Mr. Speaker, I have two short quotes from 1994 by Speakers of the House at that time.
Speaker Milliken in 1994 stated:
While the subject matter may be diverse, I suggest to the hon. member that given the fact they were all introduced in the budget, they form a whole, unified policy thrust which the government has put forward and which it will be defending in the course of the debate on this bill. Therefore in my submission, the bill is entirely in order.
Speaker Parent stated:
In conclusion, it is procedurally correct and common practice for a bill to amend, repeal or enact several statues. There are numerous rulings in which Speakers have declined to intervene simply because a bill was complex and permitted omnibus legislation to proceed.
I would ask the member if she believes that those Speakers' ruling in 1994 when the Liberals were in government were in fact in error.