Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral

[Excise Tax Act, February 10th, 1997]

The members of the official opposition will vote no.

[Excise Tax Act, February 10th, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, members of the official opposition will vote yes.

[Excise Tax Act, February 10th, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, members of the official opposition will clearly vote yes.

[Public Service, February 10th, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. If you were to seek it, I believe you would find unanimous consent to have the recorded divisions scheduled for this evening on the amendment of the hon. member for Saanich-Gulf Islands, and on the motion of the official opposition tabled by the hon. member for Shefford to be deferred until tomorrow, after Government Orders.

[Tribute To Naïm Kattan, February 6th, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, Naïm Kattan, a Quebec essayist and novelist, recently won the Prix de la culture séfarade. Born in Baghdad in 1928, he emigrated to Quebec in 1954, after studying literature at the Sorbonne. Since then, he has played a role in the cultural life of Quebec as a critic for Le Devoir and La Presse , and for the periodicals Liberté and Voix et Images .

In 1971, he won the Prix France-Canada with his first essay, Le réel et le théâtral . He has published three novels, Adieu Babylone , Les fruits arrachés and La fiancée promise .

He was a researcher for the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism and has a number of publications to his credit: Juifs et Canadiens , Écrivain des Amériques , and Les Juifs et la communauté française .

Quebec's culture has been enriched by Naïm Kattan's very special voice, a wonderful blend of the Jewish, Arab and Christian civilizations. It is with pride that the Bloc Quebecois pays tribute to him today.

[Prisons And Reformatories Act, February 4th, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, the members of the official opposition will vote yea.

[Nuclear Safety And Control Act, February 4th, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, the members of the official opposition will vote yea.

[Nuclear Safety And Control Act, February 4th, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, the members of the official opposition will vote yes.

[Nuclear Safety And Control Act, February 4th, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, the members of the official opposition will vote yes.

[Nuclear Safety And Control Act, February 4th, 1997]

Mr. Speaker, the members of the official opposition will vote nay.