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Debates of Oct. 20th, 2011
House of Commons Hansard #33 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was grain.
- Question Period
- Government Response to Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Pensions
- Business Excellence Award
- David Y.H. Lui
- Parliamentary Fitness Initiative
- Montreal Metropolitan Area
- Eldred King
- Bay of Fundy
- Binational Health Week
- Justice
- Bullying
- New Democratic Party of Canada
- Kings--Hants National Leaders
- Shipbuilding Industry
- Homelessness Awareness Night
- Marketing Freedom
- Shipbuilding Industry
- Taxation
- National Defence
- Shipbuilding Industry
- National Defence
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Fisheries and oceans
- Veterans
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Canada Post
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Port of Churchill
- The Economy
- Taxation
- The Environment
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- G8 Summit
- International Co-operation
- Veterans Affairs
- Health
- Pan American and Parapan American Games
- Human Rights
- Justice
- Presence in Gallery
- Business of the House
- Points of Order
- Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers Act
- Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act
International Co-operation
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Bev Oda Minister of International Cooperation
Mr. Speaker, Canada is doing its part. Our government's initial $72 million support has helped provide food to 11.5 million people and nutrition, clean water and medical care to over 2 million people in the region. Matching the generosity of Canadians, I am happy to report an additional $70.5 million will be put into the famine relief fund to support ongoing aid relief.
Recently, humanitarian workers have been targeted and kidnapped in the region. I call on all parties to allow for safe humanitarian access.
Veterans Affairs
Oral Questions
October 20th, 2011 / 3 p.m.
Judy Foote Random—Burin—St. George's, NL
Mr. Speaker, I have written to the government requesting that the October 31 deadline for the Canadian Forces appreciation fare on Marine Atlantic and the quota system be removed.
One of my constituents, who recently returned from Afghanistan, inquired about the fare and was told the crossing he wanted to take had its quota of veterans and that he would have to pay. That is some appreciation.
Over 30,000 trips have been taken by veterans since the start of the program. Clearly the need exists. Will the minister commit today to extend the program, eliminate the quota and honour all our veterans who give so much to our country?
Veterans Affairs
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Steven Blaney Minister of Veterans Affairs
Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her question. Veterans and their families are our government's priority. They are the focus of our actions. I invite my colleague to forward her concern to me and we will look at the situation.
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Anne Minh-Thu Quach Beauharnois—Salaberry, QC
Mr. Speaker, this week, 118 countries are meeting in Brazil to develop an action plan on the social determinants of health. Nevertheless, this government did not feel it was necessary to send representatives. In Canada, 20% of health care expenditures are related to social issues such as homelessness and unemployment.
The World Health Organization recognizes that social inequality leads to health inequities. The costs are astronomical.
Can the Minister of Health explain why she is not participating in this important international meeting?
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Leona Aglukkaq Minister of Health and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Mr. Speaker, we do participate in a number of conferences internationally. Most recently, we were at a conference in New York, at the United Nations, on the declaration around poverty reduction initiatives across countries.
Our government has worked hard to protect and promote the health and safety of all Canadians who make huge investments internationally, as well as in Canada.
Pan American and Parapan American Games
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Kyle Seeback Brampton West, ON
Mr. Speaker, over the next two weeks, athletes representing 44 countries will compete in the 2011 Pan American Games and later, the Parapan American Games in Guadalajara , Mexico. Among these athletes is our very own Team Canada.
Could the Minister of State for Sport tell us how we are supporting our athletes in Guadalajara and how Canada is preparing to host the games in 2015?
Pan American and Parapan American Games
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Bal Gosal Minister of State (Sport)
Mr. Speaker, the member for Brampton West. is an Olympian as well.
Last week, I travelled to Guadalajara, Mexico to support our athletes at the 2011 Pan American Games. I am proud to announce that so far Canada has won 33 medals.
The government is proud to support Team Canada through funding to the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic committees and national sports organizations. As a proud supporter of the upcoming 2015 games in Toronto, we have committed funding to sports infrastructure, legacy and essential federal services. We look forward to welcoming these games to Canada.
Human Rights
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Dany Morin Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, QC
Mr. Speaker, today is Spirit Day. By wearing purple, we show our support for LGBT teens who are the victims of bullying.
The tragic suicide of Jamie Hubley, a 15-year old who took his life in Ottawa last Saturday after being bullied because of his sexual orientation, shows to what extent gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual teens are crying out for help. It is high time we demonstrated leadership to protect our young people.
Can the government tell us how it plans to address the bullying and harassment our young people are experiencing?
Human Rights
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Ottawa West—Nepean
John Baird Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, I know I would speak for all members of the House to offer our sincere condolences to the family of Jamie Hubley. Bullying, homophobia, intolerance and incivility have no place in our schools. It underlies the real challenge of depression and mental health, especially among young people.
Let us resolve, as a society, to promote tolerance and acceptance of each and every one of our fellow citizens.
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
André Bellavance Richmond—Arthabaska, QC
Mr. Speaker, blinded by ideology, the Conservatives refuse to believe the statistics, refuse to listen to the Quebec bar and refuse to heed the warnings from places like Texas that have tried this approach and rejected it. Today, Quebec's National Assembly passed a unanimous motion demanding "the withdrawal of the provisions of federal Bill C-10 that go against the interests of Québec and Québec values as regards justice, including those concerning the treatment of young offenders."
Will the minister continue to impose his approach, a major failure, or will he listen to Quebec and its National Assembly?
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Niagara Falls
Rob Nicholson Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Mr. Speaker, I know anything about the fight of crime always upsets what is left of the Bloc Québécois.
The parts of the bill that we have before Parliament have been reviewed by my provincial counterparts over the years, and I am appreciative of their support.
Canadians elected us on this mandate to move forward to get tough on crime. That is why we are here and that is what we will continue to do.
Presence in Gallery
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
I would like to draw the attention of hon. members to the presence in the gallery of the honourable Kathleen Casey, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island.
Presence in Gallery
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Some hon. members
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Presence in Gallery
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
I believe the hon. member for Windsor—Tecumseh may wish to pose his inaugural Thursday question.
I see some members standing on points of order. We will do the Thursday question first, and then we will deal with any points of order that may have arisen out of question period.
Business of the House
3:05 p.m.
Joe Comartin Windsor—Tecumseh, ON
Mr. Speaker, I was hoping you would go ahead with the point of order so that when I made my points it would be somewhat quieter in the room.
It is my first question as the House leader for the official opposition. I want to thank the leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada for placing her confidence in me to take on this role.
