moved:
That this committee take note of credit cards.
Lost his last election, in 2006, with 35% of the vote.
Credit Cards December 7th, 2004
moved:
That this committee take note of credit cards.
Fedral Law--Civil Law Harmonization Act No. 2 December 3rd, 2004
moved that Bill S-10, a second act to harmonize federal law with the civil law of the Province of Quebec and to amend certain acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law, be read the first time.
(Motion agreed to and bill read the first time)
Parliament of Canada Act December 3rd, 2004
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-30, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and the Salaries Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Patent Act December 3rd, 2004
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-29, An Act to amend the Patent Act.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Finance December 3rd, 2004
Mr. Speaker, first of all, I am quite astonished that the hon. member would ask me to prejudge what would be done by a parliamentary committee. The liaison committee is made up of committee chairs of Parliament. They will look at this issue just like they look at any other issue. They will then assess the merits of it and provide funding accordingly.
As far as the Board of Internal Economy is concerned, perhaps he might want to ask the opposition House leader, who is actually the spokesperson for the Board of Internal Economy, for any of that information.
Business of the House December 2nd, 2004
Mr. Speaker, we will continue this afternoon with the opposition motion.
Tomorrow we will commence with the third reading debate of Bill C-5, the learning bonds legislation. When that is completed, we will return to the second reading debate of Bill C-22, the social development bill. We will then return to the second reading debate of Bill C-9, the Quebec development bill; followed by second reading of Bill C-25, respecting RADARSAT; reference to committee before second reading of Bill C-27, the food inspection bill; and second reading of Bill C-26, the border services bill.
On Monday and Tuesday we will start with report stage and third reading of Bill C-14, the Tlicho bill, before going back to unfinished business.
Pursuant to Standing Order 53(1) a take note debate on credit cards will take place on Tuesday evening, December 7.
The business on Wednesday will be second reading of a bill to be introduced tomorrow respecting parliamentary compensation.
Next Thursday shall be an allotted day.
Finally, the government made a commitment to Canadians to treat compensation of parliamentarians separately and apart from that of judges. It is quite logical to take that step in an independent bill that deals only with the compensation of parliamentarians and to deal with the question of judges in a subsequent bill.
The hon. member seems to suggest that parliamentarians and judges should be treated exactly the same. We think that Canadians recognize that their respective duties, tenure and roles are quite different and that in fact they should be dealt with differently and separately. That is why we will be introducing the bill on MP compensation and dealing with it next week.
Business of the House November 25th, 2004
Mr. Speaker, this afternoon we will continue with the opposition motion. Tomorrow we hope to complete third reading of Bill C-7, respecting parks second reading of Bill C-22, the social development legislation, and second reading of Bill C-9, the Quebec economic development bill.
Next week we will give priority to second reading of Bill C-24, the equalization legislation. We also will try to complete any business left over from this week.
When bills come back from the Senate or committee, as the case may be, we will add them to the list. Hopefully this will include Bill S-17 respecting tax treaties and Bill C-5, the learning bonds bill. By the end of the week, we hope to be able to proceed with Bills C-25, the radarsat bill, and Bill C-26, the border services bill.
Next Thursday shall be an allotted day.
Government Contracts November 23rd, 2004
Mr. Speaker, again, the rhetoric is at fever pitch. With respect to the $10 million loan guarantee, the Auditor General noted in her report that this was a loan guarantee made by the last Conservative government, the friends of my friends across the way. A majority share of Canarctic Shipping Company Ltd. was owned by the government. Furthermore, the loan guarantee was never exercised at all, so no money was ever paid out.
Government Contracts November 23rd, 2004
Mr. Speaker, I am not sure whether the hon. member has read the same report that I have. What the Auditor General in fact has said is that this response is as complete as reasonably possible, that it is as good as it gets.
The opposition can be expected to say what it is saying. I will take my cue from the Auditor General. She has provided some further recommendations, recommendations which we fully support and will implement.
Government Contracts November 23rd, 2004
Mr. Speaker, in February 2004 the government introduced measures to improve the process by which order paper questions were answered. The government then asked the Auditor General to review the effectiveness of these changes and provide any recommendations that she thought necessary. She did so. She provided eight of those recommendations. In fact, I would just quote; this morning and later this afternoon, I believe, the Auditor General in reference to this response said that the response was “as good as it can be”.