Senate Appointment Consultations Act   process—which would be necessary, as I said—makes sense right now when the government and Parliament should focus their attention on far more important issues? Just consider reintegrating Quebec into the Constitution that Pierre Elliott Trudeau unilaterally patriated. All of Quebec's

Business of Supply   of Japanese Canadians and took away their property rights and every civil right they ever had. It was Mackenzie King who rejected German Jewish refugees who sought refuge in Canada. John Diefenbaker brought in the Bill of Rights, the first recognition in this country of protecting

Business of Supply   the provinces are predominant, and which represents the constitutional basis for the Quebec Pension Plan and protects it. In addition, other subjects related to the distinct character of Quebec fall exclusively within provincial jurisdiction, in particular, civil rights and property

Nisga'A Final Agreement Act  . There is an absence on reserves of the most basic of property rights. There is an absence of contract rights. There is an absence of free markets in housing, labour and capital. The tragedy of the current approach is that to succeed economically many aboriginal people have had to leave the reserve

Supply   been expropriated by the government, which has not assumed its responsibilities toward them. We respect their right to their property.

Canadian Heritage committee   across Canada during the summer. Finally, as announced in the Speech from the Throne, our government is committed to protecting intellectual and cultural property rights in Canada. I'm working with the industry minister, Jim Prentice, on a bill to amend the Copyright Act. The bill

Canadian Heritage committee   allowed for a very substantial decrease in prices. Another myth I would like to dispel is that by which people believe that the right to broadcast television programs is a privilege, because the airwaves are public property. Do you believe that YouTube.com which has just signed a deal

Property Rights   in this country. For most of our history the common law and its protection of the right to own property withstood any attempt to undermine it. Unfortunately what wise men create clever men can undo. And so it was here. The Right Hon. Pierre Elliot Trudeau neither fully understood nor cared

An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Cruelty to Animals and Firearms) and the Firearms Act  Madam Speaker, I fondly appreciate my colleague's reference to property rights and personal freedoms and liberties. I prize those things. Just recently there was a show on PBS called The Commanding Heights . It was one of the best examples I have ever seen. It was a thumbnail

An Act For The Recognition And Protection Of Human Rights And Fundamental Freedoms  . This is not just dreaming, this is actual fact. Pierre Trudeau's name came over the radio last night because it seems that he will be named the parliamentarian or the politician of the century. Who was it who argued vigorously and repeatedly for the inclusion of property rights in the charter

Criminal Code   will find that most of those cars were stolen by repeat offenders. Mr. Speaker, had your tough justice law been in place at the time, many of those repeat offenders would have been behind bars, unable to carry out their systematic theft of private property. Unfortunately, the previous

An act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals and firearms) and the Firearms Act   of right. The parliamentary secretary said we would make it explicit that subsection 8(3) now applies to these offences that have been moved outside of the property section. Subsection 8(3) has always applied, so what the government is doing in a very disingenuous way is trying to lull

Criminal Code   in many regards, has been obliged to recognize those facts by the back door, once again. The fact is that right now, in Canada, as is the case in a number of western countries, it must be noted, a person can work, earn a wage, have a full-time job, and be living in poverty. People can

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act   of Quebec and the provinces, is the tax base used to determine equalization entitlements. At present, these are poorly defined. We know that they are calculated based on 33 tax bases, including property tax. This is a serious problem for Quebec, since the federal government arbitrarily

Property Rights  . Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who had also been a Minister of Justice, proposed the adoption of a charter designed to ensure the constitutional protection of certain rights including, of course, the right to enjoyment of property. As you know, that motion was rejected. In 1978, some