Universal Declaration of Human Rights  Mr. Speaker, tomorrow, December 10, is the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the founding of a new world that advocates equality for all. Our Canadian charter is an important example of such ambition, and we heard this morning a landmark decision from

Credit Cards  Mr. Chair, I would like to praise the member for Vancouver East for her work on poverty issues and housing issues. She has been a fearless advocate for these issues. She has brought to the House an important perspective and once again is raising important issues here in the House

Credit Cards  Mr. Chair, there is no question there at all, but I am certainly reminded of the words of Marie Antoinette when she was told that the peasants could not eat bread just prior to the French revolution. She said, “Well, let them eat cake”, because her reality was just as disconnecte

Credit Cards  --and they were not present at the breakfast because no member of the Liberal caucus bothered to show up. The poverty rate among aboriginal children is now 40%. The poverty rate among children with disabilities is now 30%. Fifteen years ago, this Parliament voted to eliminate c

Credit Cards  Mr. Chair, I would be remiss if I did not start by responding to comments that were made in the House just before I rose to speak. The hon. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance talked about running a tight ship and not wanting to have big government. We know that i

Persons with Disabilities  Mr. Speaker, that is no reassurance at all. It is not just transportation where things are getting worse. It has been nearly 3,000 days, in 1996, since the federal task force for persons with disabilities brought forward recommendations aimed at empowering Canadians with disabili

Persons with Disabilities  Mr. Speaker, today is the International Day for Persons with Disabilities, but in Canada access for people with disabilities is moving backward, not forward. This week the Council of Canadians with Disabilities has withdrawn from the Minister of Transport's advisory committee be

Auditor General Act  Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to rise in support of the bill put forward by the hon. member for Repentigny. It is important that he brought the bill forward today because Bill C-277 really touches the heart of why we are here. We are in this place to manage the finances of our fed

Supply  Madam Speaker, as I mentioned at the beginning of my presentation, I do not doubt the sincerity of the minister. However the government has not acted to the extent it must given the size and scope of the crisis. I made reference in my speech to band-aids. Given what 100,000 farm

Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his question. As I mentioned before, it is not a scientific issue of whether Canadian beef is safe or not. It is a political issue, a question of negotiations. We saw that in Japan, in the same situation, the Americans were able to nego

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I commend my colleague from Sault Ste. Marie for his excellent speech, as usual. I also would like to thank him for sharing his time with me. I would also like to acknowledge the presence of the minister in this debate. I think it is important. I have no doubt about

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the speeches made by my colleagues from Richmond—Arthabaska and from Chicoutimi—Le Fjord. I know those two regions, Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean and Estrie, very well. Indeed, in those two regions, the dairy industry managed to survive and find stability thr

Food and Drugs Act  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to comment on Bill C-282. As I mentioned earlier in the House, I congratulate the hon. member for having raised the question of drug prices, even though I believe the bill he proposes does not address the real problems. As I said, the r

Food and Drugs Act  Madam Speaker, I was happy to hear the member for Mississauga—Streetsville mention that he would welcome any suggestions and comments of how to resolve the situation of escalating drug costs in Canada. I would refer the member to Bill C-91 which was adopted, as the member knows,

Supply  Mr. Speaker, the member for Burnaby—Douglas raises a very key point. Heathrow actually has less land available than Mirabel would, even though the volume of traffic is immensely larger. It is an important point to underline. When we come to financial management, the member raise