Administrative Tribunals (Remedial And Disciplinary Measures) Act  , was appointed a director of Marine Atlantic. Third, Richard Cashin, a longstanding member of the Liberal Party and MP from 1962 to 1965, was appointed a member of the Canadian Transport Harvesting Adjustment Board. Fourth, Dorothy Davey, wife of former Liberal Senator Keith Davey

Sales Tax   it at 50 per cent and it is now down to 22 per cent. There is a long legacy from successive Conservative and Liberal governments where they get us on board with taxpayer money and then leave us high and dry. It was the finance minister who, when running for the leadership

Department Of Health Act   converting the remaining cash transfers to tax point transfers. Index growth in transfers with economic and population growth trends; keep in touch with what is happening in society. Focusing resources was another suggestion. Canadians need to define what constitutes core, essential

The Budget   Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the CBC, subsidies to business and of course the MP pension plan, among other things. The rise in tax deductibility for charitable donations is something with which I agree. It is a good move. Again, if we look at the taxpayers' budget, which

Supply   argues that by doing this British Columbia has discharged any duty it owed to the aboriginal people. As well, the government could compensate the native people with a one time cash payment for loss of hunting, trapping and gathering rights over the lands. It is our intention

Agriculture And Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act   on page 22 states: "In the House of Commons a Liberal government will give MPs a greater role in drafting legislation through House of Commons committees". That is what it said but it is certainly not what it is doing. Last week when Bill C-61 was at report stage, the Liberals

Canadian Wheat Board Act   system, which is on average $22 a tonne, has been pooled. Not only are the farmers who are shipping their grain through Thunder Bay and on down the St. Lawrence paying the extra costs, but all farmers within the wheat board designated area who ship grain to the board are sharing

Members Of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act   and that pension would be indexed for life and payable starting at age 55? This is early retirement by anyone's standards. In the private sector, only 22 per cent of the pension plans are adjusted automatically for inflation. It takes MPs only 19 years to qualify for a full pension. A person

Members Of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act  There are also some people who would say that it is just one way of giving a raise to MPs while avoiding public scrutiny. A study that was done by Sobeco Ernst & Young talks about that. The minister went on at great length about how we are perhaps underpaid and overpensioned

Members Of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act   that was on November 22, when I, the member for Beaver River, introduced the motion on our opposition day to talk about the MP pension plan. So it was hardly some great initiative on the government side. In fact I would love to quote reams out of Hansard of that day. People stood in their places

Supply   right now as an MP and not pay taxes any more because she does not think her tax money should support welfare for the people who really need it? Of course not. Well, she is thinking on that. Those of us who pay are blessed. We are able to pay our taxes and we want them to go

Budget Implementation Act, 1995  , with a generous two tiered MP pension plan. As well as being a bad budget for the Liberal Party it is also a very bad budget for Canada. That is the important matter I want to deal with this morning. Apart from the negative impact of continued debt and taxation, the budget creates some

Act To Revoke The Conviction Of Louis David Riel  moved that Bill C-288, an act to revoke the conviction of Louis David Riel, be read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. Mr. Speaker, on November 28, 1985, under Standing Order 22, better known today as Standing Order 31, the Deputy Prime

Agriculture And Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act   pointed out that resources were being wasted as a result of the incredible confusion with respect to inspection standards. A document from the Food Production and Inspection Branch tells us that the government expects to cut $44 million in this sector over five years, including $22

Income Tax Act   not only to MPs, but also to all citizens. This process is a farce; next week we are going to listen to witnesses, while the report has already been written. What kind of influence are these people going to have? The committee must return to Toronto, at the insistence of the Liberal