Pictou Landing Indian Agreement Act  Madam Speaker, the hon. member seems to have a lot of knowledge about this agreement. My questions relate to the situation at the reserve and adjacent to Boat Harbour itself. Are the conditions such that the member would anticipate a significant number of members from the reserv

Aboriginal Affairs  Mr. Speaker, we are proud that we stand up for British Columbians and we are proud that we stand up for all Canadians. We believe in equality. I want to read the quote to the parliamentary secretary again: We are the true owners of British Columbia. The Indians across

Kosovo   in 1995 were successful in many ways. In due course a treaty was signed which has since then worked fairly well. I visited Bosnia with the foreign affairs committee in the fall of 1997 and was able to see some of the success of the Dayton accord and the post-Dayton situation

Yukon Surface Rights Board Act  Mr. Speaker, in the opening comments by the member who just spoke there were some statements regarding the Reform's concerns about the ability of the Council of Yukon Indians to designate its representatives to this board. On the contrary, we have no concerns about its ability

Aboriginal Affairs  Mr. Speaker, we are not talking secession here; we are talking sovereignty association, a sovereign state. I asked the minister about creating a state within a state in the province of British Columbia. I am sure that he wants to respond again. He says that Quebec cannot take o

Committees Of The House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 22nd report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts regarding Chapter 14 of the September 1998 auditor general's report entitled “Indian and Northern Affairs Canada—Comprehensive Land Claims”. I

The Budget   department that was not affected was the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. We did not cut the budget of that department. But there are strategies laid out in this budget. There will be a significant health care announcement regarding the aboriginal community in my

Finance   all this money developing all these systems and forgetting the Y2K computer problem and the year 2000 is approaching, so let us make sure that it is Y2K compliant. These types of things are inexcusable. With regard to Indian and northern affairs, a consultant said it would take

First Nations Land Management Act  Mr. Speaker, I welcome the hon. member's comments. I served on the yes committee in my riding for the Charlottetown accord. I agree that probably for the first time Indian rights, self-government and so on were included in a constitutional type of document. I think

Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Implementation Act   apparently has enough plutonium to build 455 atomic bombs, if all the plutonium available to it is added up, whether it comes from Canadian reactors or was acquired specifically to build bombs. Given that 8 of the 10 Indian nuclear reactors are Candu reactors, we should take a look

Committees Of The House   it is automotive or whatever. Canada's natural resources, our commodity industries, are continuously sold out by our foreign affairs department in collaboration with the other departments in charge of our natural resources. The whole question of foreign fishing observers getting 100% coverage

Supply   the minister of Indian affairs signed a milestone agreement with the native peoples of Manitoba opening the way to full self-government. This is the product of negotiations and a willingness to come to an agreement. It was not necessary to rewrite the Constitution

Supply   less? It makes an ass of the system. I am sorry to use something that may be close to unparliamentary language, but I am talking about the system, not a member, although that sometimes is open for debate. Let me use another example, which is the Department of Indian Affairs

Nunavut Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today to make a few comments on this bill. I make my comments on behalf of the member for South Shore, our Indian affairs critic, who was unable to be here today because of pressing public business. The creation of a new territory in the northeastern

Budget Implementation Act, 1998   minister has to deal with crime prevention and appropriate behaviour can best be taught between the years of zero and six. Then we have the department of Indian affairs. We know that children among our aboriginal populations are severely at risk. Finally we have the Minister