Gordon O'Connor

[Committees of the House, May 14th, 2010]

(Motion agreed to)

[Committees of the House, May 14th, 2010]

Mr. Speaker, all parties have agreed to the following. I move:

That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practices of the House, when the motion to concur in the First Report of the Standing Committee on Official Languages, presented on Monday, April 19, 2010, is called for debate, a member from each recognized party may speak for not more than 10 minutes, following each speech, a period not exceeding five minutes shall be made available, if required, to allow members to ask questions and comments briefly on matters relevant to the speech and to allow responses thereto, after each recognized party has spoken, or when no members rise to speak, all questions necessary to dispose of the motion shall be deemed put and a recorded division deemed requested.

[Business of Supply, May 5th, 2010]

Mr. Speaker, we must add the Minister of State for Democratic Reform to the yeas for this vote.

[Business of Supply, May 4th, 2010]

That would be attempted murder.

[Committees of the House, May 4th, 2010]

(Motion agreed to)

[Committees of the House, May 4th, 2010]

Mr. Speaker, I move:

That, in relation to its study on high speed rail in Canada, 12 members of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities be authorized to travel to La Pocatière, Quebec, in the Spring of 2010, and that the necessary staff accompany the Committee.

[Committees of the House, May 4th, 2010]

(Motion agreed to)

[Committees of the House, May 4th, 2010]

Mr. Speaker, I move:

That, in relation to its study on young farmers and the future of farming, 8 members of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food be authorized to travel to Quebec City and Portneuf, Quebec; Kentville, Nova Scotia; Sussex, New Brunswick and Stanley Bridge, Kensington and Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island, in the Spring of 2010, and that the necessary staff accompany the Committee.

[Committees of the House, May 4th, 2010]

(Motion agreed to)

[Committees of the House, May 4th, 2010]

Mr. Speaker, I have three travel motions. I move:

That, in relation to its order of reference of March 3, 2010, 12 members of the Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan be authorized to travel to Kandahar and Kabul, Afghanistan, in the Spring of 2010, and that the necessary staff do accompany the Committee.