I would also like to note that as the deputy House leader, I had the opportunity to sit in many meetings with the current government House leader and the current House leader of the Liberal Party. From those experiences, I expect that we will work out a co-operative, collegial relationship. We will not always agree, but I believe we will attempt our best to make this Parliament work for all Canadians.
I would like to ask the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons about his plans for next week. We know that the government has decided to cut off debate on Bill C-18 on Monday and that there will be an NDP opposition day on Tuesday. What other bills does the government intend to have us debate for the rest of the week?


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text: Great to hear Randy You've had a hard time of it. How did the BRG Sub frame work out? KC Gager BRG Racing Products "We Have Sickness For Quickness" KC at brgracing.com http://www.brgracing.com (925)672-5789 -----Original Message----- From: Randy Grein [mailto:randygrein at comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:19 AM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: New bike, no blues It's Alive! It's Alive! Those who have been following the saga of Randy's messed up racebike the past couple years will have an inkling of how great this is. Hopefully it's all behind me now. With big assistance from Zoran, Dan Zlock, Brett Prindle of Motobits and my endurance partner Damon Monwai I was able to transform a pile of parts friday afternoon into a functioning racebike by Sunday. The crappy silver paint job didn't matter, the mistake in rearset mounts didn't matter - not even the inconsistent tach reading could get me down. Nothing mattered but that sweet Zlock prepared motor and the surprise that comes when the your suspension settings are pretty much on after much guessing. I won't detail all the stuff - a missed TPS plug, the aforementioned rearset snafu, the thousand and one parts that developed legs between teardown and assembly in a garage far too cluttered - let's just say it's racing as usual. I missed Saturday's practice but the tight schedule and usual accidents meant rescheduling 650 SS twins, so I got my 3 full races. I got up at 6 to make the final fairing brackets and change tires before hitting registration and tech - all done before the riders meeting for the first time in years. A good sign. First practice showed that Brent was correct about the footpegs being too high. I could barely move around on the bike during practice, but I was able to quickly get from medium slow to somewhere in the ballpark in a few laps. I was gratified that 1:40s came quickly and were passed, eventually settling in the low 1:39 range. Not bad for practice when I'm this rusty. I came in early to switch the pegs around and check on my son who has also had a run of bad luck with his vintage bike. We had just enough time to switch them around before the first race, 650 SS Twins. Naturally I'm gridded 3rd row (not raced the class all year) but I generally get good starts and 2nd row conveniently gridded to one side, giving me a clean shot. When the light went out I got the holeshot, moving past the entire 2nd row before the clutch was all the way out; a competitor later said my front wheel was a foot off the ground when I passed. I got lucky with a few passes around turn 1, and entered turn 3 in third. That didn't last long and I settled in to a close 5th place, concentrating on hanging on to the fast guys for the first few laps. I was mostly successful until the red flag came out at the end of the 3rd lap. 6th was nowhere in sight when I pulled over at the busstop to chat with the other guys. The restart didn't go so well. Officials had wanted to grid the restart by place instead of the original grid, but couldn't make it happen. (Good thing too - good idea, but flat against the rulebook.) So back to the third row I go. I tried to warn the guys in front that I was likely to come through again, but the starter misinterpreted it as a joke and didn't relay as requested. That's what I get for a reputation as a joker! This time the start didn't go as well - my hole in the 2nd row closed up enough to make blasting through dangerous, an attempt to back off and pass outside in turn 1 was balked, and just about everyone passed by the outside on turn 2. I got stuck behind some slower riders and spent the next 2 laps trying to get by a pack of 4 who seemed to miraculously anticipate my every move. The frustration was intense but I wasn't about to punt myself AND another rider off making a hairball pass for what I figured was 10th place, and I watched the fast group disappear into the distance. Finally an anger-fueled outside pass in 8-9 broke the group apart and I put my head down to get some serious laps in, dropping from frustrated 1:43s to 1:37s. Nobody was in sight ahead, I quickly left the crew behind and circulated by my lonesome with only my lap timer and an awesome new bike for entertainment. After the race I tried to check my finish, but someone had apparently absconded with the sheet. I was not to discover my 4th place finish until Monday. I did, however discover my left knee and thigh and right hip were sore already. Apparently nothing quite substitutes for hanging off a motorcycle. The next two classes, Lightweight Superbike and middleweight GP Twins were similar without the blockage problems. A faster group of riders turning 1:35 or faster checked out leaving me to circulate on my own, contemplating lines and the mistakes not racing much for a few years cause. I slowed by a second in LW superbike trying too hard (for 8th) and got it back in Middleweight GP for 7th, but was pretty wiped out by the end of the day. The next couple of days I spent figuring out what to do next race; there's 2 seconds a lap just in riding smoother and easier - and I'll never last a 6 hour burning energy at that pace. Best part was that I had not a bit of problem with the bike all day. Big thanks to Zoran for help with the pipe and shock work, Dan Zlock (yes, THAT Zlock) for the killer motor, my wife Lauri for buying me a new bike, my son Justin for helping in the pits when he was having such a crap day, Brent Prindle of MotoBits for better rearsets and some clever ideas for fairing mounts. Also can't forget the other sponsors - Lockhart Philips, Riders for Health and Performance Coatings. 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MIAMI (Sept. 16, 2011) – The Miami heat didn't stop the top-seeded teams from victory on Friday on the first day of the Miami Beach Pro, part of the 2011 Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series produced by USA Volleyball and IMG.
The tournament is being held in Lummus Park in the heart of South Beach, where temperatures reached the high 80s on Friday.
On the men's side, the top eight seeded teams all advanced from the first round, with all but one winning in straight sets. On the women's side, the top five seeds advanced.
In women's upsets, 11th-seeded Kathryn Babcock (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Erin Gray (Orland Park, Ill.) defeated sixth-seeded Emily Day (Torrance, Calif.) and Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.) in a marathon 1 hour, 11 minute match, 26-24, 13-21, 15-13. Tenth-ranked Chara Harris (Sarasota, Fla.) and Megan Wallin (Siesta Key, Fla.) also upset seventh-seeded Jen Fopma (Bellflower, Calif.) and Jess Gysin (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), 21-19, 21-18 in 41 minutes.
In a first-round matchup of Olympians 2008 Olympian Nicole Branagh (Orinda, Calif.) and partner Brittany Hochevar (Fowler, Colo.), who were seeded third, defeated 2000 Olympians Annett Davis (Valencia, Calif.) and Jenny Johnson Jordan (Sherman Oaks, Calif.), ranked 14th, 21-9, 21-14 in 40 minutes.
