If Ottawa Giveth, Then Ottawa Can Taketh

Mr. Speaker, I Am Sure The Picture Of The Hon. Member Of The Ndp [svend Robinson] Is Posted In Much More Wonderful Places Than Just Police Stations.

Whether Canada Ends Up As O­ne National Government Or Two National Governments Or Several National Governments, Or Some Other Kind Of Arrangement Is, Quite Frankly, Secondary In My Opinion...

On The Justification For The War, It Wasn't Related To Finding Any Particular Weapon Of Mass Destruction. In Our Judgment, It Was Much More Fundamental. It Was The Removing Of A Regime That Was Hostile, That Clearly Had The Intention Of Constructing Weapons Systems. ... I Think, Frankly, That Everybody Knew The Post-war Situation Was Probably Going To Be More Difficult Than The War Itself. Canada Remains Alienated From Its Allies, Shut Out Of The Reconstruction Process To Some Degree, Unable To Influence Events. There Is No Upside To The Position Canada Took.

Canada Is In Budgetary Deficit Now Only Because Of The Recession, Only Because Of Stimulus Measures, And We Will Come Out Of It. We Will Go Back Into Surplus Position When The Economy Recovers. So There Is No Need In Canada To Raise Taxes.

The Fact Of The Matter Is, We Have The Strongest Banking System In The World.