2nd Session—33rd Parliament
Deputy Prime Minister Don Mazankowski moves for leave to introduce a bill dealing with the privatization of Air Canada; the motion passes on a recorded vote.
Nelson A. Riis rises on a point of order concerning the necessity of a ways and means motion related to the introduction of the government’s free-trade legislation; Herb Gray responds and the ways and means motion passes following a recorded vote.
Question Period is dominated by inquiries for Prime Minister Brian Mulroney about proposed amendments to Bill C-72, legislation to replace the 1969 Official Languages Act. John C. Crosbie (Minister for International Trade) responds to questions about the recommendations of a Senate committee concerning the Canada–U.S. Free Trade Agreement.
Justice Minister Ray Hnatyshyn introduces debate on the 1987 constitutional accord (the Meech Lake Accord). Bob Kaplan (the Liberal justice critic) and Pauline Jewett (the NDP critic for constitutional matters) also participate in the debate.
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