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Friends, Following is a list of recently updated topical Hansard files available upon request. I have attempted, more so than in previous notices, to provide very brief blurbs indicating what the new content covers. I hope some of the following items may be of interest. mp Nisga’a Treaty exchanges and comments, largely oppositioin statements from Reform Mps. Most recently a statement by Indian Affairs Minister Jane Stewart that under the treaty provincial law will apply to matrimonial questions. Kosovo & NATO intervention: the early unanimiity amongst the parties in the House of Commons is ending as Reform protests the Government is not supporting Canadian troops sufficienlty and the NDP argues for diplomatic solutions. Meanwhile, Conservative Senators continue to lay the foundation for a pragmatic opposition. Funding of Department of National Defence: In which the Reform Party, the party which weeks to cut back almost every other area of federal spending argues that the NATO intervention in Kosovo should be the occasion for a massive increase in spending to better equip Canadian troops. Hepatitis C: Reform has decided that it is time to renew demands for full compensation for all persons who have contracted Hep C through the Canadian blood supply. Worker Safety: Liberal backbenchers have discovered that April 28 is the national day of mourning for persons killed on the job. Following the Liberal announcement to this effect PC and BQ Members are quicki to join in the solemn declarations of piety. No actual improvements in worker safety in fedrally regulated industries are forthcoming on this solemn occasion. Youth Criminal Justice Act: The Bloc Quebecois campaign for a Quebec exemption from this bill to replace the Young Offenders’ Act because, they say, it is unduly harsh, does not meet the needs of young people, and fails to reflect the values and perpsective of Quebec culture. Perhaps this is an instance in which the “Rest of Canada” might want to join Quebec and abandon the McLellan-Grey Alberta Axis.y Vosey Bay Nickel Project: A PC Motion (Charle Power, St. John’s West) asking for the Government to intervene and to expedite a “land claim and to expedit all environmental studies.” Charter Rights and Preclearance for Travel to the U.S.: Bill S-22, authorizing the United States to preclear travelles and goods in Canada, was amended at third reading in the Senate to protect the Charter Rights of Canadians being interrogated by U.S. officers on Canadian soil. Atlantic Fisheries. NDP MP Peter Stoffer congratulates the Auditor General on his recently released report on the state of the federal government’s management policies of the east coast shellfish industry. The Auditor General’s report on the Atlantic Shellfish and on the Atlantic Groundfish Strategy are available from Mposluns@accglobal either in html or, very soon, in RTF or on the net at “http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/domino/other.nsf/html/99fo01_e.html”. -- Michael W. Posluns, The StillWaters Group, First Nations Relations & Public Policy. Please note new address: mposluns@accglobal.net Phone 416 656-8613 Fax 416 656-2715 36 Lauder Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6H 3E3. We offer Canadian parliamentary debates available by topics and bills.
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