Nisga'A Final Agreement Act   into the next century instead of passing into law the mistakes of the last 200 years. This agreement does not grant the Nisga'a people the property rights that the rest of us enjoy. Nisga'a women are left unprotected by this legislation. The charter of rights takes a back seat to Nisga'a

International Aid  Mr. Speaker, Canada is pleased with the historic, multilateral WTO solution to the agreement on trade related aspects on intellectual property rights. We are pleased that this country is taking a leadership role on this file. There are expectations all around the world to see

Nisga'A Final Agreement Act   of the band leadership rather than dispersing it among grassroots Nisga'a by guaranteeing private property rights. The treaty also grandfathers many special rights for ethnic Nisga'a including a priority commercial fishing allocation on the Nass River and other entitlement programs

Speech From The Throne  This House stands adjourned until tomorrow at 2 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1). (The House adjourned at 4.45 p.m.) Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson Governor General of Canada Installation Speech The Senate Thursday, October 7, 1999 Prime Minister

Supply   which, when there are international disputes, resolve them between states. That is one of the reasons that has screwed up—the right word for it, in my opinion—all the negotiations on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment, because of the belief, by the premier of France

Resource Industries  Mr. Chairman, yes, I certainly would not want to suggest that the move in the last budget or the measures taken before the election were insignificant. It was a step in the right direction. The problem is that this was done very quickly. The whole budget was prepared hastily. I

Supply   and the apportionment of debt or, as it says in the bill, apportionment of property and debts? I will start with the first item: currency. What criteria will be applied to determine the currency to be used in a sovereign Quebec? Sovereignists were part of the Bélanger-Campeau Commission, although

Nisga'A Final Agreement Act   Indian property rights. Instead of clarification he created even more questions to be asked for which he had no answers. You have seriously underestimated the consequences of your ill-conceived action and I feel certain that there will be considerable unrest in B.C. as the general

Civil International Space Station Agreement Implementation Act   the international rights and obligations. Definitions are given. The following are also mentioned: cooperating agencies, registration, jurisdiction, controls, ownership of elements and equipment—which must be defined in such a partnership—management, detailed design and project development

Supply   that is outside the jurisdiction of the Constitution and the charter of rights. My hon. colleague just addressed that. It allows taxation without representation. It divides rights and freedoms based on ethnicity. It abandons the marital property rights of Nisga'a women residing on Nisga'a land

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to the speech made by the hon. member from the Liberal Party. She praised the entrepreneurship of some of her constituents, and I think that, indeed, we must all pay tribute to the entrepreneurs in our respective ridings, right across

Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act   the heading “Property and Civil Rights”. Therefore, I think it would be very difficult for the federal government to pass legislation dealing exclusively with the protection of personal information. If you are able to relate personal information protection rules to an area of activity

Income Tax Amendments Act, 1997   in the botched Pearson contract buyout. It is something for the member to stand in his place and remind Canadians, like rubbing salt in the wounds, about what a terrible, atrocious job he and this government did in reversing the contract rights of people who had a vested interest

Marine Conservation Areas Act   to the lands to be included in the marine conservation area is vested in Her Majesty in right of Canada”—this of course being the Queen of England—excluding any such lands situated within the exclusive economic zone of Canada”. A highly complicated way of putting it. It must be noted

Cultural Property Export And Import Act   eventually amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Do we not think the public has a right to know what they are paying and giving up for the so-called works of art or donated papers? Former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau also received a tax break by declaring his papers. In 1993-94