House of Commons Hansard #125 of the 35th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was penalties.
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The Deputy Speaker
Hon. members, it being 1.15 p.m., it is my duty to interrupt the proceedings and put forthwith all questions necessary to dispose of the supply proceedings.
Is the House ready for the question?
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Some hon. members
Question.
The question is on the amendment. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the amendment?
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The Deputy Speaker
All those in favour of the amendment will please say yea.
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The Deputy Speaker
In my opinion the yeas have it.
And more than five members having risen:
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The Deputy Speaker
Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division stands deferred until Monday, February 10, at the ordinary hour of daily adjournment.
John Williams Reform St. Albert, AB
Mr. Speaker, before you call it 1.30 p.m., I think you will find that there is unanimous consent for the hon. member for Calgary Southwest to sponsor Bill C-341 instead of Motion No. 259 on the order of precedence.
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The Deputy Speaker
The House has heard the proposition of the hon. member for St. Albert. Is there unanimous consent to allow him to move the motion he has just made?
René Laurin Bloc Joliette, QC
Mr. Speaker, could someone explain to me the consequences of changing the order of priority?
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The Deputy Speaker
It is up to the member for St. Albert to do so.
Does the hon. member for St. Albert wish to clarify the matter for his colleague?
John Williams Reform St. Albert, AB
Mr. Speaker, the clarification is that there have been some resignations in the House and in order to maintain the order of precedence I have brought forward the request for unanimous consent to make the changes on the order of precedence.
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The Deputy Speaker
Clearly, we do not have unanimous consent in the House.
Stéphane Bergeron Bloc Verchères, QC
Shall we continue with the opposition day debate, Mr. Speaker? That is the subject of my speech.
Before we call it 1.30 p.m., perhaps we could see whether there are other speakers on this question among our colleagues, before we go on to other things.
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The Deputy Speaker
I fully understand what the member is trying to say, but, unfortunately, or fortunately, the Standing Orders provide that the vote must be taken at 1.15 p.m., and that is why we had to have it then.
We seem to be in the doldrums. If we can declare it 1.30 p.m. now, we can proceed with private members' business. Otherwise, we are obliged to find something else to deal with for ten minutes.
John Williams Reform St. Albert, AB
Mr. Speaker, unfortunately I have to admit I was not paying too much attention, but our speaker is not here and I was wondering if you could suspend the House for a few minutes until we are ready to bring our speaker forward.
I apologize, Mr. Speaker, we have a member from the great province of British Columbia who is prepared to speak on the motion.