Alfonso Gagliano

[Canada Information Office, June 12th, 1998]

Mr. Speaker, we have no intention to exceed any legislation, electoral or other.

What we are saying is that, as the Government of Canada, we are entitled, and Canadians are entitled to know the facts as they are and not the versions the separatists want them to hear.

So if they spread untruths, we will clarify things. That is what we are saying.

I would like to tell the member that if she wants to tell me about the honeymoon of the Bloc Quebecois and the Reform Party, I would be happy to spread that around Canada.

[Canada Information Office, June 12th, 1998]

Mr. Speaker, what I said in the interview to one journalist is that, first of all, the upcoming election in Quebec is a provincial one, not a federal one, and that, if the Government of Quebec or any other political party were to misinform people about the Government of Canada, we would be there to provide the facts. That is all.

However, I am surprised the member is asking the question, because her leader said all Bloc members would be canvassing door to door in the fall as part of the election campaign. So they can get involved, but we cannot—

[Supply, June 9th, 1998]

moved:

Motion No. 1

That Vote 1, in the amount of $193,805,000, under JUSTICE—Department—Operating expenditures, in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1999 (less the amount voted in Interim Supply), be concurred in.

[Supply, June 9th, 1998]

moved:

That the main estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1999, laid upon the table on Thursday, May 28, 1998, be concurred in.

[The Environment, June 8th, 1998]

Mr. Speaker, Treasury Board approved a financial plan to clean up the Argentia site where American arms were left. The external affairs department is negotiating with the American government for a refund.

In the meantime we are cleaning up the environment and at the same time we are creating jobs in Newfoundland and in Atlantic Canada.

[Government Contracts, June 5th, 1998]

Mr. Speaker, the member as usual is confused on the facts. The contract with Frontec expires March 31, 2000. Therefore I think there is some time before we make that decision to renew that contract and we will take the necessary steps to make sure that every firm has the possibility to make its representation and proposal.

On NATO training, Frontec said the political side is that we kept the Reform Party informed on this for three and a half years.

[Government Contracts, June 5th, 1998]

Mr. Speaker, I quote the deputy leader of the Reform Party, the member for Edmonton North, who said in the House on May 6, 1996: “On May 2 I attended a supper in Grand Centre, Alberta to welcome a NATO delegation. They are studying the possibility of awarding a 20 year contract to Canada as NATO's flight training location. The other bidder is Texas and we are convinced that our program could beat it out by a country mile”. Maybe the member should speak to the deputy leader.

[Government Contracts, June 1st, 1998]

Mr. Speaker, I think the Minister of National Defence already answered that it was a cabinet decision. This is a very unique and modern project that will allow the private sector to work co-operatively with the government.

Let me inform the House that this project was announced in November. The Reform Party has just woken up now because of a newspaper story. My department and my officials offered the Reform critic the opportunity to view all the books to see how this was done. This is a new concept and everything was done in an open manner.

[Royal Canadian Mint, May 7th, 1998]

Mr. Speaker, there is a proceeding before the courts concerning patent protection. It has nothing to do with the building of the plant. This is a decision that the corporation made in accordance with the rules of the corporation and with the approval of the government and we are going ahead.

[Royal Canadian Mint, May 7th, 1998]

Mr. Speaker, again I think the hon. member has all the facts mixed up.

First of all to build a plant in Winnipeg does not need extra borrowing authority. They have enough and the decision was made previous to the bill. The bill streamlines the operations of the Royal Canadian Mint and also increases the amount of the corporation's borrowing authority since the government decided that the corporation has to make a profit and has to operate on a commercial basis.

In terms of the plant in Winnipeg, a plant already exists in Winnipeg. This is an extension so we can save—