Mr. Speaker, members of the NDP present will vote no on this motion.
(The House divided on Motion No. 68, which was negatived on the following division:)
Lost his last election, in 2000, with 42% of the vote.
Canada Marine Act April 15th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, members of the NDP present will vote no on this motion.
(The House divided on Motion No. 68, which was negatived on the following division:)
Canada Marine Act April 15th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, New Democrat members present will vote yes on this motion.
(The House divided on Motion No. 67, which was negatived on the following division:)
Canada Marine Act April 15th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, New Democratic Party members present will vote no on Motion No. 2.
(The House divided on Motion No. 2, which was negatived on the following division:)
Employment Equity March 10th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the acting Prime Minister.
On Friday the secretary of state responsible for women's issues said the Liberal government had over three and a half years strengthened employment equity for women by targeting women as a key group for employment, creating opportunities for women in construction and addressing women's jobs in a comprehensive and holistic way.
Today the Minister of Finance says he is proud of his jobs' record as it pertains to women. How does the Acting Prime Minister explain the so-called economic priorities to employ more women with the fact that 44,000 women saw their full time jobs disappear last month?
Transportation March 10th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, NDP leader, Alexa McDonough, and the federal NDP caucus joins with the Saskatchewan NDP government in expressing outrage at the news that the federal Liberals are giving the railways the right to charge more for hauling grain by increasing the cost of capital formula by 1.5 per cent.
The federal Liberals have failed to defend farmers' interests again. In fact, this Liberal government sat silently as the railways let farmers' grain accumulate into an unprecedented backlog costing farmers $65 million.
The Prime Minister said last Friday that his government would not force the railways to speed up the movement of grain. Instead of holding the railways accountable for poor performance, the Liberals have the gall to reward the railways with a raise of $15 million for their bad service record.
The Liberal government is allowing the railways to boost their profits for poor service at the expense of farmers. This is yet one
more example of the federal Liberals' arrogance which will come back to haunt them in the upcoming federal election.
Employment March 7th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, my question is to the acting Prime Minister.
According to labour force statistics released today, 44,000 full time jobs for women disappeared in January. Medical technicians, educators, clericals and other women's jobs in the public sector have led the cuts. This Liberal government cut 45,000 jobs and thousands more were lost as a result of a $7 billion cut to health transfers to the provinces.
Will the acting Prime Minister acknowledge that women's jobs have never been a priority for this government, or have the Liberals entirely written off women as productive workers in the economy?
Prescription Drugs March 5th, 1997
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister for International Trade.
The Minister of Health said yesterday that the 20 year drug patent protection under Bill C-91 cannot be changed because of Canada's international trade obligations. Afterward, international law exports said that Canada can change Bill C-91 to allow for cheaper prescription drugs for Canadians under the NAFTA article "ordre public, section 1709(2) and article 27(2) of the WTO code.
Can the minister tell us if there are any public interest exceptions permitted under these or any articles of the NAFTA and the WTO as they pertain to drug patents or any other intellectual property?
Canada Labour Code March 4th, 1997
Madam Speaker, members of the New Democratic Party present will vote yes on this motion.
(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)
Canada Labour Code March 4th, 1997
Madam Speaker, members of the New Democratic Party will vote yes on this motion.
(The House divided on Motion No. 32, which was agreed to on the following division:)
Canada Labour Code March 4th, 1997
Madam Speaker, NDP members present will vote no on this motion.
(The House divided on Motion No. 35, which was agreed to on the following division:)