Fishers Bill Of Rights  Mr. Speaker, I support the bill. I can prove that allowing fishermen the right to be involved with consultations is a great thing. There is really a unique situation on the north shore of Nova Scotia in my riding where the fishermen for years lobbied the department of fisheries t

Transport  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Transport. The last two plane crashes in Canada occurred at Fredericton and Clarenville, Newfoundland and neither plane was equipped with an emergency locator transmitter, one because it was not required to in the first place and t

Justice  Mr. Speaker, seven years ago James Mills was murdered while in Renous prison in New Brunswick. Yesterday in question period I asked the solicitor general if he would press charges in this case and he quite correctly answered he could not. I understand that. I hope the solicitor

Justice  Mr. Speaker, seven years ago James Mills was murdered while in Renous prison. The Mills family has never received a full report on the death and no charges have been laid even though seven years have passed. After I raised the issue in the House six months ago RCMP and correctio

Highways  Mr. Speaker, on February 3, 1998 the minister said in the House in discussions regarding the toll highway between Moncton and Petitcodiac “we intend to make sure that this kind of situation is planned for in future agreements with regard to preventing toll highways”. Would the m

Highways  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Transport. Recently the New Brunswick minister of transportation said in the New Brunswick Road Builder magazine “The latest federal-provincial highway agreement worth $300 million on a 50:50 basis will be used to upgrade the Trans

Canada Shipping Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise on Bill S-4, the Canada Shipping Act amendments. Few countries in the world have as much interest in this issue as we have in Canada because we are virtually surrounded by water. We have water east, west and north. We have the Great Lakes and th

Broadcasting Act  Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary will be a little familiar with this question because I have asked it several times and I never get the right answer. I urge the parliamentary secretary to listen to the question, think, and answer for himself, not a canned written answer

Highways  Mr. Speaker, in September 1995 the federal Minister of Transport signed a contract to pay $16.2 million to build a highway in New Brunswick between Moncton and River Glade on the one condition that the provincial government also contribute $16.2 million to the highway. Both the

Highways  Mr. Speaker, it is time for a good highway question. In September 1995 the Minister of Transport put $16.2 million into a highway project in New Brunswick on one condition, that the province of New Brunswick put $16.2 million in as well. As soon as the federal money was in the p

Highways  Mr. Speaker, clause 5.2(d) of the agreement says that any modification of the financial agreement requires the approval of the federal Minister of Transport in writing. If the minister did not approve this change in writing, in effect the federal government has broken a contract

House Of Commons  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the motion by the member for Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough. Again, as the last speaker said, this has nothing to do with flag waving or singing songs; it has everything to do with an attempt to influence your decision and intimidate, as far as I

Access To Information Act  Madam Speaker, I really appreciate this opportunity in this extended question period to bring up a subject I brought up on December the 4 about responsibility, about accountability and about obligations, that is the federal government's obligation with respect to certain federal-

Access To Information Act  Madam Speaker, it is certainly a pleasure to rise today on the act to amend the Access to Information Act, Bill C-208. I am sure that this is one of the most important tools we have to work with as members of Parliament to help us access information which is not readily availabl

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the prime minister. I appreciate his earlier mention but his own code of ethics states that at no time shall a former minister act on behalf of a company in connection with any ongoing proceeding to which the government is a party and on which the