Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act   agreement, these provisions are valid. Moreover, they can be brought into force without the scrutiny and indeed even the knowledge of Parliament as law by the governor in council making orders and regulations to implement self-government. This time allocation has placed me

Budget Implementation Act   Parliament. We were faced with a government that was using bully boy tactics all the time. It used closure a record number of times and time allocation a record number of times. He must have read our speeches, the only thing I can conclude, and decided he would make the same kind

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994   the same way, as well as government interference in the process here in this House in terms of time allocation and the closure on bills. I have a quote here from a few years ago of a former member of this House who represented a constituency in B.C. when closure was enacted by a former

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994   to using time allocation so early in the party's term on an issue not crucial to Liberal policy or programs". "Sources say some Liberal MPs facing another four years with hugely overpopulated constituencies were persuaded to support the move with warnings that realignment could boost

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994   of fact, these commissions are operating at the present time. The way the debate has been going on has forced the government to bring a motion for time allocation, commonly called closure. My colleagues from Calgary West and Kindersley-Lloydminster rose in opposition to that motion

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have a chance to participate once again in this important debate. Unfortunately we are being asked to debate legislation in what I think is a highly inappropriate fashion. The government has used time allocation before and has suggested that we

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act, 1994   Affairs probably regrets it too, as it means that we now have to speed up our discussions a little and that a motion for time allocation had to be put forward. Why did the government not act with more diligence? Why was the bill not tabled two weeks earlier, so this situation could

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act   the other side who had crossed and had the same problem with closure. I want to make it very plain, the use of time allocation and closure is wrong. It is draconian. They both limit the debate on issues to a time period convenient to the government. They are like a calm and beautiful

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act  . The disadvantage is there is a visible and vocal record. That record is on the use of closure by time allocation. I refer to some documentation that expresses what the members opposite said not so very long ago: "This government is trampling on the rights of Parliament. A Liberal government

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act   they speak because it was not but a few months ago I sat in opposition myself. They are upset or feign being upset because of the use of time allocation. I understand that too because I sat over there. There is a reason the government believes that the time should be allocated. I ask

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak in opposition to the closure or time allocation motion introduced today by the government. This motion refers to Bill C-18, an act to suspend the operation of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act. It is not good to have the government move

Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Suspension Act   usefulness and we have to reconsider what will be done in the future. In terms of the argument my friends in the Reform Party put forward about time allocation, I would like to point out the reality to them. I do not think it is the intention of any government to impose time allocation

House Of Commons   legislation through Parliament. How the Liberals did abhor the actions they now casually justify. Will the government House leader stand and tell this House that the government will never again for the life of this Parliament resort to such undemocratic tactics as closure through time

House Of Commons  Mr. Speaker, I said on behalf of the government it will be found over the life of this Parliament that this government will be using time allocation and closure far less frequently than its predecessor. I challenge the opposition House leader to raise this again after a few

House Of Commons   confidence in the institutions of government; open government will be the watch word of the Liberal program. Is the use of closure through time allocation one of the initiatives that will be used to restore confidence? Is this what the House leader calls open government?