Debates of Dec. 14th, 1999

Points Of Order

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

No.

[Monique Guay, Bloc, Laurentides, QC]

Mr. Speaker, I have here a story from the December 11, 1999 issue of Le Droit , which clearly indicates how the government intends to stop Quebecers from deciding freely their own future.

I am asking for the unanimous consent of the House to table this document.

[The Deputy Speaker]

Is there unanimous consent of the House for the hon. member to table the document?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

No.

[Claude Bachand, Bloc, Saint-Jean, QC]

Mr. Speaker, further to the Prime Minister's announcement that he wants to introduce a bill denying Quebecers their fundamental rights, I have with me an excellent document on the new Quebec-Canada partnership put forward by the Bloc Quebecois. That document explains extensively how we could establish partnership with our friends from Canada.

It seems to me that to clarify matters for the House it would be important that people could be aware of its contents.

[The Deputy Speaker]

Is there unanimous consent of the House for the hon. member to table the document?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

No.

[Caroline St-Hilaire, Bloc, Longueuil, QC]

Mr. Speaker, I hope you will allow me to continue to speak since I have here an excerpt of the referendum legislation of the State of Washington, in the United States of America.

I would like to have unanimous consent to table this document.

[The Deputy Speaker]

Does the hon. member have unanimous consent to table this document?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

No.

[Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral, Bloc, Laval Centre, QC]

Mr. Speaker, I sincerely thought you were saving the best for last, but my turn came too soon.

I have here the working document of the focus group on partnership, produced by the Bloc Quebecois, which shows a new way to view the relations between Quebec and Canada, one based on mutual respect.

Since the government tabled a bill negating the fundamental rights of the Quebec people, I am asking for and hope to get the unanimous consent of the House to table a document—

[The Deputy Speaker]

Does the hon. member have unanimous consent to table this document?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

No.

[Réjean Lefebvre, Bloc, Champlain, QC]

Mr. Speaker, following the government's announcement that it wants to introduce a bill changing the referendum rules of Quebec, I ask for the unanimous consent of the House to table a document which will enlighten all the parliamentarians in this House.

It is an excerpt—

[The Deputy Speaker]

Does the hon. member have unanimous consent to table this document?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

No.

[Jean-Guy Chrétien, Bloc, Frontenac—Mégantic, QC]

Mr. Speaker, in order to facilitate the debates, I seek the unanimous consent of the House to table an excerpt of the referendum legislation of the State of Florida, in the United States of America.

[The Deputy Speaker]

Is there unanimous consent that the hon. member table this document?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.