Witness Protection Act   sophisticated criminal organizations; the growing incidence of violent crime in Canada; clear evidence of extremist and terrorist activities in Canada and, most important of all, disclosure jurisprudence flowing from the charter of rights. All of these factors contributed to the growth

Witness Protection Act  Mr. Speaker, I also rise today to speak to Bill C-206, an act to provide for the relocation and protection of witnesses. Listening to previous debates on the bill, it is clear that we all agree on the importance of providing Canadians with an effective and efficient witness

Witness Protection Act   to co-operation with the police and prosecutors. To break the conspiratorial silence of organized crime we have to be able to offer protection to people who are willing to assist the authorities in their criminal investigations. There is a clear need for a system that encourages

Budget Implementation Act   of the United States, just after the Depression. Then, people were saying: "We have to cut spending. Let us cut as much as possible and, more importantly, let us not create jobs because this will happen by itself". The purpose of this amendment is to send a clear message to entrepreneurs

Budget Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I welcome this opportunity to address the proposed amendments to the clause on unemployment insurance in Bill C-17. I would like to start by making it clear to Quebecers and Canadians that from the very beginning of the sub-committee's consideration of Bill C-17

Budget Implementation Act  , after the Conservative government trashed the unemployment insurance scheme, only 65 per cent of unemployed workers are covered by unemployment insurance. Let us be clear what we are talking about here. This is an insurance scheme. Under the previous regime, the government withdrew

Canadian International Development Agency  Mr. Speaker, CIDA has a very clear mandate, one of sustainable development in developing countries. The hon. member knows very well because he was at the meeting this morning. The Canadian Council for International Co-Operation appeared before the joint committee on foreign

Health Care   the principles of the Canada Health Act and yes, we stood by them, unlike the party across the way which during the last election made absolutely no mention of the fact that it was in favour of extra billing and a two tier health system. We were very clear on our stand. I say to that party

Social Program Reform  Mr. Speaker, I would like to reply to the hon. member by quoting the Auditor General himself. He said, "I find nothing wrong with his approach". The answer is clear. The Auditor General does not have a problem with our approach. He asked for other assessments and I agree

Young Offenders Act  Mr. Speaker, the decisiveness of the government will be shown with the legislation we will bring forward here. But as I have made clear to the House on past occasions, we intend to deal with the Young Offenders Act in two ways. First, is the introduction of the legislation

Refugee Status   a steady stream of deportations without any particular show of concern by the minister. The Davis Wallman report is clear: the process lacks compassion, it is arbitrary and it puts in jeopardy the lives of hundreds of people deported to their country of origin where human rights

Budget Implementation Act   agree that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation needs management tools. However, I am outraged at the lack of transparency in the government's proposals, and I want to make it clear that if all Canadians are supposed to be involved, I think we should not forget that the people

Budget Implementation Act   had on equalization is still clear in my mind-, sneezing at or dismissing offhand one of the fundamentals of Canadian federalism which is fiscal federalism. They want to limit expenses such as equalization payments, which constitute the underpinning of fiscal federalism

Budget Implementation Act   of the bill. This particular group is under compensation. I thought I would clear that up in case members had any doubts or questions on it.

Budget Implementation Act   have always wanted to send a clear signal to Canadians saying: "Let us provide leadership". During the last election that was one of the things that we as Reformers said, that providing leadership to Canadians, demonstrating that we as government and parliamentarians, as those