Pearson International Airport Agreements Act  Mr. Speaker, while interventions are limited to ten minutes, I would like to say a few words on that horrible and surprising bill. Surprising, yes and no, since, in this Parliament, when the Liberal Party forms the government, we are used to hearing two different tunes: one during the election campaign and another after the election.

Auditor General Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Is there consent from the members opposite for the members who are present to make their four-minute statements now; they could get their answer from the parliamentary secretaries later on, in order, when they get here? We could start right away.

Pearson International Airport Agreements Act  Madam Speaker, I would like you to consult the clerks and the Standing Orders. It is the member who rises first who has the floor, and should several people rise at the same time, according to tradition, you must alternate between parties. Since I have been standing for one minute, it is obvious that I should have the floor.

Pearson International Airport Agreements Act  I rise on a point of order, Madam Speaker. I have been standing for one minute and it is customary, once a member has asked a question to a Bloc Quebecois member, that a member from another party then addresses the previous speaker. I therefore wonder why you are not giving me the floor instead of recognizing the member who just rose.

Pearson International Airport Agreements Act  On a point of order, Madam Speaker. I would like to remind you that, about a month ago, I used the same word or words to the effect that the hon. member who was tabling a particular petition was acting hypocritically, that it was hypocrisy and, at the time, the Chair had stood up and asked me to withdraw my remark.

Hibernia Project  Mr. Speaker, that was not an answer. It was a skating exercise, and I must say the minister skates very poorly. Unlike Patrick Roy, she must be suffering from a very acute case of appendicitis. How can her government justify wasting the hundreds of millions of dollars she just referred to-but she does not know exactly how much yet-when this government is about to make cuts across the board in our social programs?

Hibernia Project  Mr. Speaker, we learned last week that the Hibernia project will run $1 billion over budget. This megaproject, the profitability of which is unsure, has become a real money pit into which Ottawa blindly continues to pump Canadian taxpayers' money by the millions. My question is for the Minister of Natural Resources.

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would just ask the members if they would accept reciprocity, that is, Quebec anglophones would be treated exactly as francophones throughout Canada. Use the rights of anglophones in Quebec as a basis. I am sure that if francophones outside Quebec received 25 per cent of what Quebec's anglophone minority gets, they would be very happy.

Petitions  Do not table it!

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, on a point of order. The Standing Orders make it very clear that if a member does not agree with the substance of a petition, the member does not have to table it. We are either for or against a petition. In the latter case, we either return the petitions or ask a member who agrees with the content to table them.

Petitions  That kind of petition has been criticized before. If he agrees, let him table them, but if he does not agree, then he should not. He is under no obligation to do so under the Standing Orders. This is just more hypocrisy.

Product Packaging  Mr. Speaker, I asked the minister a question and thought that his answer was clear, which was surprising coming from this minister. But the fact of the matter is that francophone and Acadian communities in Canada are still facing the same problems resulting from cuts. I had put the following question to the minister: in view of some discrepancies between his own statements and those of his senior officials, can the minister confirm that funding for the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada will not be cut by 5 per cent?

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I do not think that we have a quorum.

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994  Mr. Speaker, I almost feel I have to begin my speech by inviting you to come and visit my riding. Even though it has already been said, it is one of the most beautiful in Canada. I think that it comes second after yours, Mr. Speaker. Perhaps I will be allowed one more minute for having said that.

Budget Implementation Act, 1994  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I understand that the government is very interested in continuing this debate but we do not have a quorum.