Luc Berthold Conservative MP for Mégantic—L'Érable (Québec)

Foreign Affairs   which endanger their lives, by giving them significant aid which very often means the difference between life and death for them. These great values have guided our action abroad and earned Canada its international reputation and credibility as a defender of peace. However, on his

Foreign Affairs   what Canada's presence abroad means. This brings me to say that the debate we are having today as parliamentarians should lead us to answer two main questions. The first is what exactly does it mean in terms of resource allocation to participate in a peacekeeping or a peacemaking

Speech From The Throne   the most beautiful riding in Canada, can count on me to represent them well in this House. I will do my job in a vigorous and dynamic manner. My actions and decisions will always be based on the principles of respect, equity and dignity. Last October 25 the population made a choice

Defence Policy   this is the right and proper way to produce a white paper. By way of introduction I want to give some indication of how I plan to organize my thoughts today. I want to have a look at the traditional way we have gone about producing defence policies in Canada. Then I want to expand and have

Supply   ministries and crown corporations wasting thousands of millions of dollars of taxpayers' money. Guided by the report of the Auditor General of Canada we believe that the wasted public funds and the different cases of mismanagement are drops in the ocean. A parliamentary committee

Supply   it can do. There is a precedent in that the Canada food guide is very much a part of the school curriculum. We have to deal with this matter at some point in meetings of the federal, provincial and territorial governments. I applaud the member for having tried the program. I

Product Packaging   last summer food regulatory issues including food and beverage packaging and labelling which used to be dealt with by the food division of the former Consumer and Corporate Affairs of Canada have become a part of the mandate of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. I would like to take

Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994  . Of course all members in the House say that, but my constituency is so wonderful that it happens to contain three of Canada's national parks. My riding has Kootenay National Park, Yoho National Park and Glacier National Park, which gives you an idea of the grandeur of the area I

Agriculture   our agri-food sector one of the very best in the world. That is our goal and nothing less will do. Last night I had the opportunity to attend in Toronto a final meeting of the Agri-Food Competitiveness Council of Canada. It is a group of individuals representing a broad cross

Agriculture   of the agricultural sector to Canada's future. Agriculture is important because we all have to eat, because of its contributions to GNP and the balance of payments and because, as others have pointed out, it is the economic underpinnings of most of rural Canada. However, there is another reason

Agriculture   producteurs agricoles du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, in its activity report for 1992-93, has also changed its strategy and talks about winning new markets. On page 7, the report says that this new theme in the agricultural and agri-food sector will guide our planning for the next decade

Agriculture  , Canada's farmers cannot continue to produce the high quality nutritious food they are famous for. Over the past few years all Canadians have come to recognize the importance of protecting the environment. Many Canadians have changed the way they go about their daily lives

Supply   the provinces what must be done in the schools; it is a provincial jurisdiction. Sure we have the Canada food guide and we tell young people what they should and should not be eating, but we have to respect the Constitution. However we have to work with the provinces on spotting

Supply   Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The department has established a single access food labelling service for the Canadian food industry. The service consolidated food labelling activities involving the former departments of consumer and corporate affairs and agriculture under four different