Mr President, Honourable Members of the European Parliament,

That this House resolve that it no longer has confidence in the Speaker, since it is of the opinion that he showed partiality in deciding that the question of privilege raised by the honourable Member for Rimouski-Mitis on Wednesday, March 1, 2000, was unfounded and in rejecting the point of order raised by the honourable Member for Beauharnois—Salaberry, to the detriment of the rights and privileges of all the Members of this House.

[Translation] The Speaker: I would like to thank the honourable members who spoke on this subject: the honourable member for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast, who raised the issue, the honourable Treasury Board president, the honourable member for Halifax West and the honourable member for Yorkton—Melville.

These included the honourable member for Berthier—Montcalm, Mr. Bellehumeur, from the Bloc; the honourable member for Winnipeg—Transcona, Mr. Blaikie; the honourable member from Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, Mr. MacKay, from the Progressive Conservative Party; the honourable member for Yorkton—Melville, Mr. Breitkreuz, from my own party; and the then opposition House leader, Mr. Strahl.

Mr. George Baker: Mr. Chairman, before I go to questions, I think the parliamentary secretary, Mr. Provenzano, gave you assurances yesterday that the amendment that was brought up by each one of the opposition critics here about the fact that the RCMP are excluded from this bill.Each one of the critics said—the honourable member for Souris—Moose Mountain said it, the honourable member for Terrebonne—Blainville said it, the honourable member for Saint John said it, and the honourable member for Halifax West said it—they wanted this amendment to cover the RCMP while this bill is now in the committee, and they regard it as being rather stra ...[+++]nge that pensions under Veterans Affairs that govern the RCMP don't cover the RCMP.

I want to thank particularly the honourable member for Souris—Moose Mountain; the honourable member for Terrebonne—Blainville, who has been instrumental in pushing for a lot of the legislation we have brought forward; the honourable member for Saint John, who certainly, as every Canadian knows, has been front and centre on this legislation and other things we've done recently; and the honourable member for Halifax West, who has taken a special interest in all of veterans' affairs.