Commons advances human pathogens bill after committee amendments

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Question Period, exchange by exchange

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1. deflected
   Automotive IndustryRalph Goodale (Liberal) asked Mr. Mike Lake (Conservative). substantive question.The answer restates government conditions and goals without addressing Canadian court protection.In December we set some very stringent conditions that Chrysler Canada would have to meet in order to receive any additional support.
2. misdirected
   Automotive IndustryRalph Goodale (Liberal) asked John Baird (Conservative). substantive question.The answer ignores the bankruptcy and funding questions to attack Liberals on taxes.Here is the answer that Canadians want to know. They heard the Liberal leader say on April 14, "We will have to raise taxes".
3. deflected
   Automotive IndustryRalph Goodale (Liberal) asked John Baird (Conservative). substantive question.The answer avoids the shareholders agreement query and pivots to partisan attacks on tax policy.What would be terrible for the auto sector would be for the Liberal Party to try to raise taxes on new cars.
4. partly answered
   Automotive IndustryMr. Francis Valeriote (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). substantive question.The answer begins addressing the credit facility timeline but cuts off without a clear yes/no.The budget was in January, not five months ago.
5. deflected
   Automotive IndustryRalph Goodale (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). substantive question.The answer sidesteps the question with a dismissive remark before quoting external views.Relax, Ralph, I will get to you.
6. misdirected
   Automotive IndustryMarlene Jennings (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). substantive question.The answer attacks the Liberal finance critic's car ownership instead of addressing the credit facility deadline.here is what the Liberals know about cars.
7. deflected
   Goods and Services TaxMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Mr. Jacques Gourde (Conservative). loaded question.The answer avoids the hypocrisy charge by stating it will work with Quebec but not the Bloc.our government and the Minister of Finance are going to work with Quebec's Minister of Finance on this issue.
8. partly answered
   Goods and Services TaxMr. Gilles Duceppe (Bloc) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). loaded question.The answer confirms negotiations began but does not address the good-faith or hypocrisy accusation.So, yesterday, we began discussions and negotiations with the Government of Quebec concerning harmonization.
9. deflected
   Employment InsuranceMr. Yves Lessard (Bloc) asked Jean-Pierre Blackburn (Conservative). substantive question.The answer promotes other EI measures instead of addressing abolishing the waiting period.We also added five weeks to employment insurance to provide people with more available funds.
10. deflected
    Employment InsuranceMr. Yves Lessard (Bloc) asked Jean-Pierre Blackburn (Conservative). loaded question.The answer claims preference for extra weeks at the end without engaging the waiting period demand.People prefer five extra weeks of employment insurance benefits at the end to two weeks at the start.
11. misdirected
    Canada Pension PlanJack Layton (NDP) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). substantive question.The answer attacks the Liberal member and avoids addressing the bonuses.ing and complaining of the member for Wascana while I am trying to answer a serious question about the pension plan and he insists on interrupting
12. deflected
    Canada Pension PlanJack Layton (NDP) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). substantive question.The answer questions the asker's awareness and pivots to political interference instead of bonuses.Is the member opposite so unaware of what is going on in the economy and in the markets
13. deflected
    Canada Pension PlanJack Layton (NDP) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). substantive question.The answer reframes the issue as provincial interference without justifying the bonuses.what the member opposite is asking the provincial governments, the territorial governments and the Government of Canada to do is to interfere in the day-to-day operations
14. misdirected
    Canada Pension PlanMr. David McGuinty (Liberal) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). rhetorical question.The answer makes a personal attack on the asker's brother rather than responding to the call for accountability.Your brother probably supports it.
15. partly answered
    HealthWayne Easter (Liberal) asked Gerry Ritz (Conservative). loaded question.The answer confirms the minister will be interviewed but dismisses the cover-up premise as mischievous.what we have is 225 days of the member for Malpeque being mischievous with the facts
16. misdirected
    HealthWayne Easter (Liberal) asked Gerry Ritz (Conservative). loaded question.The answer threatens legal action and insults the member's effectiveness instead of addressing evidence tampering.I can be assured that the member for Malpeque would not make that statement outside this chamber, because he would certainly be blowing in the wind at that point.
17. deflected
    Social ProgramsMr. Michael Savage (Liberal) asked Mr. Ed Komarnicki (Conservative). loaded question.Answer avoids the 94% funding question by attacking Liberals on past votes and taxes.The Liberal Party voted against the funding for Canadians in the budget and for those with disabilities.
18. deflected
    Social ProgramsMr. Michael Savage (Liberal) asked Mr. Ed Komarnicki (Conservative). loaded question.Answer ignores the partisanship accusation and instead criticizes the questioner's past vote.It is a program that the member and his party voted against when they had the opportunity to support something worthwhile.
19. deflected
    FinanceMr. Jean-Yves Laforest (Bloc) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). substantive question.Answer pivots to Bloc's vote against the plan instead of addressing updated job loss forecasts or new measures.The Bloc Québécois voted against Canada's economic action plan.
20. answered
    Forestry IndustryMr. Robert Bouchard (Bloc) asked Denis Lebel (Conservative). substantive question.Answer directly states action taken via task team on forestry issues raised.We set up the Canada-Quebec task team, whose work will focus on six key areas, to come up with ideas to help the men and women who have been affected by changes in the forestry industry.
