Atlantic Accord  Mr. Speaker, yesterday there was a conflicting message here in the House over budget documents. The Minister of Finance states that, the Atlantic accords undermine principles on which the equalization program is based and undermine the overall fairness of the federal programs. Ye

Atlantic Accord  Mr. Speaker, in Newfoundland and Labrador it is the skipper that we want but it is Gilligan that we got. When the Atlantic accord came into the House that party did not even vote on it. Those members sat on their hands. I will try this one more time. Will the Minister of Finan

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest to the member. On the sports issue, I am always a little puzzled when the Conservatives talk about how this is a substantial savings for many of our young athletes. In my riding the athletes have to pay so much money for travel and equi

Atlantic Accord  Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Finance uses the Atlantic accord as an example of something that is wrong within the Canadian federation. Is he telling us that what is fair in Atlantic Canada is not fair for the rest of Canada? My question is for the Minister of Fisheries and Ocean

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the Minister of Transport on his recent election. He talked about his local riding of Pontiac, about economic self-sufficiency and how he plans to prosper in his riding. In our province and across many smaller communities one of the great programs t

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to congratulate my hon. colleague on his election to the House, but I would like to make a few comments about the speech itself. When he talks about long ignored, long ignored and long ignored, I would like to point out something that was

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the hon. member opposite. I have a question concerning the issue of our smaller communities. She seems to be quite a strong advocate for our communities and I commend her for that. In my home province of Newfoundland and Labrador we hav

Fisheries and Oceans  Mr. Speaker, today is World Fisheries Day, and this is a resource that feeds millions of people around the world each and every day. However, more than 70% of the world's resources of fisheries are fully exploited or depleted. More than a year ago the government embarked on a st

Supply  Mr. Speaker, I must admit I wholeheartedly agree with the beginning of the member's speech when she stated that this is a very unusual motion. Indeed, it is very unusual. Unfortunately, the whole thing went downhill from there. A case in point, the member illustrated her point b

Remote Sensing Space Systems Act  Mr. Speaker, this is certainly of grave concern to us all. Let me just address one more time what I outlined earlier, and I will repeat this for the benefit of the hon. member. Under present policy guidelines which were set out in cabinet in 1986, Canada closely controls the exp

Remote Sensing Space Systems Act  Mr. Speaker, indeed, there is a role. RADARSAT had proven itself in its original genesis, as I mentioned before, in many respects when it comes to image sensing. Imagine sensing can be used in many ways covering many industries, of course, such as sea temperature change and weath

Remote Sensing Space Systems Act  Mr. Speaker, the Privacy Commissioner certainly has given his blessing to this one. Just to add more information, the government met with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner prior to tabling this legislation and it had no recommendations for provisions dealing with privacy ri

Remote Sensing Space Systems Act  Mr. Speaker, minus the facial hair, I did have a past existence as somewhat of an expert on the matter of weather. I still do as weather is still an issue in my riding. I had the honour of meeting RADARSAT during the genesis of it. I was astounded by the technology of it for man

Remote Sensing Space Systems Act  Mr. Speaker, during committee review of the bill some hon. members sought changes to incorporate the protection of unspecified provincial interest in the bill. One of these amendments serves as a point of additional clarification. I speak of the addition of clause 4(3)(c) which a

Remote Sensing Space Systems Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to explain to hon. colleagues how many of the concerns expressed regarding Bill C-25 have been met with the amended bill that we asked the House to pass. I will concentrate on five major concerns that have been raised: provincial acce