Hochevar, who also played with Branagh in an FIVB World Tour event in The Hague, Netherlands, said she was happy to get another chance to play with her former teammate on the U.S. Women's Indoor National Team.
"I enjoy playing with Nicole," she said. "Our styles and the way we approach the game are similar."
In the only men's first-round match to go three sets, Ty Loomis (Warner Robins, Ga.) and Ty Tramblie (Newport Beach, Calif.) held off Russ Marchewka (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Adam Roberts (High Point, N.C.), 16-21, 21-16, 15-11 in 1 hour, 4 minutes.
"After we lost the first set, I knew all we needed was one or two good plays in the second so we could yell and scream and turn it around," Loomis said. "Ty Tramblie plays harder than anyone out here."
The top-seeded men's team of 2008 Olympians Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.) advanced with an easy 21-11, 21-15 victory over local favorites and 16th-seeded Matt Henderson (Tampa, Fla.) and Diogo Sousa (Coral Springs, Fla.).
The top-seeded women's team and the 2009 FIVB world champions Jen Kessy (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) and April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) defeated 16th-ranked Traci Weamer (Corona del Mar, Calif.) and Michelle Moriarty (Houston, Texas), 21-15, 21-12 in 45 minutes.
Saturday's matches are scheduled to start at 10 a.m.
The Miami Beach Pro includes a center court stadium with a VIP skybox, courtside cabanas, bleacher seating for more than 2,000 plus four ancillary courts. Additional highlights include a welcome center, merchandise store and festival village with an expected 40,000 in attendance over the three-day weekend.
The semifinals are scheduled for Sunday at 1:15 p.m. The women's finals will be Sunday at 3 p.m. followed by the men's finals at 5 p.m., which will be live on VERSUS.
The Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series kicked off at the $200,000 Manhattan Beach Open in Aug. 26-28. Following the Miami Beach Pro, it moves to Hermosa Beach, Calif. on Sept. 23-25 for the $150,000 Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series National Championship. The series offers a combined prize purse of $500,000, the most in the U.S. this year.
Tentative Match Times
Saturday (Sept. 17): 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Sunday (Sept. 18): 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Semifinals at 1:15 p.m.; Women's final at 3 p.m.; Men's final at 5 p.m. (Live on VERSUS)
Women's Entry List by Seed
1 April Ross/Jen Kessy
2 Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Hanson
3 Nicole Branagh/Brittany Hochevar
4 Jenny Kropp/Whitney Pavlik
5 Brooke Sweat/Kristen Batt
6 Heather Hughes/Emily Day
7 Jen Fopma/Jess Gysin
8 Christal Engle/Jennifer Snyder
9 Heather Lowe/Tealle Hunkus
10 Chara Harris/Megan Wallin
11 Kathryn Babcock/Erin Gray
12 Lisa Rutledge/Kim DiCello
13 Priscilla Lima/Angela Lewis
14 Annett Davis/Jennifer Johnson Jordan
15 Olaya Pazo/Kendra Van Zwieten
16 Traci Weamer/Michelle Moriarty
Men's Entry List by Seed
1 Sean Rosenthal/Jake Gibb
2 Nick Lucena/Matt Fuerbringer
3 John Hyden/Sean Scott
4 Billy Allen/Bradley Keenan
5 Kevin Wong/Jesse Rambis
6 John Mayer/Matt Prosser
7 Ty Loomis/Ty Tramblie
8 Adrian Carambula/ Steven Grotowski
9 Ed Ratledge/Ryan Mariano
10 Russ Marchewka/Adam Roberts
11 Braidy Halverson/Matt Olson
12 Josh Binstock/Mark Van Zwieten
13 Evan Engle/Stafford Slick
14 Joey Dykstra/Stevo VanderWerp
15 Stephen Van Zwieten/ Mike DiPierro
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Day 2 of trial in fatal hit-and-run
EAGLE RIVER – The trial of a Calumet man accused of drunk driving in a fatal 2011 accident continued Thursday with testimony from doctors who examined the victim, as well as people who saw the defendant in the hours leading up to the crash.
David Simons, 39, appeared in Keweenaw County Circuit Court for the second day of the three-day trial. He was allegedly behind the wheel while intoxicated early on the morning of Nov. 5, 2011, when he failed to negotiate a corner on Five Mile Point Road. His passenger, Jeffrey Brusso, 53, of Allouez Township, was killed in the crash.
George Krainatz had been at Brusso's house on the night leading up to the accident, where he had also encountered Simons, who he'd known for several years. He said Simons, who was carrying a bottle of brandy, had appeared intoxicated at the time.
"He was hitting on my girlfriend, for one – I didn't really appreciate that," he said. "He was bragging about how much money he had. He was really obnoxious. That's why I ended up leaving. I had to work in the morning and I didn't want to deal with that."
He was unsure how much of the brandy Simons had consumed.
The defense argues the crash occurred not because Simons was intoxicated, but because Brusso instigated an altercation with Simons in the car over debts owed to Simons. Krainatz said he was unaware of any debt Brusso had with Simons.
Several people testified who had been at the Cliff View Bar in Phoenix, where Simons and Brusso had gone later that night. Bartender Emily Pizzi recalled hearing a screeching sound, then running onto the porch to see Simons' car in a shallow ditch. The car pulled out of the ditch into the parking lot, almost hitting her car, she said.
Brusso ordered two beers, one of which went to Simons. Pizzi said Simons appeared intoxicated; when he went outside, she dumped his beer out with three-fourths of the glass remaining.
"Simons wanted a shot, and I said, 'No,'" she said. "I cut him off at that point."
Pizzi said she didn't know how much Simons had to drink prior to coming into the bar.
When Simons and Brusso left, she said, she could see Simons getting into the driver's seat.
Jan Heikkinen, assistant medical examiner for Keweenaw County, arrived on the scene of the accident shortly after it occurred.
While there was little external sign of injury, Heikkinen said a CT scan revealed a rupture of the right ventricle, as well as the pericardium. The rupture was caused by rapid deceleration, Heikkinen said.
Heikkinen said she found a contusion on Brusso's right temple along with lacerations on his hands from recent wounds.
"Is there any real rational explanation for why Mr. Brusso would have a contusion on his forehead, blood on his hand and bruising on his other hand other than he had sustained those injuries prior to impact?" Simons' attorney, Nicholas Daavettila, asked Heikkinen.
"It would be prior to the impact," Heikkinen said.
