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An Act To Give Effect To The Requirement For Clarity As Set Out In The Opinion Of The Supreme Court Of Canada In The Quebec Secession Reference March 13th, 2000
moved:
Motion No. 259
That Bill C-20 be amended by adding after line 28 on page 5 the following new clause:
“4. Section 2 shall come into force on the day that is three years after the day on which this Act is assented to, and sections 1 and 3 shall come into force on the day that is seven years after the day on which this Act is assented to.”
An Act To Give Effect To The Requirement For Clarity As Set Out In The Opinion Of The Supreme Court Of Canada In The Quebec Secession Reference March 13th, 2000
moved:
Motion No. 219
That Bill C-20 be amended by adding after line 28 on page 5 the following new clause:
“4. (1) One year after this Act comes into force, and every four years thereafter, the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs shall cause a review to be made of the provisions and the administration of this Act.
(2) Within one year after the review is undertaken, the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs shall submit to Parliament a report on the review.
(3) The report shall be reviewed by a committee of the House of Commons that may be designated or established for the purpose of reviewing the report.”
An Act To Give Effect To The Requirement For Clarity As Set Out In The Opinion Of The Supreme Court Of Canada In The Quebec Secession Reference March 13th, 2000
moved:
Motion No. 155
That Bill C-20 be amended by adding after line 28 on page 5 the following new clause:
“4. This Act comes into force five years after it is assented to.”
An Act To Give Effect To The Requirement For Clarity As Set Out In The Opinion Of The Supreme Court Of Canada In The Quebec Secession Reference March 13th, 2000
moved:
Motion No. 138
That Bill C-20 be amended by adding after line 28 on page 5 the following new clause:
“4. (1) On the expiration of seven years after the coming into force of this Act, the provisions contained herein shall be referred to such committee of the House of Commons as may be designated or established by Parliament for that purpose.
(2) The committee designated or established for the purpose of subsection (1) shall, as soon as practicable, undertake a comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of this Act and shall, within six months after the review is undertaken submit a report to the House of Commons thereon.”
An Act To Give Effect To The Requirement For Clarity As Set Out In The Opinion Of The Supreme Court Of Canada In The Quebec Secession Reference March 13th, 2000
moved:
Motion No. 129
That Bill C-20 be amended by adding after line 28 on page 5 the following new clause:
“4. (1) On the expiration of five years after the coming into force of this Act, the provisions contained herein shall be referred to such committee of the House of Commons as may be designated or established by Parliament for that purpose.
(2) The committee designated or established for the purpose of subsection (1) shall, as soon as practicable, undertake a comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of this Act and shall, within three years after the review is undertaken submit a report to the House of Commons thereon.”
An Act To Give Effect To The Requirement For Clarity As Set Out In The Opinion Of The Supreme Court Of Canada In The Quebec Secession Reference March 13th, 2000
moved:
Motion No. 68
That Bill C-20, in Clause 1, be amended by deleting lines 42 to 47 on page 3 and lines 1 to 3 on page 4.
Railway Industry March 2nd, 2000
Mr. Speaker, yesterday we learned in the Journal de Montréal that Canadian railways are nothing more than vast open air toilets.
I would like to pay tribute to the Liberal government's leadership, management and concern for the environment in the railway sector.
Let us hope that, during the two years of reflection he has set aside to consider the future of the railway industry in Canada, the Minister of Transport will look into the lack of basic hygiene, which harks back to the dark ages.
The Liberal government's budget cuts have left VIA without the means anymore to modernize its cars and to equip them with suitable holding tanks for the toilets.
Soon, the Quebec City-Windsor corridor will look like a vast open sewer.
The result of good Liberal management is a bad smell offending a lot of people.
Criminal Code February 28th, 2000
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-447, an act to amend the Criminal Code (false documents, etc. respecting a franchise).
Mr. Speaker, I also introduce a bill whose purpose is to amend the Criminal Code in order to protect persons from purchasing a franchise about which material facts have been falsified or not divulged.
To that end, this bill makes it a criminal offence to induce a person to purchase a franchise by circulating false material information about the franchise or by deliberately omitting to give the person material information about the franchise.
This bill is aimed at striking a balance in the relations between the franchisees and the franchisers.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Employment Insurance Act February 28th, 2000
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-446, an act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (insurable employment).
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce a bill whose objective is to correct a serious injustice affecting a great majority of students.
This bill aims at allowing full time students at secondary, college and university levels to decide whether or not they want to pay employment insurance premiums.
Many of these students do not work enough hours to qualify for the program. Thus, they pay premiums for nothing because they cannot get the benefits they would normally be entitled to if the system were based the number of weeks, instead of the number of hours of work.
Through this bill, students would be able to pay premiums if they considered it necessary to do so, or not to pay them if they thought they would not work enough hours to qualify. In this way, we would not deprive students who are able to get enough hours of work from being entitled to the benefits of the system.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Bill C-20 February 28th, 2000
Mr. Speaker, the arrogance of this Liberal government came to light once again on Friday when the government House leader described as “folly” the remarks by the Bloc Quebecois during committee hearings on Bill C-20.
This “folly” is simply the broad and clear consensus in Quebec opposing the bill on clarity. It is a well known fact: the truth hurts.
Was the folly in this committee not rather the push by the Liberal majority to limit debate? Was it not the expedited work of the committee arising out of the Liberal majority's fear of going to hear witnesses on their home ground?
In the name of the Quebec consensus opposing the bill on clarity, I repeat loud and long that the quintessential folly in this matter is Bill C-20 itself.