Mr. Speaker, there is news coming out of the other place that I think I should share with the House.
Apparently the leaders of both parties in the other House have indicated as recently as about five minutes ago that if this House was disposed to send Bill C-44 to them this afternoon before we adjourn, they will commit themselves to pass the bill before the end of the day tomorrow. That has just come to our attention now and it comes from the leaders in both parties in the other place. Having knowledge of that now, which I want to share with the House, I want to know if the House would now be favourably disposed to adopting that which was suggested a little while ago, and I have a copy of it here. I will try it again, because this is different.
I submit to hon. members, if they will just take a moment to hear it, that they might have thought that by passing this bill it would die on the order paper or not go anywhere. But this information is verifiable. It is in the Hansard of the other House and the hon. Senators I understand are prepared to repeat it.
Having that information, I would now seek permission of the House to propose this motion without debate. I move:
That at 5.30 p.m. this day, Bill C-44 shall be deemed to have been read a second time, referred to a committee of the whole and reported to the House without amendment, concurred in at report stage, read a third time and passed.