Brusso was also found to have a sternal fracture, which Heikkinen said is usually associated with the wearing of a seat belt.
Based on the amount of blood found in his chest, she said, Brusso died within a minute of the crash.
Simons is charged with operating while intoxicated causing death, failing to stop after causing an accident resulting in death and driving while operating license is suspended or revoked during an accident causing death. All are 15-year felonies.
The trial ended for the day at 2:15 p.m., as the prosecution's next witness had not arrived in town. The trial is scheduled to conclude today.


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Debates of March 26th, 2004
House of Commons Hansard #30 of the 37th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was elections.
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10:30 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Ted White North Vancouver, BC
Mr. Speaker, I was rather hoping there would be enough time for me to ask some further questions because the minister really did not answer my question, although he seemed quite happy to roll over and play dead for the Supreme Court of Canada, as if this place does not matter.
This is supposed to be the supreme legislative body in the whole country. We represent the people of Canada. We are supposed to be making the rules, not the Supreme Court. We had agreement from parties that they would drop the legal challenge and accept 12 as the number for a registered party. There is no excuse for it. It was pigheadedness and it wasted probably millions of taxpayer dollars fighting that in court.
The minister should be ashamed because he at the time did not support the amendment.
The minister claimed he sent the bill to committee before second reading because he wanted us to give it serious consideration and see what amendments we should make to make it workable and so on. Well, it was a complete sham.
We sent the bill to committee. The very first day that it appeared in committee it was ready for clause by clause. All the talk by the government about dealing with the democratic deficit is just nonsense. The very minister who is supposed to be in charge of dealing with the democratic deficit in this place, with his very first bill to committee, tried to rush it through so fast we could hardly see it go through the room.
We got to committee to discuss the bill. The minister appeared as a witness. One of my first questions to him was, had he made any of the parties affected by the bill aware of its existence. I do not have time to look in the exact transcript, but his answer was along the lines, of to his knowledge, no, the parties affected by the bill had not even been told of its existence. This was a bill that was to go through committee at super speed, go through the House at super speed and the people who would be affected by it did not even know it existed.
Right after the minister appeared as a witness, we on the official opposition side tried to get permission from the committee to bring forward other witnesses. The Liberals on committee tried to go straight to clause by clause with no witnesses, even though they had just heard that the parties affected by the bill did not even know it existed.
It was only after the official opposition threatened to filibuster the committee that an agreement was reached to have some witnesses, and then we only got two. They were not even going to agree to have the chief electoral officer appear. The person who had to administer the bill would not be a witness. It was only after the official opposition insisted that we got the chief electoral officer and Mr. Miguel Figueroa of the Communist Party who was the entity which got us into this pickle in the first place.
A few days later at committee we had those two witnesses before us. Of course Mr. Figueroa was completely surprised by the phone call he received him to appear before committee because, as the minister admitted, he had no idea that the bill even existed.
When I made some phone calls to some of the other parties, they did not know either. It was a huge surprise to them. Unfortunately, they were not given the courtesy of appearing before the committee, but we did hear from Mr. Figueroa and the chief electoral officer.
During the testimony given by the chief electoral officer, he mentioned a part of the bill that disturbed him a great deal. It was the part of the bill that would require him to make judgments about the appropriateness of a platform or policies advanced by political parties before he could deem it appropriate to register a particular party.
As Mr. Kingsley quite properly pointed out, it is entirely inappropriate for a non-partisan chief electoral officer to be making such judgments or to be put in the position of having to even consider making such judgments. He requested that the committee remove those sections of the bill. In fact he had even brought legal counsel with him who had taken the time to draft amendments which would achieve that goal so that we would not have to think about that and do it within the committee structure itself.
After some discussion about that possibility, Mr. Figueroa came forward to be a witness. He also expressed similar concerns about the bill and supported the amendments proposed by Mr. Kingsley.
Both the chief electoral officer and Mr. Figueroa suggested that instead of rushing the bill through committee, as we were doing, we should spend a little time to get it right. This is what is so appalling about the situation. The minister just stood not five minutes ago and said that the bill was not perfect. Yet he had told us we were taking it to committee before second reading so we could get it perfect. Once it got there, he was not interested in having us do anything with it. It is an extremely frustrating situation because we could have made the bill into good legislation that truly would have dealt with the problem and fixed it once and for all.
Frankly, the bill going through this place is no better than the pickle we were in before the bill was introduced. Yet we are between a rock and a hard place because we have to pass the bill before the end of next week. If we do not, the Canada Elections Act falls apart in June.
Because many sections of the Canada Elections Act are affected by the Supreme Court judgment in this case, the act will cease to function on what I think is June 27 of this year. We obviously have to pass this before the end of next week to keep the act intact. Otherwise we cannot go to an election, and I know the government wants to do that. What a nasty position we are in.
The government, in its haste, thought it could get this bill through the House really quickly, without amendments. It has tried to persuade us to put it through because the Canada Elections Act will fall apart. Frankly, it would have gone through the House a lot more quickly if the Liberals had been willing to listen to the amendments and suggestions that were brought to them. If they had been willing to hear a few more witnesses and if they had been truly willing to address the democratic deficit, as the minister keeps saying he wants to, we could have fixed the bill, got it perfect and it would have already been passed.
In committee I asked the chief electoral officer a question about of the Supreme Court ruling. Members will recall the Supreme Court ruled that sections of the elections act requiring the 50 candidate rule, that is a party to be registered must have 50 candidates in an election, were unconstitutional. My question to the chief electoral officer was that if an election was called in the spring, even if this bill had been passed, the Supreme Court had stayed the effect of its ruling until June 27.
Again the chief electoral officer is in another pickle because he has to work under an electoral law that has been deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada, and does not become fixed until June. How will he rule on the registration of parties over the next few months? Does he rule using the defective law that has been ruled unconstitutional or does he rule based on good will, that is with the knowledge that this other bill will be coming down the pike, which will fix the problem?
How would you like to be in that position, Mr. Speaker, where you do not know whether to apply an unconstitutional law and try to enforce it or to apply a law that does not even exist yet and which you know will fix the problem? It is a horrible predicament for the chief electoral officer. Again, we could have fixed it in committee. We had the opportunity to properly amend the bill and the act, to fix it, and the minister was not interested.
The government would have us believe that this bill is simply about the definition and registration of political parties in Canada. As I have mentioned, the truth is it only exists due to a Supreme Court ruling that came about because of the meanspirited oppression of small parties by the government opposite. Bill C-3 is designed to put the government into compliance with a unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. It was handed down on June 27, 2003.
