Debates of April 25th, 1997
House of Commons Hansard #164 of the 35th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was competition.
Topics
- Competition Act
- Dr. Thomas Curran
- Member For Saanich-Gulf Islands
- Member For Regina-Qu'Appelle
- The Late Denis Perron
- Quinte Ballet School
- Canada Mortgage And Housing Corporation
- Human Rights
- Parental Leave
- Liberal Party
- University Of Western Ontario
- Anzac Day
- Employment
- 1995 Referendum
- Member For Lethbridge
- Canadian Economy
- Quebec Premier
- Chinese Community
- Member For Elk Island
- National Composting Awareness Week
- Canadian Armed Forces
- Liberal Party Of Canada
- Mirabel Airport
- Liberal Party
- Linguistic School Boards
- Liberal Party
- General Motors
- Manitoba Flood
- Ethics Counsellor
- Serge L'Archer
- Transport
- Agriculture
- Canada Elections Act
- Points Of Order
- Order In Council Appointments
- Government Response To Petitions
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Genuine Progress Indicator Act
- Act To Vacate The Conviction Of Louis Riel
- Territorial Protection Act
- National Capital Act
- Criminal Code
- Canadian Bill Of Rights
- Business Of The House
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Competition Act
- Broadcasting Act
- Message From The Senate
Criminal Code
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
Liberal
Mac Harb Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-443, an act to amend the Criminal Code (definition of child).
Mr. Speaker, this will be part of a series of bills that I have introduced. The purpose of it is to make this legislation in conformity with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This will ensure that a family is responsible for a child until the age of 18.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)
Canadian Bill Of Rights
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
Liberal
Mac Harb Ottawa Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-444, an act to amend the Canadian Bill of Rights (right to housing).
Canadian Bill Of Rights
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker
This proposed bill does not have the requisite amount of notice and therefore it will require unanimous consent for the hon. member to proceed with it.
Is there unanimous consent?
Canadian Bill Of Rights
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
Canadian Bill Of Rights
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
Liberal
Mac Harb Ottawa Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, this bill will amend the bill of rights to ensure it includes the right of an individual to proper housing at a reasonable cost and free from unreasonable barriers.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)
Canadian Bill Of Rights
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker
The next bill also requires the unanimous consent of the House because of lack of notice. Is there unanimous consent?
Canadian Bill Of Rights
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
Some hon. members
No.
Canadian Bill Of Rights
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker
There is another bill in the same situation. Is there unanimous consent?
Canadian Bill Of Rights
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
Some hon. members
No.
Canadian Bill Of Rights
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
The Speaker
There is one last bill by the member for Ottawa Centre in the same situation. Is there unanimous consent?
Canadian Bill Of Rights
Routine Proceedings
12:15 p.m.
Some hon. members
No.
Business Of The House
Routine Proceedings
12:20 p.m.
Liberal
Bob Kilger Stormont—Dundas, ON
Mr. Speaker, there have been some discussions among the parties for the following motion. I move:
During this session of Parliament, whenever the House stands adjourned, if a bill or bills are awaiting royal assent, the Speaker may, at the request of the government, give notice that the House shall meet at a specified time for the purposes of royal assent. The House shall meet at the specified time for those purposes only; and immediately thereafter the Speaker shall adjourn the House to the time to which it had formerly been adjourned. In the event of the Speaker being unable to act owing to illness or other cause, the Deputy Speaker, the Deputy Chairman of Committees or the Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees shall act in the Speaker's stead for all purposes of this order.
(Motion agreed to.)
Petitions
Routine Proceedings
12:20 p.m.
Liberal
Len Hopkins Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have a petition here from petitioners from Palmer Rapids, Barry's Bay, Round Lake Centre, Combermere and Killaloe, Ontario.
They are asking that we request the federal government to immediately rescind section 55.2(4) of the Patent Act, thus freeing up millions of dollars in savings.
Petitions
Routine Proceedings
12:20 p.m.
Liberal
John Richardson Perth—Wellington—Waterloo, ON
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of my constituents I present a petition which requests that the House of Commons enact legislation to amend existing legislation defining a marriage as the voluntary union for life of one woman and one man to each other, to the exclusion of all others.
Petitions
Routine Proceedings
12:20 p.m.
Reform
Ian McClelland Edmonton Southwest, AB
Mr. Speaker, I have the pleasure of presenting three petitions.
The first is from a group of 75 petitioners from the Edmonton area asking the federal government to remove taxation on the GST and in doing so fulfil a pre-election promise of the Prime Minister.