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.

Social Housing  Speaker, during the election campaign, the Minister of Finance made the following promise to groups and I quote: "There is no question that a Liberal government would see to it that funding was restored to these areas". What happened to this nice promise?

Employment  Mr. Speaker, with all due respect to the hon. member I think he has been attacked by a slight case of schizophrenia. Yesterday he was in the House of Commons in high dudgeon speaking about the need to cut government expenditures, to get all the expenditures down, which would put thousands and thousands more Canadians in the unemployment ranks.

Employment  Mr. Speaker, I would like to respond to the hon. member for Calgary Southwest by pointing out that one of the reasons the premier of Quebec is able to target a reduction of 1 per cent unemployment per year is that there is a federal government in Ottawa providing great assistance in job creation right across Canada and helping Quebec, Alberta, British Columbia, and every other province to reduce the number of unemployed.

Collège Militaire Royal De Saint-Jean  Mr. Speaker, the government does not take such action on a whim. We had a recommendation to close the Royal Roads Military College in Victoria and the one in Saint-Jean, Quebec. Royal Roads was established in 1942 and Saint-Jean in 1952. We decided to close them both and to keep the one in Kingston, Ontario, where both official languages of the country will be taught.

Black Achievement Awards  Mr. Speaker, February is Black History Month. The black community has a long history in Canada during which, like many other immigrants, black people have substantially contributed to the life of this country with pride and determination. Every February Pride magazine presents the Canadian Black Achievement Awards to members of the black community who have performed outstandingly in their field of expertise and in participating in the life of their communities.

Defence Policy  Mr. Speaker, this week the Minister of Foreign Affairs announced that Canada was sending 12 Canadian forces personnel to Cambodia to take part in the dangerous task of removing five million land mines which literally cover half of the country. The terrible legacy of two decades of civil war left a deadly variety of land mines which kill or maim 300 Cambodians every month.

Age Tax Credit  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to clarify a question which many people have asked me regarding the age credit. Contrary to what the Bloc Quebecois has been saying, the changes brought to the age credit will be of no consequence for the vast majority of seniors. As a matter of fact, three quarters of retirees are not affected since their income is less than $25,921.

The Budget  Madam Speaker, the hon. member of the Bloc Quebecois is to be commended for his very sensitive presentation on government administration. He suggests that once his province is a separate state, which God forbid, he will have all the answers and that Quebec's economy will be the envy of the whole world.

The Budget  Yes, we learn fast, we new members. I suppose I could use those too. I guess what reminds me most of the Conservative government over here is the acceptance of deficit financing and the very acceptance by virtue of their budget that the debt will increase by $100 billion in three years. It was not a problem with the Conservatives and it is not a problem with the Liberals.

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I congratulate the hon. member on his remarks. I would like to ask him a couple of questions that arose out of his remarks. The first is a specific one and the second is more general. The member made specific reference to the fact that in his view old age security to high income families was still being paid as a result of the budget.

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I listened with great interest to the hon. member for Saanich-Gulf Islands. He made some very good points in his speech. I know from his experience the infrastructure was like an albatross around the neck of the forces in terms of budgets for the past 10 to 12 years.

Questions On The Order Paper  Madam Speaker, I would ask that all questions be allowed to stand.

Main Estimates, 1994-95  Mr. Speaker, I submit Part II of the estimates for laying on the table. I would also like to table in support of the estimates Part I, the government expenditure plan. In addition I will table with the Clerk of the House on behalf of my colleagues Part III of the estimates consisting of 76 departmental expenditure plans.