It is important to note that it was a unanimous decision. There was no hesitation in terms of the Supreme Court ruling that what the government was trying to do with its 50 candidate rule was completely anti-democratic and unconstitutional.
The court ruled that the 50 candidate threshold for registration of a political party was unconstitutional and that fact had been obvious to just about everyone except the government. Maybe it really knew, but it wanted to keep that rule in place as long as it possibly could to prevent competition from smaller parties. That rule greatly affected us in the early days of the growth of the Reform Party.
As the House knows, I am one of the original members of Parliament elected under the Reform banner. In 1992 and 1993, as we were building for a possible 1993 election, we knew we would be penalized greatly. We knew we would not even to have our name on the ballot if we could not get 50 candidates to run across the country. I know the Bloc also was being targeted at the time because there was a growth of the Bloc in Quebec and it perhaps would not be able to get 50 candidates on the ballot either. That was an attempt by the established parties to prevent any threat from the growth of a smaller party that may affect them.
Luckily, we were able to build support regardless and irrespective of the 50 candidate rule and that is why we are in the House today as official opposition and perhaps now about to take the government benches in the next couple of months.
I guess the real shocker for the government was when the Supreme Court of Canada struck down sections of the Elections Act. However, instead of saying that perhaps the number 12 or some other number would be satisfactory, it said that one person constituted a party. The government was complaining when the court in Ontario ruled that two persons was a party. That was the basis, I believe, for the amendment that was being proposed today by the NDP. In Ontario the government, after having had the chance to accept the 12 candidate rule, which it rejected, had an opportunity to accept a two candidate rule from the Ontario court ruling, but no. Pigheaded as it was, on it went spending other people's money to challenge it in court until it ended up with a one candidate rule. What a ridiculous situation we find ourselves in that one person constitutes a political party. I guess they reap what they sow.
What the government is trying to do in Bill C-3, which was formerly Bill C-51 prior to prorogation, is to provide some additional conditions for registration of a party to try to get around the potential problems that can occur if just anyone walks in off the street and registers as a political party in order to get all the benefits of tax receipts for donations and rebates if they run an election, and so on.
The government has tried to increase the amount of bureaucracy that goes along with registering a party to counter this thing that only one person constitutes a party. One of the bits of bureaucracy it has put in there is the one I just mentioned a few minutes ago, which requires the Chief Electoral Officer to determine whether or not a party is a political entity based on its platform and its policies.
To try to deal with the problem that way is really inappropriate. I feel that it is a real pity that the government is proceeding with this. The Chief Electoral Officer warned that his office could be open to a legal challenge, to lawsuits, because of rulings he makes under clauses of the bill. Someone who is dissatisfied with a ruling that he has made will obviously take it to court and we may end up mired in years and years of court challenges again, all the way to the Supreme Court, based on this ridiculous clause that the Chief Electoral Officer should be partisan in some way and make judgments about political parties coming for registration.
The bill also requires that the party must have three officers, in addition to its leader, must have appointed a chief agent and an auditor, and must have a total of 250 electors who are members of the party. Those electors must sign declarations confirming their support.
The leader of the Communist Party, who started the original legal challenge, when he came before the committee as a witness, asked us if we would consider lowering that threshold of 250 members down to 125. His argument I think from memory was based on just the logistics of trying to get people across the country to sign declarations and that it would be a lot easier if it were a smaller number.
I do not have any strong feelings about that particular aspect but I did want to get it on the record because it was presented by a witness to the committee.
In addition to the various requirements for registration, part of the ruling by the Supreme Court was that the assets of a suspended party no longer needed to be liquidated and paid to the Receiver General. When we think about that, what an evil provision that was in the previous part of the Elections Act. If a party could not run 50 candidates in a general election it was required to sell all of its assets and turn them over to the Receiver General.
That was a mean-spirited type of law that was aimed clearly at the Reform Party of Canada and the Bloc Quebecois in 1992-93 to try to take away their ability to fight a subsequent election if they were not able to get 50 candidates in that 1993 election. What a mean-spirited attempt to keep control right there on the government side.
Luckily, the Supreme Court saw through that mean-spirited attempt to suppress smaller parties and eliminated that. Small parties no longer need to sell off all their assets and turn them over to the Receiver General if they cannot run 50 candidates in an election.
I should point out that we on this side of the House have consistently supported a lower registration threshold. As I mentioned, I have tried consistently, in my role as critic for these electoral issues over the last decade, to get the government to accept the number 12 as being the appropriate number but without success to date. Perhaps when we come back here after an election and I am the minister, we will actually get it done, but we will see whether that actually happens.
I would like to give a bit of history about the way the registration of political parties does work under the Canada Elections Act. The registration process was first advocated in 1966 by the commission on election expenses, known as the Barbeau committee. It concluded that political parties should be recognized as legal entities to encourage the development of the democratic system.
It is interesting that before 1966, the Communist Party, and anybody who just wanted to get a few people together and call themselves a political party, actually did not even need to register anyway. That is an interesting observation. It is only since 1966 that it has been necessary.
In 1970, rules for the registration of political parties were introduced in the Canada Elections Act and political parties that fulfilled certain administrative requirements were admitted. In 1974, the Election Expenses Act introduced spending limits for registered political parties and candidates.
That leads me into an interesting sidebar which is the spending by third parties. We are currently waiting for another ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada which I think will shake the government once again because it deals with spending by third parties. I have no doubt that members are well aware that the present leader of our party was involved in the challenge by the National Citizens' Coalition of the government's right to control the spending of third parties.
I would confidently predict that the Supreme Court will strike down that part of the Elections Act. It has been struck down at every other court level. It has been struck down three times in Alberta and twice I believe in British Columbia. It has been struck down in Ontario and it is going the way of the dodo. When that happens, what a mess it will make of the Elections Act because it will blow wide open all the controls on expenses that we as candidates have during an election campaign. I am not sure how many of my colleagues are ready for that eventuality, but we will be faced with a situation where the cap will be blown right off the top of our expenditure limitations.
I am pleased to have had the opportunity to speak today at third reading of Bill C-3. I look forward to answering any questions that come my way.
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10:50 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
John M. Cummins Delta—South Richmond, BC
Mr. Speaker, I commend my colleague from North Vancouver for his work over the years on this important issue and certainly the insights that he has provided the House this morning.
