Supply   of his commentary, the police themselves are deeply divided over a departmental policy of not recommending charges in connection with marijuana growing operations. The focus is now on shutting down the operations while allowing the growers in some cases to go free. There are large

Standing Orders And Procedure   Trade, recently demonstrated that when he publicly agreed the Liberal government was wrong in opposing free trade some years ago. I want to indicate that with Standing Order 56.1 there is the concept of unanimous consent as it should be restored to exactly that, unanimous consent

Summit Of The Americas  Mr. Speaker, I would say to my hon. colleague from the Bloc Quebecois that in my own personal view this is not really a talk about free trade. It is more a talk about the protection of investor rights. Would her party not agree that prior to any sort of profitability being

Summit Of The Americas   for Surrey Central has told the people in his riding that health, education and other public services should be on the table. I do not think he would represent the riding for long if he were forthright enough to tell them that. When the Conservatives negotiated free trade they forgot

Modernization Of House Of Commons Procedure   know the position that was taken on the issue, for example, of free trade by the current government with respect to the efforts of the Mulroney administration to bring that policy forward.

Modernization Of House Of Commons Procedure   bills to deny unanimous consent to the House of Commons to force a change in the law of divorce. It was too sensitive for governments to deal with as a matter of initiative, but those two members of parliament at the time, Mr. William Peters and Mr. Frank Howard, used that power

Parliamentarians' Code Of Conduct  , confronted with words that they said earlier in campaign mode, like saying that they would repeal free trade and get rid of the GST, are common words now that ring around the country when we examine the ethics of campaigning. The red book promise has been shredded in terms of its

Free Trade Area Of The Americas  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would seek consent of the House to table the documents referred to by the right hon. member for Calgary Centre with respect to the involvement of Jean Carle in the Auberge Grand-Mère file and the Business Development Bank.

Supply  . Excuse me if I am not completely enamoured with the argument that we should trust the Liberals. We have heard time and time again about the GST, about free trade and about what they would not do if they were elected to office. They have swallowed themselves whole on their promises

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

Economic Policy  Because of free trade. Don't forget that.

Criminal Code   and call them its own. We have seen that happen on many occasions. That is the Janus-like persona of the government. We have seen it on free trade. We have seen it on the GST, privatization, helicopters, and the Pearson airport. The government said one thing in opposition. Then, lo

Parliament Of Canada Act   the free trade agreement and then expand it when elected. It will have to explain why the Prime Minister said very clearly that he would axe the tax and get rid of the GST and it is still here. If we go to the store we see that we are still paying the GST. It was expanded and harmonized

Parliament Of Canada Act   very critical of the current government but even this exercise cannot hold a candle to swallowing itself whole: the GST, free trade, privatization, helicopter programs. This government has not even begun to hold a candle to that record except the red book promises and the red faces

Sales Tax And Excise Tax Amendments Act, 1999  , who helped bring in the free trade agreement and who helped bring in all kinds of regressive policies. I will be very excited if Tom Long wins the leadership of the Canadian Alliance. Then finally those guys will be out of the weeds. There will be a party here that will stand