Interest Rates  This agreement has served Canada very well, and we intend to go on with this policy. Having said this, I would like to congratulate the hon. member on his very clear questions.

Correctional Service Of Canada  CSC's policy states that searches should be conducted by members of the same sex, except in cases of institutional emergency. It is now clear that the female prisoners behaved in a passive manner and offered no physical resistance. This is a complete contradiction to the official version of events offered by the CSC which is nothing more than a one-sided whitewash of the incidents that occurred.

Supply  Given our time constraints, I would refer him quickly to the ten recommendations by the Bloc Quebecois which he may read himself instead of my listing them now. I think it is clear that if we want everyone to put his shoulder to the wheel, and that is what these recommendations are based on, people must share the same concept of fairness. In our recommendations, clearly, we denounced tax situations which are totally unacceptable.

Supply  This must be pointed out, even though it is not at the forefront any more, now that inflation has been curbed for a little while, but this inability to co-operate, to work in co-operation in this country is still a problem. Think back to the 1980s when the Economic Council of Canada and other agencies made it clear economic co-operation was urgently needed in order to curb inflation. As some of you may remember, at the beginning of his mandate, Brian Mulroney organized a great Canadian forum to initiate a consultation process, which was a failure, but achieved his inflation-fighting goals by using the stick approach.

Supply  I attended a conference in Toronto in November entitled "Hitting the Wall" at which the warning came from a wide range of speakers from various backgrounds who had been involved in governments which had gone through economic collapse and had been part of government and opposition parties who were involved in the clean up after the economic collapse. Their warning was very clear. It was that the scenario we are living right now is so similar to what they lived through in their countries that Canada should heed the warning. The warning came at this conference from a Japanese bond buying agency that said that already Canada is paying unnecessarily high risk premiums on money that it borrows from outside the country.

Supply  Redistribution is not one of the Reform Party's priorities, so it is not mentioned. It is clear and quite plain that we will never get involved in a program like that. There are other ways of going about things. All it takes is a bit of imagination and to stop repeating the theories of right-wing economists.

Supply  We believe they could be implemented in a way that would preserve those programs to the greatest of their value. In conclusion, the people of Canada are sending a clear message to cut the deficit to zero in three years and not to raise taxes. The government will either do its job and listen or it will travel the road the Tories took, the road to nowhere.

Speech From The Throne  The people from Scotland then came as a result of the highland clearances when the English barons decided to clear the highlands of Scotland to make room for sheep. Many people again became refugees. They crossed the ocean and came to Glengarry county to join with the United Empire Loyalists to form that great community that still exists.

Speech From The Throne  I will do everything in my power to give them what they are entitled to expect of a federal member, especially a sovereigntist member in Ottawa. In fact, voters in Matapédia-Matane made a very clear choice on October 25. My opponent, whose party is on the government side today, received the full support of the party machine, but voters made a clear decision. Once again, I want to take this opportunity to thank them.

Speech From The Throne  As a result the province of British Columbia is currently in the process of implementing a new forest practices code which will change the way that logging is carried out in British Columbia. This new code will substantially reduce the size and extent of clear cuts, allow for green up before adjacent areas can be logged, ensure reforestation is promptly carried out, monitor road building practices and ensure that streams are not-

Young Offenders Act  Third, it failed to use the definition of social group properly, as outlined by the Supreme Court of Canada. Given all this, it is clear that the Immigration and Refugee Board has failed those legitimately seeking protection in Canada from well founded persecution. It has failed Canadian society by allowing in those who clearly should not be admitted into this country.

Young Offenders Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to respond to my colleague's statement. I want to be very clear on one point. This government is committed within the current financial climate to social housing for all Canadians in need. This includes those Canadians who reside in the province of Quebec.

National Defence  Speaker, from the newspapers we can see that Canadian troops in Bosnia are experiencing serious problems. However, during the debate, the Bloc Quebecois and the Reform Party made their positions clear. I would like to ask the Prime Minister why he is reluctant to adopt a clear and unambiguous position on this matter.

Young Offenders Act  I would like the member to tell me whether Bill C-37 reflects the opinion of the Quebecers who spoke before the justice committee. Their message to summarize it in very clear terms, was "do not touch the Young Offenders Act". The act is only good if each province enforces it and, to the best of our knowledge, Quebec enforces it the most. The provinces that say the Young Offenders Act is no good are those that do not enforce it.

Speech From The Throne  That was our message throughout the election campaign and the people still elected us. Our mandate is clear. Even if the Prime Minister claims that he does not want anything to do with the constitutional debate, we will always remind him that our basic mandate is to help Quebec achieve sovereignty.