Commons debates economic statement as opposition attacks party funding cuts

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1. deflected
   The EconomyRalph Goodale (Liberal) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.Answer avoids the accusation of a scam by reclassifying the statement and pointing to future or past actions instead.The economic statement seems to be misconstrued by the opposition as an actual budget.
2. deflected
   The EconomyRalph Goodale (Liberal) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.Answer sidesteps the no-plan criticism by repeating a past vote reference rather than addressing current stimulus needs.Mr. Speaker, obviously, the hon. member did not listen to my first answer.
3. misdirected
   The EconomyRalph Goodale (Liberal) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.Answer attacks the questioner’s party record and ignores the specific job-creation query.The Liberals had a lot of opportunity in 13 years to do that.
4. deflected
   The EconomyMr. Pablo Rodriguez (Liberal) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.Answer corrects a minor misstatement and pivots to past Liberal cuts instead of addressing the current direction critique.What we will not do is what the Liberal government did during the 1990s.
5. misdirected
   The EconomyMr. Pablo Rodriguez (Liberal) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.Answer attacks an opposition member’s past forecast and avoids acknowledging any mistake or course change.
6. partly answered
   The EconomyMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). substantive question.Answer acknowledges Bloc suggestions and explains the update’s limited scope while deferring action to the next budget.those suggestions will be viewed in our planning for our budget of 2009.
7. deflected
   The EconomyMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.Answer ignores the silencing accusation and shifts to infrastructure spending claims.I might remind the hon. member that we have actually put in place the biggest infrastructure expenditure that this country has seen since the second world war.
8. deflected
   The EconomyMr. Pierre Paquette (Bloc) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.Answer repeats the past tax-cut talking point and questions opposition votes rather than addressing the smokescreen claim.I do now know how many times I need to repeat this.
9. misdirected
   The EconomyMr. Pierre Paquette (Bloc) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.The answer pivots to auto-sector consultations instead of addressing tax policy, growth forecasts or the deficit claim.The industry minister has stood in the House several times this week and has talked about the consultation he is having with his counterparts in the United States and with his provincial counterparts dealing with the auto sector.
10. deflected
    The EconomyMr. Thomas Mulcair (NDP) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). substantive question.The answer dodges the call for action by lecturing on partisanship and repeating job numbers.Instead of the petty, partisan politics we see here today, they need to support what we have done.
11. misdirected
    The EconomyMr. Thomas Mulcair (NDP) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the opposition's motives on party funding rather than addressing the economic-update critique.My sense is that is what this is all about, the underlying motive here.
12. deflected
    The EconomyMr. Thomas Mulcair (NDP) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.The answer counters with past voting records and accuses the asker of glee over job losses instead of engaging the tax-cut point.It is very frustrating when we see such glee on his face when he talks about job losses.
13. partly answered
    The EconomyMaria Minna (Liberal) asked Vic Toews (Conservative). loaded question.The answer addresses pay-equity timing but ignores the economic-downturn measures requested.We believe it is not right that women have to wait for pay equity for 10 or 15 years.
14. partly answered
    The EconomyMaria Minna (Liberal) asked Vic Toews (Conservative). loaded question.The answer defends public-service statistics and Ontario-style legislation but does not rebut the 70-cent wage-gap claim or economic supports.women now represent over 55% of knowledged workers in the Public Service and over 40% of executive ranks.
15. answered
    The EconomyMr. Marcel Proulx (Liberal) asked Vic Toews (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly explains the wage-cap rationale tied to the economic context and collective agreements.This prohibition will only apply the public sector employees who seek an increase in wages beyond what the government can responsibly provide; that is the 2.3%, 1.5%, 1.5% and 1.5%.
16. misdirected
    The EconomyMr. Marcel Proulx (Liberal) asked Vic Toews (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the Liberals' 1990s record instead of justifying the current public-service measures.the irony coming from a member of a party that in the mid-1990s was responsible for laying off public servants and downloading costs on to the provinces
17. deflected
    EqualizationMr. Robert Carrier (Bloc) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.Answer shifts to past fiscal imbalance fix instead of addressing the equalization cap or crisis effects.
18. partly answered
    Government ProgramsMr. Jean Dorion (Bloc) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.Answer addresses securities regulator but ignores pension plan and Quebec jurisdiction claims.We have laid that out as something in which we would encourage all provinces to join.
19. misdirected
    Economic and Fiscal StatementMrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Bloc) asked Mr. Pierre Poilievre (Conservative). loaded question.Answer attacks opposition motives on party funding instead of addressing the democracy or withdrawal request.while we are taking action and showing true leadership on the economy, the opposition parties are interested only in protecting their own benefits and their own money.
20. misdirected
    Economic and Fiscal StatementMrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Bloc) asked Mr. Pierre Poilievre (Conservative). loaded question.Answer pivots to listing government actions and attacks opposition coalition instead of responding to funding cuts or crisis focus.What is the priority of the members on the opposition side? It is a big coalition founded on their personal, political entitlements.