One aspect of the bill that I find especially troubling is the administration of it. The new process in the bill would allow for the registration of single person parties but it seems to me that underlying that very simple statement is a host of issues. How do we police this matter?
Theoretically, there could be single person parties in every riding in this country and maybe more than one. How will the electoral officer police this? Is it not a nightmare, as I suspect, or does my hon. colleague suggest that there may be a way out?
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10:50 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Ted White North Vancouver, BC
Mr. Speaker, I think it was quite apparent in my speech that I feel some compassion for the Chief Electoral Officer who would be faced with the problem of trying to administer a bill that would not only put him in an almost partisan position of making judgments on people who are registering, but would also have him dealing with the very complicated administration of the bill in order to determine whether a person should be registered as a party.
Yes, the committee heard the concern that individuals could try to take advantage of the bill to get themselves into a position where they could become an entity that received political donations, with the very generous tax credits that go along with that, and that in time would be able to build quite a large organization whose purpose would be to get huge donations with nice tax rebates and everything little else. If they managed to run a few token candidates and got a percentage of the vote, then they would also get election rebates, which would help foster even more growth and fill their coffers.
Therefore, it is definitely a nightmare. It makes me think immediately of the other bill, Bill C-24, that we passed recently, under protest, which had to do with the registration of electoral district associations, the reporting of nomination contests and so on.
Just in talking with many of my colleagues around this place who have gone through nomination contests over the last couple of months, many of them are completely ignorant of the new rules and have already broken the law, inadvertently, in terms of what is required for their nominations.
I have discovered that many of my colleagues did not even know that they had to appoint an official agent, that they had to have a financial agent who opened a bank account and deposited all the money for the campaign into that account, that they could not spend without taking money out of that account to then spend it and that it had to be documented, that if any candidate took in more than $1,000 or spent more than $1,000, he or she will be required to file a report with Elections Canada.
I have come across a widespread ignorance of that provision in Bill C-24. Even though everyone on the government side stood and supported it, they obviously did not know what they were supporting. That certainly is an administrative nightmare for Elections Canada as well.
I heard an example today of a nomination contest in British Columbia where one of the candidates had a donor give money to the riding association, which then voted at its board meeting to send the money on to the candidate's financial agent. That cannot be done under Bill C-24. That is an illegal transfer of assets. The bill would require that money to be refunded.
It raises the interesting prospect that the riding association has to refund the money to the donor, but does the candidate have to refund it to the riding association? I do not know. I think once the Chief Electoral Officer or his department officials start to look at those records there will be quite a problem in sorting out that administrative mess.
In terms of the administrative problems in Bill C-3, there is much less of a problem than there is in Bill C-24. I would hate to be administering Bill C-24 right now, especially after 308 nominations for several parties. If we were to multiply that by at least three parties, we would have over 1,000 nomination contests. That will be an absolute mess.
It is supposed to be reported in 90 days. I suspect it will take 90 years to sort it out. Time will tell.
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10:55 a.m.
Paul Crête Kamouraska—Rivière-Du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC
Mr. Speaker, I listened closely to my colleague's speech. He reminded the House of an interesting phase in the Bloc's evolution, when it first came here in 1993 as the official opposition with over 50 members.
We brought Quebec's experience to this public forum, as well as the conditions under which there could have been an interesting result in terms of Quebec's sovereignty.
Indeed, parties may be able to emerge as ours did, and the legislation before us will ensure the emergence of ideas, if not parties. But there are limitations. This is a British parliamentary system, which tends to restrict the number of parties.
In fact, traditionally, parties in such a system tend to be moderate. As a result, the kind of representation found in a proportional system does not exist here.
I would like to ask my colleague if he believes that, despite its faults, the bill before us will ultimately stand up to the Supreme Court test.
In any event, can we expect ideas and new parties to emerge, parties that may ultimately be represented in the House? Will there not be a second phase to this legislation, which should be developed as soon as possible to allow these parties to be recognized and have sufficient means of expression in order to contribute to the democratic debate?
It is important in a parliament for all voices to be heard. That fundamental principle explains the Bloc's presence here. Sovereignists represent about 45% of all Quebeckers, and we have always claimed that they had the right and the desire to be represented in this House, and that for a tool such as the Bloc Quebecois to exist was a democratic advantage.
Does the member believe that there should be a second phase, with rapid implementation, to ensure that this legislation not only allows for the emergence of new parties but also gives these parties the means to make their ideas heard?
Canada Elections Act
Government Orders
10:55 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Ted White North Vancouver, BC
Yes, Mr. Speaker, the 1993 election certainly changed the face of this House.
I thank the member for his question and I congratulate the Bloc Quebecois for using the democratic system to grow and actually have a presence in this place. I do not agree with its policies, but I can certainly recognize that it took advantage of the democratic process to come here.
The member briefly mentioned proportional representation as a way of getting more variety in the House. Our party's position has always been that we would need to put that type of question to Canadians in the form of a referendum and ask them if they would like to change the system. Personally, I would hope they would answer yes to that question. The second stage would be to select a system and I would not like to prejudge what that would be.
Finally, in terms of the bill itself, we have reluctantly accepted the reality that this bill has to be passed before the end of next week. We will allow the government to eventually pass it and make it law. Otherwise, the Canada Elections Act will fall apart. We look forward to producing a second generation, as the member suggested.
The Environment
Statements By Members
10:55 a.m.
Charles Caccia Davenport, ON
Mr. Speaker, some people believe environmental policies are bad for the economy and that jobs are lost because of environmental policies. Yet, the contrary is true.
For instance, in the eighties, acid rain reduction did not cause job losses despite predictions by some. The same happened when lead was removed from gasoline. The same can be said with the removal of chlorofluorocarbons from certain products to protect the ozone layer. As to Kyoto and climate change, again the spectre of job losses is raised by ill-informed sources.
Energy efficiency, conservation and innovation will make us more competitive, create jobs, and reduce pollution and waste. Environmental and economic policies can go hand in hand and build on each other.
A polluted environment is an economic and social burden. Canadians can strive towards a clean environment which forms the foundation for a healthy society and economy.
Gasoline Prices
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Gurmant Grewal Surrey Central, BC
Mr. Speaker, gas prices rose 7¢ per litre last week and crude oil futures soared to a 14 year high. British Columbians pay some of the highest gas prices in the country. Forecasters predict $1 a litre by the summer, yet the government does nothing.
As finance minister, the Prime Minister promised his 1.5¢ per litre gas tax hike was a temporary measure to balance the books. The books are balanced, but he is still hosing us at the pumps. He is collecting $7 billion in gas taxes, with more than $1 billion coming from B.C. motorists, yet less than 3% is spent on roads and infrastructures. Now he is weaseling out of his promise to send gas tax revenues to the cities.
