Immigration Act   of successful immigrants to Canada. Even before Confederation was a gleam in the eye of Sir John A. Macdonald waves of newcomers swept into this land. Many were willing to do the most menial labour under incredible conditions in order to scrape a living and to survive. Others were escaping

Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I was not able to be here for the beginning of the vote. Had I been here, I would have voted with the government.

Bankruptcy Act   workers a preferred claim to cover wages earned during the six months that preceded the bankruptcy, up to a limit of $2,000 a person. In striking contrast, the bill before us provides a first priority payment up to a limit of $9,000 per employee in the context of bankruptcy proceedings

Voluntary Firefighters   according to the standard of living in our society. Also, it is important to keep in mind the abilities, both physical and academic, that such a job requires. Generally, volunteer firefighters have attended all the basic first-aid courses: St. John's Ambulance, Red Cross, CPR and others

Canada Student Financial Assistance Act  . First of all we realize that having a well educated, highly trained population is essential for our future economic and social well-being. Second, this bill reaffirms our commitment to ensure that the federal assistance is distributed in a fair and accessible manner. A person should

Canada Petroleum Resources Act   with their constituents. In a recent survey conducted by the Canadian Drug Manufacturers Association, 79 per cent of drug consumers said that the costs of prescription drugs were too high. This is 16 per cent higher than the national average outside Quebec. Many Liberal candidates including the Prime

Supply   earlier, this business plan has been available for a year already. Obviously, before making such a decision, the government must ensure that there is a real need for these ships. However, that need has been demonstrated in both cases. Let us first look at the Magdalen Islands ferry

Auditor General Act   side and is introducing this particular bill. The first thing we should note is that this bill is not a partisan bill but is what I call a good government bill. It is long overdue and therefore my sincere thanks to the member for Ottawa-Vanier for introducing the bill. The bill

Supply  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member had five questions for the Prime Minister and now I have three for her. First, the hon. member refers to the fact that three Canadian companies were willing to bid for Ginn. Does she have any idea whether each of them is willing to pay $10.3 million

Supply   exactly. There are many questions to ask. The first question would be: Where is the legal advice that the government is invoking? The government is basing its decision on the fact it has been provided with a legal opinion from the justice department supporting the decision to let

Bernie Nicholls  Mr. Speaker, it is with great privilege that I rise today and salute a recent milestone attained by a gentleman born and raised in West Guilford in Haliburton county, Mr. Bernie Nicholls. A few weeks ago Mr. Nicholls became the 39th player in the history of the National Hockey

Criminal Code   to be obscene and immoral. I would like to briefly describe what I know about the serial killer board game. It was invented by Tobias Allen of Seattle, Washington, and inspired by John Wayne Gacey, a serial killer on death row for the murder of I understand 33 children in the United States

The Budget   the liberty to point out that my great privilege to be speaking today is also a historic occasion. I am the first Liberal representative of Hastings-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington since David Wright Allison defeated Sir John A. Macdonald back in 1883. It is a privilege to be given

The Budget   to understand when we spend whether we are consuming or whether we are investing. With respect to the infrastructure program, there are really two things that I would like to say in response to the member's question. First of all it was made an important point of the design of criteria

Defence Policy  Mr. Speaker, first I would like to comment on the points raised by my colleague from the Bloc Quebecois who argued against creating another committee because it was duplication. Last week they were taking the exact opposite point of view when they said: "Let us form another