Employment Insurance Act  Nevertheless, even after the amendments, I question the members opposite because, last week, we had 40 hours of debate in committee, three quarters of which concerned the motion on time allocation we opposed. We opposed it because we wanted to use all our time to study this important bill. I recall especially clause 2, which contains the definitions. To prove the merit of our point of view, I pointed out that a number of clauses required more than five minutes just to read them.

Canadian Human Rights Act  It is, however, unfortunate that, perhaps to arrive at this kind of solution, the government announced a few minutes ago its intention to move a motion tomorrow to limit the time allocated to this debate. In other words, there are among us people of ill will who intend to drag out the debate in order to try to stop the government from going ahead with this legislation.

Canadian Human Rights Act  Therefore, I give notice that, at the next sitting of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 78(3), I 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.

Time Allocation Motions  

Time Allocation Motions  

Budget Implementation Act, 1996  We saw with two motions that were presented here today in the House that a gag has been put on what is being done on C-12 in committee, and also that time allocation has been brought in with respect to C-31. Of course, we will do a thorough study of the unemployment insurance amendments in committee and in the House. For the time being, I would like to recall the basic positions of the Bloc Quebecois with regard to unemployment insurance.

Employment Insurance Act  Therefore, I give notice that, pursuant to Standing Order 78(3), I will be moving at the next sitting of the House a motion on time allocation to allot a specified number of days or hours to the consideration of this stage and to the decisions required to dispose of it.

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The member who has just risen referred to the time allocation motion limiting his speech to 10 minutes. It has nothing to do with that. According to the rules, after a certain amount of debate speeches are reduced to 10 minutes. It has nothing to do with time allocation.

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act  Suppose we decided because the rules of the House offer a lot of privileges to the Official Opposition we wanted to restrict those and introduced time allocation to do so and rammed it through the House. I just wonder how the hon. member would feel about that type of reaction and program.

Government Business  I am embarrassed that it is doing a worse job than the Conservative Party ever did in terms of the rules of the House and how it is trying to force its legislation through with the use of closure, time allocation and with motions that make it appear to be a government that is not interested in following the democratic process.

Business Of The House  There is nothing we can do about it. It can place it on the Order Paper day after day. It can invoke time allocation or closure. It can steamroll it through a committee. If a bill has not passed it is because the government chose not to pass it, and it chose not to pass a whole bunch of bills in the last session.

House Of Commons Standing Orders  Those are the questions that we must ask ourselves. The reality is the following: the time allocated to the consideration of private members' bills in the House of Commons has shrunk from three to four days a week in 1867 to a mere two to four hours a week in 1968. The exact same thing is happening now with regard to the time allocated to the Official Opposition, for this government proposal basically eliminates any debate in the House on the principle of bills being read for the second time.

Constitutional Amendments Act  Madam Speaker, I am pleased and proud to take part in the debate in the Chamber this afternoon on third reading of Bill C-110, an act respecting constitutional amendments. It will be very difficult for all of us in the short time allocated to each speech to capture the essence of how members feel about Canada and our shared future. However allow me to try nonetheless. I listened carefully to the members opposite who told us what we cannot or should not do.

Constitutional Amendments Act  Speaker, I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on Bill C-110 today. I was next in line when the time allocation ran out at second reading. It is nice to see that the time closure is not going to affect me today. Since that time the government saw fit to make an amendment to the bill to include British Columbia as a region and give it a veto.

The Constitution  If the government will not withdraw Bill C-110, will the government at least commit to the House that it will not bring in further time allocation, not further limit debate and give Canadians a chance to consider these issues?