Health  Mr. Speaker, the premise of my hon. friend's question is totally wrong. Scientists in the health department are carrying out their jobs in the interest of public safety and in the interest of Canadians. The member's first question concerns the drug Baytril. It has not been

Auberge Grand-Mère  Mr. Speaker, the premise of the hon. member's question is wrong. The Prime Minister was not a shareholder of the company after he became Prime Minister. As I just said, the hon. member is making insinuations that he must retract.

Prime Minister  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member's premises are completely false. The Prime Minister had no interest in the golf club when he made these representations to the Business Development Bank of Canada. I wonder why the hon. member did not mention Quebec's justice minister when he

Summit Of The Americas  Mr. Speaker, the question is based on an utterly false premise. French will not be excluded from the summit of the Americas. At this summit, Canada will welcome the heads of all the countries from the Americas, and talks will be conducted in the four languages mentioned a few

Prime Minister  Mr. Speaker, I totally reject the premise of the hon. member's question. The ethics counsellor reported on this matter and clearly stated in a press release dated March 1, 2001, in connection with the company, in which the Prime Minister had an interest, as follows

Aboriginal Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the premise of the hon. member's question is not correct. Government lawyers are not working to destroy any relationship between the native peoples and the churches. It is true that thousands of native people have brought legal actions against both the government

Ethics Counsellor  Mr. Speaker, first, the member's premise is wrong. He is not quoting the Minister of Finance. I read the article very closely. The comments in the article are not those of the Minister of Finance himself. I ask the hon. Leader of the Opposition not to be evasive. If he believes

Aboriginal Affairs  Mr. Speaker, my hon. friend has finally slipped into the Alliance trap of having unsuitable premises. The case in question is not one that applies across the whole spectrum of cases. It is only one case at the trial division, but we are working to move toward settlements. We

Banking  Mr. Speaker, I do not accept the premise of the hon. member's question about the debacles and so on. We have a certain number of federal lending institutions operating at arm's length from the government. They have accomplished an excellent record in serving the public interest

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member's premise is totally wrong. We are responding to the military's own statement of requirements. I would think that a member of the Alliance Party is the last person in the world to talk about “screw-ups” unless he is looking at himself in the mirror.

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, my hon. friend is starting off, as usual, on the wrong premise. There is no table contemplated at which there would be negotiations for a new continental energy agreement. We in Canada will be working on behalf of the entire country. For this purpose we

Access To Information  Mr. Speaker, I do not accept the premise of my hon. friend's question that there is some deliberate attempt not to respond to the act. The report said that the government received 20,000 access requests last year. Out of some 1,300 complaints investigated by the commissioner

Health  Mr. Speaker, I do not accept the premise of the question, but I do want to report that Health Canada officials have been and continue to be in discussions with Bayer to work out any difficulties or issues. I think that the hon. member and his party, all members of the House

Health  Mr. Speaker, the premise behind the hon. member's question is incorrect. No drug, patented or generic, is sold in Canada without government approval. I therefore again ask why the Bloc is not interested in the health of Canadians. It should be our priority, for Quebecers

Health  Mr. Speaker, the premise of the hon. member's question is totally unfounded. He is wrong in reaching a conclusion that any ministers have broken the law. When one decides that the law has been broken there has to be a trial by a court, not the unwarranted assertion