Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. My amendment points out that there is an absence of information as to how this bill will affect the Canada pension plan. I am unaware, because I have not seen the 19th report and neither has anyone in the House, whether or not that is in

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, when I left off a couple of days ago, I was making reference to the way in which the legislation and this series of changes to the Canada pension plan was modelled by the former minister of finance, the member for LaSalle--Émard, to allow moneys in the Canada pension

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remind the House that last September I brought to the attention of the minister responsible for employment insurance that department's inability to meet the service delivery standards it had promised in Kanata and other parts of eastern Ontario affect

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Palliser for his insightful intervention. Let me continue to give a number of citations from the former finance minister. The next one is from September 26, 1997. This is very important because it indicates the direction in which he and this l

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, I am rising today to respond to government Bill C-58, an act to amend the Canada pension plan and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act. The bill's function as stated by the government is to achieve the following four goals: first, it would permit the transfe

Species at Risk Act  moved: Motion No. 21 That Bill C-5, in Clause 10, be amended by replacing lines 39 to 45 on page 9 and lines 1 to 3 on page 10 with the following: “10. (1) A competent minister may, after consultation with every other competent minister, enter into an agreement in respect of t

Main Estimates, 2002-03  Mr. Speaker, there is a systemic problem that produces the kinds of dilemmas that we get here. It is indicated by the vast amount of money that my hon. colleague just cited. When government is this large and involved in the economy in so many ways, not just in the overtly public

Main Estimates, 2002-03  Mr. Speaker, I would like to speak directly to the point the hon. Conservative House leader has raised. However I just want to go back to a theme that came up in his discussions with the member for Toronto--Danforth. This is an underlying theme I find in the government's defence

Main Estimates, 2002-03  Mr. Speaker, perhaps the way I should phrase this is by not referring specifically to the exchange that took place here but more to the media strategy that goes on outside the House and which consists of saying that if there were any ethical dilemmas government members were caugh

Main Estimates, 2002-03  Mr. Speaker, you have my firm promise that I will be referring only to you in the course of my comments, tempted though I am. I would like to refer back to the debate that occurred between the member for Toronto--Danforth and the Conservative House leader and to address one of t

Golden Jubilee  Mr. Speaker, this year Canada celebrates the golden jubilee of our sovereign, Queen Elizabeth, as she marks 50 years as our Queen and as the head of the Commonwealth. For a half a century Canadians have been blessed with a monarch of grace and dignity. Queen Elizabeth's wisdom h

Supply  Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. My understanding is that under the rules of order of this place the question of relevance applies not only to speakers but also to questions and comments.

Government Contracts  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Prime Minister declared to reporters: If you want to have a good story, give me the names of the guys who are leaking to you. You will have a lot of foul words. And you will have a lot of very easy stories for many months to come. Then last night he u

Government Contracts  We are of course, Mr. Speaker, most eager to see the list of $25,000 donors to the members of the leadership campaign. Last weekend the Prime Minister had to skip a $10,000 per guest cocktail party in Montreal in order to sack his disgraced Minister of National Defence. Happily

Royal Assent Act  Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to speak to Bill S-34, an act respecting royal assent to bills passed by the Houses of Parliament. I will be speaking against the bill but, for the sake of clarification, I will be speaking against it on my own behalf and not on behalf of the Canadi