Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1998   environmental issues transcend boundaries there is no reason for the federal government to interfere in provincial affairs. Federal-provincial co-operation is essential to ensure environmental policies are carried through. Clearly provinces must be involved in this process as Environment

Revenue  Mr. Speaker, first the minister of Indian affairs failed to tell the House how and why the contents of a confidential letter of complaint were released. Now five years of personal income tax returns of Mr. John Thiessen of Winnipeg were released to the Manitoba Public Insurance

National Defence Act   in Canadian history that an order in council has been used to shut down a commission of inquiry. The reason that happened was the commission was about to investigate the involvement of the Liberal government in the Somalia affair. Allegations of murder, the cover-up of murder, the failure

Government Expenditures  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Prime Minister committed his government three times to cutting the budget. We have asked the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development where he is going to cut and we have not had an answer. We have asked the Minister of Industry twice so we

Fisheries  Mr. Speaker, the fisheries minister and the foreign affairs minister do not know who is in charge for starters. The fisheries minister is always talking conservation, conservation, conservation. What about honesty, integrity and leadership on this issue? The priority

Income Tax Amendments Act, 1997   programs and no cuts to national parks or amateur sports. We would cut Indian affairs by 21% or $920 million. We would give the funds directly to natives, not to band councils, bureaucrats and lawyers. I come from a province with a lot of ongoing negotiations. The people who are making

Canada Labour Code   legislation or aboriginal affairs, it is always the same thing. It is the Liberal fudge. That is what we are seeing. When it comes to the Canada Labour Relations Board that is revamped and renamed under the bill, I hoped we would have seen something invigorating, something refreshing

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to follow up on the question I raised in the House approximately a week ago. I asked the minister of Indian affairs about the problems of accountability on reserves and the fact that unfortunately many of the people were extremely

Speech From The Throne  ". I urge the Prime Minister to use the insight and wisdom he displayed then, as minister of Indian affairs and the minister responsible for this white paper, to put an end to the aboriginal fishing strategy. On another point, we fully support all efforts by the government to put

Supply   the one who is primarily accountable or is it the minister of foreign affairs? We do not know right now. People are questioning who is the accountable party.

Supply   to the Pacific salmon treaty. Even now the commitment from our foreign affairs department as to the priority of resolving issues around Pacific salmon with the United States is questioned by many. Our federal fisheries minister has failed to demonstrate that resolution of the treaty is his

Canada Marine Act  Mr. Speaker, we have on the west coast a lot of community problems originating from the designation of ports and port facilities and we have some ongoing discussions and negotiations at the local level in terms of how they are going to manage their affairs given the devolution

Aboriginal Affairs  Mr. Speaker, he said it. I will withdraw it.

Aboriginal Affairs  I will withdraw, Mr. Speaker.

Bill C-234  , the minister of Indian affairs and others indicated publicly that they would support the repeal of section 745. That bill, having received the endorsement of this Parliament, was then sent off to the justice committee. What a farce that was. The committee members rushed the bill through