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CANADA House of Commons Debates VOLUME 145 Ï NUMBER 146 Ï 3rd SESSION Ï 40th PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Speaker: The Honourable Peter Milliken CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) 9073 HOUSE OF COMMONS Tuesday, March 22, 2011 The House met at 10 a.m. PETITIONS AIR CANADA Prayers Mr. Jim Maloway (Elmwood—Transcona, NDP): Mr. Speaker, my petition has been signed by over 500 machinists from the Air Canada overhaul base in Winnipeg. These employees may be finding ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS their jobs ending up in El Salvador over the next period of time. Air Canada has failed in its duty to comply with the Air Canada Public Ï (1000) Participation Act by selling its overhaul bases to Aveos, formerly [English] known as ACTS, in Winnipeg, Mississauga and Montreal. COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE On December 14, 2010, in the House, the Air Canada Council and VETERANS AFFAIRS Transport Committee claimed that Aeroman, the Aveos subsidiary in Mr. Gary Schellenberger (Perth—Wellington, CPC): Mr. El Salvador, could not do Air Canada maintenance in El Salvador. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, This is totally untrue, as Aeroman performs maintenance on exactly the fourth report of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. the same aircraft that is overhauled in Winnipeg, namely the A320 series and the Embraer. In accordance with its orders of reference of Tuesday, February 8, 2011, your committee has considered votes 1c and 5c under Veterans The El Salvador facility shops can maintain 87% of Air Canada's Affairs in the supplementary estimates (C) for the fiscal year ending fleet. In fact, the El Salvador facility is expanding from four to March 31, 2011, and reports the same. sixteen lines. Just so members know, Aveos has four lines in *** Vancouver, four in Montreal, one in Toronto and five in Winnipeg, for a total of fourteen. In El Salvador alone it will have 16 lines, TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT more than all of Canada combined. Mr. Glenn Thibeault (Sudbury, NDP) moved for leave to introduce Bill C-642, An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act Aircraft overhaul schedules are months and years in advance, so it (universal charger). is easy to schedule the work in El Salvador. In fact, we consider that machinists in Canada cost Air Canada $90 an hour and in San He said: Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Vancouver East Salvador only $40 an hour. We can see where this is going. for seconding my bill today. The legislation would mandate the creation of a standardized Workers want Air Canada to comply with the Air Canada universal cell phone charger for all new mobile phones sold in Participation Act by reverting to ownership of its overhaul centres. Canada. It would amend Canada's Telecommunications Act through the inclusion of specific language that would compel cell phone Ï (1005) manufacturers to create a standardized charger for newly manufac- tured cellular phones. HUMAN RIGHTS Standardizing cell phone chargers is long overdue for the Hon. Michael Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills, CPC): Canadian telecom market. The creation of a universal battery Madam Speaker, I present a petition from constituents in Wellington charger would serve two goals. First, it would remove the financial county that calls upon the House of Commons to remove section burden from consumers who are almost always compelled to 13.1 from the Canadian Human Rights Act, indicating that it is not purchase a new charger when their old phone is broken or lost. consistent with charter rights and charter values, such as the freedom Second, it would also significantly reduce the volume of electronic of expression and the freedom of assembly. waste that Canadian consumers are sending to landfills with increasing regularity. I present this petition on behalf of these constituents in (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) Wellington county. 9074 COMMONS DEBATES March 22, 2011 Government Orders MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS fact, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Ms. Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke North, Lib.): Madam Speaker, I Workers have, in the last few days, filed an application in the Ontario am pleased to present another five petitions today regarding chronic Superior Court. There is a need for the government to stand up for cerebrospinal venous insufficiency. these workers. MS patients are frustrated with being told to wait for Canadian The petitioners are asking the Canadian government to stand up replication of correlation studies. Since the fall, I have been and protect the jobs in these vital industries, particularly in Montreal, presenting international studies that show that 80% to 97% of MS Mississauga and Winnipeg, and to take the action necessary to hold patients have one or more venous abnormalities depending on the Air Canada accountable to the act. diagnostic or treatment method used. New data from the conference in Poland earlier this month show that in Bulgaria, Jordan, Poland *** and the United Kingdom upwards of 93% of MS patients have Ï (1010) evidence of CCSVI. New data from the conference in Italy last week showed 700 cases analyzed from multiple international centres with QUESTIONS ON THE ORDER PAPER 86% of MS patients having CCSVI. Mr. Tom Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, CPC): Madam Therefore, the petitioners are calling for clinical trials with Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand. diagnosis, treatment and follow-up here in Canada. The Acting Speaker (Ms. Denise Savoie): Is that agreed? [Translation] VETERANS CHARTER Some hon. members: Agreed. Ms. Meili Faille (Vaudreuil-Soulanges, BQ): Madam Speaker, I have the honour to table a petition on behalf of people from the 23 municipalities of Vaudreuil-Soulanges. The petition has to do with GOVERNMENT ORDERS the veterans charter, which was amended in 2006. These people believe that a lump-sum payment is not enough and is ill-suited to [English] the needs of wounded soldiers, since it does not provide them with long-term financial security. Wounded veterans have a right to CITIZEN'S ARREST AND SELF-DEFENCE ACT compensation from the federal government, but this is woefully The House resumed from March 21 consideration of the motion inadequate. The petitioners are calling on the government to restore that Bill C-60, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (citizen's arrest the veterans charter as well as the lifetime monthly pension as a form and the defences of property and persons), be read the second time of compensation for wounded soldiers. and referred to a committee. [English] The Acting Speaker (Ms. Denise Savoie): Debate. Is the House JUSTICE ready for the question? The question is on the motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion? Mr. Glenn Thibeault (Sudbury, NDP): Madam Speaker, I am pleased today to introduce a petition signed by almost 100 Some hon. members: Agreed. individuals from my riding of Sudbury and area who are seeking justice for an aboriginal man who they believe has been wrongly The Acting Speaker (Ms. Denise Savoie): I declare the motion convicted. carried. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. John Moore was accused and convicted of second degree murder (Motion agreed to, bill read the second time and referred to a in a case where the crown agreed that he was nowhere near the scene committee) of the crime and where a trial determined he played no part in planning this crime. *** The petitioners are asking that the Minister of Justice and Attorney [Translation] General of Canada review the conviction in the case of Mr. Moore, recognize that a wrongful conviction occurred, overturn the DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION ACT conviction and enter an acquittal. The House resumed from December 16 consideration of the AIR CANADA motion that Bill C-12, An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (Democratic representation), be read the second time and referred to Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Winnipeg North, Lib.): Madam a committee, and of the amendment. Speaker, it is a pleasure to present a petition signed by Manitobans concerning the Air Canada situation. These petitioners are asking the Ms. Christiane Gagnon (Québec, BQ): Madam Speaker, I rise government to hold Air Canada accountable to the Air Canada today to speak to Bill C-12, which has to do with democratic Public Participation Act. representation and which would reduce Quebec's political weight if it were passed. My Bloc Québécois colleague from Joliette proposed Jobs are being threatened in Winnipeg, Mississauga and Montreal. an amendment urging all of the parties to oppose this bill, which The government has been sitting back and doing nothing to protect would reduce Quebec's representation to a level below its proportion these jobs and hold Air Canada to account for violation of the law. In of Canada's population. March 22, 2011 COMMONS DEBATES 9075 Government Orders This is not the first time, since 2006, that we are voting on this will show how this principle has often been ignored over the years, issue in the House. Here, in this House, we passed a motion that had since the Constitution was first created. to do with the recognition of the Quebec nation. The government is intent on bringing forward bills that would reduce Quebec's political The Bloc Québécois, which represents Quebeckers, opposes this weight. First, we had Bill C-56, then Bill C-22, and now we have bill. The Bloc Québécois defends Quebec's realities and we are Bill C-12. The consensus in Quebec is that this bill must not pass. consistent in our commitment.