House of Commons Hansard #15 of the 35th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was budget.

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The Speaker

The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the subamendment of the hon. member for Kootenay East in relation to the privilege motion. Shall I dispense?

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Some hon. members

No.

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Mr. Hart, seconded by Mr. Frazer, moves:

Whereas the Member for Charlesbourg, acting as the defence critic for the Bloc quebecois and supported by the then Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, released a communiqué on the letterhead of the Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition on October 26, 1995, before the referendum in Quebec, inviting all francophone members of the Canadian Armed Forces to join the Quebec military in the event of a "yes" vote supporting separation from Canada;

That in the opinion of this House, this action by the Honourable Member for Charlesbourg, and the then Leader of the Official Opposition should be viewed as seditious and offensive to this House and constitutes a contempt of Parliament; and consequently, the House refer the matter to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs for examination;

Mr. Zed, seconded by Mr. Boudria, moved:

That, the motion be amended by deleting everything before the word "That" and be deleting all the words after the word "That" and by substituting for those words the following:

Shall I dispense?

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Some hon. members

No.

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The Speaker

"the matter of the communiqué of the Member for Charlesbourg released on October 26, 1995 with reference to members of the Canadian Armed Forces be referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs."

Mr. Abbott, seconded by Mr. Epp, moved:

That the amendment be amended by adding after the words "the matter of the" the following:

"seditious nature of the".

(The House divided on the amendment to the amendment which was negatived on the following division:)

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The Speaker

I declare the subamendment defeated. The next question is on the amendment.

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Liberal

Don Boudria Liberal Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON

Mr. Speaker, I wish to seek unanimous consent that the members who voted on the previous motion be recorded as having voted on the motion presently before the House, with Liberal MPs voting yea on the amendment.

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Bloc

Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral Bloc Laval Centre, QC

Mr. Speaker, Bloc Quebecois members will vote against this amendment.

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Reform

Bob Ringma Reform Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC

The Reform members will vote no to this amendment.

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NDP

John Solomon NDP Regina—Lumsden, SK

The New Democrats present in the House tonight will vote yes on this matter.

(The House divided on the amendment which was agreed to on the following division:)

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The Speaker

I declare the amendment carried.

The next question is on the main motion as amended. Shall I dispense?

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Some hon. members

No.

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The Speaker

Mr. Hart, seconded by Mr. Frazer, moved:

That the matter of the communiqué of the Member for Charlesbourg released on October 26, 1995 with reference to members of the Canadian Armed Forces be referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

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 Speaker

All those in favour will please say yea.

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Some hon. members

Yea.

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The Speaker

All those in favour will please say nay.

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Some hon. members

Nay.

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The Speaker

In my opinion the yeas have it.

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Reform

Ken Epp Reform Elk Island, AB

Mr. Speaker, on a point of order. I hesitate to correct the Speaker but he said "will all those in favour say yea" and then he said "will all those in favour say nay". I think maybe it should be done again.

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The Speaker

Your Speaker stands corrected. Do you want me to do it again?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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The Speaker

All those in favour of the amended motion will please say yea.

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Some hon. members

Yea.