Immigration Act  It being 6.35 p.m., this House stands adjourned until tomorrow at 10 a.m. pursuant to Standing Order 24(1) (The House adjourned at 6.35 p.m.)

Immigration Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to follow up on a question I posed on March 15 regarding the concept of a guaranteed annual income. As the Minister of Human Resources Development continues his review of social policy, I want to encourage him to fully consider and do a cost benefit a

Immigration Act  First of all, what I told the House was that the funds earmarked for Phase II of the St. Lawrence Action Plan will be spent on cleaning up the river. Having said that, I must point out that the St. Lawrence runs all the way from Brockville, Ontario, before reaching the sea in th

Immigration Act  Since there are no more members who wish to speak, the period provided for the consideration of Private Members' Business has now expired. Pursuant to Standing Order 96(1), this item is dropped from the Order Paper. Before asking unanimous consent to call it 6.30 p.m., I would l

Immigration Act  Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Since it is St. Patrick's Day and I happen to know that you, Madam Speaker, are wearing a shamrock on your gown, I thought it would be appropriate to thank you on behalf of those of us in this House who are of Irish descent. Of course,

Immigration Act  May I call it 6.30?

Immigration Act  Agreed. A motion to adjourn the House under Standing Order 38 deemed to have been moved.

Immigration Act  Madam Speaker, we are starting the adjournment debate 10 minutes early, and although I cannot make any assumptions about the absence of members from this House, I would nevertheless appreciate it if a member of the government would respond to this motion. On Tuesday, I put a que

Immigration Act  Madam Speaker, I second the private member's bill of the hon. member for Scarborough-Rouge River. In my riding of Don Valley North about 50 per cent of the population are new Canadians. Of course I am one of them. This bill will help the system in many ways. It will cut the red

Immigration Act  Hear, hear.

Business Of Supply  Madam Speaker, I am delighted to take part in the debate today. I would like to commend the hon. member for Crowfoot on his comments. I did not know until he spoke just now that he was formerly a member of a law enforcement agency. I would like to say that in my years as a practi

St. Patrick's Day   and the important role our Irish ancestors have played here in Canada. Irish people, like my family and those throughout this land, have made a significant contribution to help keep Canada whole. In the mid-1800s thousands of Irish immigrants fleeing famine and poverty came to Canada

Canadian Foreign Policy   will be affected if only with respect to immigration and the environment. Most developing countries were hurt by the economic crisis in the current global climate. In the 1980s, the reduced terms of trade were accompanied by the debt crisis and the overexploitation of natural resources

Canadian Foreign Policy   started immigrating to the United States. In 1874, when the first Mennonite people came to the United States, they brought new strains of wheat along with them which were used pretty well until the 1930s. That was a prosperous country but now it has turned around. Through

Canadian Foreign Policy   issues, technical assistance, trade and economic issues, consultations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and immigration issues as they pertain to Ukraine. This is the kind of input that we welcome, not only input through parliamentary standing committees but meetings