1st Session—32nd Parliament
The House agrees on a motion to bring the case of Soviet prisoner Anatoly Shcharansky and other Soviet dissidents to the attention of the Soviet Union and other signatories of the Helsinki Agreement at the upcoming Madrid Conference. J. Gilles Lamontagne (Minister of National Defence), Dan McKenzie, and Stanley Knowles pay tribute to members of the Canadian Forces who served in wartime. The federal budget and the United States’ “buy-America” policy are the dominant topics in Question Period. The House resumes its debate on Bill C-6, a bill concerning banking institutions and the establishment of the Canadian Payments Association; there are speeches by Marcel Lambert, Pierre Bussières (Minister of State for Finance), Nelson A. Riis, Pierre Deniger (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State for Multiculturalism), Don Blenkarn, and Bob Rae. Mr. McKenzie introduces the second reading of Bill C-224, a bill to amend the Broadcasting Act; Mark Rose, Douglas Fisher, and Walter G. Dinsdale participate in the debate.
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