Budget Implementation Act, 1998   be primarily mindful of the impacts on everyday Canadians and their families, not the partisan lobby groups that promise to re-elect us, not the self-proclaimed cultural elite that feel compelled to decide for us what Canadians need, and not the political favours being traded. Let us decide

Supply   questions. Will the government hold public hearings across Canada so that everyday Canadian citizens will have a chance to appear before a committee on all aspects of the MAI? I know the member has provided some ideas. For example people can use the Internet. Some of the people I have

National Defence   delivery. It seems some people are getting rich off ASD, but it is not the front line workers in Goose Bay who will see their wages slashed from $13 to just over $6. Will the government admit today that the savings from alternative service delivery are coming on the backs of everyday

Supply   of reducing taxes and getting taxes back in the hands of everyday Canadians. He also asked where the money was coming from. We have in this country a program of equalization payments. It is a very complex formula but basically the object is to bring everybody in the country to common

Criminal Code   our justice system continues to revictimize. It is another example of how our justice system has been hijacked by those who view life from ivory towers, far above the realities of everyday Canadian life. Is it any wonder that the majority of Canadians have lost faith in our courts?

Prisons And Reformatories Act   of imprisonment. Again, this came from Reformers, everyday Canadians, who care enough about this country to make changes which are going to make it a safer place to live. The Reform MPs who are working in this area have taken this policy from assembly and have built substantial policies which

Environment Week   recycle and reuse. It involves how we get to work as well as how we work, and of course how we use our resources to promote our economy without sacrificing a renewable resource and source of jobs and wealth for our citizens. Everyday Canadians are making those choices

Broadcasting Act   a practice which for some reason has become acceptable to the cablevision industry but clearly is not acceptable to everyday Canadians. Why do I say that? Most of my riding is serviced by the Rogers cablevision network system, on which I do a program once every two weeks. When

Members Of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act   to everyday Canadian seniors. For them the Income Tax Act continues to set a 6 per cent limit on pension contributions. However, under Bill C-85 MPs' pension contributions will only drop from the present 11 per cent to 9 per cent. It is still 50 per cent higher than allowed for the private

The Budget   are not a viable source of change. Change in our federation occurs incrementally, through discussion, through dialogue and through negotiation on practical issues of concern to everyday Canadians. It is at this level that Canadian federalism is flexible and responsive to the needs of all

Borrowing Authority Act, 1994-95   to listen to what Canadians said, why then did he go through the sham and the expense of these hollow hearings? Who were these Canadians who spoke out against increased spending and taxes? They were everyday Canadians who turned out at meetings across this country. They were small