Agriculture  Mr. Speaker, when the Canadian agri-food sector established that target of $20 billion in agri-food sales by the year 2000, the trade amounted to about $13.5 billion per year. That was in 1992-93. All of the trade figures are in for 1995 and they are $17.4 billion. That is up 12

Canadian Wheat Board  Mr. Speaker, the hon. gentleman knows that the purpose of the buy back policy as practised by the Canadian Wheat Board is to ensure that all western Canadian grain farmers can share in the value of the pooling process rather than that value being reserved for the limited few. Wi

Canadian Wheat Board  Mr. Speaker, the question contains within it some fundamental fallacies. If, for example, there were a whole flood of individual sales across the U.S. border aimed at certain specific spot prices that might exist for the temporary time being at certain specific delivery points,

Questions On The Order Paper  In 1991 the Canadian Wheat Board initiated a formal process to ensure it is properly structured and staffed to meet future challenges, demands, opportunities and threats. It engaged Deloitte & Touche Management Consultants to conduct a comprehensive operational review, the fi

Income Tax Budget Amendment Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-36, an act to amend the Income Tax Act, the Excise Act, the Excise Tax Act and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act, the Old Age Security Act and the Canada Shipping Act. (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first t

Income Tax Conventionsimplementation Act, 1996  asked for leave to table Bill C-37, an act to implement an agreement between Canada and the Russian Federation, a convention between Canada and the Republic of South Africa, an agreement between Canada and the United Republic of Tanzania, an agreement be- tween Canada and the Re

Farm Debt Mediation Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-38, an act to provide for mediation between insolvent farmers and their creditors, to amend the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act and to repeal the Farm Debt Review Act. (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the firs

Farm Debt Mediation Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to inform the House that in accordance with Standing Order 73(1), it is the intention of the government that this bill be referred to a committee before second reading.

York Factory First Nation Flooded Land Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-39, an act respecting the York Factory First Nation and the settlement of matters arising from an agreement relating to the flooding of land. (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)

Nelson House First Nation Flooded Land Act  asked for leave to table Bill C-40, an act respecting the Nelson House First Nation and the settlement of matters arising from an agreement relating to the flooding of land. (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)

Agriculture  Mr. Speaker, the current tobacco diversification program in Ontario is a joint federal-provincial initiative. It totals about $5.7 million and has been in place since 1994. As of March of this year, 88 projects submissions had been received; 44 had been approved for total of $2.

Canadian Wheat Board  Mr. Speaker, the hon. gentleman's outraged indignation hardly sells well before an audience that knows the details of this issue. The hon. gentleman should know what were the comments made during the 1993 election campaign with respect to a plebiscite. Those comments specificall

Canadian Wheat Board  Mr. Speaker, careful reading of the quotation from the former commissioner of the Canadian Wheat Board will show that he was referring to the other side of the argument, not the side of the argument to which the hon. gentleman refers. On the occasion of the resignation of that f

Questions On The Order Paper  (a) Btk: Due to proprietary information exemptions in the Access to Information Act, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) cannot disclose the total contents of Foray 48B, the particular formula of Btk used for the eradication of gypsy moths. What we can say is that the active

Beef Industry  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. gentleman for his question. I appreciate the concerns which have been expressed by his constituents. Since the government came to office, offshore manufacturing beef imports have not gone up. In fact, they have gone down dramatically. In 1993, they