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Core 1..160 Hansard (PRISM::Advent3b2 9.00) CANADA House of Commons Debates VOLUME 141 Ï NUMBER 007 Ï 1st SESSION Ï 39th PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Speaker: The Honourable Peter Milliken CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) Also available on the Parliament of Canada Web Site at the following address: http://www.parl.gc.ca 317 HOUSE OF COMMONS Tuesday, April 11, 2006 The House met at 10 a.m. REPORT OF NISGA'A FINAL AGREEMENT Mr. Rod Bruinooge (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Prayers Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, CPC): Mr. Speaker, under provisions of Standing Order 32, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, copies of the 2003-04 annual report of the Nisga'a final agreement. ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS *** Ï (1000) Ï (1005) [English] REPORT OF YUKON LAND CLAIMS INTERPARLIAMENTARY DELEGATIONS Mr. Rod Bruinooge (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister The Speaker: I have the honour to lay upon the table the report of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal on the Canadian parliamentary delegation to the Republic of Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, CPC): Mr. Portugal from November 5-9, 2005. Speaker, under provisions of Standing Order 32(2), I have the *** honour to table in both official languages, copies of the 2003-04 annual report of the Yukon land claims and self-government GOVERNOR GENERAL'S SPECIAL WARRANTS agreements. Hon. John Baird (President of the Treasury Board, CPC): Mr. Speaker, as required by section 33 of the Financial Administration *** Act and as part of our commitment toward accountability and REPORT OF THE SAHTU, DENE AND MÉTIS openness, I am honoured to table, in both official languages, the COMPREHENSIVE LAND CLAIM AGREEMENT statement on the use of Governor General's special warrants. Mr. Rod Bruinooge (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister *** of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal [Translation] Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I also have both copies of the 2003-04 annual report of PUBLIC SERVICE INTEGRITY OFFICER the implementation committee on the Sahtu, Dene and Métis Hon. Michael Chong (President of the Queen's Privy Council comprehensive land claim agreement. for Canada, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister for Sport, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table, in both *** official languages, the 2004-05 annual report of the public service FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT integrity officer. Hon. John Baird (President of the Treasury Board, CPC) *** moved for leave to introduce Bill C-2, An Act providing for conflict [English] of interest rules, restrictions on election financing and measures respecting administrative transparency, oversight and accountability. ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) Hon. Vic Toews (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, CPC): Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), I *** am pleased to table, in both official languages, the following two documents: first, a discussion paper entitled, “Strengthening the FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT Access to Information Act: A Discussion of Ideas Intrinsic to the Hon. John Baird (President of the Treasury Board, CPC): Mr. Reform of the Access to Information Act”; and, second, the Speaker, it is a great honour, on behalf of this Prime Minister and proposals of the Information Commissioner to amend the Access to this team, to table unprecedented legislation, the toughest of its kind Information Act. in history, to help clean up government and restore the public trust. 318 COMMONS DEBATES April 11, 2006 The Address Mr. Pat Martin (Winnipeg Centre, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I am new child care spaces; that child care is an everyday necessity; and very pleased to say a couple of words on behalf of the NDP caucus. that there is an urgent and immediate need for additional child care spaces. We are very pleased to hear the confidence the President of the Treasury Board has that the bill he is tabling today will change the culture in Ottawa. We would welcome that. We would be the first to The residents of Nova Scotia call upon the government to honour compliment the government if it were to end the corruption that we the early learning and child care agreement in principle and to fund it suffered through for many years under the Liberal government. for a full five years. We observed that the Liberals viewed Canadians the way P.T. Barnum viewed circus-goers for many years and we are sick of that *** on behalf of the NDP government. QUESTIONS ON THE ORDER PAPER I also caution that our name is Tucker not Sucker and we will not be led down the garden path if this is not all it is cracked up to be. If Mr. Tom Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of this is destined to fail or it has a poison pill in it we will be the first the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for ones to be there to criticize it. Democratic Reform, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be Hon. Keith Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, Lib.): Mr. allowed to stand. Speaker, we will be looking very closely at the bill to ensure it is in the interest of the public. What is very important right now is that the The Speaker: Is that agreed? government understand the difference between accountability and conduct. Conduct and accountability are not the same things. The danger of the bill is that it could wind up causing gridlock in the Some hon. members: Agreed. public service. As every member of the government knows, when we were in government we introduced a whole collection of solutions with respect to dealing with accountability within the government. We introduced new measures for crown corporations and new measures SPEECH FROM THE THRONE in true accountability. As the official opposition, we will be looking very closely— [English] The Speaker: I am afraid we have time limits on the statements in response because they are not to be longer than the original RESUMPTION OF DEBATE ON ADDRESS IN REPLY statement. Obviously that has created some difficulties. *** The House resumed from April 10 consideration of the motion, as Ï (1010) amended, for an address to Her Excellency the Governor General in PETITIONS reply to her speech at the opening of the session. SOMALIA Ms. Peggy Nash (Parkdale—High Park, NDP): To continue my Mr. Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Centre, Lib.): Mr. remarks from yesterday, Mr. Speaker, also of great concern to the Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I have the pleasure to citizens of my riding of Parkdale—High Park is the issue of crime. present a petition signed by some 30 people from my riding of As many know, a scourge of guns and gang violence has hit Toronto Etobicoke Centre. in recent months. For Toronto to thrive, its residents must feel safe. During the election campaign, I spoke of the need to deal seriously The petitioners are deeply worried about the ongoing challenges with violent crime. The throne speech mentions that “equally faced by Somalia in nurturing civil society and are calling upon the important” is the need to prevent crime before it takes root. Canadian government to appoint a special envoy to Somalia. As well, Somalia is in the grips of a major drought and my constituents are urging the Canadian government to step up to the plate in this Many African Canadian parents in Toronto are worried sick about time of need. A famine's death march does not wait. their kids. For crime to truly be prevented we need federal help to create new sources of opportunity for our young people, to keep CHILD CARE community centres open and especially to help in the most Mr. Michael Savage (Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, Lib.): Mr. vulnerable and economically depressed neighbourhoods. Speaker, I have the pleasure to present another petition from concerned people in and around my constituency about the government's plans for child care. The members of Parliament have to work together to prevent the flow of illegal firearms from the United States that end up on our They say, among other things, that 70% of women with children streets, killing our young people. Only by working to eliminate under the age of six are employed; that a $100 a month taxable handguns from our streets will we be helping to safeguard our urban allowance amounts to a small child benefit and will not establish centres like the city of Toronto. April 11, 2006 COMMONS DEBATES 319 The Address The citizens of Toronto also face another danger from a different want a city within a compassionate country that feeds and houses all source, one that is less high profile, perhaps, but is becoming all too its citizens as a very minimum. visible: smog, pollution and climate change. To tackle this problem we need more than platitudes in a throne speech. We need more than a promise to stay in the Kyoto protocol while ignoring its targets. In short, we want a Toronto that the whole country can be proud That strategy seems vaguely familiar. I hope this is not a case of of. It is what I want too. That is why I am hoping to work with “meet the new boss, same as the old boss”. everyone in the House as an advocate for Toronto in Ottawa. We need concrete measures to reduce the smog and air pollution Ï (1015) that kill thousands of Canadians every year. I was proud to bring Greenpeace and the Canadian Auto Workers together to help create the green car strategy for the NDP.
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