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Financial Institutions November 20th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister.
Banks have registered record profits over the past five years. Part of the reason for this is the service charges they require their customers to pay. It is easy for the banks to strangle their customers. This government does not require them to publish the figures that could explain such charges.
Why not set up a parliamentary inquiry to determine how much of these profits were made at the expense of Canadians?
Pharmaceuticals November 19th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, the intervention of the government and the minister into the work of the parliamentary committee was a disgrace to democracy.
Canadians are paying heavily with their health and with their pocketbooks for the minister's refusal to overhaul our drug patent laws.
Will the government make it a priority to look after the weakest members of our society instead of siding with the multinationals which contribute to the coffers of the governing party? Or, did the minister take an oath to serve the interests of the multinational drug companies instead of the Canadian people?
Pharmaceuticals November 19th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Industry.
By the year 2000 Canadians will have paid over $600 million extra for their prescription drugs, a penalty imposed on Canadians because the government caved in to the multinational drug lobby.
For 18 months the industry minister has kept reports of these extra secret costs while the minister whispers sweet nothings about a national pharmacare program.
Could the industry minister explain why the government always sides with the big multinationals instead of taking care of people who need drugs, the poor and the sick?
National Defence November 18th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, you would never know we are talking about the lives of tens of thousands of people.
Well placed sources indicate the defence management committee is considering additional job cuts of 5,000 civilian workers and 18,000 regular force military personnel by December 1999. I repeat these 23,000 cuts are in addition to those already announced.
Is it the minister's intention to begin issuing these pink slips before Christmas, or will he be delaying the massive layoffs until Easter when his budget kicks in?
National Defence November 18th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of National Defence.
As the minister knows the confidential document prepared for his defence management committee discloses government plans to cut $350 million by the year 2001. This means axing up to 9,000 civilian defence employees.
Will the minister confirm that his management committee is in fact considering job cuts of this magnitude?
The Environment November 17th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, it does not take an atmospheric researcher to know the difference between a 13% increase and a 20% decrease in greenhouse gas emissions.
It is this Liberal government that has failed to live up to the Rio agreement. It is this Liberal government that has failed to live up to its own red book promise and now it cannot even live up to the commitment made by the prime minister less than a month ago.
Canadians are proud to be ranked on most matters among the best in the world. On this issue they are ranked among the worst in the world. Is that good enough for this energy minister?
The Environment November 17th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of the Environment.
Canadians have watched this federal Liberal government shift its ground again and again on greenhouse gas emissions. Now we finally know where the prime minister stands, peering out from behind Bill Clinton.
The government's latest Kyoto position is not good enough. It is not good enough for the Canadians who have written letters and petitions and it is not good enough for the future of the planet.
My question to the Minister of the Environment is simple. Is this pathetic Kyoto position good enough for her?
Canada Pension Plan November 6th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, if the minister will not listen to concerns about gender analysis in this round of CPP, why would we trust them to say they will listen to gender concerns in the next round?
Will the finance minister and the Minister responsible for the Status of Women also deny testimony before the finance committee that documents precisely how CPP changes penalize women for living longer?
Does the minister deny that women are hurt most by freezing the basic exemption? Does the minister deny that women are hurt most by cutting the death benefit? Does the minister deny that—
Canada Pension Plan November 6th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, last week the finance minister told the House that all provincial governments had agreed to the consultation document on gender analysis of changes to the Canada pension plan. That information is not correct. In fact the minister will know by now that federal and provincial status of women ministers have agreed that the gender impact analysis done on CPP changes was inadequate.
Now that the minister knows this, will he conduct a comprehensive analysis of the impact on women of all pension reform options being considered?
The Environment November 5th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, I hope the prime minister will address this question.
Ever since he was energy minister 13 years ago, the prime minister has been bound and determined to sell nuclear technology to Turkey. Now he is at it again.
Can the prime minister not find a better way to rack up club Kyoto points than spending billions of dollars to promote the sale of nuclear technology to an economically and politically unstable country like Turkey?