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The hon. member for Kitchener Centre is rising on a point of order.
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We are really getting into the weeds, I believe. I want to make sure we get to the issue of the question of privilege before us. Just to give the House a heads-up, there are a couple of other questions of privilege to be raised today, so I want to move through the next couple of stages to make sure I have the information available to render a decision. The hon. House leader for the opposition.
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I believe I have enough to bring this back. I know the hon. House leader of the NDP is reserving some time to come back, so I want to make sure I have the opportunity to hear from the hon. member. I am going to urge the next two speakers to make sure they are trying to add to the point that this is a prima facie case and stick to the information, not to all the other points that members have been …
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That is a point of debate, and I suggest that the hon. member ask a question at the first opportunity, in about a minute, when the hon. member finishes. The hon. member for Portage—Lisgar.
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I am trying my best to stick to the facts so this can come forward. Will the member for Saskatoon—University just give the clarification that he wants to give, please.
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I thank the member for the clarification. The hon. member for Battle River—Crowfoot.
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I will caution the hon. member to get to the point because there are a number of things I want to get moving on. We are already a little over an hour into this question of privilege. I want to give it its due time, but I also want to take it back and then render a decision in the House as soon as possible as Deputy Speaker. The hon. member for Battle River—Crowfoot.
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The hon. member for Timmins—James Bay is rising on a point of order. I know what he is going to say, and it is about making the point. I did ask the hon. member to make that point. The hon. member for Timmins—James Bay.
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I am going to cut the member off because we have two other questions of privilege and I would like to get those out of the way before I go to a point of order. I apologize. On a question of personal privilege, we have the hon. member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan.
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I will once again remind members of the House of Commons to keep their comments to themselves if they possibly can so we can judiciously get through the questions of personal privilege that have been brought to the attention of the Speaker's Office in accordance with the rules. I urge the hon. member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan to continue to make his point.
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I am going to go to the next individual. We are down to the last speakers on this question of privilege. I do want to cut this off because I am fully aware that time is going by. The hon. member for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman.
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I thank the hon. members for their interventions. I believe I have enough to take back. I am going to come back to the House on this one. There is a fair amount of information to look at, and it is incumbent on me to come back as quickly as possible on this. On a new question of privilege, the hon. House leader for the opposition is rising.
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Let us try not to take partisan shots at parties as we roll along. I am hearing a lot of chatter, but I am also hearing attacks happening as well. Let us just stick to the questions of privilege that we are trying to raise and try to use the time of the House as judiciously as possible. The hon. member for Timmins—James Bay is rising on a point of order.
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The member for Sarnia—Lambton is rising on a point of order.
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We have a point of order from the hon. parliamentary secretary to the government House leader.
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Again, I urge everyone to stick to the points in order to make the prima facie case they are trying to make that it is a question of privilege.
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I will use my line here, and I need to make people aware that when they bring a question of privilege to the floor, the role of the Chair is to decide whether the matter merits priority over all other business. In making their preliminary arguments, members should briefly explain the background and the main facts that give rise to the question of privilege. The focus should be to demonstrate that …
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There is a point of order from the hon. member for Kitchener Centre.
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Yes, this is on a committee question of privilege. I am looking at the hon. member and hoping that he can make his point quickly enough because we do have a couple of other things that we would like to do before question period. The hon. member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan.
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We have a point of order from the hon. parliamentary secretary to the government House leader.
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I would appreciate maybe having a conversation with the hon. member afterwards, to get the specific points. I would hope that the hon. member would get specifically to the accusations that he has, and what the remedy might be, knowing full well that we have a couple of other questions of privilege that we would like to get to as well. The hon. member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, please get…
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I know the committee has been in this debate since, I believe, October 30, the day before my birthday, including my birthday and a whole bunch of days after it. I just want to say that if we are going to read the account of what is happening in there, I think it would be best if I go back and read through the Hansard. I wonder if the hon. member could get to what the remedy could be and what his r…
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The hon. parliamentary secretary to the government House leader on a point of order.
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I agree with the hon. member in this particular case. There are a couple of other things we need to hit: the hon. member for St. Albert—Edmonton has a point that we would like to address and the hon. member for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman has a comment on a previous point. I am going to ask the hon. member to get to the remedy. The hon. member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan has the floor.
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It is not that I am not interested in hearing the evidence. It is that I know there is a lot of evidence there, so if the hon. member was going to quote all of the evidence, we would be here until next Thursday. I really do not want that. I am responsible to the hon. members and the order we have and the agenda we are trying to keep. The hon. member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan may continue…
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We have enough information to review this. We will try to come back as soon as possible on this. When we specifically look at nullifying, “If...such violation has occurred, the Speaker may order that all subsequent proceedings in relation to the said violation be nullified”, we need to look closely at what has happened and Standing Order 116. I thank the hon. member for his intervention. I will go…
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Yes, I would ask the member to report that. Speakers have consistently ruled that, except in the most extreme situations, they will hear questions of privilege arising from committee proceedings only upon presentation of a report from the committee that deals directly with the matter. I would ask the hon. member for St. Albert—Edmonton to get to that particular point, so I can rule one way or anot…
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I am going to give a 20-year-old quote. In 2003, Speaker Milliken said: In the absence of a report from the committee on such an issue, it is virtually impossible for the Chair to make any judgement as to the prima facie occurrence of a breach of privilege with regard to such charges. I would say to the hon. member that I would wait for the report to be tabled in this chamber and to bring the poin…
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We will continue this after question period.
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The hon. member for Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes.
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Order. There is a lot of yelling there. Let us keep the volume down so that the hon. member can ask the question. The member for Calgary Skyview.
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Order. I thought we were doing really well. We went quickly through these questions and it has been awesome up until now. The hon. minister of natural resources from the top.
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I thank the hon. member for his input. I think that probably finishes it for that particular issue. I know the hon. opposition House leader has a point.
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The question is on the motion. If a member participating in person wishes that the motion be carried or carried on division, or if a member of a recognized party participating in person wishes to request a recorded division, I would invite them to rise and indicate it to the Chair.
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Call in the members.
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I declare the motion carried.
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Pursuant to Standing Order 67.1, there will now be a 30-minute question period. I invite hon. members who wish to ask questions to rise or use the “raise hand” function so the Chair has some idea of the number of members who wish to participate in this question period. The hon. member for Lakeland.
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I declare the motion carried.
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We have a point of order from the hon. member for Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame.
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There is a point of order from the hon. member for Port Moody—Coquitlam.
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That is not a point of order. That is more about debate. The hon. member for Portage—Lisgar.
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It being past 8 p.m., pursuant to an order made earlier today, it is my duty to interrupt the proceedings and put forthwith every question necessary to dispose of Motion No. 31 now before the House. The question is as follows. Shall I dispense?
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[Chair read text of amendment to House] If a member participating in person wishes that the amendment be carried or carried on division, or if a member of a recognized party participating in person wishes to request a record division, I would invite them to rise and indicate it to the Chair.
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Call in the members.
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I declare the amendment lost. The question is on the motion. If a member participating in person wishes that the motion be carried or carried on division, or if a member of a recognized party participating in person wishes to request a recorded division, I would invite them to rise and indicate it to the Chair.
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I declare the motion carried. On a point of order, the hon. member for Brandon—Souris.
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Does the hon. member have leave to register the vote?
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I declare the motion defeated. Questions and comments, the hon. parliamentary secretary to the government House leader.
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I declare the motion carried. The hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby is rising on a point of order.
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