Kyoto Protocol   will have devastating consequences for our economy. Canadians deserve a clear explanation. How is the Kyoto accord going to work, and how much will it cost Canadians?

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply   there is no implementation plan and no clear idea in the throne speech on how or when the implementation plan will come about. However, it is more than just not having an implementation plan, it is not actually taking any measures to deal with the problem. Unlike the European countries that have

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply   between what we offer and what the Liberals stand for is clear and unmistakable: on the one hand, inflated Liberal rhetoric coupled with grandiose big government solutions versus our Canadian Alliance approach, which will be responsible, achievable plans based on practical values

Code of Conduct   chosen by parliament, accountable directly to parliament as an officer of parliament, with a clear legislative mandate will do to ensure that this rot does not continue. The continual refusal of the government to allow for such an officer is really incredible. Most modern functioning

Cabinet Ministers  Mr. Speaker, it became clear yesterday that the Prime Minister fired his most influential senior cabinet colleague for reasons he is unwilling or unable to explain. He has now assigned his government's two most important functions, finance and national security, to a single

Ethics   the Deputy Prime Minister now says that some Canadians were offended by his behaviour during the Shawinigate affair. Having failed to establish in nine years clear ethical standards for his cabinet, for himself and for his government, will he now act and appoint a fully independent

Supply   of NATO's deterrence strategy, even though it was made clear that NATO members, including the United States, Britain and France, were not interested in such a review. In 1996-97 Canada aggressively pushed forward with the treaty to ban landmines without giving due consideration to U.S

Government Contracts  Mr. Speaker, the minister should be responsible for the contracts in his department. The transaction he should have participated in was paying for that chalet himself right off the bat. It is clear the minister acted inappropriately, whether by incompetence or by design. We

Government Contracts  Mr. Speaker, I will just ignore the sounds of violins for a second. I want to be clear. The minister received a favour from a government contractor. Subsequently, his company received three-quarters of a million dollars in contracts from the minister's department. The minister

Supply   dollar and the health care system but most of the cabinet is engaging in a self congratulatory rallying around the ethical dilemmas of the government. Let us be clear what about we did not get from the Prime Minister. We did not get any kind of ministerial statement or ethics package

Government Contracts  Mr. Speaker, we expect open and honest information here, not to have to make 58,000 access to information requests. Canadians deserve to have the air cleared. One Quebec based advertising executive said that he was told he lost out on government business because his donations

Canada Elections Act   the government and the procedure and House affairs committee to study them. I also mention them to make it clear that, in spite of our very different approaches and opinions on these very contentious issues, they are not the reason we lack unanimous agreement for the bill. It would

Canada Elections Act   would maintain is the case under the Constitution. The Reform Party view is of a federal state where both the provinces and the federal government are entities with clear powers in their own jurisdictions. Both have rights to communicate with their citizens directly. I will deal

Canada Elections Act  . It was worded very broadly. The Reform Party-myself and the leader of the Reform Party-proposed an amendment to that motion which would have made it clear that this particular motion did not give additional powers to the Government of Quebec, did not circumscribe charter rights and did

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal For United Nations Peacekeeping Act  , to come out saying publicly from the general right on down to the private that they are ready to do, they feel confident and they are looking forward to the challenge. Everyone who deals with the military knows that most of the time these people know that there are no clear rules