Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act  Madam Speaker, I have no comment to make. My colleague has very eloquently said exactly what our major concerns have been. I commend him for putting them on the record.

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act  Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my colleague from Nanaimo—Cowichan. I rise again to speak on Bill C-65, the renewal of equalization payments. I have been sitting here all day listening to government speakers on this debate. What I have found is that they have refus

Criminal Code  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-475, an act to amend the Criminal Code (breaking and entering). Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure to introduce my private member's bill in the House today. This bill would establish a minimum two year sentence for second or subsequent convictio

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act  Mr. Speaker, Canadians who will decide who will be sitting on that side. I rest assured that Canadians will ensure that if the Liberals carry on with heavy taxation and continue the health care crisis they will on this side pretty soon. Let us not worry about that. We will leave

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act  Mr. Speaker, I am extremely happy that my colleague asked a couple of questions and made some comments. We will introduce the new Canada act when we are over there and they are over here. The second factor is that under no circumstances will we give up the cornerstone of the pol

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act  Mr. Speaker, that is a very good point. I am sorry to see that it was introduced. The member is right that my province is struggling with it. I personally believe that VLTs, as has been done in my province, should only be in casinos where those who want to go there can go. They s

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act  Madam Speaker, this is my first speech of 1999. I will begin by wishing my colleagues and all of the constituents of Calgary East a happy new year. As we approach the new millennium Canadians are looking to their elected representatives, and especially the government, for vision

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I have a couple of questions for the hon. member. The member said in her response that Canada was a great country. She said the usual Liberal things: feel happy, feel good and everything is going great. A United Nations committee came here and blasted us on child po

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I rise this afternoon to speak on a topic that is important to all of us, national unity. National unity takes on a special significance today given the results of yesterday's election in which a party dedicated to the break-up of our country was re-elected in the pr

Terrorism  Mr. Speaker, I hope the new solicitor general will not stonewall this question. Recently the director of CSIS stated that Canada is the number two country in the world when it comes to terrorist activity: “Terrorists have been provided a safe haven here”. He also revealed that it

Canada Small Business Financing Act  Mr. Speaker, we have been asking the government to keep its hands off the UI premium. My colleagues on the other side seem to be getting a little worried about it and have started dreaming about premiums. All of a sudden they started mentioning Mr. Premium. That is a good sign.

Canada Small Business Financing Act  Mr. Speaker, as my colleagues and I said this morning, we oppose the bill. We gave excellent reasons as to why the official opposition does not agree with the bill. We recognize that since we do not have a majority the chances are that the bill will go through. Therefore, my col

Canada Small Business Financing Act  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise today to speak to Bill C-53. My colleagues mentioned some relevant points earlier as to why we are opposing the bill, especially my colleague from Calgary Southeast. Members of the Bloc have been talking this morning about the survey they ha

Terrorists  Mr. Speaker, recently CSIS director Ward Elcock sounded a distressing alarm. Appearing before a Senate committee, director Elcock stated that Canada was home to more terrorist organizations than any country in the world except the United States. Our reputation as a peaceful, cons

Break And Enter Crimes  Mr. Speaker, last week the justice ministers of Manitoba and of my home province of Alberta took a leading role in addressing the issue of break and enter crimes. Proposed changes include a minimum two year sentence for repeat offenders and toughening up parole eligibility. In