Kyoto Protocol  . The member from Quebec mentioned what his province was doing. The member who just spoke made some inconsistent remarks in his short speech. His future leader has flipped and flopped on a lot of things, including GST, free trade, tax cuts, and military spending. He has flipped again

Prebudget Consultations   and integrity within the government. We have seen ample examples in recent days and months and we can go back to the very beginning with the many reversals in the red book on GST and free trade. One of the issues that continues to be a shortcoming of the government is its inadequate funding

Prebudget Consultations  . At the same time the government continued about this very hypocritical process of telling Canadians one thing and doing another. Another example was free trade, which again was condemned. Liberal members opposite campaigned adamantly against it. All sorts of misinformation was spread

The Budget   but it is also a fact that the government has done its very best to deal with the matter of access to universities and colleges across the country. The extraordinary thing is that in the province of Quebec, the Cegep, going to college is actually free. Here is one jurisdiction, with whatever

Transportation Amendment Act   the entire mechanism that created port security and then says “Please give us a big round applause for putting just a tiny bit of it back in”. Regarding freight rail, the government needs to do something to ensure that we have all aspects of good free movement of grain for prairie

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Speaker, of course we like free trade. We invented it, unlike the minister opposite. The Minister for International Trade is ignoring the representatives of the softwood lumber industry but listening to the handful of CEOs who donated in excess of $30,000 to the Liberal

Criminal Code   how many rooms, while the workers at Enron have lost all their pensionable savings. How that can happen in a free and open democratic society like the United States is beyond me. The question is, can it happen here? Without legislation it probably could. We are hoping

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister will no doubt recall his great public pronouncement in 1993 when he said: It's time to elect politicians that serve the public rather than serve themselves. Things sure have changed in 10 years: broken promises on the GST; free trade

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, unlike the current Minister of Finance, I actually kept my promise to complete a leadership contest. The current minister is part of a government that broke its word on the GST, free trade, the helicopter contracts, the Pearson airport contract, every major promise

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply   seen on GST, free trade and the exorbitant promises that were made about what we would do or what we would see in terms of funding for our Canadian military. All of that is awash. The Hansard s of this place are littered with those particular promises that were made

Softwood Lumber   be disastrous for workers, their communities and the companies in these country. For those in Atlantic Canada, we have an exemption in the Maritime accord. We are asking the government to continue to fight through the free trade deals to ensure that Canada's forest companies, their workers

Softwood Lumber   to compete with us on an open market, free trade basis, they stand up on their hind legs and slap on duties or tariffs, and we know why. We know the political pressure in the United States is extremely strong. The pressure that states like Mississippi and Tennessee put on their senators

Reinstatement of Government Bills   for LaSalle--Émard. Now he is in a position to do that. I am reminded by my colleague from New Brunswick that they were going to renegotiate free trade. That did not happen. The Liberals were going to do Parliament and public life differently. I will give them that. They are doing

Supply   out there in that document, that red-faced reversal document known as the red book where the Liberals promised to get rid of the GST and to renegotiate free trade. They were going to clean up government. Do members remember that whopper? They were going to reinvigorate Canada's

The Budget  . However, other provinces have responded by raising tuition fees. The contrast I would give would be between the province of Quebec and the province of Ontario. The province of Quebec has moved to two free CEGEP college years while the province of Ontario has moved to eliminate free