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Speech From The Throne   on this son of the Company of Young Canadians or whatever it is the government has in mind. The government then proposed to introduce another business subsidy boondoggle, this time for environmental technologies, biotechnology and the aerospace industry. Will this be a continuation

March 5th, 1996House debate

Lee MorrisonReform

Broadcasting Act   happened to see in ink in the newspapers, indicated that she was going to have the CRTC review itself. Heaven forbid that we should get into another $2.5 million Juneau boondoggle as we did with the CBC review. That was pretty ridiculous when the budget for the CBC review I believe

March 27th, 1996House debate

Jim AbbottReform

Foreign Affairs   million. Nor do relations with China require our Export Development Corporation to provide financial assistance for the Three Gorges project, a grandiose boondoggle which will displace 1.25 million people.

April 15th, 1996House debate

Lee MorrisonReform

Income Tax Budget Amendment Act   billion program, although it turned out to be a big boondoggle, would spend the money in their communities, boost consumption and then the good old days of full employment would come back. However, anyone with business knowledge knew the plan could not work from day one. Why could

May 27th, 1996House debate

Ted WhiteReform

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am glad the hon. member opposite said it is a boondoggle and a $6 billion waste of taxpayer money. Municipalities all across the country, from the urban centres of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver to villages and towns, have all benefited from the national

May 30th, 1996House debate

David DingwallLiberal

Supply  A $6 billion waste of money. A boondoggle.

May 30th, 1996House debate

An hon. member

Taxation   but a tax grab? When will the minister admit and recognize that taxes, taxes, taxes kill jobs, jobs, jobs? When will the government get rid of this boondoggle?

June 18th, 1996House debate

Monte SolbergReform

Yukon Quartz Mining Act   such a thing to a serious and responsible mining investment group. As a career mining man myself, I want to assure my hon. colleagues that the biggest reason why Canada has been losing its market share of international mining investment dollars is the regulatory boondoggles such as those

October 21st, 1996House debate

Darrel StinsonReform

Canada Elections Act   of boondoggles over the years. We have seen ex-MPs being charged with accepting graft or some other odious crime. A lot of that was known when they were office holders but there was no way for the constituents to get at that person and say: "You are not doing your job. Worst yet, you have

October 22nd, 1996House debate

Chuck StrahlReform

Employment   jobs, the Prime Minister stood up in front of his Liberal cronies this weekend and promised to return to this boondoggle form of governance. Can the Prime Minister tell Canadians why now he is talking about spending any future budget surplus on bloating the size of government

October 28th, 1996House debate

Monte SolbergReform

Taxation   am sure that was very vital spending. Why does the minister squander tax dollars on these boondoggles while families, seniors and low income Canadians desperately need tax relief? And could I have the answer without the waving of the arms and the aneurysm?

November 19th, 1996House debate

Monte SolbergReform

Firearms Sunset Act   administered by the auditor general. The constitutionality of Bill C-68 is being challenged in court by four provinces and two territories. They are also opting out of the unreasonable burden of administering this federal boondoggle. My bill will be supported by people and politicians

December 2nd, 1996House debate

Garry BreitkreuzReform

Budget Implementation Act, 1997  . It causes businesses in turn to reinvest the money that they have. That means massive job creation and that is the way to job growth. It is not by having the government spend money to create short term jobs, as it did with the infrastructure boondoggle where the auditor general

April 22nd, 1997House debate

Ted WhiteReform

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act   talked about for at least a decade, certainly within my frame of reference. However, the party across the way and the government have both been responsible for the boondoggle that has happened with regard to the CPP. The way they set it up was intrinsically flawed. It was set up

October 6th, 1997House debate

Rob AndersReform

Pearson Airport   this Liberal boondoggle?

November 4th, 1997House debate

John WilliamsReform