Immigration  Mr. Speaker, given your elevated status in life I do not know whether you have occasion to take taxis to and from the Ottawa airport. However, other members and I do and, in fact, there will be a rush for the taxis in a short period of time. The likelihood is that I will be picke

Income Tax Amendments Act, 1997  Madam Speaker, far be it for me to refocus the Reform Party on its actual motion, but the motion that is before us is with respect to the impact of the proposed 10% tax on municipalities. The beauty of this motion is that it attempts to focus the activities of a municipality. A

Banks  Mr. Speaker, it was recently reported that a Canadian went into a bank in order to obtain a loan and as a condition of obtaining the loan was required to transfer his mutual funds. My question is to the Minister of State for Financial Institutions. What is he going to do about t

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House tonight to add my congratulations to the Minister of Finance on the balanced budget. Not only did he balance the budget but he brought in a budget with balance. Governing is more than merely making the books balance. If you are not fiscally respo

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, yesterday was International Women's Day. The budget was of considerable benefit to Canada's youth, to low income families and to students. Yet women continue to be disproportionately impoverished. Would the Minister for the Status of Women tell the House what if any

Supply  Mr. Speaker, the short answer is that I do not. The issue is the form of cultural industry which appears to be in need of protection. I believe the minister is in the process of negotiating that form of cultural protection. The issue really is to equally access and have a level

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am somewhat disappointed in the member opposite in that it appears he has missed my major point. I will repeat it. The major point is that the industries which feel they are in need of protection will obtain protection from this agreement. However, those cultural

Supply  Mr. Speaker, the minister has already said that and answered that question fully. It is an agreement of this country and goes through the normal parliamentary process. I do not know why the member needs to be concerned about that.

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the secretary of state for regional development. I am somewhat disappointed in the motion as it fails to move the debate off this eternal merry-go-round. It is in distinct contrast with the participation of the Reform Party in committe

National Parole Board  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the solicitor general. While statistics show that crime is down, the fear of crime is up among Canadians. The parole board has been often criticized when releasing offenders into the very communities in which they were sentenced. What has been do

Parliament Of Canada  Mr. Speaker, 1998 is the 150th anniversary of responsible government in Canada. In 1848 Messrs Baldwin and Lafontaine told the governor general of that time that now the Parliament of Canada and the people of Canada would be responsible for their government, not a foreign monarch

Canadian Executive Services Organization  Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to recognize five members of my constituency of Scarborough East who have made significant contributions to the world community through Canadian Executive Services Organization: John Goldie, Jim and Leslie McDonald, and Roman and Sheila Russ

Supply  Mr. Speaker, nothing focuses the mind like bankruptcy, particularly the bankruptcy of a nation. If the hon. member were staring the budget deficit of $42 billion or $28 billion or $8.9 billion in the face, what would she have not done that we have done the past year? Would she h

Income Tax Amendments Act, 1997  Madam Speaker, I rise in support of Bill C-28. It is an axiom in government that what you do right you do not sell to get credit for, yet when we are giving $1.5 billion back to the system the opposition still criticizes us. We are receiving this fiscal dividend today because of

Euthanasia  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for his efforts in bringing this important issue to the floor of the House. The Parliament of Canada is in fact the proper place for a debate of this magnitude. I was pleased to see that the late Mr. Justice Sopinka recognized t