Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 25, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Opposition issues warning Winnipeg free press. Friday july 25. 1969 its master and give a ruling or judgment along the lines suggested. I am not saying i accept in any Way the procedures which have been followed. I do not think it is for me to express at this time an opinion in this said or. Speaker. Opposition Leader Stanfield said the actions of the govern ment had destroyed the spirit of Good will and co operation that the combined opposition applauded vigorously while government members jeered. ,.ir i. S motion can by comparable in exercising the Powers and privileges of the House of he said. 1 or. Stanfield said he did not know if this is a new aspect of Kirt or tit i big a liberalism in using a gag not simply to get a measure through the House but to severely reduce the privileges of 3ie to the kind of by compelling the j established by general of a new form of i p closure goes through 7 e puts this question tonight thursday support by closure of the nip noted that whenever than this House can be step by the government Felt itself in step stripped of every priv deep trouble it took to Hatchet and authority which re to Tut a 1 4 n i continued i. A re i n i s t e r Mains to it _., said or Stanfield Allan Maceachen out of Moth or Stanfield said Liberal balls dusted him off and j backbench ers were not interest turned him Loose in the House. De in preserving the Powers or it was his Job to try and defend privileges of the commons the government s position. On he said it was said they were other occasions he is ignored silenced by the government but by the prime minister said or. I he would not make that charge Douglas. I but i do say they Are Given or. Douglas blasted the tru j very Little by Way of a role to Deau government As the arro play in the House by the Gant majority drunk with pow if it can unilaterally government. What private Stanfield and or. Said the government Union f motion put Forward to change the rules without having the support of a single member of the opposition violated the privileges and rules of the House of commons. We must consider it in the Light of the authoritarian ten survive As a viable institution. Most of the members of the opposition stayed out of the House when or. Trudeau Rose to speak in the dying hours of the parliamentary rules debate., behind h i m the liberals cheered and applauded As the prime minister said a society which can Send a Man to the Moon expects its legislative 1 their faces and the obvious in my Len 1iuui limiting debate on one speaker j House for each party there is no end what they Are seeking is a i end t to d d f As to what could happen to the share in the Power of govern the arbitrary Power was rights of members and the j 1 hey Are seeking to take j h minorities in the commons he Pari tin Lac formulation of declared. He supported decisions by the government. Or. Stanfield and or. Knowles have not the slightest interest in trying t6 control the had said. They argued the government s motion for closure to Force through the new arbitrary rules on the House was contrary to the rules of privilege of Parlia ment. As tie Neutral presiding officer he should protect the House from such procedure they argued. Both men made excellent contributions to the debate j their speeches were listened to with concentration and respect by All members. They emphasized they did not want to involve or. Speaker in the details of the changing the rules. Motion operations of the government or speaker Sticks to guns ----1 i Utt Caquia ninja ii Luc ecu juries continued Are the guardian of the rights of i the commons it is to you parliamentary minorities from that must look for government s rules to i privileges of the commons. You i As have been your predecessors through the centuries the unilateral will of the tru ii 1c Luis. Lev in . J. In Tyzij but they frankly declared Cau majority government they were seeking to involve i u was a crucial moment for or. Speaker in the fundamental and Basic question of whether a government has the right to using to Force its House. Or Lamoureux who although a Liberal member ran As an in the last on the in a carefully though out judgement he told the oppose Beauchesne the outstanding parliamentary reference work the principles that lie at the basis of English parliamentary Law arc to protect a minority and restrain the i Providence of tyranny of a or. Stanfield said he was not going to resort to the use of the words nazi or dictators As had been loosely hurled across j at__j_1.. Many members in the govern j p Ace a time limit on debate ment who did not like the Rule j Weflen agreement cannot be being forced through the House reached with opposition parties by closure. They would like to Al e not meant to destroy Par see it changed. But instead it lament or Stop free discussion was being rammed through the prime minister continued. Parliament. J but they Are aimed at ensure addressing himself to or. J ins that in a reasonable time speaker Lamoureux the opposi-1 there Are procedures to turn Tion Leader said Only you discussion into decision can Stop this violation of the Al this time in history legislative institutions which