NDP motion on employment insurance pilot project dominates debate

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Question Period, exchange by exchange

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1. deflected
   Food SafetyThomas Mulcair (NDP) asked Peter MacKay (Conservative). substantive question.The answer restates general priorities without addressing claims about cuts or tainted meat reaching shelves.Canadian consumers are still the top priority when it comes to food safety.
2. deflected
   Food SafetyThomas Mulcair (NDP) asked Peter MacKay (Conservative). substantive question.The answer repeats talking points on inspectors while ignoring the documented cuts and health impacts raised.Under this government we have actually seen an increase in inspectors.
3. misdirected
   Food SafetyThomas Mulcair (NDP) asked Peter MacKay (Conservative). loaded question.The answer attacks the opposition's record instead of addressing accountability for misleading statements or cuts.When we have tried to do this, made new investments, brought new legislation forward to improve safety for Canadians, that leader and that party have opposed it all the way.
4. misdirected
   Food SafetyMr. Malcolm Allen (NDP) asked Mr. Pierre Lemieux (Conservative). substantive question.The answer attacks the member's credibility rather than explaining the delay in suspending the plant licence.I must point out that this member has no credibility on this issue.
5. deflected
   Food SafetyMr. Malcolm Allen (NDP) asked Mr. Pierre Lemieux (Conservative). substantive question.The answer repeats claims of increased funding and inspectors without addressing self-regulation failures or responsibility.The truth of the matter is that our party, our government, has put forward legislation to increase funding to the CFIA by $150 million over the last two budgets.
6. partly answered
   Food SafetyBob Rae (Liberal) asked Peter MacKay (Conservative). substantive question.The answer addresses investments and accountability but avoids specifying when the minister was informed.the minister has held officials accountable with respect to this issue.
7. deflected
   Food SafetyBob Rae (Liberal) asked Peter MacKay (Conservative). substantive question.The answer expresses concern but sidesteps the timeline of informing consumers and when the minister knew.our thoughts are certainly with anyone affected by this issue, and I know that is where the minister is concerned first and foremost.
8. deflected
   Food SafetyBob Rae (Liberal) asked Peter MacKay (Conservative). substantive question.The answer highlights investments and rankings but does not address why consumers were informed last.This is the very reason we have made these investments.
9. deflected
   Public SafetyMs. Peggy Nash (NDP) asked Mr. Andrew Saxton (Conservative). loaded question.The answer discusses general savings without addressing specific safety service cuts or the responsibility claim.These savings will be implemented over a three-year period, so full savings will not be realized until 2014-2015.
10. deflected
    Public SafetyMs. Peggy Nash (NDP) asked Mr. Andrew Saxton (Conservative). loaded question.The answer repeats budget plan talking points and ignores the specific cuts and meat safety question.An important part of that plan is returning to a balanced budget through fair, balanced and moderate savings measures.
11. partly answered
    Food SafetyMs. Ruth Ellen Brosseau (NDP) asked Mr. Pierre Lemieux (Conservative). substantive question.The answer provides hiring and budget increase facts that address the impact claim but not the acceleration of inspections.since 2006, we have hired more than 700 food inspectors, including 170 meat inspectors.
12. answered
    Search and RescueMr. Fin Donnelly (NDP) asked Mr. Randy Kamp (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly addresses the closure concern by explaining reorganization and continued service provision.We have reorganized or are planning to reorganize the search and rescue network of resources.
13. answered
    Search and RescueMr. Philip Toone (NDP) asked Mr. Randy Kamp (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly addresses the bilingual service and safety risk by explaining the careful transition process.as we have said many times before, we are doing this transition and consolidation of the sub-centre into Trenton very carefully and ensuring we have the necessary linguistic services.
14. misdirected
    Airline SafetyMs. Olivia Chow (NDP) asked Denis Lebel (Conservative). substantive question.The answer flatly denies cuts but does not address the Auditor General report or increasing air traffic risks.Security and safety are very important.
15. misdirected
    Airline SafetyMr. Robert Aubin (NDP) asked Denis Lebel (Conservative). substantive question.The answer attacks the question as fearmongering instead of addressing the inspection flaws or budget cuts.those statements are completely unfounded and are meant to scare people, which the NDP has a tendency to do.
16. deflected
    Public SafetyMr. Brian Masse (NDP) asked Vic Toews (Conservative). loaded question.The answer highlights past increases and criticizes the asker rather than addressing the new cuts and crime risks.However, what I can tell members is the continuous opposition to working together with our American partners in order to ensure that criminals and other undesirables do not enter into our North American perimeters is in fact delaying matters.
17. deflected
    Public SafetyMs. Anne Minh-Thu Quach (NDP) asked Vic Toews (Conservative). substantive question.The answer repeats a statistic on officers and attacks the member's voting record instead of addressing the cited budget cuts.Since coming to office, our government has increased front-line border officers by 26%.
18. misdirected
    Employment InsuranceMr. Rodger Cuzner (Liberal) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). loaded question.The answer ignores the multiple-choice premise about the minister's errors and pivots to job alerts without engaging the question.We are focused on helping connect Canadians with the jobs that are out there.
