House of Commons photoWon her last election, in 2006, with 50% of the vote.
An Act To Give Effect To The Requirement For Clarity As Set Out In The Opinion Of The Supreme Court Of Canada In The Quebec Secession Reference March 13th, 2000
moved:
Motion No. 197
That Bill C-20 be amended by adding after line 28 on page 5 the following new clause:
“4. Section 3 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council which day shall be after January 1, 2005, and sections 1 and 3 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Minister of Justice which day shall be after January 2, 2007.”
An Act To Give Effect To The Requirement For Clarity As Set Out In The Opinion Of The Supreme Court Of Canada In The Quebec Secession Reference March 13th, 2000
moved:
Motion No. 151
That Bill C-20 be amended by adding after line 28 on page 5 the following new clause:
“4. This Act comes into force two years after it is assented to.”
An Act To Give Effect To The Requirement For Clarity As Set Out In The Opinion Of The Supreme Court Of Canada In The Quebec Secession Reference March 13th, 2000
moved:
Motion No. 133
That Bill C-20 be amended by adding after line 28 on page 5 the following new clause:
“4. (1) On the expiration of six years after the coming into force of this Act, the provisions contained herein shall be referred to such committee of the House of Commons as may be designated or established by Parliament for that purpose.
(2) The committee designated or established for the purpose of subsection (1) shall, as soon as practicable, undertake a comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of this Act and shall, within ten months after the review is undertaken submit a report to the House of Commons thereon.”
An Act To Give Effect To The Requirement For Clarity As Set Out In The Opinion Of The Supreme Court Of Canada In The Quebec Secession Reference March 13th, 2000
moved:
Motion No. 123
That Bill C-20 be amended by adding after line 28 on page 5 the following new clause:
“4. (1) On the expiration of four years after the coming into force of this Act, the provisions contained herein shall be referred to such committee of the House of Commons as may be designated or established by Parliament for that purpose.
(2) The committee designated or established for the purpose of subsection (1) shall, as soon as practicable, undertake a comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of this Act and shall, within four years after the review is undertaken submit a report to the House of Commons thereon.”
An Act To Give Effect To The Requirement For Clarity As Set Out In The Opinion Of The Supreme Court Of Canada In The Quebec Secession Reference March 3rd, 2000
moved:
Motion No. 10
That Bill C-20, in the preamble, be amended by deleting lines 25 to 32 on page 1.
Privilege March 1st, 2000
So withdraw it.
Social Housing March 1st, 2000
Mr. Speaker, in the latest budget, the Minister of Finance is ignoring the basic right of 1.7 million Quebec and Canadian families to affordable housing. These people are obliged to spend over 30% of their meagre income on rent.
By refusing to invest in social housing, this government is negating the major international agreements it is signatory to such as the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights.
I add my voice to those of the hundreds of thousands of women, men and children who must do without food every day in order to pay for miserable housing. I want to make known my distress at the Liberal government's refusal to consider the problems of people with housing problems a national emergency.
A study by FRAPRU reveals that one woman in four spends 50% of her income on housing, when she is the main income earner. Worse yet, families in Shawinigan have the lowest income in Quebec.
We have to assume that the Prime Minister is more interested in making his political friends rich than in relieving human suffering.
Human Resources Development February 28th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, in the February 9 Ottawa Citizen we read that two years ago the Liberal member for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke asked Human Resources Development Canada to stop giving grants to the Ottawa Valley Adjustment Committee and to launch an investigation into its operations.
We also read that approximately $100,000 was apparently used to pay the rent, rather than create jobs.
Was the minister aware of this case when she said that there was no problem with her department's management of funds?
Chechnya February 24th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, yesterday marked a sad anniversary indeed.
On February 23, 1944, Stalin ordered the deportation of the Chechen people. Exasperated by this unsubdued people's constant rebellion against Russia and threat to its territorial integrity, Stalin decided to impose on them his “final solution”. He meted out similar treatment to other peoples, including the Qatari people, who never recovered from it.
On the pretext that the Chechens were collaborating with the enemy, 450,000 people, mostly women, children and the aged, were deported and spread through central Asia and Siberia. The men were at war with Germany. The international community kept quiet out for fear of damaging relations with Russia.
Truly, history repeats itself. The Chechen people, accused of terrorism today, are once again the victims of a dirty war. Although it has very politely raised its voice, the international community continues to put its own interests ahead of—
Points Of Order February 24th, 2000
Madam Speaker, I am asking for unanimous consent to table a document.
It is an article from the Quebec City newspaper Le Soleil on Claude Ryan's evidence before the legislative committee. It says:
Claude Ryan condemned the bill introduced by the Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs...and soundly criticized the bill on referendum conditions, becoming the first well-known federalist to openly express his dissent. In particular, Mr. Ryan said that by judging the clarity of any referendum question, parliament and the federal government “were directly interfering with the wording of the question”, an attitude that the former politician described as “not real federalism, but rather as a system whereby a government was being put under trusteeship”.
It is obvious that this bill denies the fundamental rights of the people of Quebec and I ask for the unanimous consent of the House—