Budget Implementation Act, 1998   here of the trade deals that governments have negotiated on behalf of capital. The World Trade Organization, the WTO. The free trade agreement with the United States. NAFTA which brings in Mexico. I also think of the multilateral agreement on investment, the MAI. All these things

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

Trade  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for the question. He has expressed a great deal of interest in this subject through his attendance in committee over recent months. Canada has four free trade agreements and one of them is with Israel. As a result of the signing

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

Starred Questions   negotiations, the United States has refused to negotiate improvements and has protected these restrictions in both the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, and the World Trade Organization, WTO, agreements. In the NAFTA and the WTO, Canada protected our ability to utilize similar

Equalization   the right climate, all that sort of thing that we have had to listen to for years. I am also concerned about an argument that I heard just the other day. We need to be aware of this as there is some truth in it. Those who supported the free trade agreement should be concerned about

Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Implementation Act   is quite horrific, and the Canadian people have stated that over and over again. In fact, a recent Angus Reid poll showed the commitment and the strength of the Canadian people. They want to see the abolition of nuclear weapons. When it comes to Canada's complicity in the arms trade

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

Competition Act   in the U.S., and as a comparison what we have in Canada. We will all be startled by the disparity which exists between ourselves and our free trade partners. This important element between our two countries was left out of the free trade agreement. I wish to get a little closer to my

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

Supply   reference to the Red River flood. We will soon be in a position to announce the terms of reference to the IJC. There are legitimate concerns about trade obligations. A handful of critics believe that through the North American Free Trade Agreement Canada has somehow ceded control of our

Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act   tracking Bill C-55 the government is sending a strong message to the United States that it is ready to risk a real trade war. Will the third reading have any effect on today's negotiations to avoid a trade war? I hope the government knows what it is getting into. Peter Foster

Foreign Publishers Advertising Services Act   are not happy with the reported government attempts, including its last minute amendment, to delay the proclamation of this bill. We are suspicious that the government will negotiate our culture away behind closed doors, much as the Mulroney Conservatives did in the free trade agreement. 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

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