Postal Services Continuation Act, 1997   the need to have respect, will think twice about trying to get people back to enjoying what was once a proud service in this country and to try to get some form of goodwill back in Canada Post. Finally, this is yet another boondoggle of the Liberal government. It is yet another show

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act   out as much as six dollars for every dollar they contribute. I would like to know how the member who just spoke can justify and support this Liberal boondoggle of a CPP where members contributing today, new members, young people, will get out less than they put in. How can she

Tobacco Act  Mr. Speaker, the supposed Minister of Health, a former lawyer, has become pretty good at dragging his government into the law courts and paying out lots of money to lawyers for the Airbus boondoggle, for the obstruction of Krever, in the future for stonewalling hepatitis C

Helicopters   that Canadians could afford. We could not afford the $5.8 billion boondoggle the Conservative government wanted to put us through. We had a heavy deficit at that time. We could not afford it. Today we are getting a helicopter that meets our needs and it is a lot cheaper.

Helicopters   and have come back with 15 search and rescue helicopters at a lot cheaper price and at a time when we can better afford it. With a $42 billion deficit we could not afford that $5.8 billion boondoggle. The government has taken its position on this matter in a very responsible fashion.

Goods And Services Tax  Mr. Speaker, Tory taxes are not the only things that are odious, detestable and terrible. I will tell you what is equally bad, a boondoggle, and I cannot think of anything else. That is in fact that the Reform Party would take $10 billion further out of spending. There is only

Heritage Canada   the need, use or function of the Heritage Minister's Canada information office where they have blown away millions for nothing. Now having fired the top CIO bureaucrat, can Canadians hope that the minister will do the right thing and shut down this Liberal boondoggle?

Income Tax Amendments Act, 1997  Mr. Speaker, I was delighted to hear the comments of the hon. member for Mississauga West. The member referred to the Hazel McCallion international airport. Perhaps it should be called the Liberal boondoggle international airport after this government has wasted $200 million

Budget Implementation Act, 1998   or whose purpose seems to be to fool Canadians into thinking the government is managing taxpayers' money properly. As a member of the Standing Committee on Finance, the most glaring example I can see of good intentions gone bad and turning into a political boondoggle is the Prime

Budget Implementation Act, 1998   over a month to debate them and get them in. The answer to that lies in what has happened in this House in the last six months. Look at the Minister of Health and his hepatitis boondoggle and how this government mismanaged that whole issue. Look at the Minister of Justice who said

Nunavut Act   is a boondoggle. The place is a waste of money, a patronage infested place based on protocol, geritol and alcohol and they do not want to have anything to do with it. So 41% of the people say they do not want anything to do with it. They would like to abolish the Senate. That is unwise and I

Parks Canada Act   are becoming increasingly sceptical and doubtful that it will happen under the guise of Parks Canada. We see it as another giant boondoggle of the federal government consuming huge amounts of federal taxpayers' money and delivering no tangible benefits to the people of Canada and, more

Supply  -conceived bill like this and the government is not fully disclosing the cost to us. The firearms group has said that it is the greatest boondoggle this country has every seen. We will see. We will watch to see whether it comes into effect on October 1 and what kind of mess occurs

Supply   million down the drain”. The article went on to state “The minister's crime prevention initiative is more of the same molly-coddling that has made a joke of the Young Offenders Act and if Liberalism at its worst may be defined as public boondoggles premised on good intention

Supply  ? “Let's fight organized crime. We don't need a bureaucratic boondoggle, such as the registration system, in this country. It will do very little. It is not cost effective. We would rather have $50 million or $60 million to fight organized crime, which is a big problem. Target