Conversion Of Defence Industries  Mr. Speaker, I can only believe that the Bloc keeps repeating the same ridiculous allegations in the hope that sooner or later people will start to believe them. What we have made clear is that there is a program of defence conversion. Yes, DIPP needs to be expanded and yes, we

Conversion Of Defence Industries  Mr. Speaker, I thought the answers I provided to other Bloc Quebecois members on that issue were quite clear. As mentioned in the red book, DIPP will indeed be the basis of our conversion program for military industries. Also, as I indicated, since we were elected, 39 out of 41

National Forum On Health  Mr. Speaker, most of the provinces are very much in accord with what we are doing concerning the national forum on health. We continue to work with all the provinces to ensure their co-operation. Let me be very clear here. We must not let intergovernmental squabbling interfere

Tax Conventions   taxation on the benefits of their various affiliates. Tax treaties also have the merit of creating reciprocal agreements, which allows to draw a clear line between two countries regarding taxation of the profits of companies, because to be effective, those tax treaties must call

Budget Implementation Act   clearly in this House that one thing that must be clear to the public and the investment community in Canada is that the government does have a deficit reduction program. The presentation of the budget, this budget implementation act and other actions of the government to this time do

Budget Implementation Act   on every single part of the bill. I have not heard that. It is confusing. I mentioned unemployment insurance, and I really have no criticism to make on that. I believe that what the Bloc would like to do is very clear. When dealing with an omnibus bill and claiming that it would have

Budget Implementation Act   it goes without saying that claimants with dependants do indeed have additional financial requirements. Our concern stems from the fact that there is no clear indication in the bill before us on whom the burden rests to prove that the claimant does or does not have any dependants. We

Income Tax Act   with an open mind, guided by a number of clear principles. Our over-arching principle is that the child's needs come first. Tax rules for child support must place paramount importance on the welfare of children. Second, we are committed to the principle of fairness. That includes fairness

Department Of Labour Act   package. The Auditor General stated this: The government implemented a program for which in our view no clear and satisfactory authority existed. At no time did it go to Parliament to seek proper substantive authority for its actions. Parliament was denied thereby proper opportunity

Eh-101 Helicopter Contract   a process of negotiation and discussion. The Prime Minister made very clear that there would be no compensation beyond that provided for in contracts. We are interested in protecting in this matter the interest of the taxpayers of Canada. They are the people who sent us here

Canadian International Development Agency  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for that question. As I mentioned yesterday, although maybe I did not make it too clear, CIDA is responsible to Parliament and very accountable through the annual estimates. The committee on foreign affairs and international trade can call

National Library Act   regarding the issue of double book depositing in two libraries, which also involves a double deposit of money? Will the Secretary of State provide a clear answer regarding this issue?

National Library Act   of the publication. The regulations must protect against causing unreasonable financial burden to the publishers. Speaking of financial burden, at the departmental briefing on this bill it was made quite clear that by making these changes to the legal deposit provision, the National Library

National Library Act   with the National Library all federal government publications. Although the deposit of government publications is currently provided for through administrative policy, there is no clear legislative authority for the policy. There have been consultations with English and French language

Witness Protection Act   products be marked with the country of origin while Canada does not use markings for customs purposes for agri-food products. Under the negotiations Canada achieved its objective of transforming the U.S. discretionary marking rules into a clear set of rules based on tariff