Debates of May 29th, 2000
House of Commons Hansard #102 of the 36th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was citizenship.
Topics
- Income Tax Act
- Business Of The House
- Citizenship Of Canada Act
- The Late Maurice Richard
- Maurice “The Rocket” Richard
- The Unknown Soldier
- The Late Maurice Richard
- Walkerton Water Supply
- The Unknown Soldier
- Justice Jules Deschênes
- Health Care
- President Of The Hellenic Republic
- Status Of Women
- Rimouski Oceanic
- Bone And Joint Decade
- President Of The Hellenic Republic
- Armenia
- The Late Maurice Richard
- Human Resources Development
- Criminal Code
- Organized Crime
- Human Resources Development
- Canada Customs And Revenue Agency
- Preventative Withdrawal
- Foreign Affairs
- Importation Of Plutonium
- International Co-Operation
- Mining
- Health
- Employment Insurance
- Nafta
- International Co-Operation
- Mosel Vitelic
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Health
- International Co-Operation
- Michel Dumont
- Presence In Gallery
- The Late Maurice Richard
- Grain Transportation
- Government Response To Petitions
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees Of The House
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Point Of Order
- Citizenship Of Canada Act
- Species At Risk Act
- Business Of The House
- Species At Risk Act
- Supply
- Division No. 1322
- Division No. 1323
Mosel Vitelic
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Bloc
Pierre Brien Témiscamingue, QC
Mr. Speaker, Montreal is competing with cities in Ireland and Germany for a new Mosel Vitelic plant.
Investments of over $3 billion and the creation of 1,500 direct jobs are involved.
As the decision is to be made within the next two weeks in Taiwan, could the Minister of Industry confirm for us that he is 100% behind the project and that he will soon announce his government's contribution?
Mosel Vitelic
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Ottawa South
Ontario
Liberal
John Manley Minister of Industry
Mr. Speaker, I visited Mosel Vitelic and started things rolling for its establishment in Canada.
We certainly support such a significant investment and will now work with the group representing the Government of Quebec and the City of Montreal to obtain it. This is a very good thing for Canada, for Quebec and for Montreal.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
NDP
Dennis Gruending Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar, SK
Mr. Speaker, today the CBC board announced that it will cut back on all local television newscasts and will lay off hundreds of people to boot. This means the death of local CBC news by stealth, by a thousand cuts and by clear political design. The president has admitted publicly that the CBC is not a priority for the government but it is a priority for millions of Canadians.
Will the Prime Minister finally commit to reinvesting adequate and long term money so that local television news can be protected and improved?
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Saint-Maurice
Québec
Liberal
Jean Chrétien Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, I said last week that we are giving a very substantial amount to the CBC. It has received almost $1 billion from the government.
However, it is the responsibility of management and the board to decide how to allocate the money. It announced today that it has to make some changes to make the CBC more efficient. We have to respect the decision of the president of the corporation and the board.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
Mark Muise West Nova, NS
Mr. Speaker, can the Prime Minister tell us if today's announcement by the CBC regarding regional suppertime news is an attempt to systematically dismantle regional news programming? Does he support this type of downscaling?
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Saint-Maurice
Québec
Liberal
Jean Chrétien Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, as I said, the situation a couple of weeks ago was to close down everywhere. The CBC has now come to the conclusion that it will keep them open. It will be in a different way but they will still be open. It is because of the intervention by members of parliament on this side that it has the confidence to do that.
Health
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Liberal
Paul Szabo Mississauga South, ON
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Health.
This morning's national newspapers report that there is now clear proof that for decades the tobacco industry has been targeting children in the marketing and promotion of cigarettes.
What is the government's strategy to respond to the tobacco industry's relentless attack on our children and youth?
Health
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Etobicoke Centre
Ontario
Liberal
Allan Rock Minister of Health
Mr. Speaker, little by little and month by month Canadians are coming to understand the agenda of the tobacco industry to get new customers by focusing on young people. The documents released today indicate that has been going on for some time; that it was a deliberate strategy.
It makes it all the clearer that we have to continue, as we have done, with a strategy against the tobacco industry and against smoking through higher taxes as soon as possible and as much as possible, anti-smoking messages especially for young people and changes in labelling so that we have the attitude that smoking is not cool, smoking kills.
International Co-Operation
Oral Question Period
May 29th, 2000 / 2:55 p.m.
Reform
Ted White North Vancouver, BC
Mr. Speaker, all the blustering in the world by the finance minister will not change the fact that CSIS and the U.S. state department have identified the Federation of Associations of Canadian Tamils as associated with or a front for the Tamil tigers.
Instead of blustering, will the government promise a full investigation into the activities of the Federation of the Associations of Canadian Tamils? Will the government promise that not a cent more of taxpayer money will go into grants and contributions to that organization, not even for tickets for ministers to attend the so-called—
International Co-Operation
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
Some hon. members
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International Co-Operation
Oral Question Period
2:55 p.m.
The Speaker
Order, please. The hon. Minister for International Cooperation.
International Co-Operation
Oral Question Period
3 p.m.
Beaches—East York
Ontario
Liberal
Maria Minna Minister for International Cooperation
Mr. Speaker, the premise of the member's question is an event that the Minister of Finance and I attended. The fact that he is equating the Tigers with the whole of the Tamil community including the young woman that was thrown—
International Co-Operation
Oral Question Period
3 p.m.
Some hon. members
Oh, oh.
International Co-Operation
Oral Question Period
3 p.m.
Liberal
Maria Minna Beaches—East York, ON
Yes, that is what he said. Mr. Speaker, it is pure racism.
We attended a cultural event with Canadian born citizens who were celebrating a cultural event. I resent the kind of connotation and the amalgamation the hon. member is putting together. The Tigers are not—
International Co-Operation
Oral Question Period
3 p.m.
Some hon. members
Oh, oh.