March Against Poverty  Mr. Speaker, on May 14, two women's marches against poverty began, one in the west and one in the east. They converged Saturday on Parliament Hill. This march was about freedom, freedom from violence, freedom from poverty, freedom from joblessness. These are not partisan issues,

National Unity  Mr. Speaker, yesterday, several thousands of people gathered on Parliament Hill in order to demonstrate their attachment to Canada. Our government was not involved in the organization of this demonstration. We recognize and pay tribute to any demonstration giving Canadians from

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition signed by 2,016 petitioners. The petitioners request that Parliament proceed immediately with amendments to the Criminal Code which will ensure that a sentence given to anyone convicted of driving while impaired or causing injury or deat

Student Employment  Mr. Speaker, across Canada this summer, students are looking for summer jobs. In Halifax West we are responding. The summer career placement program is off to a promising start. Over 100 sponsors have joined the federal government to create over 200 summer jobs for our youth. Th

Student Connections  Mr. Speaker, I want to talk about an important measure the government has taken, a concrete measure to create jobs. Industry Canada together with Dalhousie University and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada has begun the student connection program. This progra

Bedford Junior High Band  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a fine group of young students who form the school band at Bedford Junior High. They have just returned from a fantastically successful trip to Orlando, Florida where they took part in the All American Music Festival. This band was the

Petitions  Madam Speaker, I rise today to present a petition on behalf of 265 Nova Scotians calling on Parliament to act immediately to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.

Employment Insurance Act  Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak on the bill regarding employment insurance. Over the past two years, the government has carried on extensive consultations in relation to matters of social policy, in particular the question of the unemployment insurance system which will now

Canadian Human Rights Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to comment on the speech by the hon. member for Saskatoon-Humboldt who made a very good presentation. First of all I want to bring to the attention of the House what this bill is really about. It says in the preamble that it is about Canadians having the righ

Canadian Human Rights Act  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his comments. I have always enjoyed listening to his speeches in the House. I appreciate that he has a more enlightened view than other members of his party on a variety of issues. I was interested to hear the speech of the hon. member

Mr. Bob Chambers  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a great Nova Scotian. Wednesday night in Halifax Bob Chambers died at the age of 91. He was a very well known cartoonist for the Halifax Herald from the mid-1930s until 1976. He was born in Wolfville, Nova Scotia and studied art in New

French Language  Mr. Speaker, in the next few days, thousands of stakeholders, thinkers, scientists, and researchers from across the world will be making comments and recommendations on the health of la francophonie internationally. The French language is one of the most beautiful there is. It i

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I found the member's comments very interesting and noted them. I have been talking with people in my riding of Halifax East since the budget was presented and the comments I have been hearing about it have been very positive. People seem to be very pleased about man

Fisheries  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to see that progress is being made with regard to the concerns of fishermen in the Scotia Fundy region. I want to thank the minister for moving to end the impasse. Could the hon. minister update the House on the progress being made at the meetings which

Speech From The Throne  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the honourable member for Lachine-Lac-Saint-Louis. Our government has a reason to be proud of its record over the past 28 months. During that time we have focused on the government's jobs and growth agenda and there are now half a mi