Paul Zed

[Questions On The Order Paper, September 23rd, 1996]

The Government of Canada did not meet the cost of any trip to Washington, D.C. at the time referred to in this question. Further inquiries concerning this matter may be addressed to the Clerk of the House of Commons.

[Questions On The Order Paper, September 23rd, 1996]

Mr. Speaker, Question No. 35 will be answered today.

Question No. 35-

[Committees Of The House, September 23rd, 1996]

Mr. Speaker, I move:

That the following member be added to the list of associated members of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs: Mauril Bélanger.

(Motion agreed to.)

[Committees Of The House, September 23rd, 1996]

Mr. Speaker, if the House gives its consent, I move that the 27th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented to the House earlier this day, be concurred in.

(Motion agreed to.)

[Committees Of The House, September 23rd, 1996]

Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present the 27th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs regarding the associate membership of various committees. I intend to move concurrence in the report later this day.

[Government Response To Petitions, September 23rd, 1996]

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to two petitions.

[Questions Passed As Orders For Returns, September 19th, 1996]

I ask that the remaining questions be allowed to stand.

[Questions Passed As Orders For Returns, September 19th, 1996]

Mr. Speaker, if Question No. 10 could be made an Order for Return, the return would be tabled immediately.

Question No. 10-

[Business Of The House, September 19th, 1996]

Mr. Speaker, today the House shall consider third reading of Bill C-45 concerning section 745 of the Criminal Code. If this is completed, we will return to debate on Bill C-53, the corrections legislation.

Tomorrow we will deal with Bill C-54, the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act. If this bill is completed, we shall return to the point where we left off today.

On Monday and on the days following, we shall pick up the list from Friday, followed by Bill C-41 respecting child support payments, Bill C-26 regarding oceans, Bill C-44, the marine bill, Bill C-47 respecting reproductive technologies, and Bill C-29 concerning fuel additives.

We shall likely designate next Thursday as an allotted day.

[Committees Of The House, September 19th, 1996]

Mr. Speaker, this is certainly not a new complaint coming from the whip of the Reform party or from the previous whip of the Reform party, or the previous whip of the Reform party, or the previous acting whip of the Reform party. I get a little amused-the old expression that people in glass houses should not throw stones.

What I find curious is why members of the Reform party would want to have information about how the Liberal caucus operates? The committee operation is open. The Liberal party continues to be the most open party on Parliament Hill. We have democratic elections. We have democratic open contests. There is no fettering of that. There is no interference with that. We have a caucus system.

I make no illusions about the fact that I got elected as a member of a political party. We campaigned on it. We produced our information in black and white and we were elected on it. What I find a little curious is that we made commitments, got elected and delivered on those commitments. What part would the hon. member say we did not deliver on? Have we given a greater role to drafting legislation? How many pieces of legislation have gone to committee after first reading? How many parliamentary reviews have there been of order in council appointments by this Parliament? How many more free votes have there been in this Parliament than the previous Parliament?