Mr. Speaker, if I were to do it this week I would be late. I did it the first day I formed the government.
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Government Expenditures February 15th, 1994
Mr. Speaker, if I were to do it this week I would be late. I did it the first day I formed the government.
Recall Of Members Of Parliament February 14th, 1994
We have seen people in this Chamber moving from one side to the other. Some are welcome to come to this side.
Recall Of Members Of Parliament February 14th, 1994
Mr. Speaker, the people decided that every one of us was to be elected, for one party or another.
The leader of the opposition was elected as a Conservative and eventually with nine other members of the Tories he decided to move. There was no recall. If we were to have recall, I would have been one of the first at that time to call for it.
Recall Of Members Of Parliament February 14th, 1994
Mr. Speaker, this process has not worked in Canada in the past and will not work. It was tried once by the Socreds in Alberta. A member of the cabinet at that time is the father of the leader of the Reform Party. A year and a half later there was a recall of the leader of the party and the party decided to recall the recall so it would not lose its leader.
It is not something that is a high priority for this government.
Kahnawake Reserve February 14th, 1994
Mr. Speaker, there is no place in Canada which is outside the mandate given to the RCMP, which is to act according to the law and to uphold the law.
Kahnawake Reserve February 14th, 1994
Mr. Speaker, we have told the RCMP to do its job everywhere in Canada, and that is what it does. As for allegations in a newspaper article, obviously any sensible person would consider it was elementary, before stating what was written in an article-As you know, there is always a slight possibility that what a journalist writes may not be true.
Bosnia February 10th, 1994
Mr. Speaker, it is obvious that troops involved in such a situation are always exposed to danger. No one can promise you absolute safety for everyone in Bosnia at the moment.
As the Minister of Foreign Affairs was saying, our decision had immediate results, in that the plan for a demilitarized zone around Sarajevo appears to be succeeding.
As far as Canadian troops are concerned, the withdrawal process has already started in Srebrenica. A number of Dutch soldiers have already arrived to relieve Canadian soldiers who are scheduled to leave this Bosnian hot spot by the end of the month.
Cigarette Smuggling February 10th, 1994
The Minister of National Revenue was on a radio show yesterday talking with citizens in the riding of the leader of the Reform Party and there were many in favour of the federal plan.
Cigarette Smuggling February 10th, 1994
Mr. Speaker, I am very surprised because in Hamilton, which includes the riding of the Deputy Prime Minister, a poll was taken yesterday by a radio station and it was three to one in favour of this plan.
Cigarette Smuggling February 10th, 1994
We have reduced the level of taxation according to a plan that is available to all governments in Canada. The plan is a national one to cure a national problem. I did not go into hiding. I said that it was not an easy decision. But smuggling will stop in Canada. If the provinces feel that they do not have a problem, they will have to live with the consequences of their actions. Every government was aware of what we wanted to do. We were all losing billions of dollars as a result of that. Therefore this government decided to act.
If other governments want to avoid the problem, fine, they will have to accept the consequences. They were elected and they have to do their job. It will be up to the people of Ontario to ask the question of the Ontario government, not me.