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[Motions For Papers, May 12th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, I ask that all Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers be allowed to stand.

[Questions On The Order Paper, May 12th, 1999]

I ask that the remaining questions be allowed to stand.

[Questions On The Order Paper, May 12th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, Questions Nos. 186 and 224 will be answered today. .[Text]

Question No. 186—

[Terry Fox Day Act, May 12th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, if the House gives its consent, I move that the 74th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs presented to the House earlier this day be concurred in.

[Committees Of The House, May 12th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present the 74th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs regarding the membership and associate membership of some committees.

If the House gives its consent, I intend to move concurrence in this report later this day.

[Government Response To Petitions, May 12th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to nine petitions.

[Competition Act, May 7th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, I will be brief.

The bill before this House is not new. We have seen it in various forms in the past. The government has a number of concerns it will raise in committee, if the House decides to refer this bill to committee. We hope to propose some amendments to the bill at committee stage, and the members will be able to consider them at their leisure.

That said, today the bill is at second reading. So, for the moment, we intend to support the bill. For our colleagues opposite who have expressed certain concerns, which we share, I reiterate that these concerns should be covered by amendments in committee before the bill returns to the House at report stage or third reading.

One of these concerns is the effect the bill may have, in its present form, on the Broadcasting Act. This concern is shared, and we intend to remedy it in committee.

I encourage my colleagues opposite, who expressed the same concerns, to raise them in committee, as the government intends.

[Questions On The Order Paper, May 7th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.

[Government Response To Petitions, May 7th, 1999]

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to two petitions.

[National Housing Act, May 7th, 1999]

If you manage to spill your water, that too will be the fault of the federal government?