Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will refrain from entering into the debate between the government and the Reform member about Canadian culture, consumer choice, other than to say that we can only have consumer choice if there is something to choose from. If multinationals occupy all of our

Credit Card Interest Calculation Act   credit card markets offer more consumer choice than they have ever had in the past. I would once again like to congratulate the member for this initiative. I would like to ask for unanimous consent to move the following motion: That the motion be amended by deleting all the words

Crtc   does the minister expect to promote Canadian cultural exports and allow for more consumer choice?

Public Service   decisions transparent, accessible and reliable information; provide real incentives for performance and consequences for failure; establish constraints through modernized budget techniques; promote competition by enhancing consumer choice; and develop competitive benchmarks

Funding For Cultural Organizations   consumer choice? It is unclear. Until this type of question can be answered, we should not be securing any multi-year funding to any cultural organization. This government seems to be moving toward a policy of protectionism in the cultural industry rather than one of a free market

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, the leader of the third party says that this issue is not about competition or consumer choice. It is exactly about consumer choice and competition. That is why the Consumers' Association of Canada in a letter to the government on April 19 pointed out very

Telecommunications   and democratic forum in the country, the Parliament of Canada. That is where the issue will be decided. If the member has a charge to make, he should make the charge. If the member believes in fair and open competition and consumer choice in the emerging satellite television industry

Cultural Policy   competition when it benefits the Liberal family compact. Why is the minister sacrificing Canadian artists, Canadian jobs, and consumer choice at the altar of Canadian cultural isolationism?

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, increased competition in broadcasting by telephone companies will increase consumer choice and result in lower prices. The people of British Columbia are in danger of losing these benefits because B.C. Telecom is partly foreign owned and therefore prohibited from

Canadian Dairy Commission Act   inevitably go. There is no sense saying that things will stay the same. Farmers want to change. They are, first of all, good business people. They use technology. They are using computers and innovative feed rations. They are using market analysis and playing to the consumer's choices

Crtc   of consumers, choice and lower prices, what does the Bloc Quebecois stand for except to stand with the proposed monopolies?

Broadcasting Act   the consumer's choice. Section 3 of the Broadcasting Act imposes a statutory duty on the CRTC to be "responsive to the evolving demands of the public". Since the CRTC has been silent for 15 months, we as members of the House can now move to respond to the demands of the public

Broadcasting Act   for it. The industry realizes the importance of individual choice. As I understand it, the industry is now working on the technology to provide that very service. In four or five years from now people will have the choice of channels. They recognize the importance of consumer choice. It appears

Broadcasting Act   and the CRTC regulations in general. The questions of negative option billing and consumer choice are important to me and to my constituents. Negative option billing is not something new to the cable industry in Canada. It is a practice which has been sanctioned and condoned by the CRTC

Broadcasting Act   for customer service more stringent. Perhaps it is time for a national approach to the rights of consumers. Despite the need for Canadians to know about the diversity of quality Canadian programming on the newer specialty channels, it cannot be done at the expense of consumer choice