Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, could the Minister tell me…I think I heard him say that he feels all the other loan guarantees are pretty secure. Is the Minister fairly confident that all the other loans are on good standing and there is no danger of them having to be called on for these loan guarantees? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a few short comments. Some of these comments were brought up in our committee report, but I just wanted to ask a couple of questions anyway. I wanted to ask on the $120,000 increase in grant-in-kind equal to the value of interest of non-negotiated settlement and that is due to diamond manufacturing companies. This is an issue that has come up and there has been some concern raised about how a company could negotiate a settlement for this. I know from hearing about this that the government is probably caught between a rock and hard place, as far as getting...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I wanted to make another comment and I don’t know if it’s totally appropriate on this page. I meant to do it under general comments and I didn’t. One Member was talking about the importance of looking at our Liquor Act and the review of the Liquor Act. I may come from a bit of a different approach than what he says, but I was wondering if the Minister could tell me has there been any money appropriated towards the review of the Liquor Act? You mentioned that it’s a high priority to look at the Liquor Act. How big of a review are we looking at making here? Has there...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just following up on that question where you talk about fines. These wouldn’t be fines that go through the courts then, would they?

Thank you, Madam Chair. Is all of the government under the self-insurance program now? Are all government assets under self-insurance programs now? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I noted in my Member’s statement as well, this is a hardship for some folks that have a family and if they are not getting this record they can’t draw employment insurance. So could I get a commitment from the Minister that he will communicate that to all of the departments to try and speed this process up so that we rectify this problem? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I stated in my Member’s statement, the rules under HRDC are that records of employment have to be submitted within five days of the termination of employment. Do those rules apply to the territorial government? Are they the same as they are for other employers? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to draw attention to an apparent problem that has arisen within our government. The problem I refer to, Mr. Speaker, is the fact that several of my constituents have waited an inordinate amount of time for their record of employment from our government.

As most people are aware, Mr. Speaker, a record of employment is required by Human Resources Development Canada in order for a person to qualify for unemployment benefits. Mr. Speaker, in the employment insurance guide issued by HRDC it states that a record of employment must be issued within...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would certainly encourage the department to do everything they can from internal sources to look at the problem areas in the Liquor Act and see what changes we can make. I know that a lot of the things that are in the Liquor Act now probably would have a lot more impact on residents just if they were enforced. We hear about it on the radio quite often now where they are starting to enforce the Liquor Act a little bit more to establishments that serve alcoholic beverages and that sort of thing. I don’t think we have to go to multi hundred thousand dollar reviews to...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don’t know if any penalties or fines that are levied ever do have to go through the court before they are paid, but if there was a fine associated with the Liquor Commission that had to go through a court system and there was a fine established, then would it go to general revenues or go back into the revolving fund?