Budget Implementation Act, 1998  moved: Motion No. 19 That Bill C-36, in Clause 12, be amended by adding after line 32 on page 8 the following: “(4.1) The Foundation shall have at least one member representing public post- secondary educational institutions and at least one member representing private post-secondary educational institutions.”

Budget Implementation Act, 1998  moved: Motion No. 2 That Bill C-36, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 16 to 24 on page 1 with the following: ““eligible institution” means (a) a public post-secondary educational institution in Canada that grants degrees, certificates or diplomas; or (b) a private post-secondary educational institution in Canada that grants degrees, certificates or diplomas in respect of a program of studies that has been designated by a law of the province in which the institution is located, as a program whose students are eligible to receive a scholarship granted by the government of that province.”

Budget Implementation Act, 1998  moved: Motion No. 12 That Bill C-36, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing line 7 on page 5 with the following: “student attending an eligible institution full-time,” Motion No. 13 That Bill C-36, in Clause 8, be amended by adding after line 17 on page 5 the following: “(2.1) The Board shall consist of at least one person representing public post- secondary educational institutions and at least one person representing private post-secondary educational institutions.”

Budget Implementation Act, 1998  moved: Motion No. 16 That Bill C-36, in Clause 10, be amended by replacing lines 36 to 39 on page 7 with the following: “(a) the Board is knowledgeable about post-secondary education and learning in Canada, the needs of the Canadian economy and the management of investments; and”

Budget Implementation Act, 1998  moved: Motion No. 48 That Bill C-36, in Clause 37, be amended by replacing lines 14 to 17 on page 17 with the following: “37. Every five years after the coming into force of this Act, the Foundation shall cause a review and report to be made by a person who is independent of the Foundation of its activities and organization.”

Seniors  Mr. Speaker, Bill C-36, the budget implementation act, nickels and dimes Canada's poor seniors. No one blinked an eye when the budget promised to “improve the way in which the guaranteed income supplement operates”. This was until people realized that the finance minister's idea of improvement is to cut benefits to seniors.

Finance  Mr. Speaker, last week the auditor general released his latest report on the government's financial statements and the finance minister and this government received a failing grade from the auditor general for the third year in a row. Why? Because for the last three years the finance minister has cooked the books by retroactively allocating funds from the previous fiscal year to pay for upcoming spending programs.

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise today to speak on behalf of Progressive Conservatives and all Canadians on Bill C-244. As well, I commend the member for Mississauga South on this initiative and on his hard work and diligence in representing and seeking solutions and assistance in visionary policy on behalf of Canadian children.

Hepatitis C  Mr. Speaker, this government is running out of provinces to hide behind. Canadians were unable to bank their own blood before 1986 and had no control over whether they were infected with tainted blood. But the health minister and the Prime Minister do not care about that. They care more about class action suits.

Hepatitis C  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are on their way back to town. My question is for the President of the Treasury Board. How much is this vote on a mere motion going to cost Canadian taxpayers? What are the travel costs to fly ministers, members, other sheep and staff back from their junkets around the globe and return after this vote?

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the intervention from the hon. member. I have tremendous concern about the gap between the rich and poor. In the U.S. there is the gated community concept. Families and individuals live in gated communities. They pay for their children's private education, private hospitals and their own security service.

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would say that although Quebec has been strongly supportive of free trade, I come from a province that was in free trade prior to Confederation. We have some contributions and agree with the member on that. Smaller countries have more to gain from liberalized trade in many ways than some of the larger countries.

Supply  The Liberal Party has been consistently inconsistent in its trade policy. Recently the Minister for International Trade said the Liberal Party was on the vanguard of the rising anxieties of the free trade agreement of 1988. In fact the Liberals were the leaders of the anti free trade movement in 1988.

Supply  Mr. Speaker, first I would like to commend the member for Lac-Saint-Jean for the intent of this motion. While we may differ on the means, we agree on the end. We would like to eradicate child poverty in Canada. Progressive Conservatives recognize that one of the best levers to eradicate child poverty, not only within Canada but globally, is liberalized trade.

Depository Bills And Notes Act  Mr. Speaker, it is very important to recognize that when we are discussing an extremely dry piece of legislation many people in this House are possibly not particularly interested in delving into the intricacies or the details of it. One of the most important or interesting areas relative to this legislation is that it originated in the Senate.