Commons debates nuclear liability bill as carbon tax plan sparks clashes

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Question Period, exchange by exchange

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1. misdirected
   The EnvironmentMr. Michael Ignatieff (Liberal) asked Jason Kenney (Conservative). substantive question.The answer diverts into attacking the Liberal leader's past statements rather than committing to a debate.Who said that? The leader of the Liberal Party.
2. deflected
   The EnvironmentMr. Michael Ignatieff (Liberal) asked Jason Kenney (Conservative). substantive question.The answer avoids the timeline question by restating attacks on the Liberal tax plan.Canadians know that when politicians talk about weasel words like "revenue neutral taxes", they are going to end up paying for it.
3. deflected
   The EnvironmentMr. Michael Ignatieff (Liberal) asked Jason Kenney (Conservative). substantive question.The answer ignores the call for factual debate and pivots to accusing Liberals of attacking taxpayers.the only attack here is an attack by the Liberal Party on Canadian taxpayers.
4. misdirected
   The EnvironmentMr. David McGuinty (Liberal) asked Jason Kenney (Conservative). loaded question.The answer sidesteps the inconsistency query by attacking the asker's brother and the Liberal plan.I understand it because I think he is more than a little frustrated that he cannot persuade one person, his brother, the Premier of Ontario
5. deflected
   The EnvironmentMr. David McGuinty (Liberal) asked Jason Kenney (Conservative). substantive question.The answer begins to deflect but is cut off, avoiding direct response to the plan's shortcomings.
6. partly answered
   The EnvironmentMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked John Baird (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly addresses the absolute targets claim and adds related information on the carbon exchange.I want to clarify to the leader of the Bloc that our plan includes absolute reduction targets for greenhouse gases.
7. deflected
   The EnvironmentMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked John Baird (Conservative). loaded question.The answer evades the reference year dispute by shifting to an alliance attack and restating targets.today we saw a new alliance between the Liberal Party and the Bloc Québécois.
8. deflected
   The EnvironmentMr. Bernard Bigras (Bloc) asked John Baird (Conservative). loaded question.The answer ignores the 2006 vs 1990 premise and lists international examples instead.The 2005 baseline was also used by the Japanese government.
9. deflected
   The EnvironmentMr. Bernard Bigras (Bloc) asked John Baird (Conservative). substantive question.The answer attacks the questioner for past voting record instead of addressing the territorial approach request.Therefore, the member will have to go to Quebec and explain why he voted for a non-territorial approach with respect to the reduction of greenhouse gases.
10. partly answered
    The EnvironmentJack Layton (NDP) asked John Baird (Conservative). substantive question.The answer details the government's oil sands plan but does not engage the claim that intensity targets benefit oil companies.we have three approaches, a tough, a tougher and a toughest approach, with respect to oil and gas in the oil sands.
11. misdirected
    The EnvironmentJack Layton (NDP) asked John Baird (Conservative). substantive question.The answer attacks the NDP proposal and pivots to criticizing Liberal carbon tax instead of addressing the Prime Minister's recognition of options.the New Democratic Party is proposing to allow the big polluters to buy their way out of pollution; simply write a cheque to Ottawa and go on polluting our environment.
12. misdirected
    The EnvironmentMs. Martha Hall Findlay (Liberal) asked Jason Kenney (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the Liberal plan and quotes critics rather than addressing which economists or plan is crazy.Here is what Don Drummond, chief economist for the TD Bank, says, "It's never going to be revenue-neutral for any individual or any corporation".
13. deflected
    The EnvironmentMs. Martha Hall Findlay (Liberal) asked Jason Kenney (Conservative). substantive question.The answer pivots to historical GST broken promises instead of addressing the claim of no gas price increase or energy price help.Remember when they promised to scrap, abolish, eliminate and kill the GST? What did they do? They kept the GST.
14. misdirected
    The EnvironmentMr. Pablo Rodriguez (Liberal) asked Jason Kenney (Conservative). substantive question.The answer attacks the Liberal plan as lacking GHG focus and pivots to tax hikes instead of stating the cost of the Conservative plan.The plan includes 42 pages of tax and price hikes for ordinary citizens, and does not even mention reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
15. deflected
    The EnvironmentMr. Pablo Rodriguez (Liberal) asked Jason Kenney (Conservative). rhetorical question.The answer attacks the Liberal leader's flip-flops and raises fuel costs instead of addressing courage or costs of inaction.Why has he changed his mind? Why does he change his mind as often as he changes his shirt?
16. answered
    Boundary WatersMs. Francine Lalonde (Bloc) asked David Emerson (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly explains the IJC process and next steps for responding to Quebec concerns.It is receiving submissions from different local and provincial governments. When it has all the information in, it will produce a recommendation.
17. deflected
    Boundary WatersMr. Guy André (Bloc) asked David Emerson (Conservative). substantive question.Answer avoids the national interest question by noting the minister's BC background and deferring to the IJC.I think the hon. member knows this probably is not an issue that is of great concern in British Columbia.
18. deflected
    Government AppointmentsMr. Serge Ménard (Bloc) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). substantive question.Answer describes the appointment process but never addresses whether the member withdrew from cabinet.Having been through interviews, having satisfied criteria, having then been recommended by the department and the minister responsible, the minister responsible being the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Canada, that then goes on to cabinet, which makes the ultimate appointment.
