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Supply Mr. Speaker, I agree that some of the interest groups to which she has been giving money are fine, but she has also been wasting money on other interest groups like EGALE. My question is quite simple. We agree with her that there has to be rehabilitation. The justice committee s
March 16th, 1999House debate
Deepak ObhraiReform
Kosovo Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my hon. colleague. I rise today with a heavy heart to see once again human tragedy happening in the Balkans. When I became a member of parliament I never thought I would debate a situation where Canadian troops were engaged in combat.
April 12th, 1999House debate
Deepak ObhraiReform
Budget Implementation Act, 1999 Madam Speaker, my colleague very eloquently put forward the views of my party in reference to the budget. I would like to ask her a question. Recently, that brave lady, Beverly Smith, met with the Secretary of State for the Status of Women. Beverly Smith is a single parent who h
April 12th, 1999House debate
Deepak ObhraiReform
Budget Implementation Act, 1999 Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak to the budget implementation act. I will start by quoting from today's morning smile in The Globe and Mail . There is a sign at the dry cleaner's which reads “We charge GST, PST, EHT, UIC, WCB and a small fee for cleaning”. A small fee for cl
April 12th, 1999House debate
Deepak ObhraiReform
Budget Implementation Act, 1999 Madam Speaker, I am very happy to answer the hon. member's question. I will dwell on the first point, the child tax benefit. It is amazing that he says the federal government is giving child tax benefits. I tell him it is not in this budget. The government's child tax relief is
April 12th, 1999House debate
Deepak ObhraiReform
Budget Implementation Act, 1999 Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for bringing that point up. Again I would like to take this opportunity to advise my colleagues on the other side of the House to look at what the Government of Alberta has come up with, to listen to the voices of Canadians and get off our bac
April 12th, 1999House debate
Deepak ObhraiReform
Budget Implementation Act, 1999 Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his very important question. I agree with him. Only four days ago there was a headline in the Calgary Herald that 6,000 children in Calgary face hunger. The member is absolutely right when he says the government has failed to a
April 12th, 1999House debate
Deepak ObhraiReform
Kosovo Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Perhaps we could get unanimous consent to question the minister longer than just the five minutes allotted. Perhaps it could be extended to 10 minutes.
April 12th, 1999House debate
Deepak ObhraiReform
Kosovo Mr. Speaker, the official opposition is very happy to see that the minister has responded with immediate aid to alleviate the suffering that has taken place, which, as we have seen on our television screens, is horrific. I also thank the minister for having contact with the NGOs.
April 12th, 1999House debate
Deepak ObhraiReform
Kosovo Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to what my colleague said. I was quite moved by many of the comments she made. I know her personally and I think she put her point of view forward very well. When she started her comments, she said that we have to be very careful as to what
April 12th, 1999House debate
Deepak ObhraiReform
Supply Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to the hon. minister. The minister indicated that the House has debated the question of Kosovo seven times. The question that we are asking today is very simple. The Canadian people elected members of parliament to this place. Why are the Lib
April 19th, 1999House debate
Deepak ObhraiReform
Supply Mr. Speaker, that was a very nice poem and I commend the Bloc member for reading it to the House. What does the hon. member feel is the reason that the government is not willing to put this debate to a vote for the members of parliament? Is it afraid at this point that we will b
April 19th, 1999House debate
Deepak ObhraiReform
Cfb Calgary Mr. Speaker, the Liberals do not have to go to Calgary to find out why westerners feel alienated. I can tell them right here. CFB Calgary has been closed. Its land can help address the educational, social and health concerns of Calgarians. However, this land is earmarked for sal
April 20th, 1999House debate
Deepak ObhraiReform
Trade Mr. Speaker, there is a crisis brewing in our backyard and once again the government seems to be paralyzed. The United States has stripped Canada of its favoured nation status on defence contracts. Is it not shameful that the minister of trade did not even know of this impending
April 20th, 1999House debate
Deepak ObhraiReform
Trade Mr. Speaker, it is obvious that the minister of trade was asleep at the switch when $5 billion worth of trade was at stake. Now we have the Minister of Foreign Affairs off to Washington to try to repair the damage. How did the government allow $5 billion worth of business to sli
April 20th, 1999House debate
Deepak ObhraiReform