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Supply Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak in this debate. I must admit that when this resolution came across my desk this morning at about 10 o'clock, I scratched my head and could not quite fathom why a sovereignist party, a party dedicated to sovereignty should propose
March 15th, 1999House debate
John McKayLiberal
Young Offenders Act Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to commend the hon. member for Surrey North who has introduced Bill C-260 to amend the Young Offenders Act. As the House will know, the Minister of Justice introduced youth criminal justice legislation last week. The new legisla
March 15th, 1999House debate
John McKayLiberal
National Housing Act Mr. Speaker, I will not take the entire 12 minutes complete my comments. I was speaking about the situation in my riding and the 1,100 homeless people who are there each and every night and the growing situation in Toronto which I know is being experienced by other cities. Homel
March 11th, 1999House debate
John McKayLiberal
National Housing Act Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak on this matter as homelessness is of considerable concern to the people in my riding and to the people of Toronto generally. Coincidentally, the mayor of Toronto was here yesterday for a meeting with the Prime Minister. It is ir
March 11th, 1999House debate
John McKayLiberal
Supply Mr. Speaker, I do not know what the hon. member has been doing in the House for the past number of years, but if we look at the initiatives on the part of the government with respect to children, I do not think we need to stand down to anyone. Two billion dollars as a Canada chil
March 4th, 1999House debate
John McKayLiberal
Supply Mr. Speaker, as the member well knows, any initiative in this area, any amendments to the Income Tax Act or any separate freestanding act with respect to this issue, has to be done in conjunction with the provinces. If we cannot get provincial co-operation we simply cannot succee
March 4th, 1999House debate
John McKayLiberal
Supply Mr. Speaker, we are not arguing whether this is an anomaly or an inequity. The issue is that it is acknowledged by the finance minister that it is an inequity, an anomaly. If the member were listening, and I know he was listening to everything the minister was saying, he would h
March 4th, 1999House debate
John McKayLiberal
Supply Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for your splitting of hairs. The hon. member is well aware of how hairs get split in the Chamber.
March 4th, 1999House debate
John McKayLiberal
Supply Yes, I did.
March 4th, 1999House debate
John McKayLiberal
Supply Mr. Speaker, I would like to acknowledge at the outset that I will be splitting my time with the hon. member for Wentworth—Burlington. I hope that in this debate I can offer some constructive suggestions with respect to the motion at hand. I will diligently attempt to stay away
March 4th, 1999House debate
John McKayLiberal
The Budget Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the hon. member a question with respect to the impact on Ontario. In Ontario the impact of the budget is that first of all Ontario will receive its share of $3.5 billion. In addition there is a per capita amount that will affect both B.C., Alberta
March 2nd, 1999House debate
John McKayLiberal
Young Offenders Act Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak to Motion No. 508: That—the government should increase the federal share of financial support for the provisions of the Young Offenders Act, with the eventual goal of dividing the costs on a 50/50 basis— On the face of it, this motion has a great de
February 19th, 1999House debate
John McKayLiberal
Division No. 316 Mr. Speaker, I do not think I was linking tuition and equalization directly. My point was on the issue of mobility, that this was a statement of values, that students should not be impeded in terms of their ability to go from province to province for the course outline they wish
February 15th, 1999House debate
John McKayLiberal
Division No. 316 Mr. Speaker, I was with the hon. parliamentary secretary until he got to his last point and then one does not necessarily need to comment on the patently obvious. I appreciate the hon. member's intervention which I think is actually quite enlightening and very helpful. The point
February 15th, 1999House debate
John McKayLiberal
Division No. 316 Mr. Speaker, I am touched to the core by the hon. member's acute observations on the parsement of the speech. I asked some fairly simple and fundamental questions which for the Reform Party is somewhat more of a challenge than it can usually meet. The issue of transparency is so
February 15th, 1999House debate
John McKayLiberal