Peter Milliken

[Questions Passed As Orders For Returns, February 7th, 1995]

Madam Speaker, I therefore table the return and would ask that the remaining questions be allowed to stand.

[Questions Passed As Orders For Returns, February 7th, 1995]

Madam Speaker, I would ask if you would be so kind to call Starred Question No. 95.

[Questions On The Order Paper, February 7th, 1995]

Madam Speaker, the following questions will be answered today: Nos. 111 and 127.

Question No. 111-

[Petitions, February 7th, 1995]

Madam Speaker, I have the honour to present two petitions signed by residents of Kingston.

The first petition calls upon Parliament not to amend the human rights code or the Canadian Human Rights Act or the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in any way which would tend to indicate societal approval of same sex relationships.

The second petition calls upon Parliament to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to protect individuals from discrimination based on sexual orientation.

I am pleased to table both these petitions, although conflicting, in the House today.

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

Madam Speaker, I have the honour to present the fifty-seventh report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs regarding the membership of committees.

With leave of the House, I intend to move for concurrence in this report later this day.

Madam Speaker, I think you would find the consent of the House to dispense with the reading of the 57th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

I think you will also find consent for the following motion. I move that the 57th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs presented to the House earlier this day be concurred in.

[Government Response To Petitions, February 7th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to 19 petitions.

[Question Passed As Order For Return, February 6th, 1995]

Madam Speaker, I ask that the remaining questions be allowed to stand.

[Question Passed As Order For Return, February 6th, 1995]

Madam Speaker, Question No. 93 standing in the name of the hon. member for Québec-Est relates to contracts for services, supplies and leasing awarded by the Department of Public Works and Government Services since October 25, 1993, in all federal constituencies in Quebec, and to the list of government properties located in these same constituencies.

As you can imagine, the list is long. The government has been working on a response ever since the question was received. I understand that it is almost ready and I will table it in this House as soon as possible. I hope that the hon. member can wait that long because there are many items to put down on that list.

The government owns many properties, as he knows, and he also knows that the department in question has a great many contracts in the province of Quebec and that, with 75 constituencies, the list will be very long. I hope that he can wait for all the information to be compiled in response to his question. I will be tabling that response in this House shortly.

[Question Passed As Order For Return, February 6th, 1995]

Madam Speaker, I would ask that Question No. 94 be made an Order for Return. If it is, then the return would be tabled immediately. Then I will deal with the request.

[Starred Questions, February 6th, 1995]

Madam Speaker, perhaps I could finish what I was saying before dealing with the point of order raised by the hon. member.

I indicated that these questions would be answered as if read. That was agreed and those are now acceptable.