Immigration Act  , but it is not a small minority when we count all the victims that lie in the wake of some of these creeps it is allowing in. Let us make one thing very clear and concise on this whole issue. It really does not matter what all of the rules are from the day a person comes into the country until he

Canadian Foreign Policy   in the governmental strategy before us. First, the government proposes the Team Canada concept. In clear terms, this means an Ottawa-based centralized approach to international trade. It may suit certain provinces, as is apparently the case of Ontario, who signed with the federal government

Immigration Act  , preserve existing levels of trade in sugar and sugar containing products. The minister made his concerns very clear when in December he said we regret that the U.S. has rejected this approach and implemented draconian measures. The minister of agriculture clearly expressed our

Immigration Act  Madam Speaker, this government has consulted extensively with Canadians in an unprecedented number of ways on whether and how Canada's social safety net should be improved. These consultations as well as a number of independent polls show a clear consensus across all regions

Immigration Act   statement, and I was very surprised when I found that the poll's originator, the Angus Reid group, reached conclusions that were sometimes the exact opposite of what the minister said. Before I give you some examples, I would like to make it clear that in the interests of authenticity

Immigration Act   and not by the immigration appeal division. Senior immigration officers will be allowed to terminate refugee hearings because of criminality. Further, the legislation will give immigration officers the authority to seize identity documents from international mail if it is clear they are meant to be used

Petitions  Madam Speaker, the third petition is a little more complicated. I will not go through the whole petition itself. The petitioners claim it is clear that in the languages of Parliament and Canada there is evidence that the unborn human foetus from fertilization onward has

Petitions   of assets or income of RRSPs and pension plans". The message is clear, Madam Speaker. Do not touch our RRSPs or our pension plans.

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, one thing is don't ever be the Swedish finance minister. We have made it very clear that in the next budget we intend to deal with the deficit primarily by cutting government spending. We have said that. The Prime Minister has said that on countless occasions. I

Taxation   to the Reform Party. There is some time between now and when the budget will be brought down. The Prime Minister stated it very clearly. We know that Canadians do not want to see themselves burdened with further taxes. That has been made very clear. The Prime Minister stated it. He also

The Economy   until the budget? Canadians want this government to act now. They have wanted it to act for over a year. The finance minister is not dealing with abstract numbers. He is dealing with the lives of real people, not just balance sheets. Will the Prime Minister send a clear signal

The Economy   to control government spending. We gave a clear idea of where we stand in the last budget and we will do it again in the upcoming one.

Post-Secondary Education  Mr. Speaker, I remind the Minister of Human Resources Development that the motion was unanimously approved; in other words, it was also supported by the Quebec Liberal Party. Are we to understand that, by refusing to provide a clear answer, the federal government persists

Social Program Reform   seen in one heck of a long time. The Minister of Human Resources Development made it very clear when he embarked on the program of social security reform that we intended to bring it into the nineties, that we intended to make social security reform a very important part of the job

Immigration Act   on clear legal arguments. It is different from an appeal on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. I might ask my colleagues across the way to appreciate the substance of the difference, to appreciate that it is an important difference, and to give the government credit for changing