Jan Brown

[Canada Pension Plan, September 19th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the comments of the hon. minister but I would very much like him to address his answer to me with respect to the question I asked regarding the contradiction in those two documents I mentioned in my first question.

[Canada Pension Plan, September 19th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Human Resources Development.

The Canada pension plan is a fiscal mess. On February 2 of this year the HRDC policy director sent a memo to the chief actuary of Canada and said that the Canada pension plan disability benefits program is financial healthy. However, an internal HRD briefing note dated February 23 indicates that a senior policy analyst directly contradicts this assessment.

How can the minister explain this contradiction?

[Questions Passed As Orders For Returns, September 18th, 1995]

For the period from October 1993 to the present, what are the detailed breakdowns of funding from the Cultural Initiatives Programs in the Department of Canadian Heritage, exactly what was each project, what individual or organization received it, if it was specifically in a riding which riding was it in, exactly how much was each allocation of funds, what was the date of application for the funding and what was the date of approval?

(Return tabled.)

Question No. 200-

[Expo 2005, September 18th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the city of Calgary. After many months of hard work and patience, Calgary has won the competition to host Expo 2005.

The bid committee for Ottawa-Hull deserves tremendous credit and congratulations for all the work it did on its bid. The healthy, high quality competition only serves to raise the performance of Calgary as it moves on to compete internationally to bring Expo 2005 to Canada.

On behalf of Canada, Calgary will make its submission au Bureau des Expositions Internationales, a winning bid that will make all Canadians proud.

I would like to congratulate again all participants in the competition to host Expo. Calgary, Alberta and the federal government must now work together to win the international competition for Calgary to be a good hostess to Expo 2005. Once Canada has won the right to host Expo 2005, I would like to invite everybody to celebrate with us in Calgary.

[Access To Information Act, June 21st, 1995]

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-342, an act to amend the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the National Arts Centre Corporation).

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)

[Financial Administration Act, June 21st, 1995]

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-341, an act to amend the Financial Administration Act (Canada Council, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Film Development Corporation, National Arts Centre Corporation).

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)

[Broadcasting Act, June 21st, 1995]

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-340, an act to amend the Broadcasting Act (termination of CBC's television operations).

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to introduce these three private members' bills. The bills are part of our package to privatize the CBC.

One of the bills amends the Access to Information Act and would make the CBC more accessible to Canadians. Presently it is exempt from the Access to Information Act and the bill would end that exemption.

I would ask you, Mr. Speaker, to continue. The explanations as you read them are self-explanatory.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)

[Telecommunications, June 21st, 1995]

The government has repeatedly stated that it has raised competition but the CRTC disagrees.

[Telecommunications, June 21st, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, despite the woolly answer from the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Mickey Kantor will issue a hit list today, regardless of whether the CMT deal with NCN goes through during the current negotiations.

The Minister of Canadian Heritage is letting CRTC run amok. The CRTC was directly responsible for the negative options billing fiasco. It is responsible for the satellite policy debacle and now it has forced the government to sacrifice Canadian industries and jobs in a high stakes poker game within the U.S.

The CRTC's time is-

[Telecommunications, June 21st, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, the American government is poised today to punish Canadian industries for the Liberal policies of cultural protectionism.

Mickey Kantor will issue his retaliation hit list today. Because the Liberals are closing our borders and choking off competition. hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Canadian business stands to suffer.

Why will the Minister of Canadian Heritage not live up to the pro-competition rhetoric of the industry minister and avoid this trade battle with the U.S. which damages Canadians business and allows CMT into the market?