Martin Cauchon

[Citizenship Of Canada Act, February 18th, 2000]

moved that Bill C-16, an act respecting Canadian citizenship, be read the second time and referred to a committee.

[Questions On The Order Paper, February 16th, 2000]

Registered education savings plans, RESPs have existed and have been registered with the Department of National Revenue, now the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, for several years. To date there has not been a need to establish a policy regarding administrative relief.

However, with the introduction of the new Canada education savings grant program in 1998, there has been a significant increase in RESP activity which has given rise to a few requests for administrative relief.

The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency is monitoring the situation and will consult with the Department of Finance and the Department of Human Resources Development if the problem becomes significant and a policy needs to be developed.

Question No. 48—

[Steel Industry, December 15th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for this very important question.

I wish to confirm as the Minister of National Revenue that we have decided to proceed with a major investigation based on a complaint filed by Algoma Steel Corporation. We are looking at whether or not there is dumping. A decision will be taken at the beginning of next year. If there is dumping, we will have to proceed with temporary duties.

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Mr. Speaker, I want to continue to explain to the people of Quebec as a whole the action the Canadian government has taken.

As I said before we just intervened with Inno-centre, to the tune of $4.5 million; this is very critical and very important for the greater Montréal area, since we are talking about action targeted at the pre-start-up level in the high technology sector, in other words the knowledge-based economy.

Of course, the people opposite do not want to hear or understand that the Canadian government plays a major role in Quebec. I want to outline the Canadian government's action strategy for the greater Montreal area, a strategy that was introduced in 1996 and involved the intervention of Team Canada as a whole in the greater metropolitan area.

Today the results of this strategy are remarkable. We are talking about close to 1,800 projects which have been approved since 1996 under our strategy for Montreal. These investments have a leverage effect and total more than $3 billion. The contribution of Economic Development Canada alone, my department when it comes to economic development, is in the order of $785 million. In terms of jobs created or maintained by this, we are talking of almost 20,000 jobs in the greater metropolitan area.

The Canadian government is proud of what it is doing in Quebec and in greater Montreal.

[Canadian Institutes Of Health Research Act, November 23rd, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. We had some time to reply. I wanted to use that time to reply on behalf of the government, on behalf of my team. It is obvious that I was not able to reply in a satisfactory manner because—

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That is what we are doing and will continue to do even though they do not want us to continue to help the people of Quebec.

Recently, I attended a breakfast with the Inno-centre group, where we have invested—

[Canadian Institutes Of Health Research Act, November 23rd, 1999]

It is difficult to continue, because of all the shouting on the other side, which obviously means it hurts. They are obviously against any positive action by the Canadian government—

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Mr. Speaker, I find interesting that the Bloc Quebecois is making statements that are not accurate. It is interesting to see that when we give an answer, they do not really want an answer.

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Mr. Speaker, let me come back to the point I was making just before all the Bloc members left the House, because when we speak about the truth, about what the Canadian government is doing in Quebec, they do not like to listen and they certainly do not want the people to hear about such things. But I was about to deal with the aeronautical industry.

I mentioned Technology Partnerships Canada, which spends about 50% of its budget in the province of Quebec. The Minister of Industry approached a number of corporations, including Bombardier, CAE Électronique and Pratt & Whitney. So, it was a very significant program that created a critical mass in the greater Montreal area and helped to develop an industry that has made quite an impact not only in Quebec and in Canada, but internationally as well, and the Canadian government is very proud of its contribution to this success story in Quebec.

The Canadian Foundation for Innovation also got involved in the work of several research centres, in order to build a forward-looking, knowledge-based industry.

I recently had the opportunity to be the guest speaker at a breakfast meeting held by the Inno-Centre of Montreal. At this networking breakfast, I announced that the federal government, in collaboration with the Inno-Centre, will be spending $4.5 million in seed money especially to help launch technological businesses. Again—

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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I notice that the statements I am making in the House—