Debates of Sept. 30th, 2002

Committees of the Whole

[Some hon. members]

Yea.

[The Speaker]

All those opposed will please say nay.

[Some hon. members]

Nay.

[The Speaker]

In my opinion the yeas have it.

And more than five members having risen:

[The Speaker]

Call in the members.

And the bells having rung:

[Dale Johnston, Canadian Alliance, Wetaskiwin, AB]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I think if you were to seek it, you would find that the motion before the House might pass on division.

[The Speaker]

Is there unanimous consent that in lieu of a recorded division the motion be deemed adopted on division?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

(Motion agreed to)

Appointment of Assistant Deputy Chairman

[Jean Chrétien, Liberal, Prime Minister]

Mr. Speaker, I move:

That Eleni Bakopanos, member for the electoral district of Ahuntsic, be appointed Assistant Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole House.

[The Speaker]

Is it the pleasure of the Chamber to adopt this motion?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Speaker]

I declare the motion carried.

(Motion agreed to)

Supply

[Lucienne Robillard, Liberal, President of the Treasury Board]

Mr. Speaker, I move:

That the Business of Supply be considered at the next sitting of the House.

[The Speaker]

Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt this motion?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Speaker]

I declare the motion carried.

(Motion agreed to)

[The Speaker]

It is my duty to inform the House that a total of six days will be allotted for the supply period ending December 10, 2002.

Business of the House

[Don Boudria, Liberal, Minister of State and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons]

Mr. Speaker, there have been consultations among all political parties and I would like to seek the House's permission to move and carry the following motion without debate. I move:

That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice, at the ordinary time of daily adjournment on October 1, the House continue to sit in order to consider a motion “That this House take note of the international situation concerning Iraq”;

That the first spokesperson for each party may speak for no longer than twenty minutes with a ten minute period for questions and comments, provided that this period may be shared with another member of that person's party, and subsequent participants in the debate shall speak for no longer than ten minutes, with a five minute period for questions and comments;

That, at 12:00 a.m., the debate shall be adjourned and the House shall adjourn;

That, at the ordinary time of daily adjournment on October 2, the House continue to sit in order to resume the said debate, provided that, after 9:00 p.m. that day, the Chair shall not receive any quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for unanimous consent to propose any motion, and that, when no Member rises to speak, the motion shall be deemed to have been withdrawn and the House shall adjourn.

[The Speaker]

Does the hon. government House leader have the unanimous consent of the House to propose this motion?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Speaker]

The House has heard the terms of the motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

(Motion agreed to)

The House proceeded to the consideration of the speech delivered by Her Excellency the Governor General at the opening of the session.

Speech from the Throne

[Massimo Pacetti, Liberal, Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC]

Mr. Speaker, after spending the summer apprehensively contemplating my first speech before the House, I am honoured and privileged to move the motion on the Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne.

I would like to pay my humble respects to Her Excellency the Governor General and thank Her Excellency for delivering the speech today.

I also thank the Right Hon. Prime Minister for this honour to my riding, the riding of Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, and to its member, by authorizing me to make this motion.

I congratulate the Prime Minister on his many accomplishments throughout the past nine years as head of our government and leader of our party, as well as on his remarkable career in politics, which started some 40 years ago, just about the same time I came into the world. His devotion to our country, his determination, his leadership on the national and world level are a model for us all.

I would also like to congratulate the members of Parliament elected along with myself in the byelection of May 13, 2002: John Efford, Liza Frulla, Raymond Simard, Rex Barnes, Brian Masse and the hon.--

[The Speaker]

The hon. member knows that, in the House, we must refer to members by their title, not their name. I know that he will not want to make this mistake again, because it creates problems in the House.