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International Maritime Organization January 27th, 1994
Mr. Speaker, the recent musings of this government that it may move to eliminate double-dipping has been appreciated and applauded I think by all Canadians, and certainly on this side of the House.
Will the government move to eliminate this example of triple-dipping as well?
International Maritime Organization January 27th, 1994
Yes, Mr. Speaker.
Over the last four years the government paid a housing allowance of more than $400,000 to a UN bureaucrat working for the International Maritime Organization. In the dying days of the Conservative administration the government further agreed to pay up to $12,000 a month, for a total of $580,000, in housing allowances for the same official for the next four years.
My question for the Minister of Finance is this. At a time when thousands of Canadians are homeless, will the Liberal government reverse this Conservative decision that gives this UN official the equivalent of about $500,000 a year?
International Maritime Organization January 27th, 1994
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Finance in the absence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
By way of preamble I would like to say that a lesson in deficit cutting from a Liberal finance minister is like a lesson in firefighting from a pyromaniac.
Speech From The Throne January 20th, 1994
Mr. Speaker, I was interested to hear the member's description of his riding. I think everyone in the House so far has described their riding as the most beautiful riding in all of Canada. Maybe I will do that next week.
Congratulations to the member on his maiden speech. I was also interested in his comments about 90 per cent of businesses being created by small business, which of course is not a government intervention but a small business initiative.
I am also interested in his comments about the sacrifices that he is calling on all facets of the economy to make. I was just wondering what sacrifices exactly he is expecting from small businesses to finance this program.
Aboriginal Affairs January 20th, 1994
Mr. Speaker, we want a better country.
Last night on the CBC newscast, the minister seemed unclear as to whether this declaration of his meant that the government was creating a third level of government, a third level that many people at the municipal and provincial levels and indeed aboriginal people themselves are very uneasy with.
After a night of reflection will the minister tell the Canadian people whether his declaration yesterday will indeed create a third level of government in Canada?
Aboriginal Affairs January 20th, 1994
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
The minister is quoted in yesterday's Toronto Sun as saying that the government will have plans for native self-government in place within six months.
Could the minister tell the members of the House and the people of Canada, indeed the aboriginal people themselves, precisely what is meant by self-government?