The Budget  Hold a forum? Certainly not.

The Budget  Again.

The Budget  Them again.

Committees Of The House  Mr. Speaker, I commend the committee for having thought about a new prayer. It seems to me that the traditional one was old-fashioned and had to be updated, since nowadays members of this House practice different religions. However, I am surprised and I personally disagree with a specific part of the prayer, but as a member of my caucus, I will go along with the majority's wishes.

Committees Of The House  Really? She is also the Queen of Canada, says my colleague. Of course, she is a symbol, a tradition, she is part of our history. Is it not high time that you adopt your own symbols, if you are truly Canadian, if you really want your own identity? Every time someone in the Bloc makes a reference to a sovereign Quebec or something like that, you rise and claim that you are Canadian.

Committees Of The House  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Speaking through the Chair is a fine Canadian tradition and I respect it with pleasure. I was about to conclude on the prayer issue and I did not make this remark in a aggressive way. It is just a thought. It is just something I have noted every day over the nine years I have been in this House.

Committees Of The House  I rise on a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Are we now at the tabling of the motion imposing the new prayer upon us? The hon. member asked for unanimous consent; we would be happy to give it, provided that those who would want to say a few words about this new version of the prayer could do so.

Customs Tariff  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my learned colleague for his brilliant speech. He talked about reviewing the list of countries benefiting from general preferential tariffs and about developing countries, but he added that we should examine the issue of assistance given to countries which are not necessarily at the developing stage but where such assistance would have important commercial impacts and therefore could also impact on our future relationships with them.

Defence Policy  Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate my hon. colleague who just spoke. I think he brought up a very important point, namely the distribution of funds and Quebec's share of DND funding. The perception is that Quebec is very well served in this regard. Of course, we want to hold on to the jobs we have and of course, we willingly accept the benefits that come with these jobs.

Defence Policy  Madam Speaker, the previous speaker, the hon. member from the beautiful province of Nova Scotia, is to be commended for introducing into today's debate the subject of discrimination in the Canadian Forces, although she made it clear this was not the only department where major changes were necessary.

supply  That is unacceptable.

supply  That's a big waste.

supply  Hear, hear.

supply  Mr. Speaker, first of all, Madam Minister, let me congratulate you on the lovely clothes you are wearing today. We were used to seeing you always in scarlet red and today you are wearing blue, which suits you very well. For the members around you, we hope that next week you will not change your red book for a blue book.

supply  For a young Acting Speaker like you to warn an old member like me, Mr. Speaker, I see that you have already learned your job well and I will make a point of complying with your directives. Mr. Speaker, the minister spoke about a possible agreement with the pulp and paper industry and I commend her for that, because we denounce this continual duplication and overlap, we denounced it during the election campaign and we still denounce it continually here in the House.