Herb Gray

[Correctional Service Canada, March 20th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, again as I have said, I will check into the matter. If what is stated with respect to this broadcast is correct, I will make sure that the operations of the officials in question are consistent with government policy. I thank the hon. member for raising this matter with me.

[Correctional Service Canada, March 20th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, I have not seen the program. I am going to get the text and review it. We consider this a very serious and tragic situation. Those comments, if accurately stated, do not reflect the position of this government.

[Money Laundering, March 17th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, again, the hon. member's comments are wrong. A second report published a few weeks ago in the Montreal newspaper he has quoted set the record straight. The fact is that co-operation between the RCMP and the Swiss authorities is excellent. I am told that the Swiss authorities are fully satisfied with the support they received and are receiving from the RCMP.

[Money Laundering, March 17th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is mistaken. There was close co-operation between the RCMP and the Swiss authorities, and I have been informed that the Swiss authorities are quite satisfied with the support they received from the RCMP.

[Cp Rail, March 17th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Labour, on behalf of the government, is following the situation very closely.

The hon. member has quite properly raised a serious situation. It is an indication why the parties-I understand they have informal discussions under way-should turn them into full collective bargaining and reach an agreement themselves as quickly as possible, which is what they have done on every occasion since 1975.

[Cp Rail, March 17th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, I understand that discussions are under way between the parties. I also understand the railway is operating.

The hon. member has quite properly raised a very serious situation. This is a message to the parties that they should get down to business and reach an agreement.

[Canada Post, March 17th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, I think Canadians could ask why they should have any confidence in the kinds of questions asked by the Reform member when the facts are that the ethics counsellor has been appointed to look into matters involving ministers and order in council appointees, and when the Reform Party is not willing to follow up my suggestion that the matter could be explored when Canada Post estimates are being studied by the appropriate parliamentary committee.

Where is their commitment to an effective operation of the House of Commons and its committees?

[Canada Post, March 17th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, the estimates of Canada Post have been tabled before the House and referred to the appropriate parliamentary committee.

I suggest my hon. friend consider that the matter could well be raised when the Canada Post estimates are studied by the appropriate parliamentary committee. If my hon. friend is concerned about a stronger role for committees, he might examine this possibility.

[Canada Post, March 17th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister pointed out that the ethics counsellor had been appointed to review complaints about ministers and other order in council appointees and possibly to look into the matter of lobbyists. The matter raised by the hon. member is not something for which the position of ethics counsellor has been created.

I want to say to the hon. member that certainly, as the Prime Minister said, it was something that took place under a previous government. The Minister of Public Works who reports to Parliament for Canada Post is reviewing the situation. I am sure he will have more to say about it when he completes his review.

[Canadian Advisory Council On The Status Of Women, March 17th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, the hon. member has been opposition House leader for some time now. He should know that is not a supplementary question.