CANADA House of Commons Debates VOLUME 140 Ï NUMBER 127 Ï 1st SESSION Ï 38th PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Wednesday, September 28, 2005 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 8137 HOUSE OF COMMONS Wednesday, September 28, 2005 The House met at 2 p.m. Autism rates are on the rise in Canada. This neurological disorder affects 1 in every 195 of our children. Therapy which has been credited in helping children overcome the Prayers effects of autism can cost a family up to $60,000 a year. These families and children need our support and I urge the federal government to take the steps necessary to address this important Ï (1400) issue. [English] *** The Speaker: As is our practice on Wednesday we will now sing O Canada, and we will be led by the hon. member for Glengarry— Ï (1405) Prescott—Russell. [Translation] [Members sang the national anthem] YOUNG LIBERALS' CONVENTION Mr. Pablo Rodriguez (Honoré-Mercier, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I would like to draw the attention of the House to the highly STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS successful young Liberals' convention held in Trois-Rivières, which brought together more than 300 participants from all the regions of [English] Quebec. JACQUELINE PERRY Believe me, it feels great to see 300 young federal Liberals from Mr. Lloyd St. Amand (Brant, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Quebec coming together to discuss politics and share their hopes, pay tribute to a truly exceptional young woman. Tragically, Dr. challenges and vision for the future. Jacqueline Perry was killed on September 6 by a bear in Missinaibi While not always in agreement with its youth wing, a political Lake Provincial Park. Her husband, Mark Jordan, fought heroically party has a duty to listen and pay attention to what it has to say, for her, but ultimately was unable to save her from the wounds. because parties that close the door to young members cut themselves Dr. Perry was born and raised in Brantford, Ontario, and later off from their own future. That is something the Liberal Party has attended McMaster University in Hamilton, where she received a understood for a long time, and that is why it values its young bachelor of science degree. After three years at McMaster, Dr. Perry members as it does. pursued medical studies at the University of Toronto and went on to Young people have important things to say and share. They are in operate a very successful medical practice in Cambridge, Ontario, the best position to identify the problems and challenges facing while also working part time in the emergency room at Brantford them. They also have a different outlook on the challenges of our General Hospital. times. Dr. Perry garnered much respect, both from her colleagues in the Let us not forget that, when we in this House talk about building hospital and from the patients she treated. She will be remembered as the Canada of tomorrow, we are talking about their future, and we a dedicated and brilliant doctor, a thoughtful and caring community ought to listen to them. volunteer, and a warm and loving daughter, sister and wife. My deepest condolences go to her family, including her parents, Ralph *** and Brenda Perry, and her husband Mark Jordan. ANNE-MARIE ALONZO *** Ms. Nicole Demers (Laval, BQ): Mr. Speaker, Anne-Marie AUTISM Alonzo, a playwright, poet, novelist, and founder of Les Éditions Trois and the Festival de Trois, passed away in June. Mr. Greg Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest, CPC): Mr. Speaker, today along with other members of the House and parents A woman of commitment, she made a significant contribution to of autistic children, I attended a rally on Parliament Hill urging the Quebec literature. Her wide-ranging poetry contrasted with the federal government to provide financial support to cover the cost of physical restrictions she lived with following a 1966 car accident treatment for every child diagnosed with autism. which, in her own words, stopped her body from beating. 8138 COMMONS DEBATES September 28, 2005 S. O. 31 She also played a leadership role in the Quebec women's Ï (1410) movement. Her feminist involvement was reflected in her editorial choices as well as in La vie en rose and the Gazette des femmes. OVARIAN CANCER Hon. Hedy Fry (Vancouver Centre, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I rise Anne-Marie loved beauty and life. She has left life and beauty, but today to bring to the attention of members a little known disease that she has left words and ideas behind. carries a high fatality rate: ovarian cancer. Anne-Marie, you transcended your limitations and gave profound Every three and a half hours a woman in Canada is diagnosed with meaning to a life too short. Thank you for having lived so intensely ovarian cancer and in