Brian Tobin

[Auberge Grand-Mère, March 20th, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, I quote from the words of the ethics counsellor who appeared on CBC on Friday of last week:

I have access to all of the documents. I have seen all of the documents. I've been able to examine them. They are personal information to the parties, including some other citizens other than Mr. Chrétien, but I have been able to confirm to my entire satisfaction, that these shares were sold in 1993 and never returned to his possession.

[Ethics Counsellor, March 19th, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, once again we have the innuendo which has been evident in nearly every question being put forward by the member opposite. She ought to await the outcome of a normal routine review of this firm.

It is precisely that kind of talk which cost the taxpayers of Alberta $800,000. I would suggest she proceed more carefully.

[Ethics Counsellor, March 19th, 2001]

No, Mr. Speaker, I have not instructed anybody to do anything. The directorate will do its job and do it in the normal way, the way we do with respect to any corporation in the country. It is no different from any other circumstances.

[Ethics Counsellor, March 19th, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, I do not know how it works in the Conservative Party, but in the Liberal Party Liberal members use their brains and their imaginations and ask whatever questions they want before a standing committee.

[Ethics Counsellor, March 19th, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, in response to the question by the leader of the Conservative Party, at the request of the ethics counsellor, the director general of the corporations directorate will examine the records of the Grand-Mère golf course. Once the examination is completed, the director general will either confirm the accuracy of the 1997-98 annual return or will ask the company for a corrected return. I suggest we await that information.

[Shipbuilding, March 14th, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, the report of the committee, which is looking into the question of how to modernize and make more efficient and competitive shipbuilding in Canada, is not yet filed.

However, I assure the member that every member on this side of the House is interested in seeing shipbuilding succeed in Canada, seeing shipbuilding workers put back to work and seeing Canada maintain its great shipbuilding tradition.

[Corporate Concentration, March 13th, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, the facts of the matter are clear. This is a question which has been looked into by the RCMP. The RCMP has closed the file. It is a matter which has been looked at by the ethics counsellor. The ethics counsellor has very clearly pronounced himself on the file.

The member may ask questions again and again and again. It does not change the fact the Prime Minister has complied fully and completely with the requirements of the ethics counsellor.

[Industry, March 2nd, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his question. The Government of Canada has been making investments in the last little while. Investment intentions have been known.

I want to join with all members of the House in commending the Minister of Finance for his excellent stewardship of the country, and hence our ability to make additional investments in universities, in science and technology, and in R and D, and to take the first steps to double R and D spending in Canada.

Those kinds of investments will lead to future bright young women and men taking up the sciences and a role in engineering across the country.

[Reproductive Technologies, March 2nd, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, coming from a party whose belief and creation is akin to the making of the movie Jurassic Park , this line of questioning is indeed frightening.

Canada is providing a proper regulatory framework. Canada is mindful of community standards and the concerns of Canadians. The Canadian scientific community is a responsible community. We should be proud of that community and the fact that we have the ability to participate in this important worldwide scientific endeavour.

[Reproductive Technologies, March 2nd, 2001]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to be very certain of the position of the Alliance Party. As he knows there is currently in place, as of May 2000, $160 million to allow Canada to participate in the research that is occurring all around the world. The $140 million brings the sum to $300 million.

Is it the position of the Alliance Party that all of this funding and all of these research centres, including the movement toward a proper regulatory environment, be shut down and that Canada and Canada alone in the western world turn its back on this exciting new field of endeavour in science?