Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate you on your ascension to the chair. You do indeed look quite comfortable up there. It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to speak to Bill C-18, a bill with which I am quite familiar as a result of sitting on the justice committee for the last two y

Landmines  Mr. Speaker, this is the second anniversary of the signing of the land mines treaty. People are being killed and maimed at a terrible rate even as we sit here in question period. Canada takes great pride in successfully concluding that treaty, but I would ask the Minister for In

Supply  Mr. Speaker, the motion reads: That this House instruct the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to conduct a study of organized crime, to analyze the options available to parliament to combat the activities of criminal groups and to report to the House no later than O

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have a 36 page petition which calls the attention of the House to the following: that one in every five children lives in poverty; that on November 24, 1989 the House of Commons passed a resolution on this issue; that since 1989 the number of poor children has incr

Frank Faubert  Mr. Speaker, I would like to join with the hon. member for Scarborough—Rouge River to pay tribute to a man whose sense of public duty might be seen as a model for members of the House. Frank Faubert died on June 20 of this year. He was born in Scarborough, Ontario. He was proud

Division No. 54  Mr. Speaker, I am glad we have figured out the order of debate. There is probably no other subject that gets Canadians more animated than the subject of youth justice, and we are having another example of that today. There are days that the debate generates more heat than light,

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, the Mike Harris government claims that the majority of immigration sponsors, and I emphasize the majority of immigration sponsors, default on their sponsorship applications. Could the minister of immigration tell this House whether this allegation on the part of the

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak to the motion before the House which calls on the existing 10% individual share ownership rule to be restored and retained. The motion reads as follows: That this House reaffirms its desire to maintain the provisions of section 6.1(a) of the Air Cana

Speech From The Throne  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough for his comments. I thought my speech was about three silos, registered domestic partnerships and so on. However I was asked a question about policing which I do not think I mentioned. Having said that, in

Speech From The Throne  Madam Speaker, I too wish to offer my congratulations to the governor general. I had a pretty interesting summer. For a Liberal MP it was actually a pretty easy summer because people in my constituency appreciate the efforts of the government, the way it has managed the finances

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I present a petition on behalf of 175 citizens who call for an end to the bombing in Kosovo. These people actively oppose the participation of Canada in the bombing. They oppose Canada's participation in the massacre of civilians. They call for an immediate end to t

Supply  Mr. Speaker, the hon. member's premise with respect to the analysis of M. v H. is completely false. M. v H. did not deal with marriage. M. v H. dealt with section 29 of the family law legislation of the province of Ontario, and it dealt with that legislation in section 29. Sectio

Supply  Mr. Speaker, as I said in my speech, in my view parliament is the proper forum to deal with this issue. In fact it has a means to it that allows us to deal with what apparently are irreconcilable concepts. May I suggest that in some respect any motions that deal with same sex ma

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the hon. member for Wentworth—Burlington. I think this is an important debate and I am pleased that the hon. member has brought the issue to the House. The motion reads: That, in the opinion of this House, it is necessary, in light

Workplace Safety  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the hon. member for Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough for bringing this motion to the attention of the House, and his efforts to bring up the motion so that members can reflect on its intent and the issues that it raises for all of us. I know only periphe