Speech From The Throne  The time for questions and comments has now expired. I think that the hon. member for Richelieu is next. I would like to thank members for not voting against me yesterday when my election was proposed. I have not worn this gown for 15 years; I am glad to see that it still fits

Speech From The Throne  . After all, I probably voted against the majority of my constituents on such things as abortion, and probably similarly on such things as capital punishment, and I was returned here with a relatively comfortable majority. I believe very much in the Edmund Burke philosophy

Speech From The Throne   of the future is Quebec sovereignty, a unique opportunity for a massive transfer to the regions of the $28 billion in taxes which Quebecers pay to Ottawa. We will vote against the subamendment moved by the member for Calgary Southwest because it is out of the question to give the government

Speech From The Throne   of that in the upcoming budget? If the government does not, would he be prepared to vote against that budget?

Speech From The Throne   deviates from this path. The people of the riding of Mercier, Quebecers and Canadians can count on my support in this respect. Our party will vote against the sub-amendment moved by the hon. member for Calgary South West, because we cannot accept conditional limits on government

Members Of Parliament Retiring Allowances   of Parliament to be in a position where they vote against a bill and after that collect.

Speech From The Throne   political system the leadership of political parties have taken the confidence convention to extremes. It has been linked to a view whereby virtually all votes both in committee and in the House of Commons are matters of confidence so that any member who votes against the wishes

Speech From The Throne  Mr. Speaker, that does not sound like a set up for a one-minute answer. In answer to my colleague's question I would say that Reform certainly would be very open to anything that could help the government get its spending under control. I believe many people in Quebec voted

Speech From The Throne  -that is his name. He had two people, one of whom is now the Deputy Speaker of this Chamber and the other who was the member for Calgary Northeast. What happened to them when they voted against the GST? They not only had a free vote, they got a free ride right out of their caucus the same

Speech From The Throne   and some members, one or two in the NDP, voted against it. The leader of the NDP was among them. When it was time to give Quebec a chance to enter the Canadian federation, when it was time to take a first step toward Quebec, she said no and today instead of engaging in a new historic

Speech From The Throne   say there is a spark of hope because eventually their interest in Canada will probably expand to other areas. I have less than a minute. I want to deal with the subject of family trusts. One can check Hansard. I spoke against the government three times on that bill. I voted

The Senate  Mr. Speaker, if the premier of Alberta is completely convinced that we need an elected Senate, he should convince his colleagues. If the leader of the Reform Party is convinced that we need an elected Senate in Canada, why did he vote against the change to do that which

The Senate  Mr. Speaker, the best way to gain the trust of the Canadian people is very simple. It is not to vote against a constitutional proposition to have senators elected and then, on the first occasion the leader has a chance in this House of Commons, ask to do what he voted against

Members Of Parliament Retiring Allowances  I said in this House that we will make sure that those who do not want to participate in the plan can opt out. In the past I have seen some members voting against increases and taking the increase after that. We will make sure this time they will have to put their money where

The Deficit   of the 35th Parliament each and every government member voted against the motion to limit spending. Why should the people of Canada believe this government is serious about deficit reduction and its own three-year goal when it refuses to take the first step to reduce spending by just 6