Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements And Federal Post-Secondary Education And Health Contributions Act  This bill clearly shows that Canada's Liberal government paid no attention whatsoever to the message delivered by the people of Quebec, who elected 54 members of the Bloc Quebecois. Quebecers no longer want to be dependent on a system that encourages them to stay poor. The current system is an incentive to inefficiency. In spite of all this, the federal government has decided to deal with equalization as if it were business as usual.

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements And Federal Post-Secondary Education And Health Contributions Act  The question is whether we can work together as a nation with all our component parts to ensure that if the principles are no longer valid then there will be a debate on it. If the principles of a universally funded health care system are not valid and assistance to post-secondary institutions is not valid then let us have a public debate on it, and not necessarily here.

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements And Federal Post-Secondary Education And Health Contributions Act  Regarding this matter, we know that if the trend continues, as the hon. member mentioned, then in a few years time, Quebec will no longer be receiving any funding at all. Eventually, a number of provinces would see their share also reduced to zero. In 1977 the federal government made a commitment to the provinces in the area of established programs financing.

Anti-Smuggling Program  With a contraband rate of 33 per cent, some provinces can ill afford to ignore this plague which is no longer a regional problem.

West Coast Ports Operations Act, 1994  He or she is simply there to try to find a solution. If it is rejected, that is when the mediation no longer applies and the parties can do it themselves. In this case they were incapable of doing it themselves and that is why we are in the House debating it today. An arbitrator, on the other hand, does have authority to prescribe a solution.

West Coast Ports Operations Act, 1994  He is no longer in the process.

Petro-Canada  Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister. The new chief executive officer of Petro-Canada is quoted as saying that there is no longer a public policy mandate for Petro-Canada. Will the Prime Minister take this advice and sell Petro-Canada and apply the proceeds of the sale to the federal deficit?

Royal Canadian Mounted Police  A new national constitution governing the activities of messes will be implemented. One result will be that the serving of alcoholic beverages will no longer be available in RCMP messes without the explicit approval of the commanding officer and this approval will be governed by the definitions of special events described in the national mess constitution.

Indian Affairs  What the native people do not agree with are the provisions concerning the reserves which the Prime Minister implemented at the beginning of the 1970s, when he was minister of Indian Affairs, and which keep them in a state of dependence. Chief Mercredi admitted yesterday he no longer has control over the situation on the reserves. His request for an amendment to the Indian Act which would recognize Indian self-government is fundamental but has not been answered yet.

House Of Commons Standing Orders  Canada's national strategy to reduce tobacco use has gone a long way toward reinforcing the idea that smoking is no longer cool for youth and a lot less socially acceptable among adults than once was the case in this country. This strategy has proceeded on a broad front with federal legislation restricting cigarette advertising and requiring strong visible health warnings on the product package, with health promotion campaigns aimed at encouraging young people to think twice about starting to smoke and to break free from social pressures to start smoking, and with federal legislation to raise the age at which people may legally be sold tobacco products to 18.

House Of Commons Standing Orders  Mr. Speaker, I will take a little longer than 15 seconds. As a member who has actually voted against my party on three separate occasions-actually my party voted against me once-I have always considered my votes in this House as a free vote and you will notice where I am sitting.

House Of Commons Standing Orders  Once again, the Bloc Quebecois believes that this infringes the fundamental right of members to control government legislation. With this reform, the opposition could no longer delay debate; from at least six hours allotted to the official opposition under the present Standing Orders, we would have at most one hour under the government's proposal. It seems that the power of backbenchers is being strangely eroded, as I already said several times, whence the reluctance of Bloc Quebecois members to approve such a measure.

House Of Commons Standing Orders  I need hardly remind the member there are two splinter groups sitting behind him that are no longer parties in the House. However they do have some interest and still some support among the electorate, weak as it may be. Governments, as I say, go up and down. When they go down, the opposition parties go up.

Crown Liability And Proceedings Act  The federal structure never allowed Quebec to fully affirm its autonomy and extend its jurisdiction to an international level. Quebec can no longer endure this situation which limits its possibilities; the failure of the Meech Lake Accord confirmed the dead end in which Canada put itself. Let us not forget that Quebec was always willing to participate in federal-provincial consultations on NAFTA, and always strongly defended Quebecers' interests at those meetings.

Department Of National Revenue Act  As well, this legislation will permit the minister to organize the delivery of programs and services. With improved accessibility, Canadians will no longer have to run from one Revenue Canada office to the next to get general information, make payments or pick up publications and forms. All of this can be done at one time at Revenue Canada's expanded network of offices across Canada.