Sahtu Dene And Metis Land Claim Settlement Act  We would not have questions or comments. Maybe the member could give us some indication of how much longer he would require because I hate to cut people off half way through. I am in the hands of the House. The hon. member could help us possibly.

Sahtu Dene And Metis Land Claim Settlement Act  Sahtu municipal land will be treated like other privately owned municipal land in that it may be sold or mortgaged. However, if Sahtu municipal land is sold or granted to an individual, it will no longer be considered Sahtu land and the provisions of the agreement will not apply to it. In this agreement third party interests will be protected and will continue. As I mentioned earlier, the certainty of ownership and rights this agreement will bring about are important for the non-aboriginal people of the Northwest Territories, as well as the aboriginal beneficiaries.

Sahtu Dene And Metis Land Claim Settlement Act  Municipal lands, on the other hand, can be sold or ceded, but if it is to an individual, they will no longer belong to the Sahtu. The Sahtu's improved municipal lands will be taxable, but those that are not improved will be tax-exempt. This issue of ownership raises several questions, especially since the Native crisis of the summer of 1990.

Sahtu Dene And Metis Land Claim Settlement Act  Does the hon. member see the economic viability of this agreement? In other words, will we see a time when the people of Canada will no longer have to provide support through the various programs for this particular group of Indian people? I think there would be a lot of support from the people of Canada if that is the case, if that is what we can see within this agreement.

Nafta Environmental Secretariat  Perhaps the government can provide a list of the projects that are motivated by economic benefits and a list of those that are motivated by politics and patronage so that we can see which list is longer. This is not a good government. This is an expedient government, a gutless government.

Sahtu Dene And Metis Land Claim Settlement Act  I believe this agreement entrenches in the Constitution commitments on the Government of Canada that may not be in the best interest of all Canadians or responsibilities that Canada can no longer afford. The richness of this package should shock even the most liberal Canadian. The agreement gives $100,000 in financial entitlement over 15 years plus title in fee simple to eight square miles of land per capita counting children, plus a share of resource revenue amounting to somewhere between $200,000 and $400,000 per year.

Members Of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act  Madam Speaker, I thought you were going to tell me my time was up. I was under the impression that if an MP was no longer an MP it was quite all right to mention their name.

Income Security  We have undertaken a number of initiatives to achieve that, whether it is our infrastructure program, whether it is a number of the small business initiatives, or whether it is other initiatives designed to get people back to work. I do not think we should delay what we are going to do any longer. I think the motion is designed to do exactly that, not to allow another generation to go forth before getting rid of a system that creates dependency. The people need to be free to succeed and the Government of Canada is committed to making that happen.

Income Security  We are seeing that same politics of stealth carrying on under this government, although its members criticized it extensively when in opposition. We see universal child and elderly benefits no longer existing as a result of the clawbacks imposed on old age pensions and family allowances. We see a replacement of family allowances based on an income tested child tax benefit, all things that were criticized by the Liberals in opposition, all things they continue to allow to take place in government.

Foreign Affairs  The necessary mechanics are already in place. Warnings are not an option. Warnings have been given again and again and they are no longer taken seriously. Air strikes have to be not only immediate but unrelenting. Anything that moves, tanks, field artillery, has to be taken out. Bridges have to be taken down. Any kind of ammunition or field depot, anything that helps the Serbian war effort, should be fair game in the Gorazde area.

Unemployment Insurance Act  In my riding, Laurentides, the unemployment rate is 18 per cent. If we add to this large percentage all those who are no longer looking because they are discouraged by the non-existent job market and all those who must rely on welfare, we come up with a frightful jobless rate of 30 per cent. I am very worried about this.

Unemployment Insurance Act  Regrettably there are too many families who have served the community for 10, 25 and even 50 years and suddenly are no longer in business. The record shows that these families have been well served by the unemployment insurance program. For example, in the fiscal year 1992-93 family businesses filed tens of thousands of claims for unemployment insurance benefits.

Refugees  Speaker, the government is actively pursuing a strategy of how to clarify that status in fairness to them and to the system. An anticipated one-third of those individuals are no longer in this country and therefore are not a financial drain. There are also individuals in detention and in our prisons and there are some cases where the processing of a particular case has fallen between the cracks as sometimes happens with governments.

Canada Pension Plan  The situation is so bad that many Canadians do not expect to collect CPP when they retire and think of CPP premiums as a tax on youth. The CPP has now turned a corner. Premiums are no longer keeping up with payouts. Does the government have specific proposals for CPP reform?

Witness Protection Act  There are reasons for increased crime. There are reasons for a disregard of the law. Canada has gone soft on crime. We are no longer doling out justice where it is deserved. We have become a nation of people claiming victim status. There has to come with that a subsequent decline of individual responsibility. This government has been an accomplice in spreading the myth that somehow poverty or discrimination causes crime, that if Statistics Canada raises its arbitrary poverty rate then we will suddenly see a corresponding increase in the crime rate.