Child Care  Mr. Speaker, I welcome the interest of the hon. member in the child care issue. It is a matter of great concern to all parties in the House. Whatever our political stripes, many of us have had to confront the challenge of assuring quality care for our own children. For all his concern, I cannot support the member's motion which suggests that the government should not spend public money on non-parental day care initiatives.

Divorce Act  Madam Speaker, for the record, the member was not willing to verify whether he or his party agree that a single parent with children is a family. He skirted around it and said they were good Canadians and the whole bit but he would not say whether he thought they were truly a family like every other family which happens to be in Canada.

Divorce Act  Madam Speaker, I truly enjoy rising when a member of the third party is done because it is easy to ask questions of his intervention in the House. I have a few questions. I will make them quick because I would like to get up on my feet again to ask another series of questions if I get the chance.

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, the short answer to that is yes, we will continue to consult. When we are done consulting we will have the best program we possibly can within the financial means of all the governments, both provincial and federal.

Status Of Women  Mr. Speaker, I do not know where members of the opposition have been. We of course in this Parliament have talked about jobs and the economy over and over again. Quite frankly, if they look at the results of the government they will know we have created over 600,000 jobs by the improvements we have made to the economy and by making sure we keep our eye on the ball.

Status Of Women  Mr. Speaker, it is quite obvious what happened to the money. The agreement that was suggested, put forward to the provinces, was not accepted by the provinces. The federal government then of course came back to the drawing board and is interested in having a discussion with the provinces.

Financial Administration Act  Madam Speaker, the member has been told a number of times what is going on. It is obvious to all of us that Human Resources Canada is consolidating and centralizing the administration and processing functions. When that is done, it stands to reason that service in certain areas will be reduced and employees will be moved from one place to another.

Supply  Madam Speaker, in his remarks the member made suggestions about two systems of law and that in certain parts of the country alcohol and firearms are being smuggled in. Those are serious allegations. The member has some background in the legal system and in law enforcement. I would be interested in knowing whether he has proof of these allegations.

Supply  Madam Speaker, first of all, the member is wrong when he says you cannot put your tax dollars toward a French school. I have a house in Ottawa. I bought it a couple of years ago. I put my tax dollars toward a French separate school system. They came to the house and asked which system I wanted to be under and I put it there.

Supply  Madam Speaker, I had a difficult time following the member's debate based on the Reform motion. Nonetheless, I would like to ask him a fairly obvious question. As separatists, his party is advocating that Quebec leave Canada. At the same time he is spending a lot of time complaining about the non-existence of the French language outside Quebec.

Supply  We will pass it in one day. It will not take us long. I would vote for it because I do not think Reformers are worth the money they are being paid. I know I am because I have one of the largest ridings in Canada. I have 80 communities, 46 reserves. I would like to bring my little friend from Medicine Hat on a three or four week trip up north on a float plane.

Supply  Madam Speaker, the member made the exact point I was hoping he would make. I never said there was anything wrong with giving the leader a slush fund, if that is what they want to call it. They do not want to call it the suit allowance, so we can call it a slush fund, an entertainment allowance or whatever.

Supply  Madam Speaker, the next issue is the one that my chirpy friend is talking about and that is the debt. There is no doubt that the Liberals are going to deal with the debt. We have a strategy to deal with it because it is a major issue. We cannot deal with the debt until we deal with the deficit, get our fiscal house in order and clean up the mess of the Mulroney years.

Supply  The member who is chirping in his seat used to be a lot closer to the front. He moved to the back, as he must have had the odd occasion to vote against his leader. That was one promise which the Reform Party made. When we run in the next election we will be able to say that they are free to vote with their constituents, but, quite frankly, we know that the leader of the third party muzzles his members.

Supply  Madam Speaker, I do not know whether to cry or to laugh. Today we could have had the opportunity to debate a very serious manner, the business of looking after the Canadian people, and at the same time the opposition could bring forward suggestions and ideas. Instead we have a nonsense motion which really does not do anything except signify to the Canadian public and to members of Parliament, on this side at least, that the old Tory party is back.