Mr. Speaker, members of the Progressive Conservative Party will be voting yes on this motion.
(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)
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Canada National Parks Act May 8th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, members of the Progressive Conservative Party will be voting yes on this motion.
(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)
Budget Implementation Act, 2000 May 8th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, members of the Progressive Conservative Party will be voting no on this motion.
(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)
Crimes Against Humanity Act May 8th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, members of the Progressive Conservative Party will be voting yes on this motion.
Natural Resources May 8th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, these are federal forecasts. These are documents obtained under access to information from the federal government.
The minister knows that a nickel smelter would be a heavy consumer of electricity and that should figure prominently in electrical demand forecasts.
Is the minister saying that the ore from Voisey's Bay would best be smelted at facilities already located on the mainland of Canada?
Natural Resources May 8th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Industry.
I recently had the opportunity to view some federal documents obtained under the Access to Information Act. In these documents the federal government is estimating that between now and the year 2020, Newfoundland's electrical needs will only grow by seven-tenths of 1% per year.
Is the minister saying that the federal government has written off the possibility of a smelter being built in Newfoundland at Argentia, a smelter to process ore from the Voisey's Bay nickel mine?
The Economy May 2nd, 2000
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Finance. The minister was in Newfoundland a few days ago. He publicly stated that he was willing to consider providing a 10 year holiday on the equalization clawback for have not provinces.
That caused quite a stir in Newfoundland because this is a battle that the premier, the opposition, and the people of the province have been waging for quite some time. Is the minister serious about a new equalization arrangement for Newfoundland and the have not provinces?
Petitions May 1st, 2000
Mr. Speaker, I have a petition signed on behalf of the rural route mail couriers of Canada.
The petition draws the attention of the House of Commons to the following: that rural route mail couriers often earn less than minimum wage and have working conditions reminiscent of another era; that rural route mail couriers have not been allowed to bargain collectively to improve their wages and working conditions; that private sector workers who deliver mail in rural areas have collective bargaining rights, as do public sector workers who deliver mail for Canada Post in urban areas; and that section 13(5) of the Canada Post Corporation Act prohibits rural route mail couriers from having collective bargaining rights.
Therefore, the petitioners call upon parliament to repeal section 13(5) of the Canada Post Corporation Act.
Petitions May 1st, 2000
Mr. Speaker, I have a petition signed by 45 residents of Newfoundland who wish to call the attention of the House to the degrading nature of pornography to individuals and to society as a whole.
They further call upon the House to urge the government to enact legislation with a view to curbing the production and distribution of pornographic materials.
Petitions May 1st, 2000
Mr. Speaker, I have a petition signed by approximately 300 people on behalf of the staff at the taxation centre in St. John's East-Stafford.
They are looking for equity in the issuance of pay equity cheques. More specific, term casual employees and casuals who have not been on current pay since July 1998 will not get their pay equity cheques until the fall, while other employees received their retroactive pay equity payments in April. All employees are due these retroactive payments and I do not see why they cannot all be paid at the same time.
Transportation May 1st, 2000
Mr. Speaker, we know no approval has been given. This summer we expect a big tourism season because of the Viking millennium celebrations. Stable ferry rates can only help make this summer a great success. Given the importance of that very link to the survival and the continued growth of our tourism industry, will the minister agree to freeze the rates indefinitely?