Debates of Feb. 15th, 2000

Points Of Order

[Michel Guimond, Bloc, Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans, QC]

Madam Speaker, we know that at 7 p.m. tonight an important meeting will be held against Bill C-20 at the Ramada Hotel, on rue de la Couronne, in Quebec City.

We all know that this bill denies the fundamental rights of the Quebec people. I ask for the unanimous consent of the House for everybody in the greater Quebec City area to attend that important meeting.

I ask the consent of the House to table a document that will enlighten the House. It is a document entitled “The political and constitutional statutes of Quebec”.

Let us get together tonight at 7 p.m. at the Ramada Inn.

[The Acting Speaker (Ms. Thibeault)]

Is there unanimous consent?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

No.

[Maud Debien, Bloc, Laval East, QC]

Madam Speaker, as we know, unfortunately, the government introduced a bill that changes the referendum rules in Quebec. I ask for the unanimous consent of the House to table a document that will enlighten all members of the House.

This is from the referendum act of the State of Maryland, in the United States of America.

[The Acting Speaker (Ms. Thibeault)]

Is there unanimous consent?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

No.

[Gérard Asselin, Bloc, Charlevoix, QC]

Madam Speaker, following the Prime Minister's decision to introduce a bill denying Quebecers' fundamental rights, the hon. member for Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques, the hon. member for Matapédia—Matane, the hon. member for Rimouski—Mitis, the hon. members for Charlevoix and the hon. member for Manicouagan will hold tomorrow, at the Hôtel Sept-Îles, an important press conference to condemn Bill C-20, which denies Quebecers' fundamental rights, and to also condemn the federal government's policy not to have a committee travel to consult Quebecers.

I ask for the unanimous consent to table a document to that effect.

[The Acting Speaker (Ms. Thibeault)]

Is there unanimous consent?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

No.

[Bernard Bigras, Bloc, Rosemont, QC]

Madam Speaker, following the introduction by the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs of a bill denying Quebecers' fundamental rights, I ask for the unanimous consent of the House to table a document that will enlighten members.

This is a study by the C. D. Howe Institute on the currency of an independent Quebec.

[The Acting Speaker (Ms. Thibeault)]

Is there unanimous consent?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

No.

[Maurice Godin, Bloc, Châteauguay, QC]

Madam Speaker, further to the introduction by the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, the king of arrogance and court jester, of an arrogant bill denying Quebecers their basic rights, I ask for the unanimous consent of the House to table a document that will enlighten this House.

It is an article published in the daily newspaper La Presse on December 24 of last year entitled “Quebec's Response to Jean Chrétien Rekindles Sovereignist Fervour”.

[The Acting Speaker (Ms. Thibeault)]

Is there unanimous consent of the House?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

No.

[Antoine Dubé, Bloc, Lévis, QC]

Madam Speaker, following the introduction by the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs of Canada of a bill denying the fundamental rights of Quebecers, I ask for the unanimous consent of the House to table a document that will enlighten this House.

It is an article published in the daily newspaper Le Devoir on January 27 entitled “Ontario After a Yes Vote”. That article clearly shows that Ontarians feel they could very well live with a yes vote in Quebec and that a partnership—

[The Acting Speaker (Ms. Thibeault)]

Is there unanimous consent of the House?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Some hon. members]

No.

[Jean-Paul Marchand, Bloc, Québec East, QC]

Madam Speaker, I would like to inform the House that a rally will be held tonight, at the Ramada Inn on de la Couronne Street, in Quebec City, to denounce the bill of the intergovernmental affairs minister. That bill, as we all know, denies Quebecers their fundamental rights.

I seek unanimous consent of the House to table a document that will enlighten this House. It is an article published in the daily newspaper Le Soleil on January 6 entitled “Legislation on Referendum Rules”, in which we can see that Joe Clark, the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, remains opposed to the bill—