House of Commons photoWon his last election, in 1993, with 40% of the vote.
Questions Passed As Orders For Returns September 19th, 1996
For the fiscal year 1995, and with respect to minority language broadcasting stations across Canada, what has the government determined to be: ( a ) the total amount of federal monies spent on providing these services and ( b ) the total amount of advertising revenue generated by these stations?
Return tabled.
Committees Of The House September 19th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, I would like to offer a comment based on what I have heard here this morning on the rule of law. My colleague, the member for Fraser Valley East, was very specific about it. He said this Chamber operates under the concept that law is king. He said the Latin for that is lex Rex.
He went on to describe what committees do, that this is not the rule of law. He said instead, committees seem to operate under the rule of politics, that the political system is Rex, is king. He did not know the Latin for politics is king.
I have done a little research and I have this to offer to the House. I believe the Latin translation for that as it applies to the committee system is tyrannosaurus Rex, which comes from the dinosaur era.
Petitions September 18th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, I have a petition on the Young Offenders Act that is signed by 440 constituents in my area.
This is based on an incident where two young alleged thieves were caught breaking into cars in a parking lot. They tried to run down a witness. They did not conceal their names from the police. They were quite free to give them because they knew they could not be prosecuted because of their ages. Because of this, the petitioners request that the Young Offenders Act either be abolished or revised so that the rights of ordinary citizens come ahead of the rights of young offenders of this sort.
Petitions June 19th, 1996
Madam Speaker, I have a petition with 439 signatures. The petitioners observe that since Canadian law does not now prohibit convicted
criminals from profiting from the sale of books, movies and videos, et cetera, they therefore ask the House to support Private Members' Bill C-205, an act to amend the Criminal Code and the Copyright Act, to ensure that these criminals do not profit from their crimes.
Official Languages June 10th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, Treasury Board's official languages report shows that anglophones hold 5 per cent of federal government jobs in Quebec. The report concludes that this number remains unsatisfactory.
The Canadian heritage report says nothing about this situation and reveals the government accepts a French only policy in Quebec which discriminates against the English community while practising enforced bilingualism in the rest of Canada.
What will the heritage minister do to increase the representation of Quebec anglophones in federal government jobs within that province?
Questions On The Order Paper June 4th, 1996
With respect to the 25 per cent withholding provision contained in the Canada-U.S.A. tax treaty on pensions paid by United States sources to Canadians, what has the Government of Canada determined to be ( a ) the total number of resident Canadians who are subject to the withholding provisions of this treaty, ( b ) the total number of resident native Canadians who are subject to the withholding provisions of this treaty, and ( c ) the section of the treaty which allows for different application of its provisions to native and non-native Canadians who are recipients of pensions from U.S. sources?
Questions On The Order Paper June 4th, 1996
With respect to the provisions of the Canada-U.S.A. tax treaty, what has the Government of Canada determined to be the total amount of money withheld by the United States from resident Canadians receiving pensions from U.S. sources since changes were implemented in 1995?
Petitions June 4th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of over 2,500 citizens of Quebec, many of whom are from Hudson, Pointe-Claire, Baie-d'Urfé and Rigaud, I am pleased to present a petition reaffirming their right to self-determination and requesting that Parliament take the necessary measures to guarantee that their properties and territories will remain within Canadian Confederation and to make Parliament's intention to do so known to the PQ government prior to a unilateral declaration of independence and/or the next referendum on separation.
This is but one-half of a petition with over 5,000 signatures from the citizens of the riding of Vaudreuil.
Members Of Parliament Transition Allowance Act June 4th, 1996
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-298, an act to replace the allowance provided by the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act with an allowance funded by members' contributions to assist their transition back to private life.
Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure today to reintroduce this private members' bill on members of Parliament pensions.
This bill is based on input from my constituents and represents what the average Canadian feels an MP's pension plan should look like. Unlike the current government bill on this issue, my bill would do away with the cash for life plan in favour of a privately controlled RRSP style fund with no contributions from the taxpayer.
My bill would allow MPs to plan ahead for the future or provide them with funds for transition back into private life. This proposal is fair to all MPs and they will all be treated equally. There is none of this trough regular and trough light which we hear many constituents complain about.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)
Petitions May 31st, 1996
Mr. Speaker, I have two final petitions signed by 144 constituents that call on Parliament to refrain from changing the Canadian Human Rights Act to include reference to sexual orientation.