Canada Post  Mr. Speaker, controls, entry and exit. As it stands right now, customs officials can read mail coming into Canada. If the government has its way, customs officials will read mail leaving Canada. The question is very simple. Why does the Minister of National Revenue want to turn

National Revenue  Mr. Speaker, nearly a month ago I sent a letter to the Minister of Finance and the Minister of National Revenue asking them to commission the auditor general to do a cost benefit analysis of the foreign asset disclosure rule. To this date I have only received a form-like acknowl

National Revenue  Mr. Speaker, with an economic downturn on the way, the government should be encouraging, not discouraging investments. The foreign asset disclosure rule was designed to boost tax compliance and increase revenue, yet it has done just the opposite. If this rule works as well as th

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, last week in the House the minister of immigration said that the Amodeo file had followed normal departmental procedure. Yet the Amodeos had to provide with their application documents certifying that they had no criminal record and were not under police investigatio

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, that was not the question that I asked. According to the minister's own application form, in order to get a meeting scheduled two police certificates have to be provided. Once again, let me ask this question very simply. Did Mr. Amodeo and his wife provide those two

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, Gaetano Amodeo and his wife had an appointment with Immigration Canada to discuss their immigrant status. The Corriere Canadese has found out that the meeting was not cancelled, contrary to what the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration told us. In order to be all

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, the minister's response is completely irrelevant. The name Amodeo was not originally removed from the application. The meeting did take place. This occurred after the meeting. Could the minister explain how Mr. Amodeo received this meeting in the first place?

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, it is the same thing here all the time. The name of Gaetano Amodeo has appeared on two applications for permanent residence status. The first dates from June 1999 and the second from September 2000. Could the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration tell us exactly w

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, during question period yesterday the solicitor general praised the effectiveness of the Canadian police information centre database. My question to the solicitor general is very simple. When did the RCMP add the name Gaetano Amodeo to this database?

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, on September 1, 2000, Mr. Gaetano Amodeo applied again for permanent residency. His arrest warrant was issued 18 months before. Again I ask a question of the minister of immigration. Why did her ministry fail a second time to conduct a police check?

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, the name of Gaetano Amodeo appeared on an application for permanent residence on June 28, 1999. The warrant for his arrest had been issued six months previously. My question is for the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. Why did her department not check for a c

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, in 1999 the RCMP was already aware that Gaetano Amodeo was a wanted criminal. Nevertheless, two weeks ago the minister of immigration tried to convince this House that the government's reaction was immediate, while we now know it took two years. How can the ministe

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, for two years the RCMP knew Gaetano Amodeo was a convicted murdered and for two years Mr. Gaetano Amodeo had several contacts with the department of immigration. The department of immigration claimed it did not know. The RCMP says it did know. Either way the governm

Tax On Tools  Madam Speaker, first, I want to congratulate my friend from Acadie—Bathurst on his good news. I agree with the purpose of the motion, which is to do our utmost to improve the economic well-being of workers, in particular employees in trades who need tools to do their jobs. My fa

Coast Guard  Mr. Speaker, last Friday the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans disbanded the Sea Island dive team. He stated it was based on expert recommendations. Yet in 1999, Ms. Lynn Peters, an HRDC technical inspector, did an audit and praised the diving team as an exemplary diving team. Th