Would you be quiet?
Lost her last election, in 2006, with 39% of the vote.
Natural Resources May 9th, 1996
Would you be quiet?
Natural Resources May 9th, 1996
Let me say to the hon. member that-
Natural Resources May 9th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, let me reassure the hon. member that this government has every intention of delivering on its promise in the speech from the throne.
Varennes Centre For Magnetic Fusion April 18th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, the hon. member talks about concepts like fair share and priorities. My department spends 25 per cent of its R and D budget in the province Quebec. That is proportionate to the population of the province of Quebec. We spend that R and D in part in areas that are an energy priority for the country such as energy efficiency, renewable energy and remote community energy efficiency.
As a department we do more than our fair share in the province of Quebec, and that money is spent on the government's priorities.
Varennes Centre For Magnetic Fusion April 18th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, as I have said before in the House, government involves setting priorities and making difficult choices. Unfortunately expenditures on fusion by the government at this time are not a priority.
The hon. member talks about high tech jobs and benefits for the province of Quebec. As I have already mentioned to him on a number of occasions, Candu research by AECL and the sale of one Candu reactor in the export market potentially delivers $100 million worth of economic benefits to the province of Quebec. It delivers 4,000 potential person hours of employment to the province of Quebec.
I come back to the point I made before that government is about choices. One of our choices is to develop the export market for the Candu reactor. That will lead to significant economic opportunities and high tech, high skilled jobs for the province of Quebec.
Research And Development April 18th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, let me assure the hon. member that my department has not contributed any funding to the TRIUMPH project.
Let me come back to the basic point. Government, especially in these difficult fiscal times, is about choices and setting priorities. We all must do this. The government has set those priorities.
My department, facing a 60 per cent reduction, set priorities and made choices. In this country fusion as a possible energy source is not a research priority.
Research And Development April 18th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, I come back to the point that we have to make choices and we have to set priorities. In this country we have done that in relation to energy research.
I am not suggesting that fusion research does not have a place. I am sure that the people who do this work do good work. Unfortunately it is not a priority when we look at the other energy sources this nation possesses.
Research And Development April 18th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, as I have indicated in this House before, this government confronted with a significant fiscal crisis has been forced to make very difficult choices. We have to set priorities as a government.
We are an energy rich nation and I am sure the hon. member appreciates that fact. In this energy rich nation, unfortunately fusion research is not a priority. Therefore, when asked to reduce my department's budget by some 60 per cent over three and one-half to four years, we had to set priorities. We set priorities and unfortunately fusion was not one of them.
Bank Act April 17th, 1996
moved that Bill C-15, an act to amend, enact and repeal certain laws relating to financial institutions be read the third time and passed.
Cape Breton Development Corporation April 16th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, what I can assure the hon. member is that the management and the board of directors of DEVCO will work in partnership and consultation with the community and with the unions.
In fact, in a virtually unprecedented exercise of consultation, last week the board of directors and the management of DEVCO met with community representatives and with representatives of the union to talk about the long term future of DEVCO.