Deborah Grey

[Government Grants, December 15th, 1999]

Thanks anyway, Mr. Speaker, but when it comes to being a Liberal person in Shawinigan I think membership has its rewards.

Fugère's rewards are not just limited to that $11,500. He is the same fellow who is being investigated by the RCMP right now for breaking the Lobbyist Registration Act. The Prime Minister knows it. Why would that be? It would be for his efforts on behalf of three other companies in the Prime Minister's riding.

We see a little pattern. The Prime Minister keeps Fugère on his gravy train. Does he see nothing wrong with that?

[Government Grants, December 15th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, merry Christmas too, but there is a merry Christmas going on with René Fugère right now. He is probably finishing up his Christmas card list and I bet there is a beauty in there for the Prime Minister.

He can afford to send a nice one because of the $11,500 payback he got from arranging $100,000 in federal grants to, you guessed it, Mr. Speaker, the Grand-Mère inn through the Prime Minister's Office. That is pretty good return on your money; it is better than most mutual funds.

Does the Prime Minister see nothing wrong with one of his federal riding executives getting this kind of kickback from a federal grant?

[Prisons, December 14th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, perhaps it does look like everything is so simple. It is a special kind of logic that allows him to justify a prison research centre in a province with no prisons. It is a bit like studying rainfall in the Sahara. It is pretty dry over there; they are getting ready for Christmas.

Canadians want the government to fight drugs in our prisons. That is not the issue. However the solicitor general belittles people's concerns with blatant pork barrelling. Why is the solicitor general spending his time and our money looking out for number one?

[Prisons, December 14th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, I think all of us in this place understand that there is a drug problem in prisons, but there are far more suitable places to do that research.

I just said that there is a place already in Ottawa. There are lots of empty buildings just down the road at CFB Summerside. Those places are empty; they are up for grabs. Why does the minister not move into one of those places and start solving the drug problem?

[Prisons, December 14th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, the solicitor general is spending $2.5 million in his own riding to research drugs in prisons. The only problem is that there are no federal prisons anywhere on Prince Edward Island. There is already an addiction research centre in Ottawa. One would think that would do.

Drugs in prisons are a serious problem, but pork barrelling will surely not fix it. Why does the rest of the country have to pay for the solicitor general's multimillion dollar vote grab?

[Nisga'A Final Agreement Act, December 6th, 1999]

moved:

Motion No. 388

That Bill C-9, in Clause 27, be amended by replacing lines 7 and 8 on page 10 with the following:

“force on January 1, 2005”

Motion No. 389

That Bill C-9, in Clause 27, be amended by replacing lines 7 and 8 on page 10 with the following:

“force on February 1, 2005”

Motion No. 390

That Bill C-9, in Clause 27, be amended by replacing lines 7 and 8 on page 10 with the following:

“force on March 1, 2005”

Motion No. 391

That Bill C-9, in Clause 27, be amended by replacing lines 7 and 8 on page 10 with the following:

“force on April 1, 2005”

Motion No. 392

That Bill C-9, in Clause 27, be amended by replacing lines 7 and 8 on page 10 with the following:

“force on May 1, 2005”

Motion No. 393

That Bill C-9, in Clause 27, be amended by replacing lines 7 and 8 on page 10 with the following:

“force on June 1, 2005”

Motion No. 394

That Bill C-9, in Clause 27, be amended by replacing lines 7 and 8 on page 10 with the following:

“force on July 1, 2005”

[Nisga'A Final Agreement Act, December 6th, 1999]

moved:

Motion No. 376

That Bill C-9, in Clause 27, be amended by replacing line 6 on page 10 with the following:

“27. Section 13 comes into force on January 6, 2004 and the remaining provisions of this Act come into”

[Nisga'A Final Agreement Act, December 6th, 1999]

moved:

Motion No. 362

That Bill C-9, in Clause 27, be amended by replacing line 6 on page 10 with the following:

“27. Sections 9, 10 and 13 come into force on January 2, 2003 and the remaining provisions of this Act come into”

[Nisga'A Final Agreement Act, December 6th, 1999]

moved:

Motion No. 351

That Bill C-9, in Clause 27, be amended by replacing line 6 on page 10 with the following:

“27. Sections 4, 9 and 14 come into force on January 5, 2005 and the remaining provisions of this Act come into”

[Nisga'A Final Agreement Act, December 6th, 1999]

moved:

Motion No. 338

That Bill C-9, in Clause 27, be amended by replacing line 6 on page 10 with the following:

“27. Sections 2, 4, 14 and 20 come into force on September 3, 2006 and the remaining provisions of this Act come into”