Summit Of The Americas  Mr. Speaker, you have been very patient with me so far today and I appreciate it. I will say, as probably the last speaker in the House today, that we in the NDP and many others throughout the country and around the world, believe democracy itself is threatened by the FTAA. We need go no further than the Metalclad decision, the one that should be coming up in the appeals, or the UPS decision.

Modernization Of House Of Commons Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I will not be able to respond off the cuff. I will certainly look into the matter and try to find an answer for the hon. member. He deserves an answer. Often policy decisions are made by incoming governments. I am not saying that is what happened here, but we all know the position that was taken on the issue, for example, of free trade by the current government with respect to the efforts of the Mulroney administration to bring that policy forward.

Modernization Of House Of Commons Procedure  We have cabinet government in a parliamentary system. We have to make some very significant moves away from that. One way would be through more free votes. On the question of cabinet government, let me quote from a recent article by Eric Kierans, a distinguished former member of the House and a former member of the Trudeau government.

Parliamentarians' Code Of Conduct  moved: That, in the opinion of this House, the government should introduce legislation establishing a code of conduct for Members of Parliament and Senators, based on the March 1997 final report of the Special Joint Committee on a Code of Conduct of the Senate and the House of Commons.

Free Trade Area Of The Americas  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would seek consent of the House to table the documents referred to by the right hon. member for Calgary Centre with respect to the involvement of Jean Carle in the Auberge Grand-Mère file and the Business Development Bank.

Supply  Mr. Speaker, let me deal with the facts. Someone in the Prime Minister's Office denied that he in fact spoke to Mr. Beaudoin, president of the Business Development Bank. We know that happened. I may have characterized what took place, but we know that conversation happened. Only two people know what happened between those individuals, what transpired in that conversation.

Shipbuilding Act, 1999  Mr. Speaker, it gives me tremendous pleasure and pride to rise on behalf of my brothers and sisters in the shipbuilding industry, those hardworking people who build the greatest ships in Canada and around the world to speak to this very important and timely bill brought forward by the great member for Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière.

Budget Implementation Act, 1998  It is the kind of activism that creates a welfare state for the large multinational corporations and creates what might be called the corporate welfare bums of the world. I think here of the trade deals that governments have negotiated on behalf of capital. The World Trade Organization, the WTO. The free trade agreement with the United States. NAFTA which brings in Mexico. I also think of the multilateral agreement on investment, the MAI.

An Act To Give Effect To The Requirement For Clarity As Set Out In The Opinion Of The Supreme Court Of Canada In The Quebec Secession Reference  Renowned legal scholars testified to that effect before the committee, including Dean Yves-Marie Morissette, former Quebec Justice Minister Gil Rémillard, and Dean Peter Hogg, who stated as follows. I quote Professor Hogg: No, I think Bill C-20 is completely consistent with the Supreme Court's judgment, and I think it would be difficult to both support the decision of the court and reject the bill.

Business Of The House  Madam Speaker, while we are naturally very disappointed in this recent development, I assure the House it is not going to slow us down one minute. We will continue to pursue our trade liberalization agenda in Latin America with or without a fast track in place in the U.S. By the year 2000 this area will have a population of nearly 500 million and a gross domestic product of $2 trillion.

Access To Information Act  Madam Speaker, I similarly am pleased to add but a few remarks to the motion put forward by my hon. colleague from Red Deer. It is truly not a new debate certainly in this House. I submit that it is a very admirable attempt to address an issue that has become of increasing concern to parliament.

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to take part in this debate. As alluded to by my colleague, the hon. member for Madawaska—Restigouche, it is very timely that the official opposition brought forward this motion. As time passes it is like the dance of a thousand veils that we are seeing from the government.

Canada Co-Operatives Act  Mr. Speaker, if Canada has learned any lesson in the last 10 years, it is that having rules for trade and for interactions between countries have been to Canada's benefit. I should point out that the free trade agreement with the United States, which is 10 years old this year, has actually resulted in a doubling of trade with the United States.

Economic Policy  Because of free trade. Don't forget that.

Customs Tariff  Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill because of the ramifications it will have, along with the NAFTA deal, the free trade deal, the MAI, APEX and all those other deals that governments past and present have made. We would assume by listening to government members that the sun rises and sets on their current policies.