Peter Milliken

[Canada Elections Act, September 18th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order 32(2) and pursuant to subsections 198.1(2) and subsection 333.2 of the Canada Elections Act, I have the honour to table in both official languages copies of the Northwest Territories election fees tariff.

[Points Of Order, September 18th, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, a point of order.

I believe you will find unanimous consent to have the following motion put to the House without the usual notice and that it be disposed of without debate.

I move:

That the membership of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be modified as follows: Arseneault, Guy; Beaumier, Colleen; Boudria, Don; Catterall, Marlene; Duceppe, Gilles; Frazer, Jack; Langlois, François; Laurin, René; Malhi, Gurbax Singh; McWhinney, Edward; Milliken, Peter; Parrish, Carolyn; Ringma, Bob; Speaker, Ray.

And that the associate members of the said committee be as follows: Bélanger, Mauril; Bellehumeur, Michel; Bertrand, Robert; Brushett, Dianne; Cowling, Marlene; Epp, Ken; Gauthier, Michel; Grey, Deborah; Jordan, Jim; Leroux, Gaston; Pickard, Jerry; Plamondon, Louis; Solomon, John and Williams, John.

[Subsitutions, June 22nd, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, I would ask for leave to revert to presentation of reports by interparliamentary delegations so that the hon. member for Labrador could present a report to the House.

[Subsitutions, June 22nd, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Minister of Justice:

That, notwithstanding the provisions of the Standing Orders, the chief whip of any party can, for the purposes of this trip, make substitutions by giving notice to the clerk of the committee. These substitutions will apply for the duration of the trip and will take effect as soon as they are received by the clerk of the committee.

I ask for the unanimous consent of the House to introduce this motion as well, Mr. Speaker.

(Motion agreed to.)

[Committees Of The House, June 22nd, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, in light of the comments of the Reform Party whip I would seek the consent of the House for a couple of motions. I move:

That 15 members and 7 staff of the Standing Committee on Industry be authorized to travel to Toronto, Ontario, during the adjournment of the House between August 1 and August 3, 1995, in order to conduct hearings on major banks and their activities.

I seek unanimous consent for that motion and then I will have another one.

[Business Of The House, June 22nd, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, on the third reading of the bill, I move:

That Bill C-91 be amended:

By deleting line 25 in section 31 and renumbering (b), (c) and (d) as (a), (b) and (c) and by adding as section 32 the following:

The Bank shall not grant a loan, investment or guarantee to a director or officer of the corporation.

By renumbering existing section 32 as section 32.1 and by deleting line 14 in section 32(3) and renumbering (b),(c) and (d) as (a), (b) and (c).

I seek the unanimous consent of the House for that amendment to be made to the bill.

[Business Of The House, June 22nd, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, I think you would find consent that the House now proceed to deal with Bill C-91 at third reading, subject to an amendment which I am about to propose. I believe agreement has been reached between all parties in the House that there would be three five-minute speeches on third reading of this bill, followed by a bell not exceeding five minutes, following which there would be a vote on third reading.

I think if you could seek that consent I would then propose the amendment to the House, Mr. Speaker.

[Members Of Parliament Retiringallowances Act, June 22nd, 1995]

Mr. Speaker, the hon. member who just spoke has misled people listening to the debate because he suggested the Liberal government in introducing this bill failed to honour the commitments and promises it made in respect of the pension plan in this country for MPs.

As he will acknowledge, I am sure, in his answer to this comment, the Liberal government promised two things in the red book: to end double dipping for members of Parliament and to install a minimum age for the pension plan so that members under a certain age could not collect. He knows the minimum age provided in the bill before the House is 55; he knows this bill ends double dipping. He should come clean with Canadians and admit that not only has the government fulfilled all of the commitments it made in the red book in respect of the pension plan, but it went further. It reduced the cost of the pension to Canadian taxpayers by one-third by reducing the contribution rate so that members are ineligible to receive the full pension after 15 years and now it will be 19 years. Why does the member do that?

Besides suggesting that, he is also pretending to be outraged on the part of the Reform Party with his pension and claims that he is not going to collect his pension. He will not for the very good reason that a member has to be elected twice to this Chamber to collect, and he will have grave difficulty doing that. He knows that in his heart of hearts.

Is he not doing what the other Reformers are doing, opting out of the pension in order to squeeze out of the required contributions and put that money in their pockets instead of facing reality and acknowledging that what other people are doing here is right, honest, and fair?

[Ways And Means Motions, June 22nd, 1995]

Madam Speaker, in the interest of clearing up matters on the Order Paper, I think you would find unanimous consent to allow for the withdrawal from the Order Paper of Ways and Means Motions Nos. 9, 10, 19, 22, 24 and 26. These have all been superseded by events and they are no longer required on the Order Paper. I have consulted with members opposite and I think you would find consent to allow those to be withdrawn from the Order Paper.

[Questions Passed As Orders For Return, June 22nd, 1995]

Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's responses to 13 petitions.