Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95   them to provide amendments that will decrease total government spending, that will at least not increase taxes to Canadians and lead to deficit elimination. Then the Minister of Finance will give Canadians a clear mission to provide hope and build confidence. He will be able to walk

Official Opposition   clear by the opposition leader. He went to lay the groundwork for future relations between a separate Quebec and the United States. Does the Prime Minister not agree that by having the Canadian embassy involved the Canadian government legitimized the purpose of this visit?

Official Languages   not be a deficit or a debt. That is the kind of new politics being played. Code words to frighten people, to mislead them, to make them believe something that does not exist. Where is their plan? Where are their precise costs? Until they can bring forward clear, precise alternatives and show

Vision Awareness Week  Mr. Speaker, March 6 to 12 is Vision Awareness Week in Canada. Its theme, "Good Vision and Literacy: There is a Clear Connection", is timely. Canada faces a staggering 25 per cent rate of illiteracy. One of the major roadblocks standing between citizens and their ability

Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95  . We were presented with a budget document on February 22 which shows a fundamental change in the attitude toward the future of the country and shows the government means what it says and says what it means. The address was a triumph of reality over rhetoric and it laid out in clear

Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95   set us on a clear path to achieve our interim deficit target of 3 per cent of the GDP within three years. The budget delivers on many of the promises set out in the red book. It has laid the foundation to deliver on more. I ask members of the House to support the bill.

Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95   described. The deficit will not go down. It will not reach 3 per cent of GNP by the end of this government's mandate. It is clear the government has missed the boat. Like Tory ministers Wilson and Mazankowski, the government is depending on a putative increase in tax revenue to deal

Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95   to make, but given the context, it was clear that cuts were required not only in government programs, but also in operating budgets. To compensate for wage increases, we would have had to reduce the number of employees in the Public Service. Considering, as I said, that two thirds

Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95   over the years billions and billions of dollars; in fact $7.4 billion over the next five years. It is much more important for a government to have a clear idea of its long-term views and priorities so that it can make reductions in expenditures or reductions in waste

Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95   this? Actually, it was quite easy. It listened to Canadians and for the first time in Canadian history the federal budget was developed through public consultations. From the feedback I have received the end result of these consultations was quite clear. The 1994 federal budget is good

The Budget  , was prompted to pose the same one later in the question period. The minister, when asked to provide a direct, clear answer, once again avoided the question. He said: "I am sure, Mr. Speaker, that the Reform Party does not hate Indians", but he did not deny or admit saying to a group

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I must point out as a Franco-Ontarian that during the 1960s and 1970s, I had a chance to learn a second language. I learned another language, and I want to make this clear to the hon. member for Nanaimo-Cowichan, thanks to the institution of bilingualism. During my

The Budget  . It is critical that over-regulation is eliminated before cuts are made. At a conference I attended last weekend farmers made it very clear they do not want farm subsidies to continue indefinitely. They called for a massive reduction in government regulations to be followed by spending cuts

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I would also like to ask a question of the member and congratulate him on his presentation. I have a bit of a problem with the position he took with regard to the military. I think it is very clear that as the budget came down, the finance minister and the minister

The Budget  Order. The hon. member's question is clear enough.