21. deflected
    Economic and Fiscal StatementJohn McCallum (Liberal) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.Answer notes prior actions and UK tax cut but avoids explaining lack of new stimulus or Coolidge comparison.In fact, when he is referring to the United Kingdom, it followed our lead in cutting its value-added tax by 1.5%.
22. deflected
    Economic and Fiscal StatementJohn McCallum (Liberal) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.Answer defends past GST cut and attacks opposition vote but does not admit or refute the rubbish claim on stimulus.It is unbelievable how the hon. member can dismiss the fact that this actually created the stimulus that has put Canada in the enviable position of the strongest growth in the G7.
23. misdirected
    Economic and Fiscal StatementScott Brison (Liberal) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.Answer attacks past Liberal actions on provinces instead of addressing deficit hiding or pre-crisis mismanagement.when we talk about mismanagement, we are reminded of the days when the Liberals downloaded all the deficit cutting that they were trying to do onto the backs of the provinces and bragged about it
24. deflected
    Economic and Fiscal StatementScott Brison (Liberal) asked Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative). loaded question.Answer discusses expenditure review but ignores asset sales timing, Highway 407 reference, and deficit concealment.We have put in place an expenditure review process that has actually set out $15 billion of expenditures within government departments that were not necessary.
25. misdirected
    Rights of WorkersMs. Chris Charlton (NDP) asked Mr. Brian Jean (Conservative). loaded question.Answer ignores the question on rights and instead attacks the opposition's motives.For the opposition, this is about protecting their entitlements, and that is what the questions are all about.
26. partly answered
    Rights of WorkersMs. Chris Charlton (NDP) asked Vic Toews (Conservative). loaded question.Answer addresses pay equity mechanism but ignores strike rights and stimulus questions.We are putting forward a proposal that would ensure that employers, like the federal government and the unions, are responsible for negotiating pay equity
27. deflected
    Status of WomenMs. Johanne Deschamps (Bloc) asked Vic Toews (Conservative). loaded question.Answer defends the pay equity change but avoids explaining the minister's support for it.pay equity is not under negotiation. It is our intent to ensure that there is a mechanism to determine pay equity on a timely basis.
28. misdirected
    Status of WomenMs. Johanne Deschamps (Bloc) asked Vic Toews (Conservative). loaded question.Answer shifts to attacking opposition on entitlements instead of addressing multiple attacks listed.is it not interesting that when it comes to their entitlements in respect of their political parties, those members want to ensure that their money is there right away.
29. deflected
    InfrastructureMrs. Bonnie Crombie (Liberal) asked Mr. Brian Jean (Conservative). loaded question.Answer discusses general infrastructure investment but does not address the specific delay in Mississauga or releasing funds.In a time of global economic uncertainty, we on this side of the House understand that it is vital to invest in infrastructure that will create jobs today, tomorrow and in to the future.
30. misdirected
    InfrastructureMrs. Bonnie Crombie (Liberal) asked Mr. Brian Jean (Conservative). loaded question.Answer claims money is flowing then pivots to attacking opposition entitlements rather than explaining delays.this is not about money flowing. This government has made the largest infrastructure investment of all time. What this is about is their entitlements.
31. misdirected
    Forest and Mining IndustriesMr. Nathan Cullen (NDP) asked Mr. David Anderson (Conservative). loaded question.Answer lists past actions but ignores the economic update's failure and pivots to attacking opposition.Members on the other side are only concerned with protecting their own entitlements. We will get the job done for Canadians.
32. misdirected
    Forest and Mining IndustriesMr. Nathan Cullen (NDP) asked Mr. David Anderson (Conservative). loaded question.Answer defends past deals then attacks opposition on entitlements instead of addressing green economy investment.All we hear from opposition members today is that they are working to protect their entitlements. They should be ashamed of themselves.
33. partly answered
    The EconomyMr. Mario Silva (Liberal) asked Mr. Ed Komarnicki (Conservative). loaded question.The answer addresses funding for housing and unemployment programs but ignores the specific questions on employment insurance and women in poverty.we have committed $387 million to the homelessness partnership strategy and the assisted housing initiative, which over five years is $1.9 billion.
34. deflected
    The EconomyMr. Luc Desnoyers (Bloc) asked Vic Toews (Conservative). loaded question.The answer avoids the accusation of removing strike rights by restating that collective agreements are already in place.With the collective agreements in place, there is no requirement for a dispute resolution mechanism such as strike or arbitration.
35. misdirected
    The EconomyMr. Claude Gravelle (NDP) asked Mr. David Anderson (Conservative). loaded question.The answer shifts to attacking the opposition's entitlements instead of addressing northern Ontario's infrastructure, jobs, or pensions.The opposition today seems to be focused on protecting their entitlements.