1st Session—33rd Parliament
The House resumes debate on Bill C-79, a bill to enact the Financial Institutions Depositors Compensation Act; there are speeches by Alfonso Gagliano, Cyril Keeper, André Ouellet, John R. Rodriguez, Warren Allmand, Ian Waddell, Marcel Prud’homme, Jim Manly, Jacques Guilbault, Jean Lapierre, Stan J. Hovdebo, John Nunziata, Lynn McDonald, Charles L. Caccia, Dan Heap, Sergio Marchi, Howard McCurdy, Gaston Isabelle, Neil Young, and Carlo Rossi.
The affairs of the beleaguered Mercantile Bank and Continental Bank are the leading topic in Question Period, followed by questions about industry in Montreal, Justice Minister John C. Crosbie’s statements about the Prime Minister’s Office, and the plight of the Lubican Indian Band in Alberta.
Ray Hnatyshyn (President of the Privy Council) introduces a motion to expedite debate on Bill C-79; Herb Gray, Nelson A. Riis, and Marcel Prud’homme respond.
Neil Young introduces a private member’s motion calling for the declaration of Canada as a nuclear arms–free zone; Gerry Weiner (Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State for External Affairs), Charles L. Caccia, and Marcel R. Tremblay participate in the debate.
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