NDP) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). substantive question.The answer discusses new and pending legislation and NDP debate tactics but does not fully cover the status of the two named bills.I apologize if I do not answer all the questions.
39. partly answered
    Business of the HouseRalph Goodale (Liberal) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). substantive question.The answer states there will be four opposition days after the break but does not confirm they will occur in the first week back.There will be four between the time when we return and the end of June.
40. misdirected
    PrivilegeRaymond Chan (Liberal) asked Jason Kenney (Conservative). substantive question.The answer reviews voting records and calls the submission disingenuous while suggesting it is a matter of debate rather than privilege.Quite frankly, I find his submission somewhat disingenuous, given that it is clear that it would not have passed without the support of his party.
41. misdirected
    Points of OrderMr. Pierre Paquette (Bloc) asked Mr. Guy Lauzon (Conservative). substantive question.The answer corrects the date but then attacks the asker by demanding an apology instead of addressing the point of order.I think the member should apologize or withdraw his remarks.