19. misdirected
    Public SafetyMr. Serge Ménard (Bloc) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). substantive question.Answer attacks the committee process as a circus instead of addressing whether the Prime Minister will testify.I am not sure that the legislative process will come up with any better results than many of the other circuses that the opposition hold at those legislative committees.
20. misdirected
    National SecurityUjjal Dosanjh (Liberal) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). loaded question.Answer attacks the questioner's personal curiosity about relationships rather than addressing the call for a public inquiry.He said on CBC and in the Ottawa Citizen about Ms. Couillard, "Who else does she have relationships with? I would like to know".
21. misdirected
    National SecurityUjjal Dosanjh (Liberal) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). substantive question.Answer again attacks the questioner's interest in private matters and cites Jean Chrétien instead of addressing the public inquiry request.A former prime minister had a different view. Jean Chrétien's view on privacy was that the marriages, sexual orientation or other private matters of cabinet ministers and prospective cabinet ministers had no bearing on a minister's ability to serve the public well and that he did not think it was any of his business.
22. misdirected
    Canada-U.S. RelationsNavdeep Bains (Liberal) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). loaded question.Answer pivots to unrelated false-accusation claims about the Liberal green plan instead of answering about contacting U.S. allies.Today we saw another false Liberal accusation. It was a false accusation that the Liberals had a green plan, which they released.
23. misdirected
    Canada-U.S. RelationsNavdeep Bains (Liberal) asked Peter Van Loan (Conservative). loaded question.Answer repeats clearance by the Lynch report and attacks Liberals on the carbon tax instead of naming the PMO staffers.In terms of the witness protection program, I look across the benches and it looks like half of them have voted with their feet to go into the witness protection program after today's carbon tax announcement.
24. deflected
    Copyright ActMr. Charlie Angus (NDP) asked Jim Prentice (Conservative). loaded question.Answer asserts the bill is made in Canada but dismisses the question with an insult rather than addressing consumer impacts.My friend's comments about the U.S.A. DMCA are NDP BS.
25. deflected
    Copyright ActMr. Charlie Angus (NDP) asked Jim Prentice (Conservative). loaded question.Answer promotes consumer protections but ignores accusations of predatory lawsuits and subservience to the US ambassador.For the first time in Canadian law, format shifting, time shifting and the private copying of music will be permitted.
26. partly answered
    Court Challenges ProgramMarlene Jennings (Liberal) asked Josée Verner (Conservative). substantive question.Answer references an out-of-court settlement but withholds details and does not explain the program's scope for linguistic minorities only.The terms of the settlement will be kept confidential for the time being, but very shortly I will be able to disclose the details.
27. misdirected
    Court Challenges ProgramMarlene Jennings (Liberal) asked Josée Verner (Conservative). loaded question.Answer attacks the questioner's party on an unrelated green plan instead of addressing exclusion of non-linguistic minorities from the program.The member should explain her new green plan to Canadians and tell them about all the taxes they will have to pay.
28. deflected
    Mont Tremblant International AirportMr. Marcel Proulx (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). loaded question.Answer asserts an agreement exists but does not address the contradiction with airport officials or the press release.It is true that we reached an agreement with the airport, with officials.
29. partly answered
    Mont Tremblant International AirportMr. Marcel Proulx (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). substantive question.Answer clarifies the agreement concerns payments and competitiveness but does not resolve the distinction between chartered and regular flights.We came to an agreement that could make the airport more competitive and allow it to continue its operations.
30. deflected
    Regional Economic DevelopmentMr. Jean-Yves Roy (Bloc) asked Jean-Pierre Blackburn (Conservative). rhetorical question.Answer defends the budget and pivots to Quebec government funding instead of addressing the decision to slash non-profit organization support.That member would do better to ask his head office in Quebec City if the Government of Quebec did indeed receive $242 million more for the Department of Economic Development, Innovation and Export.
31. answered
    TQS BroadcastingMs. Christiane Gagnon (Bloc) asked Josée Verner (Conservative). substantive question.Answer directly states the minister met employees and will let the CRTC handle the review of TQS news services.as soon we heard about the TQS situation, I went to meet the employees at TQS.
32. misdirected
    Aboriginal AffairsMs. Joyce Murray (Liberal) asked Chuck Strahl (Conservative). loaded question.Answer lists government achievements then attacks the Liberals' carbon tax instead of confirming compliance with the Kelowna Accord law.I must warn the House that a lot of that progress is at risk if the Liberals go ahead with their carbon tax.
33. deflected
    Oil Sands SectorMr. Yvon Godin (NDP) asked Jim Prentice (Conservative). loaded question.The answer dismisses the question's premises outright and pivots to general praise of oil sands employment without addressing the specific hiring practices or government action requested.I just do not buy the assertions that the hon. member is putting forward.
34. partly answered
    Oil Sands SectorMs. Libby Davies (NDP) asked Monte Solberg (Conservative). loaded question.The answer addresses worker rights protections but does not respond to the requests to halt programs or adopt the UN convention.In law, of course, they have the same rights as all Canadians.
35. answered
    Points of OrderMr. Marcel Proulx (Liberal) asked Stockwell Day (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly agrees to table the document subject only to any unforeseen legal bar.barring some legal requirement, which I cannot foresee, I will be happy to do that.
36. answered
    Points of OrderMr. David McGuinty (Liberal) asked Jason Kenney (Conservative). substantive question.The answer confirms willingness to table the document and clarifies what was actually read from.I would be very happy to table it.