Sheila Copps

[Audiovisual Productions, October 25th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, for seven days now, the member has been making wide-ranging and unfounded allegations, but he does not have the courage to repeat these allegations outside the House.

That having been said, I again urge the member to contact the authorities directly, because he is well aware that an RCMP investigation is already under way.

[Audiovisual Productions, October 21st, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is the one who is making allegations. He did so on Friday, then on Monday, and again on Tuesday.

I asked him to contact the RCMP about his allegations, and I am asking him to do so again today. If he has allegations to make, then he should go directly to the RCMP, which is there to investigate.

[Audiovisual Productions, October 21st, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, the hon. member made allegations on Friday. Today, he is making more allegations. Again, I would ask him to contact the RCMP to inform them of his allegations.

[Audiovisual Productions, October 21st, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Monday and last week, the Bloc Quebecois made serious allegations. I felt it was my responsibility to respond to those allegations, and the best way of getting at the truth of the matter was to turn to the RCMP.

[Audiovisual Productions, October 21st, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, I did not ask the RCMP to conduct another investigation. I asked the RCMP to conduct an investigation.

[Marine Conservation Areas Act, October 20th, 1999]

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-8, an act respecting marine conservation areas.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)

[Culture, October 20th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairmen of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage because both committees approached this very difficult issue with a new solution, that is the creation of a new international instrument on cultural diversity.

I would like to thank all of the members of this House, both sides of it, who worked on it, because yesterday, Cabinet decided unanimously that we would continue with a new international instrument to recognize cultural diversity because of the work of these members of the House.

[Audiovisual Productions, October 20th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, very serious allegations are still being made. I invite the member, if he has allegations or information, to pass this information directly on to the RCMP, which is doing an investigation because of these allegations.

[Audiovisual Productions, October 20th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, if I remember rightly, last week the member from the Bloc Quebecois made allegations, and it is as the result of these allegations that I asked to the RCMP to investigate.

[Audiovisual Productions, October 20th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, for three days now, Bloc Quebecois members have been making allegations. I repeat: if they have any information to share, they should get in touch with the RCMP. In case they do not have the RCMP's telephone number, I have it here. It is 993-7267. I invite them to make the call.