fact most of them die. The reason is that and for your wonderful legacy. ovarian cancer is not diagnosed early enough and the reason is that *** the symptoms are so vague women ignore them. [English] It is important for women to be able to know their family history, as ovarian cancer is genetic, and to be able to report vague symptoms POLIO when they occur over a long period of time. Ms. Yasmin Ratansi (Don Valley East, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, this month marks the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the polio Ovarian Cancer Canada provides a support network for women vaccine. Polio was a disease that spread across North America with this disease and their families. I applaud it for bringing attention during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. It resulted in death for some and to this problem that is little known but one that women must be made left tens of thousands of other individuals permanently paralyzed or aware of. with disabilities. *** At its peak, polio was one of the most feared and studied diseases [Translation] of the first half of the 20th century. It was not until 1955 that Dr. Jonas Salk discovered a miracle vaccine that eradicated the disease 41ST QUEBEC SUMMER GAMES in North America. Mr. Marc Lemay (Abitibi—Témiscamingue, BQ): Mr. Speaker, Unfortunately, polio still lurks in other parts of the world and that it is my great pleasure to inform the House that the finals of the 41st is why the Ontario March of Dimes, Polio Canada and the federal Quebec summer games, held in Amos, in the heart of my riding, government have joined the World Health Organization to address from August 5 to 13, were a resounding success. ongoing vaccine development and post-polio syndrome, which affects 125,000 Canadians today. The Amos region, which boasts a population of approximately 25,000, hosted nearly 4,000 athletes, 800 attendants, 400 officials, *** 250 heads of delegations, approximately 250 missionaries and over 12,000 visitors. This celebration of sports participation for our young AGRICULTURE athletes was made possible thanks to 3,900 volunteers who devoted Mr. David Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands, CPC): Mr. their skills, know-how and time to ensuring the success of each Speaker, the government seems to delight in tormenting agricultural competition and cultural event. producers. Farmers had a program called NISA that was working for On behalf of my Bloc Québécois colleagues, I want to most of them, so the Liberals gutted it. They replaced it with CAIS, a congratulate the athletes and send a special thank you to the program that has been wrapped in controversy right from the organizing committee, which mobilized everyone in our community beginning. It is just not working for most producers. and proved that success is possible in the regions. Let me give an example. The government had a September 30 *** deadline for 2004 CAIS applications. It actually wanted farmers to get off the combine at harvest time and go home to do book work. NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM Today, under pressure from Conservative members, producers and Mr. Jean-Claude D'Amours (Madawaska—Restigouche, accountants, the government has finally extended the deadline until Lib.): Mr. Speaker, during the recent meeting of Canadian ministers farmers get out of the fields and are able to do their book work. responsible for transportation, we learned that the ministers had agreed to expand our national highway system. That is not enough to fix the program. Producers are still waiting for 2003 payments and some have been told it will be months. Three highways in New Brunswick, including routes 11 and 17, Others cannot qualify for payments, and more and more questions which run through my riding of Madawaska—Restigouche, were are being asked about the structure of the entire program. As one added to the national highway system. farm economist told me, this program is “a subsidy for the chronically profitable”. I want to highlight the importance of this decision, since it will greatly facilitate the upgrading of these two highway routes, which This government has no effective plan for agriculture. It really is are essential to the economy of Madawaska—Restigouche and all of time for a change. New Brunswick. September 28, 2005 COMMONS DEBATES 8139 S. O. 31 I am hopeful that New Brunswick will recognize the vital coast to coast to coast on the installation of our 27th Governor importance of these highways to the province, so that upgrading of General the Right Hon. Michaëlle Jean. routes 11 and 17 can begin as soon as possible, to ensure the safety of those travelling on them. We welcome a courageous and powerful voice for women's rights I am very happy to have made every effort, along with some of my on to our national stage.