Fisheries  Speaker, yesterday the fisheries minister said it was despicable that we would ask why he is decimating the Pacific salmon fleet and at the same time allocating more fish to the native fishery. Clearly the minister thought it was despicable that we could see through the smoke and mirrors to his real agenda. I have a very simple question for the minister: Is it true that the size of the commercial fleet in British Columbia is being slashed and at the very same time the size of the native fishery is being expanded?

The Constitution  Two days to put a bill through this House. Time limitation out the door. Terrible. The government called time allocated twice on Bill C-33, the gay rights legislation. It shut off hearings, even in committee. Where were these members then? Why does it come to the floor of the House when it suits them?

Budget Implementation Act  We have not used closure on the bill. I want to state that for the record. There has been no time allocation on the bill. The hon. member for Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot has been given ample opportunity to express his views and he knows it. He tried to suggest otherwise this morning. That is why I am rising this afternoon: to correct the record.

Employment Insurance Act  A minimum of910 hours of work. We talked about this throughout the debate, but each time, we were subjected to time allocation, that is, in other words, we were gagged. What does the 910 hours eligibility rule mean when one works in the regions and according to the seasons? It means twenty-six 35 hour weeks.

Canadian Human Rights Act  Why did this bill appear all of a sudden, out of the blue, at a time when the government was in big trouble because of its own turpitude and about to lose face completely? It zoomed through second reading, report stage, third reading and time allocation. I figure that the government extricated itself from of a difficult situation by turning the tables on us. But I do not want it to get off so lightly. I am pleased to speak on this motion.

Canadian Human Rights Act  Mr. Speaker, it has been very difficult to get up on this matter today. Time allocation has made it such that those members who wish to address this are having great difficulty in doing so. I would like to make two comments in regard to what the member and other members have said today.

Canadian Human Rights Act  Mr. Speaker, considering the imposition of time allocation on Bill C-33, I am pleased to have the opportunity to address the House on this piece of legislation. However, I must inform the House that it is not a pleasure. I would have far preferred if this legislation were not brought forward by the Liberal government.

Canadian Human Rights Act  Therefore, I give notice that, at the next sitting of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 78(3), a minister of the crown will be moving a time allocation motion for the purpose of allotting a specified number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of proceedings at that stage.

Canadian Human Rights Act  We were asked to look at section 15, study it and see how to bring it into force by the year 1985. Time allocation was an extremely interesting eye opener. We looked at many areas of discrimination, including the elderly, the disabled, women and children. We went through a whole range of acts, including those related to the economy, insurance and all aspects of our daily lives.

Canadian Human Rights Act  The main issue before Parliament is the inclusion of sexual orientation in the Canadian Human Rights Act and the undemocratic nature in which it is being foisted upon an unsuspecting Canadian population. Debate is being stifled by invoking time allocation at every stage. I submit that is probably being done so that Canadians will not become too excited about this and become aware of what is happening. It is hurriedly being shoved through Parliament before people can realize what is happening.

Employment Insurance Act  Will I have to wait until others leave before saying these things? The damage will have been done. The government imposed time allocation. We are being gagged. This is what it means. We are forced to contain ourselves, to not speak longer about a bill that will deeply affect society in Canada and Quebec. We are told: "Yvan, shut up, you said enough".

Employment Insurance Act  Not many of us will have this opportunity, since the government decided to gag us by resorting to time allocation, as it did in committee. This is indeed what the government did in committee and it is doing the same thing now, at report stage, in the House. In the nine or ten minutes at my disposal, I want to stress a number of points concerning which the government's approach in this bill is very ill considered.

Employment Insurance Act  And the government has just told Canadians and Quebecers that it will not allow them to express their views any longer because it wants to ram its bill through and, in order to do that, it will impose time allocation to prevent us from acting as the government's conscience. That is our job here, but we are prevented from doing it. So we will be more than happy to show Canadians what kind of government they are dealing with.

Employment Insurance Act  Therefore, I give notice that, at the next sitting of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 78(3), a minister of the crown will be moving a time allocation motion for the purpose of allotting a specified number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of proceedings at that stage.

Employment Insurance Act  First of all, I would like to speak about this government. The federal government has brought in time allocation, allowing only 10 hours to study these numerous amendments to a regressive, anti-employment, poverty creating bill whose effects are complex. This government wants to rush its reforms through on the backs of workers and the poor, while relieving the more fortunate members of our society of the social and financial burden.