Infrastructure Program  Speaker, when the provincial premiers were here at the first ministers' conference on December 21 they all agreed in principle to the program, so Quebec is indeed a part of the program. What we are attempting to do at this point in time is to dot the i 's and cross the t 's on the framework agreement. As soon as we have that done we will be signing the agreement. Everything is going well in that connection. In fact I note in Le Soleil this morning that the hon.

Speech From The Throne  Having stated this truism, I feel compelled to state that the Canada Assistance Plan is partly to be blamed for this dependency. For example, because of the CAP, in the 1980's, Quebec was unable to claim 50 per cent of the assistance it wanted to give low income workers to help them stay in the work force. Under this plan, assistance could not be given to people who did not pass the needs test.

Message From The Senate  I have the honour to inform the House that a message has been received from the Senate informing this House that the Senate has passed Bill C-70, an act to amend the Income Tax Act, the Income Tax Application Rules and related acts, without amendment; and Bill S-7, an act to accelerate the use of alternative fuels for motor vehicles, without amendment.

Members Of Parliament Retiringallowances Act  In putting this matter in the context of total compensation, there are some words that are particularly important to note because they were used by a member of the Lapointe commission, Professor C. E. S. Franks from Queen's University. He later appeared before the standing committee of the House reviewing Bill C-85. I think he put the matter in a good context and it is relevant to quote his words.

Columbia River Treaty Permanent Engineering Board  Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), I am pleased to table, in both official languages, the annual report of the Columbia River Treaty Permanent Engineering Board to the governments of the United States and Canada for the period October 1, 1993 to September 30, 1994, and the 1994 state of Canada's forests annual report.

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, as the committee on natural resources requested during the examination of the Department of National Resources Act, the Minister of Natural Resources tabled this morning the fifth annual report to Parliament, "The State of Canada's Forests, 1994". Canada's forests continue to be a major engine of economic growth for Canada, particularly in certain regions of the country such as my home province of New Brunswick, but they are also essential to our environment.

Bill C-340 An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act (termination of C.B.C.'s television operations)

Treatment Of Municipal Sewage  Yet many municipalities routinely fail to comply with permits on the discharge of sewage from outfalls. The Fraser River is B.C.'s most endangered watershed with a sewage discharge amounting to 450 billion litres per year. If one were to package the sewage into one-litre milk cartons and pile them one on top of each other, a year's discharge would extend to the planet Mars and back with enough left over for 100 side trips to the moon.

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, 1995  Mr. Speaker, I believe you would find unanimous consent that the division on Bill S-7 and Bill C-295 be taken after the other votes we will be proceeding with; in other words that they be taken out of sequence and at the completion of other votes.

Manganese-Based Fuel Additives Act  The campaign was put together by pollution probe and included some major sponsors: Canadian Tire Corporation, Consumers Gas, Petro-Canada, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Environment Canada, to name a few. B.C.'s lower mainland, where I come from, parts of New Brunswick and the Windsor-Quebec corridor were found to be the three worst areas in the country for smog pollution. The people of Hamilton East, part of the Windsor-Quebec corridor, need to know their member of Parliament, who happens to be the Minister of the Environment, is banning a substance which would help to reduce urban smog.

House debate  The House resumed from June 16 consideration of Bill S-7, an act to accelerate the use of alternative fuels for motor vehicles, as reported (with amendments) from the committee.

Alternative Fuels Act  Now the moment of truth has come for the Reform Party to show its true colours and to demonstrate where it really stands. As has been underlined on several occasions in this debate, the measure proposed in Bill S-7 to switch the use of fuels from fossil to alternative fuels just emerging in the marketplace would save the government $7 million in consumption and in maintenance terms. That is not a minor feature considering the interest expressed by the Reform Party on reducing government expenditures.

Alternative Fuels Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to address my amendments to Bill S-7. There are four in number but all deal with one subject which is mainly to remove crown corporations from the effects of this bill. It is a well known and well developed tradition in this country that crown corporations at the basic managerial level should be able to operate at arm's length from the political sector.

House debate  The House resumed from June 9 consideration of Bill S-7, an act to accelerate the use of alternative fuels for motor vehicles, as reported (with amendment) from the committee; and of Motions Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 6.

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, 1995  Mr. Speaker, the major source of dioxins and furans identified in Canada today include municipal and hazardous waste incinerators, effluents from pulp and paper mills, long range atmospheric transport from other countries and contaminants in such chemical products as pentachlorophenol and PCBs.