Mr. Speaker:

I have the honour to inform the House that a message has been received from the Senate informing this House that the Senate has passed without amendment Bill C-58, An Act to provide for the implementation of treaties for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters and to amend the Criminal Code, the Crown Liability Act and the Immigration Act, 1976; and Bill C-126, An Act to amend the Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act.

Mr. Speaker:

I have the honour to inform the House that a communication has been received as follows:

Government House Ottawa

Sir,

I have the honour to inform you that the Honourable Claire L'Heureux-Dube, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, in her capacity as Deputy Governor General, will proceed to the Senate Chamber today, the 28th day of July, 1988, at 11.30 a.m., for the purpose of giving Royal Assent to certain Bills.

Yours sincerely,

Jean M. Sevigny Deputy Secretary, Operations.

Mr. Geoff Wilson (Swift Current-Maple Creek):

Mr. Speaker, as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the ninth report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture relating to the $22 billion problem, options for the restructuring of farm debt.

In accordance with Standing Order 99(2), the committee will request a comprehensive response from the Government.

Very briefly, the report makes recommendations concerning the concept of equity financing and suggests that the Farm Credit Corporation have a dual role, carrying out government credit policy, being compensated for it, while at the same time having a commercial role to supply long-term farm mortgages.

Finally, the committee identified a need to stabilize the real agricultural costs of borrowed money and suggests some innovative measures such as interest stabilization plans and variable rate insured risk mortgages.

I would like to close by thanking members of the committee on all sides of the House for their efforts over the last number of months in arriving at a comprehensive report in which all Members on all sides of the House have been able to concur.

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

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 106(8), I have the

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Mr. Robert Wenman (Fraser Valley West):

Mr. Speaker, as Chairman of the Legislative Committee on Bill C-123, an Act to amend the Indian Act (minors' funds and surviving spouse's preferential share), I have the honour to present the report of

Petitions

the legislative committee, in both official languages, with amendments.

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Mrs. Pauline Browes (Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of the Environment):

Mr. Speaker, I would like to present to the House today a petition signed by residents of Scarborough, Newmarket, Don Mills, and Thornhill which states that the Rouge River Valley in Scarborough is a unique and precious natural area, and that protecting the endangered wildlife and wilderness areas in the Rouge Valley is in the national interest. They join with the Scarborough City Council, the federal Environment Minister (Mr. McMillan), Save the Rouge Valley System and the Coalition of Scarborough Community Associations and call on the Government to work with the provincial Government of Ontario to establish the Rouge River Valley as a Canadian heritage park or a provincial park.

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

Mr. Speaker, 1 have two petitions to present on behalf of a number of constituents. In one petition, which has been certified as correct under Standing Order 106, the petitioners state that they feel that the fabric of Canadian sovereignty has been threatened by the Canada-U.S. trade deal. They believe that the trade deal will integrate Canada further into the North American defence industrial base. Therefore, they call for a general election on this issue.

I have another petition which is completely different. It is from constituents from western Canada. They, too, believe that the federal Government lacks a mandate from the people of Canada to conclude a trade deal with the United States. They believe that the trade deal as negotiated 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 United States.

I could go on and on. It points out all kinds of problems which they perceive attached to this trade deal.

Basically, they are calling 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.

Mr. Ted Schellenberg (Nanaimo-Alberni):

Mr. Speaker, it is my duty, honour and privilege to present a petition from almost 100 residents of Port Alberni, British Columbia, who 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.

Mr. Patrick Boyer (Etobicoke-Lakeshore):

Mr. Speaker, on behalf of 27 men and women of Etobicoke-Lakeshore I am presenting a petition that has been certified correct both as to form and as to content pursuant to Standing Order 106.

The petition calls upon Parliament to pass a law to protect the life, liberty and security of the unborn at every stage of its development.

Mr. David Orlikow (Winnipeg North):

Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present three petitions signed by residents of Winnipeg who say that the trade agreement negotiated by the Mulroney Government threatens the very fabric of Canadian political and economic sovereignty by removing the power of the Canadian Government to control effectively foreign ownership, to develop Canadian energy resources in the best interests of Canadians, or equalize opportunities between regions.

Therefore, they humbly pray and call upon Parliament to dissolve and allow the people of Canada the opportunity to accept or reject the proposed free trade agreement during a national general election.

Mr. Jim Caldwell (Essex-Kent):

Mr. Speaker, I have the pleasure to present a petition signed by residents of Blenheim, Ridgetown, Morpeth, Chatham and Highgate who humbly pray and call upon Parliament to ensure that research efforts related to schizophrenia will, in the future, be commensurate with the seriousness of this illness in Canada.