Debates of June 13th, 1994
House of Commons Hansard #84 of the 35th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was immigration.
Topics
- Auditor General Act
- Department Of Citizenship And Immigration Act
- The Late Arthur Andrew
- Restricted Weapons
- Comments In Chamber
- Second International Kite Festival
- Food And Agriculture Organization
- High School Graduates
- Multiculturalism
- The Family
- National Transportation Week
- Department Of The Environment
- The Late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
- Official Languages
- The Family
- Atlantic Canada
- The Liberal Party
- Michigan Interns
- Situation In Haiti
- Lumber
- The Family
- Peacekeepers In Former Yugoslavia
- Taxation
- Status Of Women
- The Family
- Mil Davie
- Festival Franco-Ontarien
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Regional Development
- Tobacco Packaging
- Thailand
- Immigration
- Haiti
- Indian Affairs
- Anti-Smoking Advertising
- Social Spending
- Gun Control
- Privilege
- Order In Council Appointments
- Government Response To Petitions
- Criminal Code
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Department Of Citizenship And Immigration Act
- Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994
- Canada Wildlife Act
- Excise Act
- Yukon First Nations Land Claims Settlement Act
- Sahtu Dene And Metis Land Claim Settlement Act
Privilege
Oral Question Period
3:05 p.m.
The Speaker
Is this on the same point that the member is bringing up now?
Privilege
Oral Question Period
3:05 p.m.
Reform
Privilege
Oral Question Period
3:05 p.m.
The Speaker
With all respect to my colleagues, I am not inclined at this point to see a point of privilege but perhaps if we heard from the other member who is involved in this there might be clarification.
At this point, always keeping in mind that I reserve the right to come back to hear the wrapping up of the point of privilege, I would like to hear from the member for Simcoe Centre.
Privilege
Oral Question Period
3:05 p.m.
Windsor West
Ontario
Liberal
Herb Gray Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Solicitor General of Canada
Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
I make these comments as government House leader with the utmost respect to you and your position. I think if we search the precedents of the House you will find many occasions when members have risen to make a personal statement under the guise of a statement of personal privilege to put on the record their understanding of a situation involving themselves person-
ally where things have been said about them that they do not consider to be accurate.
I respectfully ask you, Mr. Speaker, to follow these precedents and allow the hon. member for Vancouver South to finish his statement before calling on anybody else.
Privilege
Oral Question Period
3:05 p.m.
The Speaker
With your permission, my colleagues, the Chair will finish hearing a wrap-up from the member for Vancouver South and then I will go to the member for Simcoe Centre.
Privilege
Oral Question Period
3:05 p.m.
Liberal
Herb Dhaliwal Vancouver South, BC
Mr. Speaker, this member has questioned my integrity. He has not offered a shred of hard evidence. I ask the member for Simcoe Centre to apologize for misleading the House and for spreading misinformation.
Privilege
Oral Question Period
3:05 p.m.
The Speaker
I will hear from the hon. member for Simcoe Centre.
Privilege
Oral Question Period
3:05 p.m.
Reform
Ed Harper Simcoe Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, on June 2 and again on June 3 I raised the issue of a possible conflict of interest with regard to an arm's length blind trust set up by the member for Vancouver South for his company Dynamic Maintenance Limited of which he is a 50 per cent owner. The company was doing business with the government.
The issue was brought to the attention of the government because of public information on file with the B.C. Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations regarding the officers and directors of this company.
The public record from the last annual statement with an accuracy date of May 24 showed the member as an officer of the company and listed both his father and father-in-law as directors.
The home address-
Privilege
Oral Question Period
3:05 p.m.
The Speaker
Order. I believe the hon. member for Simcoe Centre has put that information on the record prior to this. I wonder if the House would give the Speaker a chance to review the statements made prior to today and to come back to the House tomorrow with a ruling on this particular issue.
The hon. member, would you please finish.
Privilege
Oral Question Period
3:10 p.m.
Reform
Ed Harper Simcoe Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, it appears that someone agrees with the point we raised since on Monday, June 6, just three days after I raised the issue, the B.C. ministry received a notice removing both the father and father-in-law as directors of the company.
Rather than demanding a retraction, the member should be offering answers to questions raised about arm's length relationships.
Privilege
Oral Question Period
3:10 p.m.
The Speaker
My colleagues, any time we get into this type of views in the House of Commons, by their very nature we are going to have different opinions. The Chair will review everything that has been said by the hon. member for Vancouver South and the Chair will review what has been said by the hon. member for Simcoe Centre.
I would prefer not to make a decision now but I will come back to the House with a decision at the earliest possible time.
Order In Council Appointments
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
Kingston and the Islands
Ontario
Liberal
Peter Milliken Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to table, in both official languages, a number of Order in Council appointments which were made by the government.
Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 110(1), these appointments are deemed referred to the appropriate standing committees, a list of which is attached.
Government Response To Petitions
Routine Proceedings
June 13th, 1994 / 3:10 p.m.
Kingston and the Islands
Ontario
Liberal
Peter Milliken Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, while I am on my feet, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to eight petitions.
Criminal Code
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
Etobicoke Centre
Ontario
Liberal
Allan Rock Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-41, an act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing) and other acts in consequence thereof.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)
Petitions
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
Liberal
Ronald J. Duhamel St. Boniface, MB
Mr. Speaker, I have a petition wherein the citizens ask the government to request the CRTC to monitor different forms of abuse whether it be inappropriate language, physical or other forms of violence.
They point out that it is not necessary to have abusive kinds of relationships or language or behaviour portrayed on television in order to entertain or inform.
These petitioners believe that many of the efforts they make to raise their families are counteracted by the abusive forms of behaviour we see on television and other media.