Question.
House of Commons Hansard #219 of the 35th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was sentencing.
House of Commons Hansard #219 of the 35th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was sentencing.
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Some hon. members
Question.
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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Maheu)
The question is on the amendment to the amendment.
Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the amendment?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Some hon. members
No.
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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Maheu)
All those in favour of the amendment will please say yea.
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Some hon. members
Yea.
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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Maheu)
All those opposed will please say nay.
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Some hon. members
Nay.
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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Maheu)
In my opinion the nays have it.
And more than five members having risen:
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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Maheu)
Pursuant to Standing Order 45(6), the division on the question now before the House stands deferred, and I will get back to you after consulting the parties to inform you of the time agreed upon.
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Liberal
Don Boudria Liberal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON
Madam Speaker, I would urge the Chair to consider scheduling the vote for 1.30 p.m. for the following reason. If this bill is not passed by the House of Commons later today in its final version, it may well die as, under one of its provisions, the bill must be passed by the other House and receive royal assent no later than the 20th day of the current month. This means that if the bill with all its provisions is not passed today at the latest, we will be unable to deal with this matter, and the bill will die.
I suggest that, when considering the submissions of the two political parties in this House allowed to present proposals to the Chair regarding the timing of the vote, the Chair should keep in mind that the bill must be voted on not only at the amendment stage but also at final reading later today. Otherwise, this would be an academic exercise.
This concludes my submission to the Chair. I hope that this bill, which was drafted by a parliamentary committee after the committee reached a consensus, will clear all stages. I think that the loss of this bill would be very unfortunate and prejudicial to all.
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Bloc
Michel Gauthier Bloc Roberval, QC
Madam Speaker, our Standing Orders are very clear on this issue, and I am going to take the liberty of reading you an excerpt to refresh everyone's memory.
Our Standing Orders very clearly state that the Chief Government Whip or the Chief Opposition Whip may approach the Speaker, while the bells to call in the members are being sounded, to request that the division be deferred. The Speaker can defer the division until a specified time, but, in any case, no later than the normal time of adjournment for the following day, etc.
But, it has been the custom and actually the practice in this House, certainly since this Standing Order was put in place, that in cases where the request to defer the vote is presented for the following sitting day, only one request is made and it is made immediately, the Speaker automatically grants the request. Even if, subsequently, a second request is made by another political party, never has it been decided to grant the second request.
The standing order is clear: the first request takes precedence. Therefore, I ask you to grant my colleague's request.
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Reform
Jim Silye Reform Calgary Centre, AB
Madam Speaker, I concur with the previous speaker. I support that decision. Those are the rules of the House. They are well established. They are clear. They are meant to benefit all the members of the House. I believe whoever is first should be recognized.
Second, the government whip has put extra pressure on you to consider it, a 30 second consideration. However, the extra pressure that was placed on you by the government whip failed to outline and acknowledge the fact that the other place has all of next week to do its work as well. It is sufficient time for its members to get the job done and, therefore, I would support the opposition's request.
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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Maheu)
I have already said that I will take it under consideration. We will come back to the House within a few moments.
In the meantime we will continue with Government Orders.
The House proceeded to the consideration of Bill C-70, an act to amend the Income Tax Act, the Income Tax Application Rules and related acts, as reported (with amendments) from the committee.
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York West Ontario
Liberal
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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Maheu)
Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Some hon. members
No.
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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Maheu)
All those in favour of the motion will please say yea.
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Some hon. members
Yea.
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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Maheu)
All those opposed will please say nay.
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Some hon. members
Nay.
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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Maheu)
In my opinion the yeas have it.
And more than five members having risen:
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The Acting Speaker (Mrs. Maheu)
Call in the members.
(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)
