Mr. Speaker, I will be voting in favour of the motion.
(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)
Lost his last election, in 2000, with 41% of the vote.
Canada Labour Code November 20th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, I will be voting in favour of the motion.
(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)
Canadian Bill Of Rights November 6th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. As you know, members of Parliament, other than by the usage of the bells, are not notified of when votes take place in the House. This is especially of concern to members of Parliament who do not belong to a particular caucus. There are some 15 of them in the House of Commons. These members of Parliament are not advised.
My office called the clerk's department and there is no procedure in place for those members of Parliament to be told when a vote takes place and, in my view, that affects the ability of these members to adequately represent their constituents.
We are about to vote on a matter and I am not aware of what the nature of that matter is.
Petitions November 6th, 1996
Madam Speaker, the second petition has to do with section 745 of the Criminal Code.
Section 745 allows convicted killers to apply to have their parole ineligibility reduced. The petitioners and millions of other Canadians want this government to take immediate action to stop convicted killers from applying under section 745 to have their parole ineligibility reduced so that the penalty for first degree murder becomes a minimum period of incarceration of 25 years.
Petitions November 6th, 1996
Madam Speaker, I wish to present to the House today a petition signed by several hundred Canadians calling on the government and members of Parliament to support Bill C-205 introduced by the member for Scarborough West so as to provide in Canadian law that no criminal profits from committing a crime.
Criminals are not prohibited by Canadian law from profiting from their crimes. Criminals have the opportunity today to produce videotapes, write books and to profit as a result of their crimes.
These petitioners call on the Government of Canada to take immediate action to stop people like Clifford Olson from profiting from their heinous crimes.
Committees Of The House November 6th, 1996
Madam Speaker, on a point of order, is a member of Parliament entitled to indicate the reasons that unanimous consent is not being granted, if the House is interested? If it is not interested, then I will not explain.
Committees Of The House November 6th, 1996
Madam Speaker, this raises the whole question of the method by which members of Parliament are appointed to committees. Those of us who do not belong to a particular caucus are excluded from the process in terms of committee selection.
One of the things that I have stood for in the 12 years I have been in Parliament is parliamentary reform. It seems to me that subsequent committees which have studied the whole issue of parliamentary reform-
Committees Of The House November 6th, 1996
Madam Speaker, on a point of order, perhaps the member could indicate the nature of the report and what is in the report that is being reported. It is hard to give unanimous consent if one is not aware of what is in the report.
Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement November 5th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, I vote in accordance with the government's position on this matter.
(The House divided on the amendment, which was negatived on the following division:)
Divorce Act November 5th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, I vote with my Liberal colleagues on this motion.
Divorce Act November 5th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of my constituents I vote nay in accordance with the government's position.