Debates of April 19th, 1999
House of Commons Hansard #210 of the 36th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was vote.
Topics
- Reform Of International Organizations
- Supply
- Arthur Meighen
- Forest Industry
- Earth Day
- Wayne Gretzky
- Vaisakhi
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Rashpal Dhillon
- National Textiles Week
- Volunteers
- Wayne Gretzky
- Persons Case
- Judy Cook
- Bloc Quebecois
- Wayne Gretzky
- Volunteers
- Wayne Gretzky
- Kosovo
- Taxation
- Kosovo
- Nuclear Waste
- Kosovo
- Taxation
- Kosovo
- Taxation
- Kosovo
- Nuclear Waste
- Millenium Scholarships
- Kosovo
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Kosovo
- Agriculture
- Minister For International Trade
- Canadian Productivity
- Employment Insurance
- Kosovo
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Volunteer Sector
- Kosovo
- Presence In The Gallery
- Foreign Affairs And International Trade
- Government Response To Petitions
- Committees Of The House
- Witness Protection Program Act
- Committees Of The House
- Wayne Gretzky
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Supply
Employment Insurance
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Papineau—Saint-Denis
Québec
Liberal
Pierre Pettigrew Minister of Human Resources Development
Mr. Speaker, Standing Order 108(2) is very clear. The committee makes its own decisions and reviews the issues that it chooses.
When we undertook the employment insurance reform, we were very sensitive to its impact on communities and people across the country. I am extremely grateful to my Liberal caucus colleagues for wanting to help me understand the employment insurance reality through their own reality. I can assure members that I will listen to them very carefully, so as to help our fellow Canadians.
Kosovo
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
David Price Compton—Stanstead, QC
Mr. Speaker, will the Minister of National Defence confirm that Canadian forces are on the ground in Kosovo doing targeting and KLA support work?
Kosovo
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
York Centre
Ontario
Liberal
Kosovo
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
The Speaker
In case Hansard did not get that, the answer I think was no. Is that correct? I did not hear the answer of the hon. Minister of National Defence. Could he repeat what he said?
Kosovo
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Liberal
Aboriginal Affairs
Oral Question Period
April 19th, 1999 / 2:55 p.m.
Reform
Mike Scott Skeena, BC
Mr. Speaker, we asked the government several times why it is agreeing to ratify a Nisga'a treaty that will effectively give the Nisga'a the right to ban trade unions in the Nisga'a territory.
I ask the minister again, why is she prepared to diminish the rights of Nisga'a people by accepting a treaty that will allow the Nisga'a central government to ban trade unions in their territory?
Aboriginal Affairs
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Brant
Ontario
Liberal
Jane Stewart Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Mr. Speaker, the hon. member should take the time to read the Nisga'a treaty. He will find that what he is purporting is absolutely not true at all.
Volunteer Sector
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Liberal
Bryon Wilfert Oak Ridges, ON
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Human Resources Development.
This week is National Volunteer Week. The volunteer sector in this country is an indispensable part of Canadian life. It deserves the gratitude of all Canadians, but it also deserves recognition from the government for the important role it plays.
What specifically is the Government of Canada doing to encourage and support this most valuable element of Canadian society?
Volunteer Sector
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Papineau—Saint-Denis
Québec
Liberal
Pierre Pettigrew Minister of Human Resources Development
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his very interesting question.
I could not agree more that the voluntary sector deserves much gratitude from Canadians and from the government. We want to enable them to play an even greater role in Canadian life.
The Minister of Health, the Minister of National Revenue and I are working together with voluntary sector representatives to develop ways to support and strengthen their capacity to continue their good work. On another front, this Wednesday I will also be launching a voluntary opportunities exchange, a national Internet application that matches volunteers with voluntary organizations.
Kosovo
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Bloc
Gilles Duceppe Laurier—Sainte-Marie, QC
Mr. Speaker, a member of parliament stated in the House that Canadian troops were currently positioned inside Kosovo's border.
I am asking the Prime Minister to tell this House whether or not, and regardless of the role to be played by these soldiers, there are, as we are speaking, Canadian troops on the ground, inside Kosovo's border.
Kosovo
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Saint-Maurice
Québec
Liberal
Kosovo
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
NDP
Gordon Earle Halifax West, NS
Mr. Speaker, I asked the foreign affairs minister the other day about a uniting for peace resolution. He indicated that this resolution would not be appropriate unless there was an agreement by Milosevic. He talks about getting the agreement first. Perhaps the reason Milosevic is refusing to agree is because of the venue by which the agreement is being sought. That is NATO, the party that is bombing him.
Would the minister not agree that it would be worth trying another venue and seeking a uniting for peace resolution through the general assembly of the United Nations?
Kosovo
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Winnipeg South Centre
Manitoba
Liberal
Lloyd Axworthy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, as I just told the hon. member's colleague, the secretary general has taken a series of initiatives this morning, establishing a special representative, undertaking a series of negotiations that is designed to get a security council agreement to a peace plan, a peace agreement. This would include the mandate of article 7 which carries with it a series of requirements of all countries in the world to live up to those obligations.
As I said to the hon. member, while these important negotiations are continuing and while the uniting for peace resolution is an option, the way we should explore right now is to see how we can support the secretary general's efforts.
Kosovo
Oral Question Period
3 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
David Price Compton—Stanstead, QC
Mr. Speaker, why will the government not inform Canadians and parliament of the real involvement of our Canadian forces in Kosovo?
Kosovo
Oral Question Period
3 p.m.
York Centre
Ontario
Liberal
Art Eggleton Minister of National Defence
Mr. Speaker, we do inform Canadians. We do inform parliament.
I went through a list previously that indicates exactly what our people are doing in the area and connected with Kosovo.