Mr. Speaker, I will repeat again for the hon. member, who seems not to want to understand, that the Government of Canada, for which I am the spokesperson for sport, has never supported any one of the three bids.
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Mr. Speaker, I will repeat again for the hon. member, who seems not to want to understand, that the Government of Canada, for which I am the spokesperson for sport, has never supported any one of the three bids.
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Mr. Speaker, I said yesterday and I repeat today: the Government of Canada supported none of the three candidate cities, and I hope, now that a decision has been made democratically by a majority of the olympic committee, that all members of this parliament will support the decision of the olympic committee.
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Mr. Speaker, the only lobbying done by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, who was himself a medal winner in the 1960 Olympics, was in support of having Quebec City as the site of the 2002 Olympic Games. The only lobbying he has ever done was for Quebec City.
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Mr. Speaker, first the member's statement that the federal government supported one of the three cities is wrong. And if he thinks so, he better be ready to bet his seat here, because that is totally wrong.
Second, the member's remarks about the Premier of B.C. were wrong too. He was not on the committee.
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Mr. Speaker, it is unbelievable that the member is engaging in this sort of speculation when I myself was with Quebec's minister of culture, who spoke out in favour of Quebec's candidacy during the nomination process.
So, if there is any double standard, if ministers from other parts of Canada want to make their views known, at least respect the democratic decision taken by a majority of 72 individuals who—
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—and allow a democratic vote. The decision was made by a majority of the members on the Olympic committee, in two secret ballots.
At least have the courage to respect a majority vote.
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Mr. Speaker, unlike the Bloc Quebecois, the Government of Canada wants to respect democracy—
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Mr. Speaker, the fact is that four of the five political parties of the House support the position of the government. There is only one party here in the Parliament of Canada that is speaking for the Americans and that is the Reform Party.
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Mr. Speaker, when it comes to protecting Canadian culture and ensuring Canadian voices will be heard into the next generation the Minister for International Trade and I speak with one voice.
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Mr. Speaker, I wonder if the member for New Brunswick Southwest could redirect a question to the member for St. John's East who a few moments ago spoke in high praise about the policies of Canada. Of course we will recall that the member's party voted against Canada. I wonder if he could now inform the House whether he really thinks it is a good deal to be in Canada.