Criminal Code  Perhaps the legislation is not perfect, perhaps it needs some modifying and perhaps we can foresee certain problems that arise with this legislation but that can perhaps be cleared up in committee with a few alterations. However, the general intent of the legislation is good. The intent is one of protecting the law enforcement people. We must go through it. It has been gone through by a number of members in the House already.

Criminal Code  The general provisions of the Code are certainly the best known, and perhaps the most used, provisions of this act, and that is true even for policemen who do not necessarily often go to court. Consequently, it is essential that these general provisions be very clear, understandable and defined. Based on past experience, we can assume that police officers will use that new section. Fortunately, in the vast majority of cases, they will do so to protect themselves.

Criminal Code  I do not claim to be a lawyer, but I submit that this is a very sensible resolution and I say it most sincerely. The purpose of this amendment is clear: to set limits for the use of force. Since subsection 25(3) of the Criminal Code does not apply to the Coastal Fisheries Protection Act, use of force as mentioned in section 8.1 of that Act is not limited by law.

Income Tax Act  The government must help bring about this conversion, otherwise our entire industrial framework may lose its competitive edge to neighbouring economies. The red book makes this clear, and I quote: "The defence industries today employ directly and indirectly over 100,000 Canadians. The end of the cold war puts at risk tens of thousands of high-tech jobs. A Liberal government will introduce a defence conversion program to help industries in transition from high-tech military production to high-tech civilian production".

supply  The Auditor General deplored the lack of co-ordination between the three departments. It is not clear who must assume leadership for the implementation of the strategy. The departments concerned should have a co-ordination plan as well as a system to evaluate that strategy. In short, we do not know what concrete benefits resulted from this strategy.

supply  These criticisms are that the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development cannot assure the people of Canada that the examined program have a clear implementation strategy that is followed in the disbursement of funds or that funds dispersed actually go to the programs intended, that desired results of the programs are achieved and that Canadian tax dollars are spent with due regard for economy, efficiency and effectiveness.

Supply  I just want to point out there has to be clarity in the role. the House has set forth a specific direction within the legislation that perhaps was not clear. The Auditor General has picked that up. As our servant he is telling the House that we should revisit that and ensure our instructions to the government are crystal clear and the government can then follow through.

Supply  We do need to have the proper legislation and as a parliamentarian I would not argue with it. However I want to make it clear that this in no way should impede the discussions now taking place on a follow on recovery program for those people in dire need because of the total extinction of their cod stocks. There are numerous committees in my riding.

Supply  There was $587 million spent on the northern cod adjustment and recovery program that the Auditor General said was spent without clear legislative authority. I do not dispute that the people in Newfoundland need some money and that we authorized a program to try to help them, but the government should remember that it does not have clear legislative authority to conduct that program, according to the Auditor General, and it should be coming back to the House to get that matter clarified before it continues any further.

Taxation  Speaker, since this is I think the fifth time in a row this afternoon that I have had the question I will answer in English. Let me be very clear. There are built into the Income Tax Act a number of inequities. It is our clear intention in order to confirm the support of the Canadian people for the system of taxation that we have in this country to eliminate those inequities.

Cigarette Taxes  Manitobans have made it abundantly clear to me they are prepared to take action to prevent this country from going up in smoke.

Supply  I will give you an example that I have often used to illustrate this point. Take a 20-year old who owns his own house free and clear. The home is valued at $200 billion. He also owns a car free and clear. Year after year for a period of 20 years, this person has had to take out a mortgage on his house to survive. Twenty years later, in 1993, his house is mortgaged at 95 per cent, because that is the maximum amount he can borrow.

Income Tax Act  I would encourage the Liberal government to make it a priority. The Reform Party has it as a very high priority. I would like to make it clear that there are some good aspects to this bill that we would like to see the government continue or improve on in its up and coming budget. For instance, section 146.01, the home buyers' plan, is a good example of that.

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements And Federal Post-Secondary Education And Health Contributions Act  The adoption of the best production technology, regardless of the effect on employment, would permit the smaller number of workers in these industries to enjoy higher levels of productivity and income. No one knows at what population levels emigration would have ceased. It is clear that eventually it would have equalized incomes in the centres and outlying regions, where income is broadly defined to include such intangibles as the quality of rural life and the cost of congestion in cities.

Income Tax Act  Reformers support policies that allow families to be recognized as serving a unique and important role and to be given a choice in the method of child care their children receive. There is a clear and fundamental philosophical difference between the Liberals and the Reformers on the whole child care and day care debate. Liberals believe in a state run day care and promised $120 million for day care in their red book, which incidentally was not met in the recent budget.