Ted Falk

Mr. Speaker, the member for The Eastern Peninsulas asked a legitimate question of the Minister of Fisheries, who, during her very condescending response, gave the member, or at least somebody on this side, the bird. I would ask that she apologize. The Minister of Natural Resources could confirm that and so would the tapes.

Mr. Speaker, Canada has the world's fourth-largest proven oil reserves. We have the resources to fuel our country, and yet Canadians are paying more at the pump. We cannot control everything that drives up energy prices around the world, but we can control the barriers that we put in our own way. After 11 years, Liberal taxes and red tape have made it harder to build the projects that turn Canadian resources into Canadian fuel, jobs and opportunity. It does not have to be that way. Canadian workers should be turning Canadian resources into Canadian prosperity. Conservatives have a plan to move Canada forward, cut taxes, remove unnecessary barriers and get Canadian resources to market. Diesel is not a luxury. It fuels our farms, our trucks and the equipment that keeps the country moving. When diesel costs more, Canadians pay more. Canada has the resources. We have the workers. We have the opportunity. What Canadians need is for government to get out of the way and to allow resource development, with Canadian resources, by Canadian workers and for Canadian prosperity.

Mr. Speaker, I too want to rise with a petition from Canadians asking the government to consider supporting Bill C-218. The petitioners recognize that the expansion of MAID is being discussed in this House and will be voted on later this week. The expansion would include individuals who would be eligible for MAID on the basis of mental illness as their sole medical condition. Experts agree that people can recover from mental illness; it is treatable and they cannot predict when it is irremediable. Petitioners are asking the Government of Canada to support Bill C-218 and make sure that MAID is not extended to people whose sole underlying condition is mental illness.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present a petition from dozens of Canadians in support of Bill C-218, which is commonly referred to as the right to recover act. The petitioners recognize that the Canadian government intends to expand medical assistance in dying to individuals whose sole medical condition is mental illness. They also recognize that mental illness is treatable and curable. The experts have acknowledged that there is no way to determine when mental illness is irremediable. The petitioners are asking the government to not proceed with its intention to make mental illness a sole underlying condition for the expansion of MAID. They would like all parliamentarians to support Bill C-218, which would permanently remove that possibility from being considered.

Mr. Speaker, Canadians are losing sleep because of the Prime Minister. A new United Way report confirms that 40% say they lie awake, worrying how to stretch their paycheque to pay for food, gas and housing. While Canadians are awake with anxiety, these Liberals are asleep at the wheel, refusing to acknowledge that they have driven Canada into the only recession in the G20. Canadians carry the stress and lose the sleep while the Liberals keep hitting the snooze button on the consequences. Will the Prime Minister wake up and reverse his costly policies that are keeping Canadians awake at night?