Environment committee  That's the only objection I had, that we won't force the vote if we're not ready for a vote.

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think your suggestion is good. I just want a clarification, though. You're talking procedurally for all future meetings, whether it be for Bill C-288 or the CEPA review--

Environment committee  I feel that's fair and I think it will work quite well, and it's a procedure that should be followed for all topics of discussion.

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is an item left over from our last meeting, and I was actually quite pleased with the spirit of cooperation that we all saw at our last meeting. I did, at our last meeting, express concern that CEPA appeared to be shelved for the time being, and as yo

Environment committee  I too don't want to spend a lot of time on this, but what you said as a guide, as a procedure that you're suggesting, is that if we've only got a minute or thirty seconds left at a meeting, you end everything and the meeting ends with a vote, which is what happened before--and a

Environment committee  If we could maybe discuss that a little further...but at this point, when we reach the time of eleven o'clock, if you want to have it continue that sounds reasonable, but to say that it will be a vote, and if we do not have a majority then you're going to force a vote, procedural

Environment committee  You can adjourn and continue the debate at the next meeting, if you wish, without having to force a vote.

Environment committee  Just for clarification, Mr. Chair, you've mentioned two options. You said there could be unanimous consent.

Environment committee  Yes, and I think that would be the norm in terms of changing the agenda. But then you went on to say that if—

Environment committee  So without unanimous consent, you would call for a vote?

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to ask a question of a member, with whom I was on the justice committee in the last Parliament. I greatly respect him. He is a very bright and articulate person, but I have great difficulties with his very lenient approaches to the justice system.

Criminal Code  He is soft on crime and has a hug a thug philosophy. He said something that is not correct. He said that under conditional sentencing, the offender is under supervision. That sounds good, but in reality we need to ask the member what his definition is of supervision. Supervisio

Criminal Code  How do we get supervision? We have just heard it, incarceration. Canadians want to give offenders a chance, if they are first-time offenders and it is a minor offence. However, we are talking about people breaking into people's homes and auto crime, serious, high risk offenders.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise to present two petitions. The first is another petition asking that the Government of Canada take all necessary measures to immediately raise the age of consent from 14 to 16 years of age. This petition is from a number of constituents in my riding of Langle

Environment committee  I have one very quick comment, Mr. Chair. I appreciate what has been accomplished here in the compromise. We do have a list of witnesses that we will be presenting to the clerk in both official languages and a proposed work plan. We look forward to continuing to work with you.