Debates of Nov. 24th, 2010
House of Commons Hansard #103 of the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was child.
Topics
- Question Period
- Grey Cup
- National Cord Blood Bank
- Montreal Druze House
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Junior Hockey
- The Environment
- Arts and Culture
- Joliette Local Development Centre
- Foreign Affairs
- Work from Home Day
- Government Spending
- Foreign Takeovers
- Government Spending
- Child Poverty
- Eveline Apoko
- Public Safety
- The Environment
- National Defence
- Oil and Gas Industry
- The Environment
- Afghanistan
- Riding of Vaughan
- Public Works and Government Services
- Securities Industry
- Democratic Reform
- Finance
- National Defence
- Public Safety
- Airport Security
- Taxation
- Copyright
- Status of Women
- Government Spending
- Afghanistan
- The Environment
- Homelessness
- Census
- Justice
- Presence in Gallery
- Points of Order
- Commissioner of Official Languages
- Certificates of Nomination
- Government Response to Petitions
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees of the House
- Military and Veteran Families Week Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Motions for Papers
- Privilege
- Protecting Children from Online Sexual Exploitation Act
- Secure, Adequate, Accessible and Affordable Housing Act
- National Tree Day
Motions for Papers
Routine Proceedings
3:30 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
No.
Motions for Papers
Routine Proceedings
3:30 p.m.
Liberal
Motions for Papers
Routine Proceedings
3:30 p.m.
Some hon. members
Yea.
Motions for Papers
Routine Proceedings
3:30 p.m.
Liberal
Motions for Papers
Routine Proceedings
3:30 p.m.
Some hon. members
Nay.
Motions for Papers
Routine Proceedings
3:30 p.m.
Liberal
The Speaker Peter Milliken
In my opinion the yeas have it.
And five or more members having risen:
Call in the members.
(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)
Motions for Papers
Routine Proceedings
4:10 p.m.
Conservative
Motions for Papers
Routine Proceedings
4:15 p.m.
Conservative
Tom Lukiwski Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK
Mr. Speaker, I ask that all other notices of motions for the production of papers be allowed to stand.
Motions for Papers
Routine Proceedings
4:15 p.m.
Conservative
Motions for Papers
Routine Proceedings
4:15 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
Seventh Report of the Standing Committee on Finance
Privilege
Routine Proceedings
November 24th, 2010 / 4:15 p.m.
Liberal
Paul Szabo Mississauga South, ON
Mr. Speaker, yesterday, after question period, the member for Outremont rose on a question of privilege concerning the leak of the finance committee's confidential draft report on its prebudget consultations. He also reported that the leak was by Mr. Russell Ullyatt the then employee of the member for Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar.
Also, yesterday at 6:23 p.m., after the presentations on the privilege issue were made, the clerk of the committee received another email from a Mr. Andy Gibbons, who has Conservative ties and is with the lobby firm of Hill & Knowlton. Today the clerk provided that copy of the email to the hon. members of the finance committee before our meeting started.
I bring this to the attention of the House and the Speaker for consideration of the question of privilege raised yesterday. It would appear the disclosure of now a fourth person is more than has been presented to the House with regard to how broad this has gone.
It appears this has gone much further than the House has been aware. As a consequence, I submit that information for the Speaker's consideration and I ask for the unanimous consent of the House to table the email from Mr. Gibbons to the clerk of the committee, in both official languages.
Seventh Report of the Standing Committee on Finance
Privilege
Routine Proceedings
4:15 p.m.
Conservative
The Deputy Speaker Andrew Scheer
Does the hon. member have the unanimous consent of the House to table this?
Seventh Report of the Standing Committee on Finance
Privilege
Routine Proceedings
4:15 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
No.
Seventh Report of the Standing Committee on Finance
Privilege
Routine Proceedings
4:15 p.m.
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre
Saskatchewan
Conservative
Tom Lukiwski Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I want to add my small intervention to this matter. Yes, indeed there was a fourth lobbyist, apparently, who received an email from the now terminated, former employee of the office of the member for Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar.
I would submit for your consideration, Mr. Speaker, that whether there are three or four, I think the arguments presented both for and against a breach of privilege yesterday are still germane. This does not change things, but I would point out for your consideration, as one of my colleagues said earlier, that there was another breach of confidentiality yesterday, made by the member for Mississauga South, who in his intervention spoke to emails that were discussed in camera at the finance committee. One of my colleagues asked him respectfully to apologize to the House for the breach of confidence. He did not do so. I would ask that you take that under consideration when considering the original breach of privilege motions and interventions that were made yesterday.