Mr. Speaker, NDP members present will vote yes on this motion.
Lost his last election, in 2000, with 42% of the vote.
Division No. 52 December 4th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, NDP members present will vote yes on this motion.
Canada Marine Act December 4th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, NDP members vote yes on this motion.
Highways December 4th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, thanks to the federal government's declining commitment to rail service, our roads are under more pressure than ever.
A well maintained system of roads and highways is the basic transportation backbone and economic diversification tool of rural communities and provincial economies. That is why in this year's Saskatchewan budget the NDP government announced a 10 year $2.5 billion program to improve the province's roads and highways. But they cannot do it alone.
Canada is the only one of 28 OECD countries not to have a national highways program. The federal government collects $4 billion in fuel tax from Canadians but spends less than 12% of these tax revenues on road transportation and not one dime of it in western Canada. As a matter of fact, if a car stopped on a dime in western Canada, you can bet that dime did not come from Ottawa.
It is time the Liberal government established a national highways program to help build a strong economic future for all western Canadians. It is time for the government to put some cash on the dash for its national highway system.
Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 1997 December 1st, 1997
Mr. Speaker, members of the NDP who are now all present vote no on this motion.
Division No. 46 December 1st, 1997
Mr. Speaker, NDP members present, including the member for Kamloops who just arrived, will vote no on this motion.
Division No. 45 December 1st, 1997
NDP members present this evening vote yes on this one.
Division No. 44 December 1st, 1997
Mr. Speaker, NDP members present vote no on this motion.
Division No. 43 December 1st, 1997
Mr. Speaker, when this vote to which the government House leader has referred is applied to this motion, I would like the member for Winnipeg Centre to be included. He just arrived in the House. This would apply to this vote and subsequent votes thereto.
Division No. 42 December 1st, 1997
Mr. Speaker, members of the NDP vote yes on this motion, and we are proud of it.
Division No. 41 December 1st, 1997
Mr. Speaker, NDP members present vote no on this motion.