Cfb Calgary  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals do not have to go to Calgary to find out why westerners feel alienated. I can tell them right here. CFB Calgary has been closed. Its land can help address the educational, social and health concerns of Calgarians. However, this land is earmarked for sale to private developers for top dollars.

Supply  Mr. Speaker, that was a very nice poem and I commend the Bloc member for reading it to the House. What does the hon. member feel is the reason that the government is not willing to put this debate to a vote for the members of parliament? Is it afraid at this point that we will be questioning its commitment, or does the member think the government will bring the debate forward after it is committed, should it ever come to that situation?

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to the hon. minister. The minister indicated that the House has debated the question of Kosovo seven times. The question that we are asking today is very simple. The Canadian people elected members of parliament to this place. Why are the Liberals afraid to put the question when we commit ground troops to a fighting force?

Kosovo  Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to what my colleague said. I was quite moved by many of the comments she made. I know her personally and I think she put her point of view forward very well. When she started her comments, she said that we have to be very careful as to what we say and to make the right decision here.

Kosovo  Mr. Speaker, the official opposition is very happy to see that the minister has responded with immediate aid to alleviate the suffering that has taken place, which, as we have seen on our television screens, is horrific. I also thank the minister for having contact with the NGOs.

Kosovo  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Perhaps we could get unanimous consent to question the minister longer than just the five minutes allotted. Perhaps it could be extended to 10 minutes.

Budget Implementation Act, 1999  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his very important question. I agree with him. Only four days ago there was a headline in the Calgary Herald that 6,000 children in Calgary face hunger. The member is absolutely right when he says the government has failed to address the fundamental issue that is facing Canadian society, which is to give tax breaks to parents who like to stay at home.

Budget Implementation Act, 1999  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for bringing that point up. Again I would like to take this opportunity to advise my colleagues on the other side of the House to look at what the Government of Alberta has come up with, to listen to the voices of Canadians and get off our backs with high taxes.

Budget Implementation Act, 1999  Madam Speaker, I am very happy to answer the hon. member's question. I will dwell on the first point, the child tax benefit. It is amazing that he says the federal government is giving child tax benefits. I tell him it is not in this budget. The government's child tax relief is going to come in 2000 and 2001.

Budget Implementation Act, 1999  Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak to the budget implementation act. I will start by quoting from today's morning smile in The Globe and Mail . There is a sign at the dry cleaner's which reads “We charge GST, PST, EHT, UIC, WCB and a small fee for cleaning”. A small fee for cleaning.

Budget Implementation Act, 1999  Madam Speaker, my colleague very eloquently put forward the views of my party in reference to the budget. I would like to ask her a question. Recently, that brave lady, Beverly Smith, met with the Secretary of State for the Status of Women. Beverly Smith is a single parent who has been fighting the unfair taxation burden on single parents.

Kosovo  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my hon. colleague. I rise today with a heavy heart to see once again human tragedy happening in the Balkans. When I became a member of parliament I never thought I would debate a situation where Canadian troops were engaged in combat.

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to my colleague across the floor. Before I ask her a question I would say that we agree with the concept there has to be rehabilitation, and that is where the government cut money. We also understand that a message has to be sent. The government has had tons of opportunity to bring forward good legislation.

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I agree that some of the interest groups to which she has been giving money are fine, but she has also been wasting money on other interest groups like EGALE. My question is quite simple. We agree with her that there has to be rehabilitation. The justice committee said that under the new act the age should be reduced to 10.

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to my colleague from Prince George. I would like to ask the member about the problem of break and enter which is becoming quite prevalent in Canada. In light of the fact that the revised Young Offenders Act was presented, I would like to have his opinion on why he thinks this was left out.