Canada Elections Act   are fully entitled to pensions but the hypocrisy of the Alliance members on that issue, and again on this issue, is breathtaking. I have only a couple of minutes left, and we are under time allocation, but we are saddened that we are unable to deal with current trust funds. I know

Canada Elections Act   Quebecois that I appreciate that he shortened his remarks in order to give the member for Saint John and me an opportunity to speak, because of course the bill is under time allocation. I am pleased to speak at third reading of Bill C-24, an act to amend the Canada Elections Act

Canada Elections Act   this bill back in the House from committee for less than three hours of debate and the government House leader was standing in his place moving time allocation on this bill and closing down the debate. What could possibly be the emergency that would require the closing down of debate

Canada Elections Act  . They are on the public record as stating that they do not want this legislation to receive third reading. All the complaints about time allocation and the fact that the government is attempting to pass a bill before the recess are only excuses. At the end of the day it does not matter how much time

Canada Elections Act  Mr. Speaker, I am rising to speak to the NDP amendment to Bill C-24. Just before I do that, it is incumbent upon me to mention that the government has moved time allocation, which is the 84th or 85th time that it has done that to us. The unusual situation in this case

Canada Elections Act  I hear members saying, “shame”. It is a shame when we cannot even have three hours of debate before the minister jumps to his feet and moves time allocation. It is as if he is addicted to closing down debate in this place. He has become so addicted to this closing down that he

Canada Elections Act  I declare the motion carried. Order, please. I wish to inform the House that, because of the proceedings on the time allocation motion, government orders will be extended by 30 minutes.

Canada Elections Act  Mr. Speaker, shame on the minister for introducing time allocation yet again. The Prime Minister has repeatedly said that Bill C-24 is about ending corruption in the Liberal Party. Heaven knows there are plenty of examples we can use. There is the ongoing Shawinigate

Canada Elections Act  Mr. Speaker, that was not a very serious question asked by the hon. member. We are supposed to be discussing this morning why time allocation at this stage of the bill is required. Instead we have these questions which are not really serious and it surprises me because

Canada Elections Act   will not be the least impressed that on the one hand we have the government bringing forward legislation, and it is now obvious that it intends to invoke closure and push ahead and vote time allocation because it is hell-bent to get this legislation on the books, but on the other hand the bill

Canada Elections Act   and/or the Liberal Party. In order to create an illusion that the Liberals were going to address that and do something about it, they came up with Bill C-24. They now intend, as was stated here a few minutes ago, to bring forward time allocation and rush this piece of legislation through because

Points of Order  The Chair had the best of intentions in wishing to give the hon. member for Provencher the opportunity to express his position in connection with a point of order, without in any way affecting the length of time allocated to private members' business. I would simply remind

Committees of the House  If I understood correctly, the additional time allocated was 10 minutes. I was generous in timing those 10 minutes.

Committees of the House  The table officers have told me that the original request was for a few minutes. Then, the chair occupant before me said that the time allocated would be 10 minutes. Thus, I thought that was what the hon. members had agreed to. Once again, I was generous with that 10 minute

First Nations Governance Act   could have been presented while the committee was sitting. But members who did not participate in the committee's business and who did not have an opportunity to present these amendments—because of a time allocation motion, in fact—could not have presented them, because they were