This House has the right to vote on a committee report, that is our job.
Lost his last election, in 2006, with 35% of the vote.
Committees of the House October 31st, 2002
This House has the right to vote on a committee report, that is our job.
Committees of the House October 31st, 2002
Madam Speaker, my colleague opposite has just repeated again that everyone should have the right to vote, and that is precisely what we want; that is precisely what we are doing right now.
Committees of the House October 31st, 2002
Madam Speaker, that is interesting. I must not be a member of the team in question, because I did not receive any call from the Prime Minister this morning.
The second thing that is important, and I want to stress this point, is that the NDP member who just spoke said that only the intelligent people voted one way, which means that those who voted the opposite way are not intelligent.
Since when does a democracy disparage the intelligence of those who disagree? Since when does a democracy disparage the wish of member of the House of Commons to—
Committees of the House October 31st, 2002
Madam Speaker, I find it interesting that the member for Edmonton North should be the one talking to me about revolt. How quickly she forgets her history.
What she does not seem to know, or in any case will not indicate, is that in this institution of ours, there is a process whereby decisions made by a committee become recommendations made to the House as a whole. It is up to the House as a whole to decide.
To assume that all of the committee report must automatically be concurred in, as she does, is to deprive the members of the House who are not on the committee the opportunity to express their views on the matter. It is basically taking away their democratic right to speak on such issues. She knows it full well; she is playing petty party politics.
Committees of the House October 31st, 2002
Madam Speaker, I would like to move the following amendment. I move:
That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and by substituting the following:
“the second report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be referred back to the committee for the purpose of reconsidering its recommendations”.
And that the committee report to the House thereon within fifteen sitting days.
Questions on the Order Paper October 25th, 2002
Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent of the House for the following motion:
“That the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Development and Natural Resources be authorized to hold an organizational meeting pursuant to Standing Order 106(2) on Monday, October 28, 2002, at 3:30 p.m., and that the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, and the Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs also be authorized to hold organizational meetings pursuant to Standing Order 106(2) on Tuesday, that is October 29, 2002, at 9:30 a.m.”
Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act October 21st, 2002
Mr. Speaker, I defer to your judgment. It would seem to me that what I proposed as a motion has nothing to do with the way the chairs are elected, but rather with the composition of the committees—
Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act October 21st, 2002
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would like it to be recorded that the opposition to the tabling of this motion, which would enable the standing committees of this House to function, comes from the Canadian Alliance.
Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act October 21st, 2002
Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I would like to obtain the consent of this House to adopt the following motion. I move:
That the first report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs dealing with the list of members and associate members of the standing committees be deemed tabled and adopted.
Highway Infrastructure October 1st, 2002
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Transport.
We are all aware of the importance highway 30 holds for the Montérégie and the greater Montreal region, not only for transportation, but also for the environment and for economic development. We have made commitment after commitment in connection with highway 30, which has been declared a priority, but to date all of us in the Montérégie are still waiting, with growing impatience, for the long awaited announcement.
What we in the Montérégie are waiting for is the signature of a federal-provincial-private sector agreement which will sanction this project. When will this be forthcoming and what is holding it up?