Equalization Payments  Mr. Speaker, we are proud of the most remarkable improvements ever seen in the equalization and territorial formula financing programs. The Prime Minister and his provincial and territorial counterparts have agreed on a new framework that will increase the budget for assistance

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member for New Brunswick Southwest has more experience than I do in this House. He clearly knows that the rules provide for a 45 day delay. He says several months; 45 days normally is a month and a half. On this side of the House we were so confident in the

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, I do not disagree with the member that this is an important question. He referred to the standing orders as a technicality. I do not view them that way. If he would like to amend the standing orders, I am sure there is a process that he could look into. In the mean

Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act  Mr. Speaker, I am happy to join colleagues in the debate regarding this important legislation. I will begin by telling members how pleased I was with the appointment the Prime Minister made this summer of the new Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. I have had a

Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Edmonton—Leduc for his question. I know he has a very broad interest in this subject matter and has contributed constructively to many issues in the House of Commons. He referred to two particular issues. First, is the issue of international t

Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, for his question. He too represents a constituency in western Canada, in British Columbia, and has spoken passionately and convincingly about the need for the government to re

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, I suggest that all questions be allowed to stand.

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, I would ask that all questions be allowed to stand.

Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to represent a constituency in New Brunswick that represents a considerable part of the New Brunswick coastline. A number of hundreds of kilometres from the Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island, in the area of Cape Tormentine, my constituenc

Order in Council Appointments  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table a number of orders in council recently made by the government.

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, it may surprise you, but I ask that all questions be allowed to stand. Mr. Speaker, I know that you and I are very anxious. The member for New Brunswick Southwest has continually talked about particular questions that he has on the order paper. I see he is here in t

Government Response to Petitions  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8) I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to 19 petitions.

Question No. 8  Mr. Speaker, I ask that all remaining questions be allowed to stand.

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, Question No. 1 will be answered today. I know the member for New Brunswick Southwest will be very happy about that.