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(Motion No. 1 agreed to)
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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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(Motion agreed to)
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It being 12:02 p.m., the time provided for debate has expired. Accordingly, 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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Pursuant to Standing Order 98, the division stands deferred until Wednesday, June 5, at the expiry of time provided for Oral Questions.
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The hon. member for Edmonton Strathcona has the floor.
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The hon. member for Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock.
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I am certain the hon. minister was not referring to the Speaker, but I would encourage all members to ensure that the questions and answers are directed through the Chair. The hon. member for Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia.
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Is that agreed?
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I am having great trouble hearing, from both sides, the question from the hon. member for Richmond Centre. I encourage members who want to have conversations to do so behind the curtains. The hon. member for Richmond Centre has the floor. I will invite him to start from the top, please.
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It being 3:14 p.m., the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of the member for Carleton relating to the business of supply. Call in the members. Before the Clerk announced the results of the vote:
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His vote will be withdrawn.
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I would like to remind hon. members that the taking of a deferred recorded division is scheduled for Wednesday, June 5, on the motion to concur in the 23rd report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. In its 23rd report, the committee requested an extension to consider Bill C‑322, an act to develop a national framew…
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Does the hon. member have the unanimous consent of the House?
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The hon. member for Beauport—Limoilou.
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I already hear that there is no unanimous support for this motion.
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The hon. member for Mégantic—L'Érable does not have consent. I would ask members to ensure that they have the unanimous consent of the House before moving their motion. Sometimes members may think they have consensus, but this needs to be negotiated in good faith before members rise in the House.
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Is that agreed?
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I am now ready to rule on the question of privilege raised on May 8 by the member for Simcoe North, concerning the response to Question No. 2221. In his intervention, the member alleged that, through omission, the Minister of National Revenue misled the House. The member stated that he had asked for a specific set of information through Order Paper Question No. 2221, about overpayments of the Cana…
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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) I would like to thank the hon. members for taking the time to negotiate in good faith behind the curtains.
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The hon. member is an experienced member and knows that we should not make reference to the presence, or otherwise, of members in the House. Of course, they have many things to do.
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Very well done. That reminds me of a great old political joke that I will not repeat here. I would ask the hon. member to move on to his question.
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The hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby is rising on a point of order.
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That would not be considered a point of order. The hon. member from Kingston and the Islands.
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It being 9:13 p.m., pursuant to an order made earlier today, all questions necessary to dispose of the motion are deemed put and a recorded division deemed demanded. Pursuant to Standing Order 66, the recorded division stands deferred until Wednesday, June 5, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.
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The motion to adjourn the House is now deemed to have been adopted. Accordingly, the House stands adjourned until tomorrow at 10 a.m. pursuant to Standing Order 24(1). (The House adjourned at 9:42 p.m.)
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The reason is that after a decision of the Chair, it is not up for debate. I do understand, and I have great respect for the chief opposition whip.
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I am not going to entertain a series of points of order on this issue. The hon. parliamentary secretary is partially right. Petitions should be brief and should be very much the presentation of the petition. I will remind all members, please, to not offer opinions as to whether they agree with it or not. However, there is a bit of latitude and flexibility, which the Chair is happy to give.
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Is that agreed?
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I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on May 1 by the member for Lethbridge, regarding the content of the Debates of April 30. In so doing, I would also like to comment on several points of order raised subsequently regarding the fallout of that day’s events. In raising her question of privilege, the member stated that the Debates of April 30 did not accurately reflect the …
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It is the normal tradition of the House that the Speaker finishes their ruling before points of order are raised. I will entertain them at the end of the ruling, which will happen in a couple of minutes. While the Debates are published under the authority of the Chair, the House should know that the Chair plays no part in editing the Debates. The editors of the Parliamentary Publications team craf…
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I thank the hon. member for Calgary Nose Hill for raising her point of order. Because the question of privilege was germane to the question of how the blues are prepared and to how the contents of Hansard were prepared, which of course the Speaker has no role in doing, it was found to be appropriate for the Speaker to be able to issue this ruling.
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I would like to thank the hon. member for Saanich—Gulf Islands for rising on the point of order. As was contained in the ruling of the Chair, and if members were to check the ruling they would see that we do address precisely that point, that there were two times that the blues were prepared and shared, and there was a discussion on top of that between the member for Lethbridge and the people who …
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I thank the hon. member for Lethbridge. Once again, I would encourage all members to read the ruling very carefully. The honourable Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons is rising on a point of order.
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Before we get into a back-and-forth, I just want to make it clear that the Chair has been very open to hearing points of view, especially on a sensitive issue like this. I am going to invite all members to please take a closer look at the ruling. The hon. parliamentary secretary raised a point that I think can, again, be found in the ruling, in terms of how this was captured or not captured. I am …
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I thank the hon. official opposition whip, and I appreciate the point. It is a fair point as well. I invite all members, once again, to read the ruling where it makes it very clear the sequence of events. I am afraid that is the final point the Speaker is going to entertain on the issue. If the hon. member for Yorkton—Melville is rising on the same matter, I am going to invite her to please take a…
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I am going to ask the hon. member to start from the top again and just rephrase it slightly.
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I am going to ask members to be very careful about the use of language in the House. The hon. Minister of Families, Children and Social Development.
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I would just like to remind members once again that they are not to use props to make their point. What is more, they are only allowed to bring water onto the floor of the House of Commons. The hon. member for Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam.
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Order. The hon. member for Mégantic—L'Érable.
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Before recognizing the hon. parliamentary secretary, I would like to encourage all members to refrain from speaking until they are recognized by the Chair. I am speaking primarily to the member for Courtenay—Alberni, who had the privilege of asking a question.
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There have been discussions among all the parties in the House and I believe there is consent to observe a moment of silence in memory of Réginald Charles Gagnon, who was known as Cayouche. I invite hon. members to rise. [A moment of silence observed]
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I would like to thank the hon. member for Edmonton—Wetaskiwin for raising this issue. What was going through the Chair's mind on this issue is that people can have policies or they can have ideas they might characterize as one thing or the other. The thing that caught me, and I will get back to the member on this, is whether or not members should attribute that to another hon. member. That is some…
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I thank the hon. member for his intervention. I will consider that and come back to the House.
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I am sorry to interrupt the hon member. I am going to come back to the hon. member. There is a conversation between the government House leader and members on this side of the House. I am going to ask them to please take their conversation behind the curtains, so that I can hear the intervention from the hon. member for London—Fanshawe, uninterrupted. The hon. member.
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I thank the hon. member for London—Fanshawe for rising on this question of privilege. The hon. member for Mégantic—L'Érable.
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I also see the hon. parliamentary secretary to the government House leader rising on his feet. I am assuming it is in a manner similar to the member for Mégantic—L'Érable. The hon. parliamentary secretary.
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