Aids  The Prime Minister referred to a commitment over five years. If the government is unable to give a clear answer for this year, does that mean it has decided to cut funding for AIDS?

Crtc  That order stands and the CRTC has enunciated its views on how it would issue such orders in the future. Let me also make clear this point. We are dealing with the articulation of government policy. That is the responsibility of the government and not of a regulatory body. That is what this party was elected to do last October.

Bosnia  They are not there to make peace; they are there to supervise peace. There is no peace at the moment. Yesterday I was very clear that everyone wants a ceasefire. We want the activities on both sides to stop so that Canadian troops, as part of the United Nations group, can play their role. I think they will serve to the end of their mandate because when Canadians say they will do something they stick to their word.

Bosnia  Mr. Speaker, the Canadian position is a very clear one. It is to stay there and try to bring about peace. This is why they have been able to help a lot in the last three years. There was a debate in the House of Commons. Everybody was consulted.

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, we have a program that is very clear. We have cut expenditures and we will keep cutting expenditures. We are making sure at the same time that we have growth in the economy. If tomorrow we were to eliminate the deficit from $42 billion to zero there would be a huge recession in Canada.

Mil Davie Shipyard  Mr. Speaker, will the Prime Minister pledge to give clear instructions to the representative who sits on Hibernia's board of directors, so that he will make a plea in favour of awarding the contract to MIL Davie?

Mil Davie Shipyard  Speaker, we have been in touch with the consortium to the effect that it should review its decision. We made it very clear. There is one representative, not directly of the federal government but of a corporation connected with the federal government, and we will give him instructions to vote in favour of changing the decision.

World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act  We noted the importance the GATT has had to Canada in improving access to international markets. We made it clear that we supported a resolution to the stalled Uruguay round talks. The red book also dealt with the problem of definition of subsidies and dumping and that Canada has been subject to trade harassment due to the lack of definitions in trade agreements.

World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act  Going on to Mickey Kantor who is the trade representative for the United States on the World Trade Organization, he said: "Our sovereignty is more protected under this new agreement than it has been in the 47 years of the old GATT. Section 102 of the implementing legislation is clear that when there is any conflict between either the Uruguay round agreement or any regulation thereunder and U.S. law, the U.S. law applies in every case". Those words are very familiar.

World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act  Article XXVI(5)(c) of the GATT agreement provides that a new state carved out of a country which is already a member of GATT automatically becomes a member on becoming a sovereign state, provided it accepts the conditions and requirements applicable to the parent state. It is quite simple and clear. A C.D. Howe Institute study says that most Canadian experts fully recognize that fact. Quite simply, Canada will respect and work with Quebec just as it works with all other sovereign countries.

World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act  Speaker, on the question of the hon. member with respect to backtracking, it has been made clear by the minister of agriculture that this type of wasteful practice must be dealt with. The minister has already conducted extensive consultations and they are still ongoing. I think there is general agreement among all players across the country who see this type of backtracking presently going on that the practice must stop.

World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act  However, there is still room for improvement. Before assuming office the government made it clear that we would continue to support the GATT as a cornerstone of Canada's trade policy. We undertook to focus our effort on breaking the deadlock in the Uruguay round negotiation and on building a new World Trade Organization.

World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act  At the September 1994 conference of health ministers all ministers present, with the exception of Alberta, reached an agreement to regulate private clinics. It is clear that all provinces, with the exception of Alberta, are ready to take steps to end charges for medically necessary care at private clinics. The imposition of facility fees is not a direction in which these provinces and the federal government see our health care system moving.

World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act  At the same time we see the premier of Alberta cutting back general health care by some 20 per cent from the province's health care budget by 1997, as he has projected. While it is clear that many ordinary Albertans will have difficulty getting health care, at the same time the two-tier system is allowed to flourish. If one looks at the current situation in Alberta, one example is that the number of hospital beds in Edmonton has been reduced by 20 per cent.

Budgetary Policy  It has asked two committees to undertake consultations with Canadians, the finance committee on the last two and the human resources development committee on the other. Both will report to the House before the budget. I have to make clear that the two are very closely interrelated. One of the goals of the social security review is to decide whether our present social programs are affordable. The three goals mentioned in that document for the social security review are fairness, effectiveness and affordability.