19. answered
    Employment InsuranceMs. Judy Foote (Liberal) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). substantive question.The answer directly confirms no changes to the EI fishers program while adding the expected job-search condition.There are no changes to the EI fishers program.
20. partly answered
    Service CanadaMr. Sean Casey (Liberal) asked Mr. Bob Dechert (Conservative). substantive question.The answer addresses Service Canada passport locations but ignores the broader list of missing federal offices in PEI.Islanders can apply for passports at each one of those locations.
21. deflected
    Foreign AffairsMs. Hélène Laverdière (NDP) asked Mr. Bob Dechert (Conservative). substantive question.The answer defends the UN policy shift and quotes the minister but does not address the Khadr repatriation delay or US relations.Our commitment to the United Nations has been tested and is proven.
22. deflected
    Foreign AffairsMr. Paul Dewar (NDP) asked Vic Toews (Conservative). substantive question.The answer denies Canadian involvement in the leak and notes the US-initiated process but sidesteps the mishandling and alienation claims.The Government of Canada was not in possession of the transcript of the interview that was leaked and did not create one.
23. deflected
    AfghanistanMr. Romeo Saganash (NDP) asked Julian Fantino (Conservative). substantive question.The answer highlights general CIDA results and women's participation but does not explain the specific school funding cut in Kandahar.Canadian taxpayers' investments through CIDA continue to deliver real results for the people of Afghanistan most in need.
24. deflected
    AfghanistanMr. Romeo Saganash (NDP) asked Julian Fantino (Conservative). substantive question.The answer restates a focus on greatest impact without addressing the decision not to renew the specific education project funding.the simple answer is that we are focusing Canadian taxpayers' investments where they can have the greatest impact for those most in need in Afghanistan.
25. deflected
    Employment InsuranceMrs. Anne-Marie Day (NDP) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). loaded question.Answer promotes program goals without addressing the call to end the reform.We are trying to ensure that unemployed workers are better off when they work part-time while receiving employment insurance benefits.
26. deflected
    Employment InsuranceMrs. Anne-Marie Day (NDP) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). loaded question.Answer shifts to job numbers and programs instead of addressing funding cuts or job creation plan.over 770,000 jobs have been created in Canada since 2009.
27. answered
    Employment InsuranceMs. Chris Charlton (NDP) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). loaded question.Answer directly rebuts the premise of conflicting stories by clarifying relocation policy.the Prime Minister has been very clear that we are not requiring people to relocate across the country to find a job.
28. deflected
    Employment InsuranceMs. Chris Charlton (NDP) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). loaded question.Answer defends the program and attacks NDP position rather than acknowledging any design error.Quite frankly, we are always working to make sure that our programs fulfill a goal.
29. misdirected
    SeniorsJudy Sgro (Liberal) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). loaded question.Answer attacks Liberal record on transfers instead of addressing OAS or EI impacts on seniors.The Liberals slashed $25 billion from transfers to the provinces.
30. deflected
    AfghanistanDominic LeBlanc (Liberal) asked Julian Fantino (Conservative). loaded question.Answer highlights other CIDA results while ignoring the specific school funding cut.A couple of examples include the 1,400 health care workers trained and the 7.8 million children vaccinated against polio.
31. deflected
    SeniorsMs. Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe (NDP) asked Alice Wong (Conservative). loaded question.Answer lists government actions for seniors without addressing the listed cuts or OAS change.our government is committed to supporting seniors.
32. misdirected
    SeniorsMs. Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe (NDP) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). loaded question.Answer attacks NDP voting record instead of addressing seniors' work or EI concerns.The NDP opposed increasing the guaranteed income supplement, the largest increase in 25 years, destined for the poorest of our seniors.
33. deflected
    National DefenceJohn McKay (Liberal) asked Rona Ambrose (Conservative). substantive question.The answer discusses the procurement secretariat and due diligence without addressing awareness of the 2006 statement or the request to resubmit requirements.The National Fighter Procurement Secretariat has been set up in order to ensure the level of transparency that we believe is necessary and the level of due diligence that has been asked for by the Auditor General, while we make our decision to replace the CF-18s.
34. deflected
    HousingMs. Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet (NDP) asked Diane Finley (Conservative). substantive question.The answer highlights general CMHC support for housing without addressing the specific penalties imposed on co-operatives or allowing them autonomy.the CMHC has been doing exactly that for many years.
35. misdirected
    Aboriginal AffairsMs. Jean Crowder (NDP) asked Vic Toews (Conservative). substantive question.The answer attacks the premise by calling the suggestion shameful and shifts to defending the justice system rather than addressing the timeline for resources.To suggest, as the member has, that the police are going out and targeting aboriginal women, is simply shameful.
36. deflected
    Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceMrs. Maria Mourani (Bloc) asked Vic Toews (Conservative). substantive question.The answer refuses to comment on the specific RCMP investigation and notes provincial jurisdiction instead of addressing the evidence submission or possible reasons for inaction.I will not comment on any particular investigation involving the RCMP, but our government does take corruption and white collar crime very seriously.