Mr. Speaker, I believe you would find unanimous consent for the following that I would now put to the House.
I know we are immediately dealing with the motion of the member for Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough and I understand that after the Hon. Leader of the Opposition has spoken and one representative from the Bloc Quebecois that the following order would take place.
I move:
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That the business taken up this day under government orders be consideration of the budget;
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That immediately after the aforementioned business, all questions necessary for the disposal of the motion of the member for Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough for a reference to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs shall be put without further debate or amendment;
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Immediately thereafter there shall be no proceedings pursuant to standing order 38, but a motion to adjourn shall be deemed to have been proposed and shall be debated no more than three hours, during which time members may speak on economic affairs for no more than ten minutes each, provided that no quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for consent to propose any other motion may be received, provided that at the end of three hours or when no member rises to speak, whichever is earlier, the motion shall be deemed to have been adopted.
The changes from two hours to three hours is a small amendment to the draft I circulated to colleagues.
Just to further elaborate, this would mean that the vote on the motion proposed by the hon. member for Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, would be taken at 6.30 p.m. this evening, prior to the adjournment debate, that I mentioned would actually take place.
I believe you would find consent for that, Mr. Speaker.