John Duncan

[Interim Supply, March 24th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, I request the unanimous consent of the House to apply the results from the previous recorded division to this one.

[Interim Supply, March 24th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, I request the unanimous consent of the House to apply the results from the previous recorded vote to this one.

[Interim Supply, March 24th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, if you seek it, I believe you would find unanimous consent of the House to apply the results from the previous recorded division to this one.

[Supplementary Estimates (C), 2013-2014, March 24th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, I request the unanimous consent of the House to apply the results from the previous recorded division to this one.

[Supplementary Estimates (C), 2013-2014, March 24th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, I request the unanimous consent of the House to apply the results from the previous recorded division to this one.

[Supplementary Estimates (C), 2013-2014, March 24th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order.

I request the unanimous consent of this House to apply the results from the previous recorded division to this one.

[Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Act, March 7th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, I request that we see the clock at 1:30 p.m.

[Business of Supply, March 5th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, there are many things to say. The first thing that Canadians, and all members of Parliament, would say is that we respect the Office of the Auditor General. We also respect the work of our House administration. There is no need to put them at odds with each other, in any way, shape, or form. What we are proposing and what this motion proposes would not do that.

The NDP always wants to create a wedge. Wherever it can create one, it wants to do that. Whether it is for the greater good or not, that is what it wants to do.

In terms of why the NDP is working so hard to not disclose hospitality and travel expenses proactively, I can only speculate on that. Sometimes we spend more energy and resources avoiding doing something than actually doing it. I have failed to understand its logic in this since about halfway through last year.

[Business of Supply, March 5th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, the procedure and House affairs committee has already studied this subject at great length. The NDP was on this path during those committee hearings and got no support.

As a matter of fact, the Auditor General has stated, as I said in my speech, that the controls and processes in place by the House of Commons administration are extremely robust and more than adequate to fulfill the task. Now, with public disclosure on top of that, from the board, I cannot imagine why we would want to put a very expensive system in place. We do not require that to achieve our mission and goal.

[Business of Supply, March 5th, 2014]

Mr. Speaker, in fact I see the vast majority of this motion to be somewhat redundant, in that we are not going to get the NDP to move until there is no choice but to move. This is a motion.

We have something much more significant, which is direction from the Board of Internal Economy, as of April 1, whereby the House administration will ensure there is disclosure that is very much in parallel with the proactive disclosure we are undertaking at this time.