Is this another point of order?
I am going to see where the hon. member is going with this. I will come back to the parliamentary secretary as soon as the hon. member is done.
The hon. member for Dufferin—Caledon.
Seamus O'Regan Liberal
This bill has received Royal Assent and is, or will soon become, law.
This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.
This enactment amends the Canada Labour Code to, among other things,
(a) amend the scope of the prohibition relating to replacement workers by removing the requirement of demonstrating a purpose of undermining a trade union’s representational capacity, by adding persons whose services must not be used during legal strikes and lockouts and by providing certain exceptions;
(b) prohibit employers from using, during a legal strike or lockout intended to involve the cessation of work by all employees in a bargaining unit, the services of an employee in that unit, subject to certain exceptions;
(c) make the contravention by employers of either of those prohibitions an offence punishable by a fine of up to $100,000 per day;
(d) authorize the Governor in Council to make regulations establishing an administrative monetary penalties scheme for the purpose of promoting compliance with those prohibitions; and
(e) amend the maintenance of activities process in order to, among other things, encourage employers and trade unions to reach an earlier agreement respecting activities to be maintained in the event of a legal strike or lockout, encourage faster decision making by the Canada Industrial Relations Board when parties are unable to agree and reduce the need for the Minister of Labour to make referrals to the Board.
All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.
The Assistant Deputy Speaker Carol Hughes
Is this another point of order?
I am going to see where the hon. member is going with this. I will come back to the parliamentary secretary as soon as the hon. member is done.
The hon. member for Dufferin—Caledon.
Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Madam Speaker, the government House leader said that they would give “priority to the bills that are now in their final stages of debate in the House, including Bill C-57”, so you can imagine my surprise—
The Assistant Deputy Speaker Carol Hughes
Can the hon. member again indicate which standing order he is speaking on? Is this a unanimous consent motion? Is this a point of order on something that arose in the House?
Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Madam Speaker, it is Standing Order 30(6), which sets out that the government is the only one that can call bills for debate. I have a point of order on that.
Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
The Assistant Deputy Speaker Carol Hughes
I am sorry. I need to hear the point of order. The hon. member has not told me if he is looking for unanimous consent yet. Is the hon. member asking for unanimous consent?
Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Madam Speaker, I have a point of order and then I am going to move a motion.
The Assistant Deputy Speaker Carol Hughes
I want to get an understanding of what the hon. member is asking. If he is tabling a motion and asking for unanimous consent, he needs to be careful not to go into a lot of detail.
I will go to the hon. member so I can have an understanding of what he is asking, because I am not quite sure yet.
The hon. member for Dufferin—Caledon.
Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Madam Speaker, I am trying to get there, but I keep getting interrupted by members of the Liberal Party.
I was saying that only the government can choose bills to come forward for debate. It has stated that Bill C-57 is a bill it urgently wants to be concluded in the House. It has not called it for debate today, so—
Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Madam Speaker, I am now going to, assuming that I have the unanimous support of the House, move that, notwithstanding any—
Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
The Assistant Deputy Speaker Carol Hughes
I am sorry. Hold on.
The hon. member is able to move a unanimous consent motion if he wishes to. I will allow him to ask for unanimous consent. If there is none, then we will move forward and continue with the debate.
I would ask the hon. member for Dufferin—Caledon for the unanimous consent motion.
Kyle Seeback Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Madam Speaker, I move that, notwithstanding any standing order or usual practice of the House—
Some hon. members
No.