Crown Liability And Proceedings Act   American Free Trade Agreement. One of these agreements is the North American agreement on environmental co-operation. This agreement commits the three countries to environmentally sustainable economic growth, to effective enforcement by each country of its environmental laws

House Of Commons Standing Orders   Affairs and Foreign Trade under the leadership of Peter Dobell. The House has benefited as well from commentary on procedural matters by journalists such as Hugh Winsor, Doug Fisher and, yes, Bob Fife. In the immediate past weeks we also benefited from constructive discussions

Customs Tariff   there was widespread recognition that special and differential tariff treatment for developing countries was a means of fostering growth and well-being of those nations. Consequently in 1968 it was agreed at the United Nations conference on trade and development that a system of trade preferences

Supply   in relation to the general public, particularly in respect of free votes. I suggest part of the reason the Reform Party has put this forward is its lack of policy alternatives on other issues. We have witnessed in the last week or so Reform members dwelling on this issue in question

Supply   that Canadians were duped into voting for the Conservative Party in 1988 because they seemed to believe that free trade would bring unbounded prosperity to Canada. We now know that has not been the case. That was discovered by Canadians, unfortunately, in the period between 1988 and 1993

Customs Tariff  Mr. Chairman, I would remind the hon. member that Mexico is now a NAFTA country and does not come under the GPT. It is under the North American Free Trade Agreement. Again let me stress that the GPT is only a minor part of our trade relationships. It is a minor part of our total

Excise Tax Act   in the federal budget of February 22, 1994. Hon. members are no doubt aware of the dramatic growth in tobacco smuggling over the past few years and the profound impact the trade in contraband tobacco products has had on Canadian society. As contraband tobacco products began to assume

Department Of Public Works And Government Services Act   of agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, regional benefits are given a high priority when evaluating bids for major government projects. Examples of regional benefits are not hard to find: $1.2 billion of the Canadian

Social Security Programs   disappeared. We have brought down trade barriers both through GATT and through the North American Free Trade Agreement. Those are being extended rapidly around the world. Second, people from what we once called the third world are joining the global economy. They are producing goods

Code Of Conduct   to certain guidelines where members of the other place are free to carry on businesses, trades or do whatever they wish? Is that the position of her party?

Questions On The Order Paper   to free all political prisoners and end Canadian government funding for the promotion of trade with Indonesia in light of that country's flagrant human rights abuses against the East Timorese.

Canadian Withdrawal From Nafta Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-359, an act to require the withdrawal of Canada from the North American Free Trade Agreement. Mr. Speaker, this bill is a mirror bill to legislation introduced in the United States congress by Peter De Fazio, a Democrat from Oregon

The Budget   to look inward too much and we do not look out to see ourselves as other countries see us. It is useful to do that from time to time. Then we can get a picture of where we stand in relation to the people we trade with, to the people we compete with, to the people who pay their taxes

The Constitution Act, 1996  , if elected, to tear up the Free Trade Agreement. As we know, the Free Trade Agreement is still with us today. In 1993, it wanted to scrap the GST, we should know, we talked about it for one full week, but it never did. Constitutionally, and I will conclude with this, in 1980, Mr. Trudeau

Petitions   military, which continues to occupy East Timor, has inflicted violence and has caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of East Timorese. Therefore these petitioners request that Parliament support an arms embargo against Indonesia, call on the Indonesian government to free all