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Is it the will of the House to adopt the motion? (Motion agreed to)
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I wish to inform the House that, because of the deferred recorded division, Government Orders will be extended by 12 minutes.
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I will invite the hon. minister to please withdraw that comment. It was unparliamentary toward another member of Parliament.
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All those opposed to the hon. member's moving the motion will please say nay. It is agreed. The House has heard the terms of the motion. All those opposed to the motion will please say nay. (Motion agreed to)
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The hon. Minister of Public Services and Procurement has the floor.
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I am going to ask the hon. member for Niagara Falls to not take the floor unless he is being recognized by the Speaker. The hon. government House leader.
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On at least three occasions, the Chair has made rulings regarding associating members with odious regimes. This has happened on all sides of the House, and now with an independent member. I am going to ask the hon member for Spadina—Fort York to withdraw those words from the last part of that question. The hon. member for Spadina—Fort York.
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I thank the hon. member. The hon. Minister of Public Safety.
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I thank the hon. member for raising this issue. The Chair will look into it and get back to the House.
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Order. The Chair has already made a statement on this matter during question period.
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The hon. member for Brantford—Brant raises a very interesting point, which is that when people take the floor, referring to the conversation that is happening right now between the member for Pickering—Uxbridge and the member for Lakeland, we cannot hear what is going on if there is too much ambient noise caused by people speaking out of turn. This is a very important point. I have raised this poi…
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The Chair has heard enough on this matter.
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It being 3:18 p.m., the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion to concur in the 12th report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. Call in the members. Before the Clerk announced the results of the vote:
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I thank the hon. member for Windsor West for his genuine intervention. However, I am not satisfied that this request for an emergency debate meets the requirements of the Standing Orders.
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The hon. member for Burnaby South.
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Order. I invite the hon. member for Burnaby South to start from the top, and I encourage all hon. members to make sure their questions and comments are directed through the Chair. The hon. member for Burnaby South.
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I would like to assure all members that Marché Laflamme is a mainstay in my riding. The hon. Leader of the Opposition.
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I would ask the hon. member for Wellington—Halton Hills to please not speak out of turn repeatedly during questions. He is an honourable and very well-respected member. The hon. Leader of the Opposition.
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I am going to ask all members, including the member for Hamilton Centre, to not speak out when they do not have the floor. The hon. member for Edmonton-Strathcona.
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The right hon. Prime Minister.
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The hon. Leader of the Opposition has the floor.
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I would ask all members not to take the floor unless recognized by the Speaker. I ask the hon. member for Wellington—Halton Hills, who is a very respected member of the House, to please not take the floor unless recognized by the Speaker.
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That goes both ways. The hon. Leader of the Opposition has the floor.
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Before I invite the right hon. Prime Minister to respond, I am going to ask the hon member for Timmins—James Bay to please not take the floor unless recognized by the Speaker. The right hon. Prime Minister has the floor.
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The right hon. Prime Minister has the floor.
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It being 3:26 p.m., the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion to concur in the 16th report of the Standing Committee on Finance. Call in the members.
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I declare the motion carried.
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I thank the hon. member for withdrawing that comment and apologizing. I wish to inform the House that because of the deferred recorded divisions, Government Orders will be extended by 12 minutes.
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I thank all members for their petitions. I would like to remind members that it is important to summarize the contents of the petition. However, it is common practice in the House not to indicate whether one favours or disfavours the petition; one should merely present it.
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Is that agreed?
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The Chair has notice of a request for an emergency debate from the hon. member for Windsor West.
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I thank the hon. member for her thoughtful comments. The Chair considers the matter withdrawn and closed. I am going to invite the hon. member for Huron—Bruce to continue with his speech.
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The hon. member for Huron—Bruce is within the guidelines that the Speaker would find acceptable for this debate. The hon. member for Huron—Bruce.
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The hon. parliamentary secretary is rising on a point of order.
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That is verging on debate. The Speaker's ruling is available to all members, and I hope all members will avail themselves of it. The hon. member for King—Vaughan has the floor.
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The hon. member is an experienced member of the House. I suspect he knows that is not a point of order. The hon. member from Saanich—Gulf Islands.
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The hon. member is an experienced member of the House and knows that it is important to not compare hon. colleagues to animals. I would ask the hon. member to withdraw that and continue along. I see the hon. member for Timmins—James Bay is rising on a point of order.
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I have asked the hon. member to not compare members to animals and to withdraw those comments. I will give the hon. member a chance to do that. It is worth making this point: I did notice the line about cockroaches and, in discussion with others, we found it to be very clear that it was not made in reference to other hon. members. It was made in reference to how, if we see one mistruth, we would s…
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While I entertain a point of order, I would ask the hon. member to please consider simply withdrawing the comment. The hon. member for Winnipeg Centre.
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I will return to the original point and just ask the hon. member for Huron—Bruce to simply withdraw the comment.
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I thank the hon. member for Timmins—James Bay. I would like to refer him once again to the long-standing tradition of this place. Withdrawal is what was asked, and withdrawal and apology are equal. I usually only ask for an apology when the Chair feels that the member is not following through on the original request. I have asked the hon. member to withdraw. He has said that he is withdrawing—
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I will finish this point before I recognize the hon. member for Winnipeg Centre. I have asked the hon. member to withdraw. The withdrawal was not clear. There were some other points of order that were brought up. I have asked the hon. member to withdraw, and he has said that he is withdrawing the comment. That is where we are at. The hon. member for Winnipeg Centre.
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I thank the hon. member for Winnipeg Centre. I will offer the hon. member for Huron—Bruce to withdraw the comment without qualification.
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I thank the hon. member. The Chair has now heard an unqualified withdrawal.
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