Jag Bhaduria

Crucial Fact

  • His favourite word was divided.

Last in Parliament April 1997, as Liberal MP for Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville (Ontario)

Lost his last election, in 1997, with 3% of the vote.

Statements in the House

Liberal Party October 29th, 1996

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is desperately trying to convince Canadians that he has kept his promises.

Well, Canadians will not be fooled by his twisting of the facts. Let us look at the major promises.

Fact No. 1, the Prime Minister promised to eliminate the GST. This empty promise has not been kept.

Fact No. 2, the Prime Minister promised to create employment opportunities for Canadians. This empty promise has not been kept. The reality is that this government has created fewer jobs than the previous government over the same period of time in office.

I could go on and on, for the list of empty promises is long. Canadians will remember that the Prime Minister has not met his commitments to the people and they will grade him much lower than his self-serving 78 per cent.

Unemployment October 22nd, 1996

Mr. Speaker, while the Prime Minister continues to play games about the number of jobs his government has created, the true number of Canadians without jobs is startling. The jobless rate in Canada is presently at an unacceptable 10 per cent level. This means that more than 1.5 million Canadians do not have jobs. It does not include the thousands and thousands of Canadians who have given up looking for work.

Many of these individuals are well educated but face a bleak future with no employment opportunities on the horizon. When we include over 300,000 young people who have given up looking for work, the statistics are even more astonishing.

These Canadians will not forget the many promises made by this Prime Minister three short years ago. They were promised jobs. The hard fact is that they are still waiting. How long will 1.6 million unemployed Canadians have to wait to support their families?

Nunavut Waters Act October 21st, 1996

Mr. Speaker, I will be voting for the motion.

Manganese-Based Fuel Additives Act October 21st, 1996

I will be voting against this motion, Mr. Speaker.

Oceans Act October 21st, 1996

Mr. Speaker, I will be voting for the motion.

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Act October 21st, 1996

Mr. Speaker, I will be voting for the motion.

(The House divided on the motion, which agreed to on the following division:)

Bankruptcy And Insolvency Act October 21st, 1996

Mr. Speaker, I will be voting for the motion.

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Prisons And Reformatories Act October 1st, 1996

Mr. Speaker, I will be voting for the motion.

Employment September 30th, 1996

Mr. Speaker, more than 1.5 million Canadians have been unable to find employment and that does not take into account the thousands of Canadians who have given up trying to find work.

The Prime Minister claims that his government has created more than 600,000 jobs. Well, this total is almost 150,000 less than what the previous government claimed were created over the same period of time.

For almost three years I have been calling on the government to lower interest rates. Recently the chief economist of the Royal Bank of Canada conceded that the bank rate could be lowered even further to create employment opportunities.

I call on the Prime Minister to deliver on his promise to create jobs by lowering the interest rates further so Canadians can get back to work.

Employment September 19th, 1996

Mr. Speaker, it is a national disgrace that the unemployment rate in Canada is still higher in comparison to our neighbours to the south.

Canadians are tired of excuses and slogans from this government. They want to see employment opportunities created regularly. Creating jobs for Canadians has to be the number one priority for this government.

Recently the Prime Minister stated that more than half a million jobs had been created since the last election. Nothing is ever said about whether this is the net total and not another flip-flop statistic. If these jobs have been real then let us see the true numbers from this government.

I hold this government personally responsible for the sad state of affairs of our economy.