Civil Marriage Act   second reading debate and votes at committee, if it gets that far. The bill could fail at any stage. There could then be a report stage vote in the Commons and then third reading debate and a vote on the final version of the bill. The Liberals may be tempted to use closure or time

Supply  I am sorry, the time allocated for debate has expired, but we now have questions and comments, so we will go first to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.

Privilege   regarding oral question period covering the time allocated for each question and answer, the order to the questions and the number of questions for each party. Since the Speaker is a servant of the House, I must do as I am told, if I can put it that way, by all parties in this House. I

Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Act  The time allocated for questions and comments is over. Resuming debate.

Supply   been the finance minister, he invoked closure or time allocation at least 13 times on his own legislation in the House. We think, well okay, maybe he had no choice; maybe he was just part of cabinet and had no opportunity to change that. He certainly had that opportunity when he

Supply   allocation. The current Prime Minister waited six days to use closure and followed up with time allocation just about immediately in the Senate. On February 8, 2001, the opposition leader moved a motion that would have the House adopt a policy from the Liberal red book, one that called

Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act   on numerous occasions. In the time allocated to me today, I would like to touch on just one of these benefits: strengthening economic development in aboriginal communities. This is an area of which I am deeply concerned. I am very proud to see our aboriginal peoples move forward

The Budget   with a reference to how angry people are. Throughout this time allocated to speeches on the budget, one colleague after another has spoken about the causes of that anger, and I personally am anxious for an election so people can direct that anger.

Supply   Party of Canada—persisted in waging procedural battles when we came back to the House, we brought in a time allocation motion on procedural debates so that we could move on to substantive issues. We felt it was important for substance to prevail in this House in order to serve

Supply  Order. I draw to the attention of the member that if the Chair is rising, it is because he is seeking the floor, and traditionally the Chair does get the floor. I regret, but when members decide to split their time allocation, it also has the effect of reducing, cutting equally

Supply   decisions at the rate of speed of the snap of a finger. They are not taking months and weeks to respond. What we did over the years, rather than confront that, was give up the review of estimates in 1969 when we said that they could be deemed. When we brought in time allocation in 1972

Reinstatement of Government Bills   voted 83 times in favour of the use of closure or time allocation during the life of his government. Let me be very clear. This is not a new government. This is a government seeking a fourth mandate. It can change the paint on the ship of state and put the first mate at the wheel

Reinstatement of Government Bills   expected. Today, a time allocation motion has been put forward. The government had months to decide on how to reinstate bills. It did not find a way to avoid a time allocation motion. It is pretty bad when in the first few days back in the House a time allocation motion has to be used

Reinstatement of Government Bills   or the tyranny of the minority. At a subsequent meeting on May 4, the former clerk suggested that with motions of time allocation or closure the Speaker is less likely to intervene. There is a reference to this on page 570 of the House of Commons Procedure and Practice . However, the clerk

Reinstatement of Government Bills  . It took all of six days for the new Prime Minister to use the most blunt instruments in the parliamentary arsenal. Closure and time allocation are not standard procedures of the House. They should be our last resort, not our first response. This chamber was designed as a place