The Budget  Mr. Speaker, before one can accept the premise of the hon. member's question I think one would want to check the accuracy of his quotes. The Prime Minister has said, along with the minister of finance, that we are up front in our accounting. We are booking the amounts required

Millennium Celebrations  Mr. Speaker, I totally reject the premise of the hon. member's question, but I can assure the House that we comply with the rules of Treasury Board and the auditor general.

Millennium Celebration  Mr. Speaker, the premise of the hon. member's question is wrong. The red book did not state that possible spending on millennium activities would be limited to $10 million. It spoke of only one commitment: to give $10 million to the Canada Council to commission works of art

Option Canada  Mr. Speaker, first, the question is based on false premises. Second, we know that the Standing Orders do not allow ministers to comment on their previous responsibilities. I repeat, it is too bad, but most Quebeckers and other Canadians support the Canada option and the Bloc

Hepatitis C  Mr. Speaker, I reject the premise of the hon. member's question. We are confident that we will win the vote. In any event I notice that the Reform member did not respond to my quotation of the representative of all the provinces who said he and his party colleagues

Hepatitis C  Mr. Speaker, I reject the premise of the hon. member's question. We do not think we are voting against anyone. We think we are voting for an agreement which is reasonable in the circumstances, an agreement representing the views of all the provinces as well as the federal

Hepatitis C  Mr. Speaker, he is misstating completely. I reject this premise with respect to the position of this or previous governments and the position of the Krever commission. All this material was made available quite freely and openly to the Krever commission. Mr. Justice Krever took

Hepatitis C  Mr. Speaker, the premise of the hon. member's question, as usual, is wrong. We are not trying to force the victims to be quiet. We want to have a further discussion with the provincial ministers to see if there can be a new consensus, but we are certainly not trying to force

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I reject the premise of the hon. member's question. Canadian foreign policy is not for sale. We have strongly condemned the most recent Pakistani nuclear tests. We have imposed the same sanctions on Pakistan in this regard as we have on India. Our foreign minister

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the premise of the hon. member's question is totally wrong. Canada is not aiding and abetting in any way the military use of atomic power. After the Chernobyl disaster it was agreed that it would be wise, in the interest of safety of the civilian populations

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, I do not accept the insinuations and premises of the hon. member's question. The minister said on behalf of the government that we want to have a professional and harassment free atmosphere for all members of the Canadian armed services. That is why, following

Apec Summit  Mr. Speaker, I have to reject the premise of the hon. member's question. The Prime Minister is a vigorous spokesman for human rights. He was the chief protagonist of the charter of rights and freedoms. This should be recognized and the Prime Minister should be praised for his

Apec Summit  Mr. Speaker, I reject the unwarranted premise of the hon. member's question. I know it has been publicly reported that both the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs raised the human rights issue with Suharto in Indonesia itself. That took a lot of guts

Apec Summit  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is quite wrong in the premise of his question, as usual. The government has not ignored the findings of these other commissions. It has taken them very seriously. I want to say that the commission is not a “so-called independent commission

Apec Summit  Mr. Speaker, I do not accept the premise of the hon. member's question regarding the way the hon. solicitor general has carried out his duties. He is a fine minister and he deserves the support of all members of this House.