Organized Crime  Mr. Speaker, I disagree with the hon. member opposite. I think our work is affected. I think our work is compromised by the debate and that it will be politicized. The consequence of that will be legislation, which we already have an example of in Bill C-95, which in my view was legislation in haste, repent in leisure.

Organized Crime  Mr. Speaker, the committee started out by exploring the issue of confidentiality. It is clear that it is not working. It is clear from the newspaper articles printed time and time again and quotes attributed to certain members of the House who are on the subcommittee that there is no realistic possibility that we will have the confidentiality we all wish to have.

Organized Crime  Mr. Speaker, if the hon. member had been here at the beginning of my speech he would have noticed that hon. members on the subcommittee have basically ignored the gag orders, as has the hon. member opposite, and we are being reported in the newspapers. Frankly, our confidentiality has been completely compromised.

Organized Crime  Mr. Speaker, when hon. members rise at this time of the evening they usually say something like it is a great pleasure to participate in this debate and that it is an important topic. Then they say some platitudinous things and sit down. There are times, in particular in the context of the debate this evening, when one wishes that hon. members would confine their speeches to areas in which they have some knowledge.

Organized Crime  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for lowering the tone of hysteria in the House and congratulate him on his thoughtful speech. To state the problem in my respectful view is relatively easy. To come up with examples of organized crime is also relatively easy and to gauge the concern of Canadians about the issue is relatively easy.

Organized Crime  Use the notwithstanding clause.

Ethnic Violence  Mr. Speaker, on Sunday I participated in a memorial service for victims of ethnic violence in Indonesia. The struggle for human rights is as ancient as recorded civilization. From time to time, however, we should note signposts of progress. Three years ago there was a flare up of ethnic violence directed against people of Chinese origin.

Immigration And Refugee Protection Act  Have you read this speech?

Cape Breton Development Corporation Divestiture Authorization And Dissolution Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the intervention of the member opposite who has now produced an audience for us. My essential point was the question as to when is enough enough? To listen to members opposite, one questions whether enough is ever enough. In the course of the last 30 years, the Government of Canada has put $1.6 billion into this enterprise.

Cape Breton Development Corporation Divestiture Authorization And Dissolution Act  Mr. Speaker, I look forward to the opportunity to engage in this debate. Essentially the point I want to bring before the House is that enough is enough. I want to engage hon. members in the summary of the bill which says that this is an act to provide for the disposition of substantially all the assets of the corporation and for the dissolution and the winding up of its affairs.

Immigration And Refugee Protection Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for good questions as opposed to other kinds questions sometimes. With respect to the admissibility issue, we heard a great deal of testimony on that point, on admissibility at the airport and should the discretion be in the hands of the officer.

Immigration And Refugee Protection Act  Mr. Speaker, I was fascinated by the hon. member's response to that question. I congratulate the minister on her willingness to listen to the committee, her willingness to listen to other Canadians, and having absorbed that material reflecting on it and producing the bill. It is nice to work with a minister who listens.

Vietnam  Mr. Speaker, Vietnam has been in the news lately: 25 years since the end of the Vietnam war, the execution apparently of an innocent Canadian, and the recall of ambassador. What has not been in the news is the routine way in which Vietnam abuses religious rights. Religious rights do not get much play in the news here, in part because we take them for granted and in part because of journalistic apathy toward people of faith.

Volunteer Week  Mr. Speaker, as we mark Volunteer Week this week, I want to acknowledge an organization in my riding that runs on volunteers. West Hill Community Services was incorporated in 1977 by a caring and committed group of volunteers with a common goal: to improve the quality of life for all persons within Scarborough East.

Volunteers  Mr. Speaker, this is National Volunteer Week and it gives us an opportunity to look at some of the profiles of our volunteers. In a report entitled “Religion, Volunteering and Charitable Giving” there is one very startling correlation. The more active one is religiously, the more active one is in making Canada a civil society.