Speech From The Throne   for the program it will be noticed there are no fewer than four program objectives and nine related criteria. There are in fact lots of objectives. There are no clear priorities. None of these objectives is new to the program spending that parliaments have passed before. We are therefore led

Pre-Budget Consultations   per cent deficit to GDP by the end of this Parliament. I cannot understand the clear rationale for that. I can tell the House that even if that objective were achieved by this government that is a target above the annual trend growth rate of this country. In other words even

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements And Federal Post-Secondary Education And Health Contributions Act   that party. It is important that we say these things. I do not want to get into these regional kinds of debate at great lengths, but we should be really clear here. I am sure members of the government will agree with me. We are discussing here a very major transfer program

Points Of Order  I rise on a point of order, Mr. Speaker. As a new member who perhaps is not clear on the rules, I would like to ask your judgment or guidance on a matter originating from Question Period. We had today and we have had in the past situations where I have noticed ministers reading

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements And Federal Post-Secondary Education And Health Contributions Act   think there are problems in the formula? Maybe some time down the road we should study the formula and come up with a more fair one that is easier for people to understand and a little more clear in the kinds of results it produces. I would be interested in his views on some

Prince Edward Island Fixed Link   in a partisan sense than we see today, much more diverse in a regional sense, and much more diverse in the sense of personality and importance of the various senior ministers. The original Senate was selected by a government in which party lines were not as clear as they are today

Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95   is not at all clear. The minister has spoken of a two-part budget and of course we have no long term or even medium term financial projections in this budget. We have only an empty third year column in which we are told we will reach the target. That is a general comment. Let me go back

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements And Federal Post-Secondary Education And Health Contributions Act   areas? I think, for example, of the infrastructure program, RRAP or the cap on CAP in the case of the have provinces. There is definitely a duplication of efforts and clear objectives. As well there are problems that go back to the very beginning of equalization. Professor Tremblay

Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95   is encouraging other levels of government also to borrow additional money to fund new infrastructure projects. What does infrastructure include? There are traditional and clear economic definitions of what an infrastucture program is. Infrastructure is not simply investment or capital

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act   proposing we change about this process, that we may get a better act or better boundaries. What is absolutely clear is that it will cost a lot more to proceed with this course of action. When this bill was placed on the Order Paper on March 17, it contained the standard recommendation

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994   are not really our preference. Our preference is that the bill not proceed. Let me make that absolutely clear. We have suggested these particular amendments to put the government to the test on a couple of its stated reasons for proceeding and some of its concerns. The 12 month period

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994   from that committee if I could because it is very instructive on what the motivations for bringing this legislation were. Let us be clear. They have very little to do with the process that is now under way. I will summarize a few points from that hearing. The hon. member

Budget Implementation Act   the federal share of costs of CAP has decreased from 50 per cent to 29 per cent. This is one anomaly. Another is in the case of Quebec. This is an area that has been brought to my attention for not being clear in the bill. In the area of CAP, Quebec operates under a bilateral tax

Supply   and the decline of the Senate as an effective political institution. Later all provinces, even the large provinces, have found problems in the federation as an increasingly unbalanced federal spending power has been able to override clear areas of provincial jurisdiction. This breakdown

Justice  , in Quebec, 74 per cent say that the system is too permissive and only 2 per cent say that it is too strict. My question is for the Minister of Justice. What concrete measures will the minister be introducing to address these very clear concerns of Canadians about the criminal justice