Firearms Act   register guns because often rifles are used in suicides, murders, domestic disputes or whatever. I do not see how registering them makes any difference. If a person is crazy and is going to shoot somebody, does it matter if it is a registered weapon or an unregistered weapon hanging

Agreement On Internal Trade Implementation Act   competition. In Quebec, we believe in the ability to compete on the open market. However, this bill contains a few flaws, important flaws, such as the fact that a panel can be set up if disputes arise. Problems may occur. Disputes may have to be settled. In such cases, this bill provides

Committees Of The House   parts of the access to capital for small business. Many of the things we talked about had to do with the lending institutions, in particular the chartered banks, trust companies, credit unions and groups of that sort. The committee came up with 22 distinct recommendations

Members Of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act   of discussion and concern by members of Parliament and by the Canadian public for quite a number of years. In recent times we have received many petitions and letters on the subject. Indeed, the House addressed the issue previously with a full day of debate on November 22, 1994. Members had

Lobbyists Registration Act  . Imagine a court in which a judge ruling on a matter is part of the family of one of the people in the dispute. I am not a lawyer but I think it is against the rules. A judge cannot sit on a case which involves a member of his family. Liberals are in government but next time

Income Tax Act   announced in the budget of February 22, 1994 as well as other measures announced by the government in 1994. The measures are described, first, as debt forgiveness. It requires a debtor whose indebtedness is forgiven to apply the unpaid amount to reduce any tax losses and the tax cost

Budget Implementation Act, 1995   dispute with the Americans. After months of posturing the federal government caved into the American demands that Canada place self-imposed caps on shipments of wheat to the United States. The minister also reneged on the promise he and the Prime Minister made during the election

Firearms Act   by their spouses. Many deaths are by depressed youth acting impulsively with a weapon easily had and in their home. How can anyone ignore this situation? How can any government ignore this situation? In many of the cases, impulsiveness was a factor. Ready access to a firearm allowed a dispute

Business Of The House   without the sword of Damocles hanging over their heads. The Minister of Labour rejected this minimum demand by the opposition, which would have allowed us to settle the whole dispute as early as Monday. Do not forget that, instead of agreeing to or discussing this demand

Business Of The House   of Parliament. The first one, on Wednesday, March 22, 1995, was a time allocation motion limiting to one hour the debate at second reading. For those who are listening to us, the debate at second reading consists in examining the principle underlying the bill. When we are preparing

Maintenance Of Railway Operations Act, 1995  , on page 3, with the following: "8. (1) During the mediation period,". Motion No. 3 That Bill C-77, in Clause 9, be amended by replacing line 22, on page 4, with the following: "a Mediation Commission shall be". Motion No. 5 That Bill C-77, in Clause 11, be amended by replacing

Maintenance Of Railway Operations Act, 1995   is one that can be applied in any labour dispute. When the bill came up for a vote on Monday, we discovered that the government has made an new ally with the Bloc and even the NDP, the very people who are responsible for holding up speedy passage of this bill, and as a result shot

Maintenance Of Railway Operations Act, 1995   is to put an end to the work stoppage paralysing the railway industry and to permit the resumption of activities in this sector. The bill also provides a solution, through a mediation-arbitration process, to the matters remaining in dispute between the companies and various unions. My

Western Grain Transportation Act   was particularly difficult. The port of Vancouver was tied up for a short while in an industrial dispute and we were stuck with one big transportation backlog. At one point there was a backlog of 41 vessels on the west coast waiting for grain. This situation cost Canadian producers about $35

Canadian Environmental Assessment Act   is still here today, said this on October 22, 1990, and I quote: "This is legislation without teeth. It is, in fact, legislation without teeth. The key word was `redraft' and not make amendments that are going to provide acceptable frills to this bill, but to alter completely