Alfonso Gagliano

[Budget Implementation Act, 1994, April 15th, 1994]

Madam Speaker, if I am not mistaken, I believe you gave everyone plenty of time. Personally, I said "question" more than five times. You looked around the House. You even asked members whether they wanted to speak. When no one rose, you rose yourself to put the question. Everyone was given plenty of time. I am sorry. We were prepared to have a debate, but now the question has been put. That is how it is.

[Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994, April 13th, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I believe you will find unanimous consent for the question to be put now on the motion for third reading of Bill C-18 and that the vote just taken shall be applied in reverse to the motion for third reading.

[Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994, April 12th, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, I think you will find unanimous consent to apply the vote we just took to the remaining motions in amendment plus the report stage.

[Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, March 24th, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, I believe that you will obtain unanimous consent to have the result of the vote just taken applied in reverse to the main motion.

[Government Expenditures, March 24th, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, first of all I would like to say that the trip does not involve the authority of the government. It is the executive of the parliamentary association that is elected by the members of this House.

It is important for us who believe that parliamentary exchange with the rest of the world is important. This is a national Parliament and such exchanges should continue.

Concerning the way delegations are formed and the expenses of such delegations, I would like to remind members that on January 17 this year we announced a plan to reduce costs to the House of Commons budget. In that plan was the way we should restructure our parliamentary association.

I am sure that if the member has enough patience in the few months to come before this session adjourns we will have a new system of parliamentary delegation. I am sure that the representative of the Reform Party on the board will contribute to that new approach.

[The Budget, March 23rd, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, I believe that you will find unanimous consent to apply the result of the vote just taken to the motion which you just announced on the Budget.

[Points Of Order, March 23rd, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I want to bring to the attention of the House something which happened today in Question Period.

Since the opening of the 35th Parliament, I think all members of this House and especially the whips have always tried to keep decorum so that we can have good debate.

I understand that in the heat of debate sometimes members can heckle or speak a little bit louder. However, today I was very disturbed by what occurred, especially when it involved a political party that before, during and after the election lectured us about how we should behave here. Posters were displayed, not only by an individual member but by more than a row of their seats. I think it was deliberately organized. It is a shame that for the past three months we have been trying to have decorum and today regretfully we broke that practice.

[Interim Supply, March 22nd, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, I believe that you will find unanimous consent to apply the vote that we just took to the division on all other questions necessary to dispose of the business of supply and the bill based thereon.

[Canadian Foreign Policy, March 16th, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, I believe you will find that there is unanimous consent to apply the result of the last vote to the main motion, but in reverse.

[Supply, March 8th, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, again, in order to save time, I think you will find unanimous consent in the House to apply the vote just completed to the main motion.