Mr. Speaker, there have been consultations among the parties in the House of Commons regarding the following motion which I would like to propose to the House and which has resulted in unanimous consent, at least of House leaders. I would now like to offer it to the House. It has to do with the date of recall of parliament in the fall, which would be on a Monday. Given that it is a Jewish Holy day, I would like to propose the following. I move:
That, for the year 2002 only, the phrase “the second Monday following Labour Day” in Standing Order 28(2) shall be changed to “the third Wednesday following Labour Day”
This would have the effect of backing up the date of our return by two days so that members will not have to sit or travel on the Jewish Holy day.