Peter Milliken

[Foreign Policy, September 21st, 1994]

moved:

That the Order of the House of March 16, 1994, respecting the Special Joint Committee on Canada's Foreign Policy be amended by adding thereto the following:

That, notwithstanding the usual practices of this House, substitution in the membership of the Committee shall be in accordance with Standing Order 114(2), and that a message be sent to the Senate to acquaint their Honours thereof.

(Motion agreed to.)

[Membership Of Committee, September 21st, 1994]

Madam Speaker, I think you will find unanimous consent of the House for the following motion. I move:

That the order of the House of Wednesday, February 23, 1994 respecting the Special Joint Committee on Canada's Defence Policy be amended by adding thereto the following:

That, not withstanding the usual practices of this House substitution in the membership of the Committee shall be in accordance with Standing Order 114(2),

and that a message be sent to the Senate to acquaint their honours thereof.

[Government Response To Petitions, September 21st, 1994]

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to table, in both official languages, and pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), the government's response to five petitions.

[Business Of The House, September 20th, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, there have been discussions among the parties. I think you will find unanimous consent for the following motion:

That on Wednesday, September 21, 1994, the House shall continue to sit from 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. for the purpose of considering the motion by the Minister of Foreign Affairs with regard to peacekeeping, provided the proceedings pursuant to Standing Order 38 shall be taken up at 8.30 p.m. and provided that no dilatory motions or quorum calls should be receivable after 6.30 p.m. on that day.

(Motion agreed to.)

[Starred Questions, September 20th, 1994]

The answer is as follows: The changes to the Unemployment Insurance Program announced in the February 24, 1994 budget will reduce benefit expenditures by $500 million in 1994, $2.1 billion in 1995 and $2.4 billion in 1996. These are calendar years. The planned annual surplus for 1994 in the Unemployment Insurance Account is $240 million, which should bring the accumulated deficit down to $5.6 billion, by December 31, 1994.

Premiums rates will be rolled back to their 1993 level in 1995 and 1996, and the accumulated deficit in the UI Account should be eliminated by the end of 1996.

[Starred Questions, September 20th, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, would you be so kind as to call Starred Question No. 33.

Question No. 33-

[Questions On The Order Paper, September 20th, 1994]

I am informed by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Department of Health as follows:

(a) & (b)

Question No. 68-

[Questions On The Order Paper, September 20th, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, the following questions will be answered today: Nos. 66, 68 and 70.

Question No. 66-

[Committees Of The House, September 20th, 1994]

Mr. Speaker, I have a motion I would like to put with unanimous consent.

It deals with the 28th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. It was concurred in yesterday by the House with consent. Apparently it has caused some difficulty in the committee's branch to have this report take effect as of today. It would prefer to defer the implementation of the report, which deals with the allocation of rooms for committees, until October 3.

Accordingly, I move:

That the committee room assignment system contained in the 28th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs and adopted by the House of Commons on September 19, 1994 come into effect on Monday, October 3, 1994.

I think there would be unanimous consent for that motion.

Motion agreed to.

[Committees Of The House, September 19th, 1994]

moved that the 28th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs presented to the House on Friday, June 10, 1994 be concurred in.

(Motion agreed to.)