My colleagues, I have notice of two points of order today. Before I take these points of order I want to make a ruling on a matter that came up.
Earlier today the Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons raised a point of order regarding the decision not to print in Votes and Proceedings the full text of the Senate amendments to Bill C-18, an act to suspend the operation of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act.
The hon. member raised a valid point in explaining the difficulties in obtaining the text of these amendments from sources other than House of Commons publications.
Procedural Services may have interpreted too broadly a recent decision of the Board of Internal Economy and the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs to no longer print in Votes and Proceedings the text that daily appears in other parliamentary publications.
While the reason behind this decision was to realize reductions in printing costs and eliminate the duplication of printing, after due consideration it would seem appropriate to return to the previous practice of printing the full text in Votes and Proceedings of Senate messages, including those concerning amendments to bills.
Perhaps the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs should review this practice as part of its on-going mandate. Accordingly, the full text of the Senate amendments to Bill C-18 will be printed as a corrigendum in today's Votes and Proceedings .
I will now hear a point of order from the member for Calgary Southeast.