Health System Restructuring
October 28, 2008, afternoon session

Mr. MacDonald: The hon. President of the Treasury Board is a fiscal hawk with a broken right wing. My first question is to the hon. President of the Treasury Board. When did the minister of health ask the President of the Treasury Board for additional money? The government is said to be running a deficit in this current fiscal year of $800 million in the department of health.

Mr. Snelgrove: Sorry. It's hard getting up on one wing, Mr. Speaker, but I'll do my best. I find it's far better flying with a broken right wing than in a little tight circle with only a left wing.

Climate Change and Emissions Management Amendment Act, 2008
October 16, 2008, afternoon session

Mr. MacDonald: Speaking of our oil and our export of oil, we had a former minister here – I believe he was at one point Minister of Environment – Mr. Gary Mar, who is down in Washington.

Mr. Mason: He's doing a bang-up job for us, too.

Mr. MacDonald: Well, I would take exception to that. If he was doing a good job, he would have been able to flag that legislation that was passed that took into consideration the amount of CO₂ emissions occurring in Alberta. [...]

Mr. Mason: I would like the irony in my voice to be noted in Hansard.

Mr. MacDonald: Yes. The hon. member would like the irony in his voice to be noted in Hansard, and I would certainly hope that it is noted. I don't know how to do that, but I hope it's done because I don't think Mr. Mar has been doing the job that we're paying him to do, and he's getting a handsome salary.