Peter Milliken

[Questions Passed As Orders For Returns, February 8th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, if Questions Nos. 96 and 126 could be made Orders for Returns, these returns would be tabled immediately.

[Petitions, February 8th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise to present a petition signed by 351 residents of Kingston and the Islands. The petitioners call upon Parliament to reject any reduction of social benefits for seniors in any form, including deindexing or means testing.

[Committees Of The House, February 8th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, with leave of the House, I move, seconded by the hon. member for Laurier-Sainte-Marie, that the 58th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, laid upon the Table today, be concurred in.

(Motion agreed to.)

[Committees Of The House, February 8th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present the 58th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs regarding the membership of the Standing Committee on Government Operations.

If the House gives its consent, I intend to move concurrence in the 58th report later this day.

[Government Response To Petitions, February 8th, 1995]

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

[Order Paper, February 7th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, I think you will also find unanimous consent for the following motion:

That items standing on the Order Paper under Government Business, Nos. 14, 15, 16 and 18 be withdrawn, and further that item No. 19 on today's Order Paper under Private Members' Business, a motion standing in the name of the hon. member for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell be also withdrawn.

(Motion agreed to.)

[Committees Of The House, February 7th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, it is just not normal to review all those facts in the presentation of these motions. The motion is to authorize travel. There is an amount fixed for the travel in accordance with the decision of the subcommittee on budget, which was made yesterday.

(Motion agreed to.)

[Committees Of The House, February 7th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, the motion itself does not limit the amount. In accordance with normal practice the transport committee has sought and obtained the consent of the liaison committee through the subcommittee on budget. Naturally they applied for and received a budget allocation for this trip.

[Committees Of The House, February 7th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, I hesitate to interrupt this lively debate but I have a couple of consent motions I think the House will agree to at this point.

I move:

That the Standing Committee on Transport be authorized to travel to Montreal, Quebec City, Mont-Joli, Vancouver, Hamilton, Thunder Bay, St. John's, Charlottetown, Halifax and St. John, from February 6 to March 17, 1995, for the purpose of holding hearings in relation to the Committee's consideration of marine policy, and that the necessary staff do accompany the Committee.

[Points Of Order, February 7th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order arising out of statements by ministers this morning.

The hon. member for Peace River in his presentation remarked that he had not received certain copies of government documents from the Minister for International Trade until 20 minutes before he made his remarks in the House.

I want to point out first of all he admitted he received a copy of the minister's speech. I am also informed that at 5.45 p.m. yesterday the minister's staff attempted to deliver copies of the two documents that were tabled this morning at ten o'clock to the member's office but it was closed. They were taken to the post office and put in his post box at that time.

I am further advised that copies of the same documents were delivered to the hon. member for Red Deer through the Reform

House leader's office and were therefore available to him as a co-member of his committee.

I can only say that if the hon. members opposite do not share the information they receive in order to make intelligent comments in the House the government cannot be responsible for that.