Mr. Speaker, I will be voting for the motion.
Lost his last election, in 2000, with 41% of the vote.
Prisons And Reformatories Act October 1st, 1996
Mr. Speaker, I will be voting for the motion.
Clifford Olson September 26th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, 15 years ago Clifford Olson raped and murdered 11 innocent children.
This summer he applied for early release under section 745. Last week we learned that 12 tapes were produced at the request of the FBI and the RCMP so that Clifford Olson could explain how he raped and murdered his victims. We also learned that five of those tapes were released to Clifford Olson's lawyer. Clifford Olson has written to me, offering to send me those tapes for $300.
Enough is enough. Not only did he offer to sell the tapes to me and presumably to others, he forwarded hard core pornography in his correspondence to me. How can a convicted killer and rapist have hard core pornography in his cell?
Correctional Service Canada must be held accountable for the treatment it is giving to Clifford Olson. Exactly what was the deal in order to produce those tapes?
Committees Of The House September 25th, 1996
Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. If the hon. member would like to know the reason I am not giving unanimous consent to this matter, it has to do with the whole question of parliamentary reform, committee assignments, the manner in which members of Parliament are appointed to committees and the manner in which members of Parliament are appointed-
Committees Of The House September 25th, 1996
No.
Committees Of The House September 25th, 1996
Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Earlier I denied unanimous consent for this matter to proceed.
My question to you, first, is whether this motion is debatable at this point. If not, I would like to rise on another point of order.
Petitions September 25th, 1996
Madam Speaker, the second petition is signed by 25 residents of metropolitan Toronto. The petitioners call upon Parliament to pass legislation which will ensure that the sentence given to anyone convicted of driving while impaired or causing injury or death while impaired reflects both the severity of the crime and zero tolerance by Canada toward the crime.
Petitions September 25th, 1996
Madam Speaker, I have two petitions to present to the House today.
The first petition is signed by about 125 residents of Nanton, Alberta. It has to do with section 745 of the Criminal Code which allows convicted killers to apply for early release after serving only 15 years in prison. In fact, the success rate is close to 80 per cent. Most Canadians are appalled that the section is in the Criminal Code.
The petitioners call upon the Government of Canada and all members of Parliament to take immediate steps to have section 745 of the Criminal Code repealed.
Criminal Code September 17th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Yesterday and today I have been listening to the debate. I note that several Liberal members spoke yesterday, several of whom were critical of the bill. Today only critics of the bill appear to be speaking to the bill, and for some reason government members are not defending the bill before the House.
If this debate is to be meaningful at all-
Question On The Order Paper September 17th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. A lot that happens in the House is esoteric to the House in that people who watch, the thousands of Canadians who watch the proceedings of the House right across the country, do not know what is going on at times with respect to the proceedings of the House.
It makes it even more difficult for members who do not belong to any caucus to follow the proceedings. For example, the parliamentary secretary a few moments ago talked about some question number that, as a member of the House, I can review the document that will tell me. However, for the thousands of Canadians out there who are constant viewers of the parliamentary channel, they are at a loss to understand what is going on.
As a suggestion to the parliamentary secretary, he might want to in future explain or at least indicate what the question is that is being deferred or answered.
Petitions September 17th, 1996
Mr. Speaker, the final petition calls on the Government of Canada to proceed immediately with amendments to the Criminal Code to ensure that the sentence given to anyone convicted of impaired driving causing death carries a minimum sentence of seven years and a maximum of fourteen years as outlined in private member's bill C-201 sponsored by the hon. member for Prince George-Bulkley Valley.