House of Commons Hansard #120 of the 37th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was c-36.

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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An hon. member

No.

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Bloc

Michel Bellehumeur Bloc Berthier—Montcalm, QC

Mr. Speaker, I want to make sure we understand each other. I do not mind agreeing to a reasonable length of time, but I want us to come to an agreement as to what is reasonable.

I recall that at one point the Canadian Alliance used a reasonable length of time that was rather long. Let us define what reasonable is and then we will see whether we would agree to that or not.

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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)

Following the first three speakers, the next one, namely in this case a member of the New Democratic Party, will have 20 minutes for his speech followed by a 10 minute question and comment period.

I must add that the member for Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert has seven minutes left. We could then go to the speaker for the New Democratic Party and then to the Conservative Party.

Is there unanimous consent to proceed in this fashion?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Some hon. members

No.

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Canadian Alliance

John Reynolds Canadian Alliance West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast, BC

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would like to ask the House for unanimous consent to extend this debate for one more day so not only can other parties speak, but also the justice critic from my party who has not had a chance to speak yet.

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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)

Is there unanimous consent to extend this debate by one day?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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An hon. member

No.

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Progressive Conservative

Peter MacKay Progressive Conservative Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, NS

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order with respect to this very same issue. The breach that has occurred here with respect to all parties in this House having an opportunity to speak to this very important bill leads me to seek unanimous consent to move the following motion that:

Bill C-36, an act to amend the Criminal Code, the Official Secrets Act, the Canada Evidence Act, the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act and other acts, and to enact measures respecting the registration of charities, in order to combat terrorism, be referred back to the Standing Committee on Justice with instructions to hear from the Information Commissioner and to make further amendments to the bill as the committee considers appropriate.

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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)

Is there unanimous consent to send the bill back to committee?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Some hon. members

No.

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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)

It being 5.15 p.m., pursuant to order made on Tuesday, November 27, 2001, it is my duty to interrupt the proceedings and put forthwith every question necessary to dispose of the third ready stage of the bill now before the House.

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 Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)

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

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Some hon. members

Yea.

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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)

All those opposed will please say nay.

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An hon. member

Nay.

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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)

I declare the motion adopted on division.

Please note that there was only one member of parliament in the opposition who was looking at the Chair, and I heard only one nay. Therefore I will put the question again.

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Canadian Alliance

John Reynolds Canadian Alliance West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast, BC

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Since you have just stated there was only one member standing and you have already ruled and called it on division, the Speaker's ruling stands.

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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)

I said there was only one member looking at the Chair. There was a group standing over there who were talking among each other. Therefore, I will call it again.

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

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Some hon. members

Yea.