Supply  If tomorrow, from an Ontario point of view, you will have an independent Quebec, why are you planning to keep the Canadian currency? It may be a good idea, but then, it must made quite clear to the people of Quebec that the rest of Canada will insist on controlling its own currency, while Quebec, if an arrangement is negotiated, will hold only 25 per cent of the voting power under a possible arrangement on a common currency.

Supply  Madam Speaker, I thought I made myself clear as to what I consider democracy to be. The heart of it is the consent of the governed and democratic processes have to meet certain basic fundamental tests no matter where we talk about democracy in the world.

Supply  This means that Quebecers themselves have a favourable opinion of the way the federal government is working on their behalf. As for mandate, it is clear that Mr. Parizeau, and he said so himself dozens of times during the election campaign, was not elected with a mandate to achieve sovereignty: He was elected to provide a new government and, really, to create jobs, just like us.

Bankruptcy Act  The main question is: How can the minister allow the director of the bureau currently examining the possibility of releasing this hormone for market to "pressure" his colleagues or at least try to convince them of the merits of this hormone while on leave without pay? He is still the director even though he is on leave without pay. Let us be clear on the principle of leave without pay. The person on leave whithout pay does not lose his or her seniority, and continues to be entitled to his or her insurance plan, pension, disability insurance and everything else.

Bankruptcy Act  I asked him whether there would be any changes in the government's policy toward the Canadian Wheat Board. I asked this because during the election the Prime Minister was quite clear that the policy of the Liberals was to support the board. In the election that was quite important. There was a small group of farmers demanding a dual marketing system which would have had the effect of breaking the ability of the board to put prices on grain for western farmers.

Bankruptcy Act  They represent the interests of people acting in the marketplace over generations of litigation and thousands of cases of business relationships. I have stated adequately my clear opposition to this motion. It is not because I appreciate workers less than the member for Portneuf. The rules of business should maintain the overall efficiency of private enterprise because the security of private enterprise ensures job security for Canadian workers.

Bankruptcy Act  The proposed law does not envisage changing this condition. Therefore when an estate is to be dissolved and it is clear that if after the payment of labour there is no money left for funeral expenses and accounting services, who will do this work? I see only one answer to this question. A government will have to undertake the task or at least pay for it out of general tax revenue.

Bankruptcy Act  Undeniably, some social choices are at the basis of such a bill. Unfortunately, and we must be clear on this, each time it has been proposed, the idea of giving first priority to wage claims has always been defeated by the banking lobby. This is obvious in all the documents dealing with this sensitive issue.

Department Of Industry Act  As a result, the federal government has a negative impact on regional development in Quebec and on the general development of Quebec's potential. In Bill C-46, the federal Liberal government has irresponsibly ignored Quebec's clear-cut and traditional claim to sole jurisdiction over regional development. Furthermore, with its total lack of concern about duplication and overlap, the federal Liberal Party helps waste public funds, and it has done so by creating and putting in place structures that Quebec has already had for more than 20 years.

Reproductive Technologies  While the Liberal government has been dragging its feet for over a year on the issue of new reproductive technologies, women are selling their eggs to the IVF Canada clinic in Toronto. It is increasingly clear that the commercialization of human genetic material, embryos and foetal tissue is growing in Canada. Since new reproductive technologies are evolving much more rapidly than the government, can the Minister of Justice admit that several recommendations in the Baird report can be implemented quickly to regulate some embryo research practices and the sale of human gametes or eggs, as is happening at the IVF Canada clinic in Toronto?

Bosnia  The hon. member has criticized our Prime Minister representing Canada in an international forum where he made Canada's position absolutely clear. I resent that.

Ethics  Two weeks after we heard that the Director of the Bureau of Veterinary Drugs at Health Canada was lobbying on behalf of a number of pharmaceutical companies, the Minister of Health seems unable to say whether the behaviour of her official complies with the government's code of ethics on conflict of interest. I will give the minister a chance to give us a clear answer. Could the Minister of Health tell us whether Mr. Ritter's behaviour violated the government's code of ethics on conflict of interest?

Referendum On Quebec Sovereignty  Speaker, although the federal government does not want to hold a referendum in Quebec, the referendum question must be a clear and honest question whose results will be meaningful. In our opinion, there are only two options: flexible federalism and separation. We expect the referendum to ask that question.

Bosnia  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has made it clear that we are not prepared to withdraw our troops from the former Yugoslavia unless the arms embargo is lifted. We believe the situation is extremely volatile. We believe that we, the members of UNPROFOR, the United Nations in ex-Yugoslavia, continue to discharge our mandate.

Draft Bill On Sovereignty  In response to the draft bill tabled by the Government of Quebec yesterday, the Deputy Prime Minister stated, and I quote: "We do not intend to play that game. We intend to ask the people of Quebec a very clear question: Do you want to stay with Canada or do you want to separate?" By saying this, she implied that the federal government might again conduct its own referendum to ask Quebecers to decide on their political future.