It is time for the tired and scandal-ridden government to eliminate the deficit fighting gasoline tax, stop charging GST on gas taxes, and dedicate more gasoline taxes to highway spending.
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Larry Bagnell Yukon, YT
Mr. Speaker, the very positive and generous qualities in the budget for charities and the voluntary sector reminded me of some great charities and volunteer organizations in Yukon.
First of all, the Skookum Jim Friendship Centre has been helping aboriginal people in the urban centres of Yukon for generations. The Yukon Volunteer Bureau has provided volunteers for all the organizations in Yukon that are looking for volunteers. The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition has people who have dedicated many hours of their family and personal time to help those most in need. Finally, the United Way of Yukon has increased its collections in Yukon for many years to help all the organizations in Yukon that applied to it for assistance.
Thanks to Steve Robertson of the Yukon News who pays all their administration costs. Every cent raised goes to these charities. I would like to congratulate them again for their successful AGM which will be held this week.
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Gurbax Malhi Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale, ON
Mr. Speaker, I would like to draw attention to the seizure of thousands of guns by the Peel Regional Police. The knowledge that illegal guns are so readily available has led to increases in armed robberies and gang shootings.
As quoted in the Mississauga News :
"The use of weapons in the commission of crime is going up, no question," said Constable Steve Rowe, officer in charge of Peel Crime Stoppers..."Getting illegal handguns is easier and there is less hesitation to use them," said Peel Homicide Inspector Mike MacMullen.
Already this year there have been 59 robberies within the Peel region where weapons were used, up from 29 similar incidents last year. In an attempt to deal with this problem, a program called Gun Stoppers has been created where people can call toll free to report issues related to guns or other weapons at 1-800-222-8477.
Elk Island Constituency
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Ken Epp Elk Island, AB
Mr. Speaker, for totally unwarranted reasons, the Alberta Boundaries Commission has decided that the Elk Island constituency will cease to exist. This may be my last opportunity to give tribute to all of the wonderful people of my riding.
The editor of the Sherwood Park News , a major small-town paper in the riding, referred to me and my beloved riding of Elk Island. It is true that I have grown to love the people of this riding over the past 10 years. Their kindness to me has been overwhelming.
When I inherited the north part of the riding in 1997 from the member for Beaver River, I had a hard act to follow. She served the people so very well and I have tried to do the same.
While I will be seeking re-election in the new riding of Edmonton--Sherwood Park, I know that the people of rural Elk Island will be well served by the present members for Lakeland and Athabasca.
So, with nostalgia, I say thank you to all of the people of Elk Island. It has been a privilege to serve them.
The Budget
Statements By Members
March 26th, 2004 / 11 a.m.
Roy Cullen Etobicoke North, ON
Mr. Speaker, budget 2004 provides a great opportunity for our government to highlight our fiscal record since 1993.
This includes one of the best performing economies in the industrial world; seven consecutive balanced budgets, the first time this has happened since Confederation; over $52 billion in debt repayment, and this repayment translates into annual savings of $3 billion that can be used to fund the priorities of Canadians like health care and education; tax cuts of $100 billion that are still flowing today; a debt to GDP ratio that is projected to fall to 42% this year from a high of 68% in the mid-1990s; inflation has been held in check resulting in low interest rates; and a strong record of job creation in Canada, over two million jobs since 1993.
I believe that our government's track record is a good indicator that public funds will be properly managed in the future.
The Budget
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
André Harvey Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, QC
Mr. Speaker, contrary to what the opposition is telling people all over the country, particularly my friends in the Bloc Quebecois, who are so delighted to be here in the Parliament of Canada, I must point out that one of the most important features of the latest budget is the $31 billion drop in taxes, including $24 billion in personal income tax.
In health, we have injected $2 billion. We are going to invest not 14¢, but close to 40¢ on each dollar.
As for the municipalities, the government has begun providing structural support through the GST rebate.
The Government of Quebec has been allocated $330 million for R and D and training.
One important aspect of the last budget—and I know this drives my colleagues in the Bloc Quebecois a little crazy—relates to the social economy. This is a new initiative to provide support to all the stakeholders in the social economy. An amount of $160 million has been allocated to support—
The Budget
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
The Deputy Speaker
The hon. member for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot.
Rural Communities
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Yvan Loubier Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC
Mr. Speaker, a few days ago, I organized an evening of discussions on the future of our rural communities, in conjunction with Solidarité populaire and the Sans-Chemise Richelieu-Yamaska. Our exceptional guest speakers were Jacques Proulx, president of Solidarité rurale, Msgr. Lapierre, Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Denis Marion, municipal councillor for Massueville, and Jean-Paul Saint-Amand, of Solidarité populaire.
This important event was attended by over 125 decision makers from the RCMs of Maskoutins and Acton. What is facing rural communities is not so much problems as particular challenges. There is a common denominator among all rural people: the desire to defend their difference and to refuse to allow themselves to be considered as second class citizens.
Twenty percent of the population is rural, but that 20% feeds and clothes the other 80%. The rural community therefore plays a vital societal role.
The Government of Quebec has understood this for some years now, and has systematically adapted its policies to rural specificities. It is high time the federal government did the same with its programs and policies. The Bloc Quebecois is solidly committed to fight for recognition of this rural reality, and support for it.
Salon du livre de l'Outaouais
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Marcel Proulx Hull—Aylmer, QC
Mr. Speaker, the 25th annual Salon du livre de l'Outaouais has begun, and the Outaouais region is extremely proud to greet spring with its book fair.
I want to congratulate the Salon du livre de l'Outaouais for the work it has accomplished over the past 25 years. Each year, the Salon attracts more than 30,000 visitors. It is an excellent opportunity for readers to meet a great many authors.
I want to take this opportunity to thank the 250 volunteers who have devoted so much of their time to organizing this event, particularly its chair, Estelle Desfossés.
Reading is essential to the development of children, the future builders of Canada. Since our country's future depends on knowledge, I am pleased to support an event that, year after year, fosters the acquisition of knowledge.
The Salon, which runs from March 24 to 28, is a major event in the publishing world. I invite all my colleagues and the public to visit the Salon du livre de l'Outaouais and to "lire aux éclats", which alludes to the great joy of reading.


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Topic: How do you get started?
How do you decide what you will be doing in a project? Do you use CRC cards, fancy UML diagrams, cocktail napkins at your favorite bar, or something else?