21. partly answered
    The EnvironmentMs. Paule Brunelle (Bloc) asked Lisa Raitt (Conservative). substantive question.Answer addresses clean energy investments but not the specific $3.6 billion Bloc proposal.we have put a significant amount of money into having clean sources of energy and developing our renewables.
22. deflected
    The EnvironmentMr. Bernard Bigras (Bloc) asked Jim Prentice (Conservative). substantive question.Answer discusses G8 meetings but dodges absolute targets and Montreal exchange issues.The Bloc should stand up and applaud us because all Quebeckers and all Canadians will benefit.
23. answered
    HealthMs. Kirsty Duncan (Liberal) asked Leona Aglukkaq (Conservative). substantive question.Answer details Canada's plan, warnings, and coordination in response to the flu query.Canada is well positioned to deal with this issue.
24. answered
    HealthMs. Kirsty Duncan (Liberal) asked Leona Aglukkaq (Conservative). substantive question.Answer explains pandemic plan including antivirals and vaccine capacity.The plan includes domestic vaccine capacity as well as stockpiling of antivirals.
25. partly answered
    TransportationMr. Massimo Pacetti (Liberal) asked John Baird (Conservative). substantive question.The answer acknowledges the program but offers only consideration without specifics on funding or timeline.We would certainly be prepared to give the Saint-Hubert airport due and fair consideration.
26. partly answered
    TransportationMr. Massimo Pacetti (Liberal) asked John Baird (Conservative). loaded question.The answer rejects the premise on jobs moving and offers to review a proposal but provides no concrete commitment.I would certainly be pleased to look at any proposal with respect to Saint-Hubert and respond to the member opposite.
27. deflected
    AbitibiBowaterMr. Claude Gravelle (NDP) asked Lisa Raitt (Conservative). substantive question.The answer shifts to general government programs instead of addressing AbitibiBowater's specific actions on pensions and severance.In 2008 we introduced a $1 billion community development trust and in the budget this year, we developed a further $1 billion community adjustment fund
28. misdirected
    AbitibiBowaterMr. Jack Harris (NDP) asked Jim Flaherty (Conservative). substantive question.The answer redirects responsibility to the provincial government rather than addressing federal action on the pension issue.it is a provincially regulated pension plan with respect to AbitibiBowater.
29. deflected
    Agri-food IndustryMr. André Bellavance (Bloc) asked Jean-Pierre Blackburn (Conservative). loaded question.The answer defends the 98% standard and suggests alternatives without addressing harm to producers or changes to the rule.Companies that do not meet that standard can put on their product that it was processed in Canada, using blueberries from Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean for example
30. deflected
    Agri-food IndustryMs. Christiane Gagnon (Bloc) asked Jean-Pierre Blackburn (Conservative). substantive question.The answer reiterates consumer benefits and consultations but ignores the call to cancel the measure or the specific cost complaints.We are listening. In fact, I had an opportunity again, recently, to meet with some of them.
31. deflected
    Official LanguagesMs. Raymonde Folco (Liberal) asked James Moore (Conservative). loaded question.The answer asserts bilingual plans but does not address the lack of visible French or the advisory panel's role.Every Olympic Games site, including the Richmond Oval, will have bilingual signage.
32. misdirected
    Official LanguagesMs. Raymonde Folco (Liberal) asked James Moore (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the Liberals and denies problems instead of providing assurances on French services at the Games.Maybe the member could go and meet with the people at VANOC and recognize that everything she just said is entirely false.
33. deflected
    InfrastructureMr. Bruce Hyer (NDP) asked John Baird (Conservative). substantive question.The answer avoids committing federal funds and instead criticizes NDP policy on Canadian content.Just last month the leader of the NDP stood up in the House and said that we should have a buy Canadian policy.
34. answered
    InfrastructureMrs. Carol Hughes (NDP) asked John Baird (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly states applications will be accepted after the deadline and notes high uptake.I think we have been clear that we will certainly be prepared to receive applications after that date.
35. misdirected
    Employment InsuranceGerry Byrne (Liberal) asked Mr. Ed Komarnicki (Conservative). loaded question.The answer refuses to address the promise and instead accuses the asker of exploiting the family for politics.He would not be trying to play on the backs of the family and the soldiers to try to score cheap political points.
36. misdirected
    TransportationMrs. Carole Lavallée (Bloc) asked John Baird (Conservative). substantive question.The answer dodges the runway funding question with a personal jab at the timing of the query.I have been minister for five months, probably for the same reason she took five months to ask me the question.
37. partly answered
    Veterans AffairsMr. Peter Stoffer (NDP) asked Greg Thompson (Conservative). substantive question.The answer acknowledges the issue and existing measures but offers no commitment to new legislation preventing sales.We do have a number of measures in place to ensure that medals of historical significance do not leave the country.
38. deflected
    Business of the HouseRalph Goodale (Liberal) asked Jay Hill (Conservative). substantive question.The answer outlines the government's bill agenda but ignores the request to schedule committee of the whole on estimates.Next week, we will continue with Bill C-3 , arctic waters; the second reading stage of Bill S-2 , the customs act; and Bill C-4 , not for profit, which was reported back from c