Canada Post Corporation Act   bargaining rights as do rural route postal workers in the United States. In this day and age of free trade, globalization, NAFTA, et cetera, why would the so-called great democracy below us, the United States, allow its rural route mail couriers in its many rural areas to have

Financial Administration Act   debate on it, which was never completed, no supply was voted during the two-week session. The free trade bill was introduced and passed in all stages with the multiple use of closure. The passage of that bill ended the session. The Commons adjourned for Christmas to a fixed date

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

An Act To Give Effect To The Requirement For Clarity As Set Out In The Opinion Of The Supreme Court Of Canada In The Quebec Secession Reference   control and on the price of gasoline. It occurred on the GST. It occurred on free trade. The list goes on and on. The hon. member is perfectly right when he suggests that the trust that Canadians should place in the Liberal government at this time should be very suspect. We should

Youth Criminal Justice Act   that to be a complete abdication of responsibility on the part of the government. There are other examples of the current government having recognized good policies like free trade and GST. Let us forget about what it said before. We know what it did afterward and those policies are still here. We

Division No. 354  ? They misled them on that one. They will break their promise just as they did on GST, day care and free trade. It goes on and on. It was just a power grab and they misled some very wonderful people. I am absolutely disgusted. I will now deal for a moment with members of the Reform Party

The Public Service Of Canada  Mr. Speaker, as with free trade and the GST, once again the Liberals are breaking one of their campaign promises. This time they are breaking the 1993 election promise to eliminate regional rates of pay, a policy that pays 11,000 federal government workers a different salary

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

Programs For Young People   future when it decided in the last round of world trade talks to lower auto tariffs from 18% down to just over 6%. In the past, the Halifax small plant was valuable to Volvo because it gave the firm the right to import cars to Canada under duty free under the auto pact. Yet Ottawa

Supply   and Canadians should be pleased with them. However, I wonder if the hon. member will acknowledge and recognize that it was the previous Conservative government that implemented many of the very important economic policies, like the free trade agreement and the much hated and maligned GST

Criminal Code   to answer questions, and the word helicopters comes to mind. Canadians know better. Canadians know that the Airbus affair was political revenge from the Liberals extracted upon a man from whom they had been stealing ideas and programs since they were elected in 1993. I mention free

Income Tax Amendments Act, 1997   the Reform agenda every worker in the country would probably make $15,000 or $20,000 a year. With its anti-union and anti-worker bias everybody would be making that. The Reform Party loves this global competition we are in. Ever since free trade, the NAFTA and now that the MAI, which I

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

Criminal Code   in the legal system. The bill makes provision for a mandatory appeal. It is a very American piece of legislation. I think we have to say that what we are doing here is free trade on certain kinds of justice issues. We are importing American legislation into this country, into a judicial

Amendment To The Constitution Of Canada (Quebec)   discipline rather than under a free vote and had no clear evidence in favour of a consensus. The Quebec national assembly chose not to consult Quebec citizens by holding a referendum on the proposed amendment and finally the current Quebec government did not propose this amendment during