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Tuesday, March 20, 2001 CANADA VOLUME 137 S NUMBER 032 S 1st SESSION S 37th PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Tuesday, March 20, 2001 Speaker: The Honourable Peter Milliken CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) All parliamentary publications are available on the ``Parliamentary Internet Parlementaire'' at the following address: http://www.parl.gc.ca 1869 HOUSE OF COMMONS Tuesday, March 20, 2001 The House met at 10 a.m. and asked me about the interview. At first I covered for my assistant, a man who has competently and loyally worked for me _______________ and our constituency from the beginning. I told the producer that it was actually me on the radio. I lied. Prayers D (1005) _______________ It was wrong for my assistant to appear on the radio claiming to D (1000) be me and it was wrong for me to cover that up. [English] My assistant and I have since telephoned the show to apologize PRIVILEGE and my assistant has resigned. He is sorry for pretending to be me. I am sorry for trying to gloss over his error. MEMBER FOR EDMONTON-STRATHCONA Mr. Rahim Jaffer (Edmonton—Strathcona, Canadian Al- I have already apologized to Peter Warren, the host of the show, liance): Mr. Speaker, I have been doing a lot of soul-searching over and to all of his listeners across Canada. Today, Mr. Speaker, I the past three days and would like to share my thoughts. would like to offer to you, as the Speaker of this legislature and my friend, my apologies for not living up to the standards of the House. I came to Canada as a baby, fleeing Idi Amin’s Uganda in the arms of my parents. It was their dream to live in a great and free To my fellow MPs, I offer my regrets for not living up to their democracy. Canada is their promised land. standards of integrity. I apologize for embarrassing them. I pledge my loyalty again to my leader and the whip, who have dealt with Four years ago, I became the first Muslim elected to Canada’s me firmly, yet compassionately. parliament and one of the first refugees. I am very proud of this honour, not just to be chosen by the people of Edmonton—Strath- To the people of Edmonton—Strathcona, I offer my sincere cona and not just to serve in this great institution, but because I apologies for my momentary lapse in judgment. It has been a knew that my being elected as an MP was the last milestone in my unique honour to work for my constituents in parliament and to family’s road from tyranny to freedom, the final destination in my serve them in the riding. I hope they will continue to look at me and people’s journey from being refugees who belong nowhere to being judge me by the sum of my words and deeds and not by this one full citizens of Canada, the greatest country in the world. error. That is why the events of the last few days have been so hurtful. More than anyone, I want to address my parents, Nizar and Razia On Saturday, my partner and I opened up a new business, a cafe Jaffer, who have been hurt the most by my mistake. For 30 years that employs a dozen young people in the heart of Edmonton. they have put their own interests and wishes aside to give every- However my assistant had booked me on a radio show at the same thing they had to my brother and me. I would not have been able to time. He tried to call me at the cafe to let me know when I was to get here to Canada without them. I would not have been able to get appear on the show but he could not reach me. With only a few to parliament without them. All of my achievements have been minutes left until air time, he panicked and did the radio interview because of their love and devotion. I am sorry I let them down. himself pretending to be me without my knowledge or consent. More than anything, that has hurt these last few days. It was a bad decision, an error in judgment, made in the stress of the moment. It has never happened before and it will never happen Mr. Speaker, I thank you for this opportunity to clear the air. Let again. It was wrong. me close by pledging to continue doing in years ahead what I have done for the past four years, to serve the people of Edmonton— Right after the show, my assistant drove to the cafe and told me Strathcona as best I can and, just as important, to live up to my what he had done. Shortly after that, the radio station phoned me parents’ example as best I can. 1870 COMMONS DEBATES March 20, 2001 Routine Proceedings The Speaker: I am sure all hon. members appreciate the kind establish a foundation to fund sustainable development technolo- words of the hon. member for Edmonton—Strathcona. I am sure gy. It was agreed on Thursday, March 15, 2001 to report it with that his parents and his electors will be very proud of him. amendments. Mr. Derek Lee (Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the NATIONAL DEFENCE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS Government in the House of Commons, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I do not want to be seen or in any way derogate from the rather Mr. David Pratt (Nepean—Carleton, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I complete and forthright way in which this matter has been dealt have the honour to present, in both official languages, the first with by the hon. member, but it occurs to me that in the facts as I report of the Standing Committee on National Defence and Veter- have heard them there was a decision and an act by another ans Affairs with regard to the third report of the committee entitled individual, the staffer of the hon. member, who made a decision to ‘‘Procurement Study’’, which was presented to the House on June do something which I believe would be contrary to the rules of the 14, 2000 during the second session of the 36th parliament. House and could constitute and be seen as contempt. Pursuant to Standing Order 109 of the House of Commons, the I would suggest that although there is probably a will to put committee requests that the government provide a comprehensive closure to this, it having been addressed well by the hon. member, response to this report. it seems to me that the staffer involved should be providing a written apology to the House for the actions or decisions that he * * * made, if I have understood the facts properly. CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT It would be my view that the matter should not close until that individual has acknowledged the error that he appears to have Hon. David Anderson (Minister of the Environment, Lib.) made. I would like to suggest that an apology should come from moved for leave to introduce Bill C-19, an act to amend the that person. Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. In any event, I wanted that to show on the record, having heard (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) all of the facts. Again I do not want it to derogate at all from the rather fulsome and complete way that the hon. member has dealt * * * with this today. CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT D (1010 ) Mr. Stan Keyes (Hamilton West, Lib.) moved for leave to Right Hon. Joe Clark (Calgary Centre, PC): Mr. Speaker, I introduce Bill C-305, an act to amend the Canadian Environmental think it is time to put closure to this. Assessment Act (inventory of brownfields). The Speaker: I agree. He said: Mr. Speaker, I consider it a privilege to introduce a bill which is the first step of what I intend to be a three stage process, _____________________________________________ aimed at identifying, assessing and remediating what are known as brownfields. The term brownfields refers to industrial properties ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS which lie vacant or neglected due to concerns of environmental contamination. [English] The bill will amend the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act to expand the existing registry so that any member of the GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO PETITIONS public can report suspected contaminated sites with the express purpose of building an easily accessible national registry of Mr. Derek Lee (Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the brownfields. Government in the House of Commons, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8) I have the honour to table, in both The bill would also allow the federal government, together with official languages, the government’s response to five petitions. provincial, municipal and private partnerships, to assist with the often prohibitive costs of environmental assessments. * * * To solve a problem one first has to identify the problem. COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE Ultimately, I see this is as a three stage process: identification, assessment and remediation. The bill addresses the first two stages ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS, NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT AND NATURAL directly. First, we identify the extent of the brownfields nationally. RESOURCES Once we know where these sites are, we can begin to assess the costs of the clean up. Ms. Nancy Karetak-Lindell (Nunavut, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the first Having this information open and available to all levels of report of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, Northern government and private enterprise will foster co-operative and Development and Natural Resources relating to Bill C-4, an act to innovative solutions.
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