The Budget  Mr. Speaker, where in the government's budget is there any hope for the people of Atlantic Canada, especially the unemployed? Where in the red book does it say seniors will have to pay more taxes? The Liberals promised jobs, jobs, jobs.

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, if the hon. member wants to know about costs for the official languages policy of this country, there is no policy on official bilingualism. I would be delighted to share with him an article that I published on that very subject matter which outlines those costs. No one has ever challenged them.

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his address. He made a number of potentially very useful suggestions with respect to cost cutting. It would be very helpful if my hon. colleague could indicate to us what impact if implemented the list of suggestions would have on unemployment.

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, the definition of a deficit is the difference between incomes and expenditures. My position, and I believe my party's position, is that we can increase our revenues. Government obtains revenue from taxation. The problem is we do not have enough people paying taxes because of the unemployment rate.

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I have one question to put to my hon. friend, the hon. member for Wetaskiwin. The hon. member went on a bit about the UI program. As opposition members are wont to do, the member focused on what he thinks are some of the more negative aspects of what we have done or not done with UI.

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, let me express my harmony through you to the member for Calgary Centre. Actually I have found the member for Calgary Centre to be rather reasonable on some issues. What I am concerned about is the amount of response we have coming back and forth between the government and the Reform Party.

The Late Douglas Charles Neil  Mr. Speaker, it was my privilege to know the late Doug Neil and to serve with him for a term in the House in the 1970s. Doug was first elected as the member for Moose Jaw in 1972 and he served as a member of Parliament until 1984. From 1974 until 1979 it was my honour to represent the Saskatchewan constituency of Assiniboia which at that time was right next to the constituency of Moose Jaw.

Business Of The House  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to provide the weekly business statement. Today the House will continue with the budget debate. Tomorrow the House will proceed to second reading of Bill C-14, respecting the borrowing authority. We will continue this debate when we come back on Monday, March 7 and if it is completed before the end of the day, we will return to consideration of Bill C-7 and Bill C-5.

Business Of The House  Mr. Speaker, I think you would find unanimous consent for the following. I move: That, pursuant to its order of reference of February 8, 1994, concerning the modernization and restructuring of Canada's social security system, the House authorize the required personnel of the human resources development committee to travel from place to place for the purpose of preparing and holding video teleconferences of committee sittings during the week of March 6, to 12, 1994 in the following cities: Vancouver, Edmonton, Windsor, Quebec and Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Government Expenditures  Mr. Speaker, as we already stated in this House, we accept the great majority of the Auditor General's suggestions and we intend-we said so in the budget-to implement them this year. That is our intention.

Fisheries  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Delta for his question. The member will know I had the great privilege and honour to be in the province of British Columbia within the last two weeks. I met with many groups while in British Columbia. With each and every group I talked to, including during an address to the Pacific Trollers Association, we had a discussion of the aboriginal fisheries strategy.

Justice  Again, Mr. Speaker, without referring to the Martensville case itself, would you permit me to express to the hon. member the confidence that I have in the effectiveness and the responsiveness of the criminal justice system to deal with these hateful crimes of child sexual abuse.

Government Expenditures  Mr. Speaker, there is indeed that perception on the part of Canadians about rushing to spend the money before the year runs out. Of course, under the Financial Administration Act it does lapse. Perhaps from time to time it means that managers will spend prematurely or money will be expended prior to when it needs to be.

Social Housing  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Finance. When the Liberals were in opposition, not only did they condemn the cuts to social housing made by the Conservative government, they also pledged, if elected, to restore funding in this area. Can the minister explain to us why the budget contains no measures to restore funding for co-operative and non-profit housing?

Social Housing  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank and congratulate the hon. member for keeping this issue before the House. If the hon. member has anything besides congratulations for the Minister of Finance, I think she should look at the budget and see what the Minister of Finance did. The minister is providing $2 billion under direct financing for the purpose of social housing, $100 million is reaffirmed for the purpose of RRAP which is social housing, and savings which accrue to approximately $120 million over four years are for the purpose of social housing which has yet to be defined depending upon consultations with the various stakeholders.