Mr. Marchi:

I hope someone starts to act rather than just to look.

Mr. Sergio Marchi (York West):

Mr. Speaker, in the Government's great urge to cut, cut, cut, it has once again forgotten about people needs and people concerns.

Just recently the Government announced the cancellation of a $58 million tax centre to be built in the city of North York. Government representatives were quoted as saying that it was part of a move to trim the construction budget. Well, it appeared that they used a machete to do their trimming.

This unfortunate trim means that the City of North York will lose $1 million in tax revenues. It will mean a loss of 3,000 jobs, 1,000 full-time and 2,000 part-time. It will also mean a loss of hundreds upon hundreds of jobs that would have been created in the construction sector. It means the loss for North York citizens of the many services that were to be theirs. The City had approved the rezoning of the 20-acre, 42,000 square foot complex. Everything was in place. However, in one fell swoop we lost jobs, services, and civic pride.

This is the sad reflection of an insensitive, unilateral, job losing cut-back that looks only at statistics rather than to the people behind those statistics.

I therefore ask the Minister of National Revenue (Mr. Beatty) to reverse this unfortunate decision and give credibility to the expectations that he created for the Department of Revenue when he was in opposition.

Mr. Marchi:

Mr. Speaker, my supplementary question is, in light of the fact that the Quebec Human Rights Commission spent two years and $300,000 studying the problem, is the Government prepared to act on some of its recommendations, including affirmative action programs, and not give Canadians the generalities which we have seen over the last two months?

Mr. Sergio Marchi (York West):

Mr. Speaker, I would like to address my question to the Minister of State for Multicul-turalism. During the recent election campaign, his Leader, as a major part of his Party's policy, declared in Toronto: "We will stamp out racism wherever it rears its ugly head." The Minister will surely know that the Quebec Human Rights Commission recently concluded without a doubt that racism and discrimination prevails in the Montreal taxi industry against black Canadians and members of the Haitian community. In addition, East Indian Canadians in Hamilton yesterday filed the same grievance.

My question is very straightforward. In light of the fact that this ugly head of racism has unfortunately and clearly identified itself, what specific and immediate proposals will the Minister and the Government introduce in the House of Commons to address specifically these two abusive cases which are causing economic inequalities among Canadians?

Mr. Sergio Marchi (York West):

Mr. Speaker, my supplementary question is directed to the same Minister. I am quite troubled by the fact that we are breaking down racism on a regional basis-