Is there unanimous consent to proceed in this fashion?
House of Commons Hansard #141 of the 37th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was tax.
House of Commons Hansard #141 of the 37th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was tax.
PrivilegeOral Question Period
The Speaker
Is there unanimous consent to proceed in this fashion?
PrivilegeOral Question Period
The Speaker
The hon. opposition House leader might wish to ask his Thursday question.
Randy White Canadian Alliance Langley—Abbotsford, BC
Mr. Speaker, I would rather address what just happened here.
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The Speaker
What has happened is that consent was refused and it is not a debatable matter at this point. The hon. member may wish to ask the question and I would be pleased to entertain it since it is Thursday.
Randy White Canadian Alliance Langley—Abbotsford, BC
Mr. Speaker, if this is the Thursday question, then I would like to ask the government House leader what on earth we are going to debate next week. Is it possible to ever get those people over there to understand what we should be debating in the House of Commons?
Ralph Goodale LiberalLeader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, the latter part of the hon. gentleman's remarks tend to go a bit beyond the normal Thursday question. Far be it from me to try to fathom the conservative mind. I would have to leave that to those opposite at either end of the House.
We will continue this afternoon and again tomorrow with consideration of Bill C-49, the budget implementation bill. As noted in the House earlier today there is agreement among all parties that the debate on second reading stage of Bill C-49 will be concluded before the end of the day tomorrow. If time permits tomorrow, we will then turn to Bill C-50, the WTO legislation pertaining to China.
Our intention when we return on February 18 is to commence report stage of Bill C-5, the species at risk legislation. Tuesday, February 19, shall be an allotted day.
The House resumed consideration of the motion, and of the amendment.
Peter MacKay Progressive Conservative Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, NS
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. For clarification, if the hon. government House leader wants to put the question, and the vote on the amendment is to take place immediately, this can happen. It is that simple.
Ralph Goodale Liberal Wascana, SK
Mr. Speaker, I believe I said in my earlier remarks that all questions that need to be put to dispose of the matter should be put now without further debate.
PrivilegeOral Question Period
The Speaker
Is there unanimous consent to proceed as outlined by the government House leader, that all questions be put now on the privilege motion?
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The Speaker
The question is on the amendment. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the amendment?
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The Speaker
All those in favour of the amendment will please say yea.
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The Speaker
In my opinion the nays have it.
And more than five members having risen:
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The Speaker
Call in the members.
(The House divided on the amendment, which was negatived on the following division:)
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The Speaker
I declare the amendment lost.
The next question is on the main motion. All those in favour of the motion will please say yea.