Organized Crime  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for lowering the tone of hysteria in the House and congratulate him on his thoughtful speech. To state the problem in my respectful view is relatively easy. To come up with examples of organized crime is also relatively easy and to gauge the

Organized Crime  Use the notwithstanding clause.

Ethnic Violence  Mr. Speaker, on Sunday I participated in a memorial service for victims of ethnic violence in Indonesia. The struggle for human rights is as ancient as recorded civilization. From time to time, however, we should note signposts of progress. Three years ago there was a flare up o

Immigration And Refugee Protection Act  Have you read this speech?

Cape Breton Development Corporation Divestiture Authorization And Dissolution Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the intervention of the member opposite who has now produced an audience for us. My essential point was the question as to when is enough enough? To listen to members opposite, one questions whether enough is ever enough. In the course of the last 30 y

Cape Breton Development Corporation Divestiture Authorization And Dissolution Act  Mr. Speaker, I look forward to the opportunity to engage in this debate. Essentially the point I want to bring before the House is that enough is enough. I want to engage hon. members in the summary of the bill which says that this is an act to provide for the disposition of sub

Immigration And Refugee Protection Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for good questions as opposed to other kinds questions sometimes. With respect to the admissibility issue, we heard a great deal of testimony on that point, on admissibility at the airport and should the discretion be in the hands of the

Immigration And Refugee Protection Act  Mr. Speaker, I was fascinated by the hon. member's response to that question. I congratulate the minister on her willingness to listen to the committee, her willingness to listen to other Canadians, and having absorbed that material reflecting on it and producing the bill. It is

Vietnam  Mr. Speaker, Vietnam has been in the news lately: 25 years since the end of the Vietnam war, the execution apparently of an innocent Canadian, and the recall of ambassador. What has not been in the news is the routine way in which Vietnam abuses religious rights. Religious right

Volunteer Week  Mr. Speaker, as we mark Volunteer Week this week, I want to acknowledge an organization in my riding that runs on volunteers. West Hill Community Services was incorporated in 1977 by a caring and committed group of volunteers with a common goal: to improve the quality of life fo

Volunteers  Mr. Speaker, this is National Volunteer Week and it gives us an opportunity to look at some of the profiles of our volunteers. In a report entitled “Religion, Volunteering and Charitable Giving” there is one very startling correlation. The more active one is religiously, the mor

Canadian Cancer Society  Mr. Speaker, this is Canadian Cancer Society's campaign month. An estimated 129,000 cases of cancer occur each and every year in Canada. Each year 63,000 people die from the disease. Each week 2,000 people are diagnosed with cancer, 1,200 of whom die in the course of the disease.

Income Tax Amendments Act, 1999  That is the best part of your speech so far.

Modernization Of Benefits And Obligations Act  Mr. Speaker, the bill is essentially quite simple. It equates common law heterosexual with common law homosexual and moves very close to marriage for the purposes of rights, benefits and obligations. There is not a great deal of legal difference. The operating premise of the bil

Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for giving a classic illustration of exactly what I was talking about. The government is faced with an unhappy situation in that riding. I understand that. Possibly it is a pocket of high unemployment, one of those terrible things. Since it