Stéphan Tremblay

[Human Resources Development, February 14th, 2000]

Mr. Speaker, the Minister of International Trade was Minister of Human Resources Development at the time of the Corbeil affair.

Obviously it is his administration that is referred to when the current Minister of Human Resources Development describes the administration she has inherited as right out of the dark ages.

My question is for the Minister of International Trade. Since there is a precedent for former ministers testifying, is the Minister of International Trade at last going to agree voluntarily to come before the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development?

[Human Resources Development, February 11th, 2000]

Mr. Speaker, in August, when she took over the department, the minister discovered she had inherited an administration that was coming out of the Middle Ages. This, at least, is the excuse she is giving to exonerate herself.

Who then must be held accountable for the administrative mess in her department: the current deputy minister or the minister's predecessor, who is now the Minister for International Trade?

[Human Resources Development, February 8th, 2000]

Mr. Speaker, the Minister for International Trade is taking cover to avoid answering the questions of parliamentarians on the problems affecting the Department of Human Resources Development, for which he was responsible during a long time.

Will the minister do the honorable thing and agree to testify before the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development regarding the bungling at Human Resources Canada, particularly since the chair and the vice-chair of the committee, who are both fellow Liberals, said that they may well call the minister to testify?

[Point Of Order, February 7th, 2000]

Mr. Speaker, I have here a document from the Bloc Quebecois which offers a new way of defining the relationship between Quebec and Canada.

I will not ask for unanimous consent, I will simply leave this document on my desk. If members want to take a look at it, it will be here.

[Human Resources Development, February 7th, 2000]

Mr. Speaker, recently, the current Minister for International Trade, who used to be the Minister of Human Resources Development, was telling the minister responsible for Emploi-Québec how to run job programs.

Will the minister, who has the arrogance to tell others how to do their job, now have the decency to answer questions from the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities on how he did his job?

[Millennium Scholarships, December 17th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, my last question of this millennium is the following.

In the matter of the millennium scholarships, the federal government is in possession of the Quebec student associations' agreement with the Quebec ministry of education's proposal to ensure that they will have access to these scholarships.

Can the minister assure us that her government will give its agreement to the proposal submitted to the Foundation, as we find ourselves only 15 days from that new millennium?

[Points Of Order, December 15th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, in view of the fact that my colleague from Chicoutimi was not allowed to table the document, I have here the Liberal red book.

On page 9, it says “Generations—have dreamed of building—an independent country”. I agree with that and I ask for unanimous consent to table the Liberal red book.

[Points Of Order, December 14th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, further to the Prime Minister's announcement that he wants to introduce a bill denying the fundamental rights of Quebecers, I am asking for the unanimous consent of the House to table a document that will enlighten the House.

It is the report by the chief electoral officer of Quebec on the results of the 1995 referendum, in which 93% of—

[Points Of Order, December 13th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, I have here the report by a great democrat, the chief electoral officer, a great democrat just like you, on the results of the 1995 referendum where 93% of registered voters exercised their right to vote. That is democracy, I believe.

I ask the unanimous consent of the House to—

[Globalization, December 6th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, so long as parliament does not play its democratic role, more and more people will be trying to debate the issue in any way possible, including in the streets.

Why is the Prime Minister not assuming leadership, calling on parliamentarians and establishing a dialogue with the public to permit a debate on the social impact of globalization?