Michel Gauthier

[Experimental Drugs, June 7th, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, gladly, as I usually do anyway.

Mr. Speaker, through you, let me suggest that the minister listen to the CBC news where this case was reported today. At the same time, I would like to ask her if she could investigate the circumstances surrounding her department's decision to authorize the use of this dangerous drug in eleven Canadian hospitals. Does she admit that the present system for authorizing medication is very seriously deficient since Health Canada exercises no control over or follow-up on the effects of experimental drugs after authorizing them?

[Experimental Drugs, June 7th, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, we learned from a report on French CBC TV that two children had life-threatening reactions to an experimental drug, ALG, that was approved by Health Canada and administered to them at Sainte-Justine Hospital. However, this experimental drug was never approved or authorized for export by the U.S. authorities. This

drug is the subject of a criminal investigation after two people died from it in the United States.

How can the Minister of Health justify her department's decision to authorize the use of ALG when this high-risk experimental drug was never approved and authorized for export by the United States since it was developed in the early 1970s?

[Collège Militaire Royal In Saint-Jean, June 6th, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, the mistake the government made when it decided to close the Collège militaire royal in Saint-Jean and transfer the students to Kingston is obviously turning into a nightmare. The expected savings will not materialize and might even be offset by renovation costs.

My question is for the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence. Can he confirm whether RMC officials in Kingston are planning major renovations to accommodate students from Saint-Jean and offer special courses which are available in Saint-Jean but not in Kingston?

[Collège Militaire Royal In Saint-Jean, June 3rd, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, does the Deputy Prime Minister not admit that, as the committee's report states, "the closure of the military college in Saint-Jean would mean the loss of the only college that is and can be truly bilingual"?

[Collège Militaire Royal In Saint-Jean, June 3rd, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, does the Deputy Prime Minister admit that the money that will be saved by closing the college can only be minimal, compared to the negative effects of the closure and given that the operating costs of the college in Saint-Jean-I hope the Deputy Prime Minister knows this-are much lower than those of the college in Kingston?

[Collège Militaire Royal In Saint-Jean, June 3rd, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, in a report to Quebec's Minister of Education, the advisory committee on the military college in Saint-Jean, chaired by former senator Claude Castonguay, concludes that closing this college is an irreparable mistake. The committee reluctantly proposes that the college be converted into a college and university-level educational institution focusing on international subjects.

Does the Deputy Prime Minister agree with the Castonguay Committee's conclusion that closing this college is an irreparable mistake?

[Business Of The House, June 2nd, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, I would like the leader of the government in the House to inform us of the order of business for the next few days.

[Indian Affairs, June 2nd, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, could the minister tell us if the administrative inquiry conducted by his department into the use of federal grants by the band council was discussed during the discussions prior to the resumption of the negotiations? Did the pre-negotiations deal with this issue?

[Indian Affairs, June 2nd, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Kanesatake band council suspended work on the expansion of the Indian cemetery in a gesture of good will. The band council chief mentioned however that certain unspecified conditions would have to be met before negotiations could resume.

My question is, of course, for the minister of Indian affairs. Can he confirm that among the conditions set by Jerry Peltier, there is, according to CBC, the payment to the band council of certain sums of money? And if so, how much is involved?

[Indian Affairs, June 1st, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, my supplementary question is also for the minister of Indian affairs.

Could the minister tell us if he intends to give a favourable reply to the urgent request made by the Quebec government to participate in the negotiations, or will he conduct these negotiations alone and ignore the provincial government's wish?