Speech From The Throne  Mr. Speaker, I am indeed honoured to rise in the House today, the House that John George Diefenbaker, Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Tommy Douglas have spoken in. It is for me a great honour as the son of a market gardener to speak in this House in this country. I represent the ridi

Speech From The Throne  Mr. Speaker, I think I saw that movie last week. It was not very good. I am seeing the movie again this week. It has not improved. I expect that I will see the movie again next week. The hon. member needs to know that as we enter into the millennium we can do it together. We hav

Human Rights  Mr. Speaker, this is a question directed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. As this House knows, the Prime Minister of Canada is in Russia today. Recently the Russian parliament passed legislation which will significantly disenfranchise religious minority groups other than Russ

Supply  Mr. Speaker, it will come as no great surprise to you that I will be voting against the motion of the members opposite. The issue here is the setting of realistic deficit targets, realistic debt targets and then going on to set employment targets. When one has revenue coming in

Canada Health Act  Madam Speaker, I asked the question in the House of the Minister of Foreign Affairs concerning the legislation passed by the Russian parliament disenfranchising religious minorities. It is an affront to those who believe in religious freedom, democratic values and human rights.

Wilber Sutherland  Mr. Speaker, on September 3, Canada lost a great visionary in the person of Wilber Sutherland. He had a great gift for bringing people together so that they could express themselves in creative ways. One of his projects was the national ad hoc interfaith working group's preamble

Employment  Mr. Speaker, the economy grew at an annualized rate of 4.9% in the second quarter of this year. Interests rates are at 30 year lows. The economy is creating jobs at twice its normal rate. Yet not all Canadians are participating in this economic recovery. The unemployment rate rem

Anti-Sealing Lobby Groups  Mr. Speaker, as all members are aware, there has been an intense campaign by anti-sealing lobby groups using a 1-800 number and television ads. Members of the public are provided with scripts and told to phone their local MP. My colleague the member for Mississauga West took obj

The Late John Sopinka  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay honour to the life of Mr. Justice John Sopinka. I was a great admirer of his judicial reasoning. In particular Judge Sopinka resisted activist tendencies on the part of some jurists to make decisions which are properly within the purview of Parli

Petitions  Madam, Speaker, I have the honour to present a petition on behalf of in excess of 400 people, pursuant to Standing Order 36, calling on the government to amend sections 173 and 174 of the Criminal Code with respect to indecent acts and public nudity. I have the honour to present

Amendment To The Constitution Of Canada (Newfoundland)  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister. It is a privilege to speak to this very important subject. It is more in sadness than enthusiasm that I rise to speak to it. To me it represents the death knell of faith based educatio

Human Rights  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This milestone gives us cause to recognize that human rights are the foundation of women's equality in Canada and around the world. Interna

Euthanasia  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for his efforts in bringing this important issue to the floor of the House. The Parliament of Canada is in fact the proper place for a debate of this magnitude. I was pleased to see that the late Mr. Justice Sopinka recognized t

Income Tax Amendments Act, 1997  Madam Speaker, I rise in support of Bill C-28. It is an axiom in government that what you do right you do not sell to get credit for, yet when we are giving $1.5 billion back to the system the opposition still criticizes us. We are receiving this fiscal dividend today because of

Supply  Mr. Speaker, nothing focuses the mind like bankruptcy, particularly the bankruptcy of a nation. If the hon. member were staring the budget deficit of $42 billion or $28 billion or $8.9 billion in the face, what would she have not done that we have done the past year? Would she h