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How do you decide what you will be doing in a project? Do you use CRC cards, fancy UML diagrams, cocktail napkins at your favorite bar, or something else?
I probably should start using CRC cards and/or stories. In my pre-TDD days, I did a lot of design work at various diner type places. Now that's only useful if I have a tricky refactoring to figure out, or an optimization algorithm.
I have a huge whiteboard where I start to list stories and/or major functional areas, with a scrap of paper for the immediate to-do list. I'm in the process of tackling a new functional area right now, and came in with an overdesigned plan, so I'm backing that out and building it in tiny steps out from a more approachable base.
All the writings on flow are so applicable... I think that my recent obsession with developing test libraries is that they hit the sweet spot while rails doesn't... A lot of Rails is too easy to be rewarding or too cumbersome to TDD, so....
I think that my recent obsession with developing test libraries is that they hit the sweet spot while rails doesn't... A lot of Rails is too easy to be rewarding or too cumbersome to TDD, so....
By all means keep working on improved test libraries - it helps me a lot more than your app code :-)
I've got this huge page of newspost paper that's marketed to editors laying out magazines and newspapers. It has massive real estate for sketching and drawing lines and I get to clip things out when I want. I'm thinking about moving to CRC cards though - I like the idea of comparing different models side by side and seeing how they match up.
I just write out the model, either in UML, or a kinda of psuedo schema format. Then I'll draw out a screen flow diagram, and draw some of the screens. By that time I'm usually ancy and want to get started, so I whip up a schema and start coding.
I'd like to work on more up front design, and possible TDD.
I often just use a text file. I start writing down the ideas, features, objectives, problems, schema, pretty much everything goes into the text file. Forcing myself to write down every thought regarding the application really helps me get a good perspective on the project. I sometimes refer back to this document while building the app, but that's not the reason for it. After I'm done writing I usually have a good enough grasp on the project already. I just use it as a method for talking to myself - I know, it's weird, but it works.
I call my method a "textual analysis". It inherits very heavily from UML. First, I list all the possible actors, and detailed descriptions of what they are/do, and ideas on how to seperate them from the others in the database. Next, you take your scope document (or your napkin your boss gave you, or your idea) and find all the database tables (nouns) mentioned. Create a few pseudo-class diagrams of your database, I say a few because there are many diffferent ways of solving a problem. Find a bunch of solutions, it will help out tin the long run. Now, start listing functionality, this may be straight out of thr scope docs, just list every feauture you can think up. Make use case drawings for some of the more complex ones, and underneath the drawing, write down what should happen in the application/database. Try and structure these use cases into classes (controllers), and make a diagram of them too. Now get a three ring with tabs. You need: Classes (Models), Use Cases (Controllers), Actors, Functionality notes (those ideas you have that you don't want to use case out or are not sure about), Documents (your scope doc, your contract, a to-do list), and Documentation (general notes about the app, a copy of the schema, etc...). This is the book. Make a coversheet with the codename, your name, and your business name. Load it with posty notes, index cards, and a decent pen. This is all you wlll ever need .
I like my good ol' whiteboard. I come up with a basic flow of how the site will function first and then, from there, come up with a basic schema plan. I like to just get the basic plan down and then start going at it.
I find that when I over plan, I make life harder on myself by trying to think of everything as a whole and end up worrying too much about small details. Instead I prefer to just come up with the basic idea and refine as I go through.
I like my good ol' whiteboard.
Same here, that and dry erase markers make everything more fun.
I start off with MindManager to get a map of the idea out in the open, then I start sketching the UI to discover how I want the user to interact with the app. Once I have some wireframes that cover the majority of the functionality outlined in my mind map I start modelling/coding.
My take on Getting Real anyways!
Write out every idea I have using Writely.com and then grab a whiteboard and start mapping out the user interface. Next is the HTML mockups, then domain objects, then database design, then on with the rest of the app.
I tend to use a mix of whiteboard and paper. I like the whiteboard to sketch out navigation, and then on paper I'll start drawing up the UI (I like the detail/control you can get with a pencil over a whiteboard marker). Usually I'll realize functionality I forgot and it's back to the whiteboard. After a few itterations, it's time for the digital camera to record the structure, and I'll do a basic ERD on the whiteboard (I need another one). I'll show the paper drawings to users before I start writing a line of code and often add in a bit more functionality, modify things appropriately then start coding.
I used to outline everything in a text file and start from there. I still use the text file to get down my intiial ideas, but recently I've started sketching things out on paper first, too, not os much how it's going to look, but now things interact and relate to one another, etc. I first did this for my online billing system (also my first rails app) and it made sorting out and setting everything up much easier.
I am along the lines of cdcarter, I think of actors and model those.
e.g. typically client/customer and admin for my apps.
Then I think about what they will do and what models that requires.
e.g. "My clients need to make an order"
Whilst writing the order I will think many items and put "has many items" in, which leads me to my next model (item), etc.
When all the obvious things are done, I go back to what the user will be doing (imagining them browser the site, where they would go, what they would do, etc.) to see if there is anything else I have missed.
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Haskell is now quite widely used, but its most important contributions are the ideas that it embodies. In this talk I will focus on one of these ideas, namely type classes, with a few anecdotes and reflections along the way about the process of developing the language.
Type classes are probably Haskell's most distinctive feature. The original idea is very neat and, better still, it led to a long series of subsequent generalisations and innovations. Indeed, although the language is now nineteen years old, Haskell's type system is still in a state of furious development. For example, I am involved in adding type-level functions to Haskell, as I will briefly describe.
I will explain what type classes are, how they differ from the classes of mainstream object oriented languages, why I think they are so cool, and what the hot topics are. I'll give plenty of examples, so you don't need to already know Haskell.
Haskell and Erlang were both born around 1990, with a common commitment to functional programmin. Although they have very different genealogies, and subsequent evolution paths, they are both gaining increasing mind-share as 2010 approaches. In my talk I'll contrast the two languages, paying particular attention to (a) types and (b) concurrency.
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Haskell was 15 years old at the POPL'03 meeting, when I presented this talk: it was born at a meeting at the 1987 conference on Functional Programming and Computer Architecture (FPCA'87).
In this talk, which is very much a personal view, I take a look back at the language, and try to tease out what we have learned from the experience of designing and implementing it. The main areas I discuss are: syntax (briefly), laziness (the hair shirt of the title), type classes, and sexy types.
On the way, I try to identify a few open questions that I think merit further study.