Mr. Jim Hawkes (Parliamentary Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister and President of the Privy Council):

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 106(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the Government's response to petitions Nos. 332-4703, 332-4706, to 332-4708 inclusive, 332-4710, 332-4712, 332-4715, 332-4823, 332-4824, 332-4833 and 332-4895.

[Editor's Note: See today's Votes and Proceedings.]

Mr. Nelson A. Riis (Kamloops-Shuswap):

Mr. Speaker, this is really the first opportunity I have had to raise this point of order. I do so to get today's business off on a most positive and parliamentary note. I have just had a chance to review Hansard for yesterday. At page 17511, the Hon. Member for Calgary West (Mr. Hawkes), referred to the Hon. Member for Essex-Windsor (Mr. Langdon) as lying. I just make the point that this is unparliamentary language, and I would ask the Hon. Member to do the honourable thing and withdraw that remark.

Mr. Jim Hawkes (Parliamentary Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister and President of the Privy Council):

Mr. Speaker, I thought I had withdrawn any unparliamentary reference yesterday. I am pleased to be able to do so again. I would point out that the same page of Hansard shows that I did use the word "most". The Hon. Member kept insisting I used the word "all". I was correct. The statement made by the Hon. Member opposite was totally incorrect. He would not

correct it. He was wrong. If I slipped into using the term "lying", an unparliamentary term, I am sorry, but I hope he might stand later this day and apologize for misrepresenting what I said.

Mr. Speaker:

I think all Hon. Members know that there are times in this place when in the heat of debate, or what passes for debate, people say things that on quiet reflection they perhaps would not have said. I appreciate very much the Parliamentary Secretary withdrawing that remark and I appreciate the Hon. Member for Kamloops-Shuswap drawing it to the Chair's attention.

Mr. Bill Tupper (Nepean-Carleton):

Mr. Speaker, I have the honour this morning to present the third report of the Standing Committee on Regional Industrial Expansion, in both official languages. Furthermore, in accordance with Standing Order 99(2), the committee requests a comprehensive response from the Government.

This committee report deals with a study of an industrial policy for Canada. The committee heard from a great variety of witnesses from a great variety of backgrounds and from all regions of Canada.

The report provides an historical overview of the industrial development of Canada, the policies that have been in place over the years and how they have enhanced and, at times, impeded our industrial development.

Primarily, the report recommends that our industrial initiatives in Canada be market-driven, all the while having respect for our regional needs and programs, as well as having respect for our cultural and social priorities. Further, it recommends that there be a strong linkage always between our industrial initiatives and our research and development initiatives. Finally, it recommends with equal strength that there be good government-sponsored retraining programs in Canada to help those workers who are part of sunset industries to move to emerging industries.

July 14, 1988

Petitions

Mr. Felix Holtmann (Selkirk-Interlake):

Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to present from the Standing Committee on Government Operations the seventh and eighth reports to the House, in both official languages.

The seventh report deals with the National Capital Commission. With respect to statues on the Hill, it recommends that the NCC also consider erecting other statues as well as those of former Prime Ministers. Our main concern was with respect to monarchs.

In the eighth report we have entertained the Prince Edward Island Truckers Association in that consideration be given to it in terms of federal government tendering in that province and that it be treated the same way federally as it is provincially.

[Editor's Note: See today's Votes and Proceedings.]

knife is integral to legitimate work, such as the fishing industry, or for a religious reason as in the case of the Sikhs.

Mr. Bill Tupper (Nepean-Carleton):

Mr. Speaker, I have the pleasure this morning to present a petition signed by several tens of persons from eastern Canada. This petition addresses the striking down of Section 251 of the Criminal Code of Canada, which has left Canadians without any law restricting abortions.

The petition addresses the fact that nothing in the Supreme Court decision has established abortion as a right. Furthermore, it addresses the fact that human life is a continuum from the moment of conception to the moment of death and that there is no point in time between conception and the birth of an infant at which point we could say that this is not a human life.

Mr. Nelson A. Riis (Kamloops-Shuswap):

Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure and honour to present a petition on behalf of a number of petitioners from the great City of Kamloops, British Columbia. They believe that the federal Government still lacks a mandate from the people of Canada to conclude a trade deal with the United States. They believe that in the course of the negotiations Canadian sovereignty was compromised. They also feel that this deal would deny Canada the policy freedom to determine its own economic future and would undermine Canada's ability to build a society distinct from that of the U.S.

Therefore, they call upon Parliament to dissolve now to allow the people of Canada an opportunity to accept or reject the proposed trade deal during a national general election.

Ms. Margaret Mitchell (Vancouver East):

Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to rise once again to present some 14 petitions containing several hundred names concerning the whole question of the danger of knives in public places.

The many people who have signed these petitions which I have been presenting for some time now are concerned that the high incidence of crimes, including murder, robbery and sexual assault, committed with knives is on the increase. In fact, there was an incident in Ottawa yesterday.

The petitioners call once again-and I hope that the Government and the Minister of Justice (Mr. Hnatyshyn) will take note-for amendments to the federal Criminal Code to prohibit the carrying of knives by citizens in public places. The exceptions to this ban include activities in which the use of a

The petitioners call upon Parliament to pass into law legislation that will protect the life of the unborn child from conception and at all stages of development, with the exception of the extremely rare situation in which an abortion is performed in order to save the life of the mother.

Mrs. Therese Killens (Saint-Michel-Ahuntsic):

Mr. Speaker, I have the pleasure and duty to table a petition signed by 214 residents of Gatineau, Hull, Maniwaki, Shawville, Campbells Bay, Cantley, and Buckingham.

The highway safety campaign continues. The petitioners hope that car manufacturers will soon incorporate their requests into the production of future cars. Since 1974 highway safety regulations have allowed the installation of air bags for drivers of passenger cars. The petitioners believe that this device would reduce the number of serious injuries on the roads.

For these reasons the petitioners humbly ask Parliament to order car manufacturers to install air bags in the front seat of cars, and to install adjustable seat-belts with shoulder straps for the rear passengers.