Mr. Speaker, the following question will be answered today: No. 48.
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Questions on the Order Paper November 26th, 2013
Mr. Speaker, the following question will be answered today: No. 48.
Government Response to Petitions November 26th, 2013
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to 11 petitions.
Questions on the Order Paper November 25th, 2013
Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.
Government Response to Petitions November 25th, 2013
Mr. Speaker, before I table documents, I think I should announce for the benefit of those in the House that the Saskatchewan Roughriders won the Grey Cup yesterday, the mighty green and white, the pride of the Prairies, Canada's favourite team, and I could go on.
Pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's responses to 39 petitions.
Questions on the Order Paper November 22nd, 2013
Mr. Speaker, I ask that the remaining questions be allowed to stand.
Questions on the Order Paper November 22nd, 2013
Mr. Speaker, the following question will be answered today: Question No. 24.
Government Response to Petitions November 22nd, 2013
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8) I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to three petitions.
Business of the House November 21st, 2013
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the hon. Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, I can attest that I and our government find it regrettable, to say the very least, that we hear comments such as this from the House leader of the official opposition when, in fact, the opposition members themselves are delaying important pieces of legislation through the continuance of filibustering and delaying tactics here in the House and at committee.
Therefore, Mr. Speaker, I can tell you and the opposition House leader that we will continue debating the NDP's regrettable amendment to block second reading of Bill C-2, the respect for communities act. However, if the opposition members finally allow some progress on that critical file, we will turn to Bill C-3, the safeguarding Canada's seas and skies act, at second reading.
Tomorrow we will start the second reading debate on Bill C-12, the drug-free prisons act.
Monday, before question period, we will resume the second reading debate on Bill C-5, the offshore health and safety act. After question period, we will return to Bill C-12.
On Wednesday, we will start the second reading debate on Bill C-13, the protecting Canadians from online crime act.
That debate will continue on Thursday, but if we cannot finish Bill C-2 today, we will make time for that debate on Thursday morning.
Tuesday, November 26, as the government House leader announced earlier in the week, will be the fourth allotted day, which will see a Liberal motion debated.
During the constituency week, the member for Papineau certainly put forward a number of unusual ideas, some of which, or maybe one of which, may be put forward as a motion for the Liberals' allotted day. Some of those unusual ideas include the member for Papineau, the leader of the third party, saying that he admired the dictatorship in Communist China. He also advocated to minors the legalization of drugs. Finally, the leader seemed to suggest that he is putting the interests of criminals ahead of those of their victims by reducing sentences for serious crimes.
We find that reprehensible, but we have yet to see how the Liberals will approach those very important issues, in the eyes of the Liberals, come their allotted day next Tuesday.
Questions on the Order Paper November 21st, 2013
Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.
Government Response to Petitions November 21st, 2013
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to two petitions.