1st Session—33rd Parliament
Ray Hnatyshyn (President of the Privy Council) introduces the second reading of Bill C-74, a bill to enact the Representation Act; the debate includes remarks by Jacques Guilbault, Ian Deans, Marc Ferland, George Baker, Stan J. Hovdebo, Don Boudria, John McDermid (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources), Lorne Nystrom, Bill Attewell, John Parry, W. Paul McCrossan, Jim Manly, Brian Tobin, Ernie Epp, and Les Benjamin.
Question Period opens with a barrage of inquiries directed at Finance Minister Michael Wilson concerning a billion-dollar tax ruling favouring Gulf Canada Ltd. This is followed by questions for Erik Nielsen (Minister of National Defence) and Barbara McDougall (Minister of State for Finance) on the subject of ministerial responsibility for a government bailout of failing banks.
Howard Crosby introduces the second reading of Bill C-230, a bill to enact the Missing Children Search Act; Don Boudria, Ian Waddell, Alan Redway, John Nunziata, Don Ravis, and Reg Stackhouse participate in the discussion.



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