Don BOUDRIA
BOUDRIA, The Hon. Don, P.C., B.A.
Personal Data
- Party
- Liberal
- Constituency
- Glengarry--Prescott--Russell (Ontario)
- Birth Date
- August 30, 1949
- Website
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Boudria
- PARLINFO
- http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=efec68a7-e1fd-490f-8b6a-95313440440c&Language=E&Section=ALL
- Profession
- public servant, purchasing agent
Parliamentary Career
- September 4, 1984 - October 1, 1988
- LIBGlengarry--Prescott--Russell (Ontario)
- November 21, 1988 - September 8, 1993
- LIBGlengarry--Prescott--Russell (Ontario)
- Deputy Whip of the Liberal Party (December 1, 1988 - January 29, 1991)
- Liberal Party Deputy House Leader (September 1, 1990 - November 1, 1993)
- Deputy House Leader of the Official Opposition (January 30, 1991 - November 1, 1993)
- October 25, 1993 - April 27, 1997
- LIBGlengarry--Prescott--Russell (Ontario)
- Liberal Party Deputy House Leader (September 1, 1990 - November 1, 1993)
- Deputy House Leader of the Official Opposition (January 30, 1991 - November 1, 1993)
- Chief Government Whip's assistant (November 4, 1993 - September 26, 1994)
- Deputy Whip of the Liberal Party (November 4, 1993 - September 26, 1994)
- Chief Government Whip (September 15, 1994 - October 4, 1996)
- Whip of the Liberal Party (September 15, 1994 - October 4, 1996)
- Minister responsible for La Francophonie (October 4, 1996 - June 10, 1997)
- Minister for International Cooperation (October 4, 1996 - June 10, 1997)
- June 2, 1997 - October 22, 2000
- LIBGlengarry--Prescott--Russell (Ontario)
- Minister responsible for La Francophonie (October 4, 1996 - June 10, 1997)
- Minister for International Cooperation (October 4, 1996 - June 10, 1997)
- Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (June 11, 1997 - January 14, 2002)
- Liberal Party House Leader (September 22, 1997 - January 14, 2002)
- November 27, 2000 - May 23, 2004
- LIBGlengarry--Prescott--Russell (Ontario)
- Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (June 11, 1997 - January 14, 2002)
- Liberal Party House Leader (September 22, 1997 - January 14, 2002)
- Minister of Public Works and Government Services (January 15, 2002 - May 25, 2002)
- Liberal Party House Leader (May 26, 2002 - December 11, 2003)
- Minister of State (Without Portfolio) (May 26, 2002 - December 11, 2003)
- Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (May 26, 2002 - December 11, 2003)
- June 28, 2004 - November 29, 2005
- LIBGlengarry--Prescott--Russell (Ontario)
Most Recent Speeches (Page 1 of 1683)
November 28, 2005
Hon. Don Boudria (Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, Lib.)
Mr. Speaker, on November 17, the House passed Bill S-3, which confirms the Government of Canada's obligations to promote linguistic duality. On November 22, the Senate did likewise.
My question is for the Minister responsible for Official Languages. When will Bill S-3 come into effect in order to protect Canada's language minorities? Could he answer my question, as this is likely the last question I will ever ask in this House?
Subtopic: Official Languages
November 25, 2005
Hon. Don Boudria (Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, Lib.)
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the hon. Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The people of Haiti are still suffering despite the help of several countries including ours. Has the minister recently announced additional help or will he do so in order to provide the Haitian population with all the help Canada can offer to the poorest country in our hemisphere?
Subtopic: Foreign Affairs
November 24, 2005
Hon. Don Boudria (Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, Lib.)
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present the 54th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.
Pursuant to Standing Order 91.1(2), this report contains the list of items added to the order of precedence under private members' business on November 14, which should not be designated non-votable.
Subtopic: Committees of the House
November 22, 2005
Hon. Don Boudria (Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, Lib.)
Mr. Speaker, I listened to the debate on and off throughout the day. I did not have the opportunity to make a long speech, because the time available today is limited. Many members of my party also want to express their support for supply management. I know that one of my colleagues will do so in a few minutes.
I just want to raise a particular issue, namely the production of eggs in Canada. There is a problem in this supply managed sector that I did not mention earlier today, but I want to do so now. I am referring to the huge importance of over-quota tariffs.
Currently, foreign products account for 5% or 6% of the total production of eggs. However, the problem is the increased value of our currency. Because of this, over-quota tariff protection has diminished. Moreover, if pressure is exerted to reduce the tariffs that are left, that is the over-quota tariffs, we could lose one of the pillars of supply management.
This is why it is important to support maintaining over-quota tariffs at their current level for egg production, in addition to all the other sectors that were also mentioned.
Subtopic: Supply
November 22, 2005
Hon. Don Boudria
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his very kind remarks. This may be one of my last days in this chamber, but I hope it will be a bit longer. Like the man at the garage said, “Them's the breaks”.
The Dairy Farmers of Canada sent a communiqué to many of us in which it expressed its concern and invited our support. Perhaps my colleague has had the opportunity to see it. The Dairy Farmers of Canada have had a particular bone to pick over the last little while. It is not just the issue of supply management for dairy farmers, but it is the fact that there seems to be no limit to the devious imagination of some in trying to bypass the supply management system to allow products to come into Canada that normally could not. The butter-oil-sugar blend issue is an example. Items are artificially sweetened to make them cross the border and then the product is removed. The sugar is more or less a container in that regard to make some product cross the border.
Would my colleague agree that is an abuse of the system, which is being perpetrated on Canadian dairy farmers? It clearly was not part of the deal when supply management was established or in the subsequent rounds of the GATT, subsequently the WTO.
Subtopic: Supply