Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The hon. minister is quite right so I suggest we seek unanimous consent of the House to have the Liberal motion we are currently debating withdrawn.
Lost his last election, in 2011, with 2% of the vote.
Business Of The House June 9th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The hon. minister is quite right so I suggest we seek unanimous consent of the House to have the Liberal motion we are currently debating withdrawn.
Business Of The House June 9th, 1998
I am sorry, Mr. Speaker, I was quoting the paper. I did not realize that.
Even the government House leader admits that it is their fault. They made the mistake. Now what they are saying is “because the Liberals screwed up, we are going to penalize the rest of the House and make you guys sit until 4 a.m.”.
The truth is the major blunder made by the Liberals last night is typical and indicative of the level of incompetence they display time and time again not only in the House but in the management of the affairs of operating the government.
I wonder if the member would like to comment on that.
Business Of The House June 9th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, I quote from an article that appeared in the Ottawa Sun today in which the government House leader admitted he and his MPs had only themselves to blame: “Randy White is right. I don't like it that he is right”—
Business Of The House June 9th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. While it is true that the Liberals balanced the budget, they did did it by implementing 37 tax increases.
Business Of The House June 9th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. My hon. colleague has been saying a lot of things that are exactly true and right.
Most important, he said that we are talking about the Liberal government never being here to hear the debate or to hear the concerns. It operates in an autocratic fashion. My point is that there is not one cabinet minister here to listen to him.
Division No. 203 June 9th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The member for London North made comments that were not in order when he referred to the member for York—South Weston and said that he and a few Conservatives and Reformers know—
Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 June 8th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, the hon. member for Fraser Valley said that the legislative agenda of the Liberal government is weak and lacks vision.
Would he be willing to share with the House what the legislative agenda of the Reform Party will be when it forms the government in 2001?
Business Of The House June 8th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I believe you would find consent for the following motion:
That, notwithstanding the provisions of the Standing Orders, for the remainder of this session, motions pursuant to Standing Orders 57 and 78(3) shall not be receivable by the Chair.
Supply June 8th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, I did not get a simple yes or no answer to my question. I guess the hon. member felt that my question was wordy, so allow me to try to shorten it.
Should judges have the authority to add new meaning to laws in their rulings?
Supply June 8th, 1998
Mr. Speaker, does the hon. member think that judges should have the authority to write or rewrite legislation to change the law? Does she think their role should be not only to rule on the constitutionality and the applications of law but to change the meaning of laws and to write laws? A simple yes or no answer would suffice.