Cape Breton Development Corporation Divestiture Authorization And Dissolution Act  moved that Bill C-11, an act to authorize the divestiture of the assets of, and to dissolve, the Cape Breton Development Corporation, to amend the Cape Breton Development Corporation Act and to make consequential amendments to other acts, be read the third time and passed. Mr. S

Division No. 1350  moved that the bill be concurred in.

Importation Of Plutonium  No, Mr. Speaker. Canada has undertaken to test certain quantities of MOX fuel to determine their suitability in nuclear reactors such as the CANDU. There has been no agreement, indeed, not even a request for an agreement to move beyond the test.

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, Canadian municipalities are very strong advocates of effective early action to combat climate change and other environmental challenges. In the 2000 federal budget we ear-marked $125 million to assist municipalities to advance that work, $25 million for an enabling

Devco  Mr. Speaker, I said all that on Friday.

Devco  Mr. Speaker, we are in the process of precisely determining the financial implications of the arbitrator's decision. I am pleased that process has come to a successful conclusion. To the extent that arbitration award requires incremental funding from the Government of Canada, the

Mining Industry  Mr. Speaker, the whole objective of the sale process with respect to the assets of Devco is to place the coal mining operations of Cape Breton on a secure long term foundation for the future of the private sector in the most viable terms possible. Obviously we will be looking fo

Grain Transportation  Mr. Speaker, obviously work is ongoing on the memorandum of understanding. It will, in fact, be a public document. Let me remind the hon. gentleman of the reactions of some of the important organizations in western Canada to the announcement we made last week. I refer to the rea

Grain Transportation  Mr. Speaker, the memorandum has obviously not yet been negotiated. There will be ample discussion about the content of that memorandum. And, yes, it will be public before the legislation comes into effect.

Devco  Mr. Speaker, the hon. gentleman in effect is asking for the legislative process with respect to Bill C-11 to be put off until sometime in the fall. Quite frankly that is not in the public interest and particularly is not in the interest of Devco in Cape Breton. That would mean th

Greenhouse Gas  Mr. Speaker, I am very happy to have this question on the eve of what will be next week National Mining Week in Canada. The Canadian mining industry is today releasing a document entitled “Global Climate Change—Taking Action”. It recognizes climate change as not just a challenge

Grain Transportation  Mr. Speaker, I have had the opportunity to discuss in the last short while the principles upon which the government intended to move. Those principles were announced yesterday by the Minister of Transport. In so far as those principles bear upon the operations of the Canadian Wh

Division No. 1286  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have the opportunity to respond to this point. I commend the member for taking the issue of climate change and the emission of greenhouse gasses as serious. It behoves all of us as members of parliament and as responsible citizens of this country, in

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member would know, matters relating to the ownership and management of resources, such as this one, are matters that are entirely within the prerogative of the provincial government. It is up to the province as the owner of the resource to work out the ap

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, again, the hon. gentleman is inviting the federal government to intervene in a matter of provincial jurisdiction. It is entirely within the prerogative of a provincial government as the owner of the resource to work out the arrangements with the potential developers