Members Of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act  Mr. Speaker, there will be a report tabled very soon concerning this problem. We said we want to review the program. We have some months before an election so we have plenty of time. We will look at what is wrong with the program and try to make it more in tune with reality

Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95   during the 1993 election. This is what is going to happen. The infrastructure program is a short term program. The small business sector is the one that is going to pick it up and really bring the jobs into creation.

Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95   not only during the last four months as a member but also in his previous role in the community. I have a very specific question I would like to put to the member for Scarborough Centre and it has to do with an issue on which he campaigned vigorously during the last election

Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95   budget of $122.6 billion for 1994-95. This represents a reduction of roughly one-third of 1 per cent. The government has failed to make the kinds of deep budget cuts demanded by taxpayers during the last election campaign. The Minister of Finance tells us that he has begun to put

Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95  Mr. Speaker, my congratulations to the hon. minister on his maiden speech and congratulations on your election and appointment to your high office. Throughout the speech I heard several times the word waste and also the word essential. I have jotted down four items. I would

Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his comments. I would always support the hon. member's right to be an elected member of this House and to give his viewpoint. I am speaking from my riding and as one who did vote in favour of the Charlottetown accord and also from my

The Budget   that it is a credit to the people of Canada that they elected the government they did that keeps its promises. Within four months every single item we proposed in the red book has been met or budgeted for. I can tell my constituents in Souris-Moose Mountain that there are no new taxes

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I rise today as the elected member for the Oxford riding to make my maiden speech in this elegant and venerable chamber. When I visited this place as a high school student some 50 years ago, I little thought that I would have the opportunity to address my hon

The Budget  , faces our weaknesses head on and points us to new horizons. A basic vision for the Canadian economy was at the core of our red book in the election campaign and survives intact in the budget. The vision is one of a Canada successful in making adjustments to the new economy, a Canada

The Budget  , for ten years we have had no decision and the minister is continuing this governmental inaction. I think that the time has come to act, to stop discussing, to stop sitting around a table and trying to develop new partnerships. The partners are there. They are waiting

Advance Payments For Crops Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for the question. I fully acknowledge the good policy ideas on agriculture which were contained in our red book during last fall's election and which enjoy a great amount of support among farmers and farm organizations in this country

Excise Act  , that this government was aware of the problem as an opposition party. We took hold of the problem when we became the government. We began addressing the problem immediately after the October 25 election. If the hon. member would refer to newspaper articles he would see that before the House

Supply   that legislation can come through and be effective. That is being handled as a result of the petitioning process. We do not have to debate it any more. It is a very bad example. The second is with respect to young offenders. This government was elected and one of its main planks was to reform

Defence Policy   the question concerned the government's intention with regard to the Crow benefit under the Western Grain Transportation Act, something that the red book forgot and which the Liberal Party ignored during the election. It is time the government became more clear as to what its intentions

Defence Policy   national defence committee. To set up a joint committee with senators would be a waste of time. The time has come to take action. The government must make some decisions. That is what it was elected to do. So, it should act and stop setting up committees.