Public Service  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the President of the Treasury Board. The previous government had a clear bias toward contracting services within the public service, with little control on the costs, numbers or quality of this shadow public service. What means will the minister

Transfer Payments  Mr. Speaker, in our last February budget, we made it very clear to the provinces that we intended to examine the matter of transfer payments in 1996-97. In other words, what we did yesterday was entirely in line with what we said in our last budget. Second, what I did yesterday

Canadian Armed Forces   has acted prudently, expeditiously and decisively in order to send a clear message from the bottom to the top of the military establishment that these activities are a disgrace to our proud military tradition and that they will not be tolerated now or ever. I commend the minister

Nuclear Reactor Finance Limitation Act   will not read it out because it goes on and on. It clearly identifies the hundreds of millions of dollars with which the Canadian taxpayers subsidize Canada's nuclear industry. I want to make clear from the start that this in no way reflects a reduction in support for the use of isotopes

Supply   articulate and clear understanding of his view of the economic forecast for our nation. At the same time, he talked about the fiscal circumstances that we faced then and face right now. He enjoined the members of the committee to take this information and share it in detail with Canadians

Supply   opposition parties in the House. The Bloc Quebecois proposes a very clear option: let us review completely the Canadian taxation policy. We sincerely believe that without a complete overhaul of taxation we are going nowhere fast. The Reform Party's option is to cut deeply where it really

Supply   they are saying: "Eliminate old age security for seniors who have above average incomes". On the Canada pension plan they are recommending raising the retirement age, raising the age of eligibility. It is fairly clear that the true agenda of members of the Reform Party is slash and burn

Supply   won't take it any more. If you keep spending you are going to pay". The message should be loud and clear. The people's power should be obvious to everyone here but it is not. The last message was in the referendum. The elite to the very last person said: "Vote yes. It will be good

Supply  ; this means that the federal government has caused all of Canada's problems. It is clear and precise. I will try to explain, in three minutes, that the real cause of the debt is the federal government itself which interfered in matters of no concern to it. It meddled in the economy, in all

Supply  . Therefore it has a depressing and downward effect on the economy. The citizens of Canada have sent a clear message to every member of Parliament: No new taxes; get the economic house in order; and make the necessary cuts in expenditures to do this because our taxes are already too high

Supply  Mr. Speaker, ironically it was the Trudeau Liberal government of which the present Prime Minister was a member and a one-time finance minister that first sold Canadians on the myth that big government could solve most of our problems. What they never made clear

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, can the minister make a very clear, perhaps fuller, concrete commitment not to accept any reduction in the customs tariffs put in place by Canada, including those for yogurt and ice cream, or any other concession that would hurt the interests of poultry and dairy

Gun Control   recently been reported to have the support of two out of three Albertans among others. Last, may I draw the hon. member's attention to the bill we tabled today that makes clear those who own and possess prohibited firearms may continue to buy and sell among their own class so

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I just want to tell the member that he should wait to see the budget. We have set some extremely clear goals and we will meet them all. Since I have the floor, I would like to applaud everyone who voted in the by-elections yesterday and all of the candidates from

The Budget   by the levels of government closest to the public. Will the Prime Minister follow the Newfoundland premier's advice and give the provinces real control over these areas including appropriate tax points? In other words, will he make clear his government's philosophy on decentralization