Canada is proud to have been able to contribute to this debate, and it is pleased by this change of attitude on the part of the South African government, since it will benefit millions of men, women— The Deputy Speaker: The hon. member for Winnipeg—Transcona.

A great Canadian of South African origin, the Lion of Africa, Nelson Mandela, and his wife, Graça Machel, were greeted by 13-year-old Carnelle Grabriel and Nurul Mozunder at the school's doors and escorted to their seats.

I must reiterate the genuinely tragic effects of violent crime suffered by the South African people, particularly women, as well as the communities of immigrants from Europe.

16. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the governments of the Member States, the EU-ACP Council, the Government and Parliament of Zimbabwe, the Government and Parliament of South Africa, the UN Secretary-General, the Presidents of the Commission and Council of the African Union, the Secretary-General of SADC, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, former South African President Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and appropriate presidents of sporting federations.

Another South African delegate described efforts to provide basic education as well as electoral laws that stipulate how women will be educated in their preparation for the voters' roll.

Your Committee also examined 10 bills including C-4, An Act to amend the Standards Council of Canada Act; C-5, An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Income Tax Act; C-15, An Act to amend, enact and repeal certain laws relating to financial institutions; C-19, An Act to implement the Agreement on Internal Trade; C-36, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, the Excise Act, the Excise Tax Act, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act, the Old Age Security Act and the Canada Shipping Act; C-37, An Act to implement an agreement between Canada and the Russian Federation, a convention betwe ...[+++]en Canada and the Republic of South Africa, an agreement between Canada and the United Republic of Tanzania, an agreement between Canada and the Republic of India and a convention between Canada and Ukraine, for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income; C-70, An Act to amend, the Excise Tax Act, the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, the Income Tax Act, the Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act and related Acts; C-82, An Act to amend certain laws relating to financial institutions; C-92, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, the Income Tax Application Rules and another Act related to the Income Tax Act; and C-93, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 18, 1997.