Foreign Affairs   today. I think everyone in Canada took the same lesson from World War I or World War II and that was the notion that Canada's foreign and defence policy should have as its fundamental principle the notion that its national interest was best served by the construction

Cruise Missile Testing  Madam Speaker, I will be sharing the 20-minute time at my disposal with the hon. member for Saint John. I very much appreciate the opportunity to participate in this debate. I congratulate the members who have spoken immediately preceding me, the member for Sarnia-Lambton

Cruise Missile Testing   of National Defence will be taking a look at the most modern shipyard we have in Canada when they are giving out the next contracts. The Liberal government and the minister of the day, the hon. Roméo LeBlanc who is a senator today, gave us our first set of frigates and the next government

Speech From The Throne  Mr. Speaker, first my congratulations to the member for Brandon-Souris for his first remarks in the House. It was an excellent speech. My question concerns the summation of his speech where he told us about his Liberal vision for Canada which included equality, regional

Speech From The Throne   direction and policy unify rather than divide the population. The government has pledged to wind down the department of Indian affairs at a pace agreed on by First Nations. There is a consensus that a wind down is called for, replacing the current outmoded and outdated department

Speech From The Throne  Mr. Speaker, this is the first opportunity I have had to speak in the House of Commons. I wish to commence by congratulating you, Sir, on your appointment and congratulating all newly elected members on their first venture to the House of Commons. It is quite an exciting place

Speech From The Throne   believe that government does work. New Democrats have been in government in Saskatchewan for 36 of the last 50 years and nationally we have adopted many of their programs, one being medicare. If we were of the view that government did not work we probably would not let our names stand

Speech From The Throne   programs financing. We must first recognize that the finance minister's commitment to improve equalization payments every five years is certainly reassuring for all provinces. But we must not confuse equalization payments with transfer payments. In 1986, the previous government

Speech From The Throne  Madam Speaker, it is indeed a pleasure for me to speak for the first time in this great Chamber and to congratulate you on your appointment to the Chair. I would like to begin my remarks by thanking the people of St. John's West for their support on October 25. I am greatly

Pre-Budget Consultations  Mr. Speaker, my first duty in this my first speech is to thank the people of Don Valley West in Toronto who put me here and to try to keep my faith with them. My second duty is to thank my family who helped me to be here as well. Mr. Speaker, during the election campaign if you

Pre-Budget Consultations   economists whom the hon. Minister of Finance had assembled for some pre-budget advice in the middle of December. Of the 42 about 36 agreed on a number of points that I think are important to recall on the occasion of this House debate. First, the budget deficit has three highly

Pre-Budget Consultations  Mr. Speaker, today is special for me. It is my first opportunity to address Canada's 35th Parliament. A good start would be to congratulate you and all members of Parliament on their election to the House. I look forward to working with everyone and for my constituents. I

Pre-Budget Consultations  Mr. Speaker, first let me express my appreciation to the government and the Minister of Finance for this historic debate. Let this moment not pass without my saying that this debate is hopefully the first step on a road leading to real contributions with parliamentarians

Social Security System  Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I rise for the first occasion in the House of Commons. As is the tradition with maiden speeches I would like to take a moment to thank my supporters who elected me on October 25. More particularly I would like to thank my campaign

House Of Commons Standing Orders   shall be an order to bring in a bill based thereon. (7)( a ) When a Minister of the Crown, in proposing a motion for first reading of a bill, has stated that the bill is in response to an order made pursuant to section (6) of this Standing Order, notwithstanding any Standing Order