Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994   this not as a minimum but a maximum time. It has since become clear, however, that there is some considerable concern in parts of the country that this maximum would become a minimum and therefore that the provision for a two-year suspension appeared to make it impossible for an election in 1997

Government Contracts  , they should write their members of Parliament and tell them what they think. They should confirm that they want some safeguards instilled to protect them and their hard earned income from the Liberal process of mismanagement. I want to run through a couple. I want to make it very clear

Government Contracts  , creating once again administrative chaos. The Bloc cannot suck and blow at the same time. This government's commitment to the integrity of the procurement process was made very clear with the recent release of new guidelines for public and open research and advertising contracts

Supply   and their past achievements. He also referred to a United Nations report according to which Canada was number one in terms of quality of life. I would just like to make one thing clear. This report was based on 1992 data. If my memory serves me right, the Conservatives were in power in 1992

Supply   mobile inhabitants who leave, namely the young people and the adults. In short, the failure of the federal regional development policy has had a severe impact on the demographic decline of the Lower St. Lawrence. People in that area will speak loud and clear during the upcoming

Indian Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the question will have to be put with more clarity before I can answer it. After the House convenes if the member wants to make that a clear question and on a specific point I would be prepared to talk to him and answer specifically what he is talking about.

Supply   with a clear vision for their regional development. The federal government must change its approach to regional development. I am not talking here about section 25's or DEPs, which can be termed the welfare approach to regional development. I am talking about export assistance programs

Supply   call themselves Québécois. There is a Quebec nation just as there is an Acadian nation. It is very clear to me, and when I speak, it is mostly for Quebecers. My ancestor is of Italian origin, and his name was Davia. He was a mercenary for the king of France. He liked this country

Supply   who has no experience in the mining sector and who lives 1,000 miles away from the region would not be in a position to formulate policy for this sector. I apologize if I did not make myself clear and if the hon. member understood me to say that I wanted a reduction in taxes

Supply   that somehow everything would be better if only Quebec would separate. The hard economic reality is that is not true. At some point there will be a reality check and I know where it will come from. The people in Quebec will make the very clear statement that it is all right for members

Human Rights  Mr. Speaker, this government's policy has always been clear: we deplore regimes that do not respect people's freedom. We have told the Chinese government this at every opportunity. However, there is no international boycott of China. All countries in the world do business

Human Rights  Mr. Speaker, whenever I met representatives of the Chinese government, I always raised the problem. I did so in Seattle and I talked about it to the press then and I will do the same thing. However, it is quite clear that the best solution for the western world is to open China

The Economy   it is very clear that the recovery in Canada is sufficiently well anchored that in most areas of the economy, certainly those that are creating jobs like goods production, the high interest rates have not yet begun to stifle the recovery. In terms of the uncertainty that has been created

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, I have made it very clear, as has the Prime Minister, that as a government we take our deficit targets very seriously. We are prepared to take whatever action is required in order to hit them. That is the commitment of the Prime Minister; it is the commitment

Indian Affairs   issued a press release saying the Mohawk cemetery expansion is suspended at Ottawa's request. I am very pleased that the Mohawks have suspended their clearing operation at the cemetery as an indication of their good will of negotiating. Again, as I have said, we do not create