Tail to Reform themselves do so at peril of their own the prime minister emphasized. These rules Are needed now and we Bear a heavy Burden should we deny he said. The prime minister strongly criticized opposition contentions that the proposed time limits would impair its right by debating indefinitely to delay passage of any legislative proposals for As Long As opposition i Inu Iii Uii siness. The opposition definition of but when Caesar returned parliamentary democracy he from the Western tour word said does not. Include the right went out that All talk toward a of a majority government to Compromise must said out its election mandate or. Stanfield recalled there was no discussion by the government with the opposition for some sort of Compromise until the rules debate had gone on for More than a week. A discussion began after the ass the opposition Leader. Heart that this debate is at in my expense of the Lamoureux said there was nothing More the if the to do the nation s business. Accords so my Mere was no Ming More Hie up Union accords so the opposition could do to prevent ittle respect to parliament that yer this violation of parliament la do fines governing As evil that. Getting on with the Job or. To a silent unless we Are prepared to so disrupt the business that Par the floor earlier in the debate. But he warned the govern ment motion backed by closure a dangerous pre establishes cadent. It is a precedent so ugly so full of foreboding for the future of parliament As to be Tanta mount to an attempt to subvert and destroy warned the opposition Leader. Moving Don t it get you Down. Our classified Section solves every headache from storage to vans to real estate. Ami for the Faugh read Ark i Cor Contic Ken House of commons. My the debate was so close to " Ament cannot proceed. We do partisan considerations lie said not intend to do that. I did not that he could of see How Antic ome to parliament to destroy intervention from him would not ii would like to be said or. Stanfield. The opposition pounded their desks in applause. Or. K n o w 1 e s emphasized parliamentary practice said nothing about one Side being master of the other. The Basic Rule of procedure was that in a position As mediator in the political fight. He pointed out to members that it was in the tradition of his office that the speaker was the servant not the master of the House of commons. Or. Lamoureux who has a widespread reputation for fair Ness among All parties wryly observed that if he went to Bat for the opposition he might be their Hen today. But they might not feel the same Way tomorrow if he chose to continue in the role of close contest when the House is considering a highly controversial measure the positions parties Are equalized by regarded As tyranny then i am Happy to be Given the Chance to join the prime minister continued. Or. Trudeau agreed that one of the basis of any democratic Assembly was the recognition that occasions arise when a minority to be True to its conscience must oppose an Issue vigorously and never concede. Bui. Another Basic premise i was tile periodic test of said changing the rules he in a manner which destroyed that Equality and gives the government the Force of its tons s o people can pass judgement on the actions of both the majority and Minori ties in parliament. To a democracy the ballot master and intervene again in j majority and Force of its rules Basic pro a Way that might not Appeal to was contrary to the them. Principles of parliament "1 am not prepared to take this endure. Responsibility on my he said quietly. He said it was up to the House of commons to sort out its own rules and than pass them onto him to administer. He gave no opinion whatever on the subject of the current and pledged that he would continue to protect the privileges of opposition parties and All individual members Short of forfeiting his neutrality As a mediator. Members will appreciate that this has not been an easy or. Lamoureux concluded. "1 Hope the speaker will not be placed ask Moon route Washington Reuters trans world airlines thursday applied for government Permis Sion to operate a commercial passenger service to the Moon. Twa said the application was filed with the . Civil aeronautics Board after the airline received thousands of requests for reservations on scheduled service to the Moon. The cab i accepted the application and Box not the filibuster is the ultimate and appropriate tech Nique of or. Tru Deau said. His government will gladly leave it up to the electorate to decide How Well it has carried out its responsibilities he said. The prime minister said that throughout the past two weeks of debate the opposition has not bothered to note the Centary reforms his ment has initiated since com ing to office. It encouraged the speaker of the commons to run As an Independent in the last election to put him beyond the pressure of any political party. For the first time in Parlia govern charged Twa the Standard the first time filing fee. Parliamentary history it gave filing fee. Fishing Paradise there Are More than 200 Riv this position ers in Norway providing Salmon and sea Trout fishing. Gold medallion whisky. The Beautiful taste in the handsome bottle Canadian Park Tilford distilleries Ltd. Opposition parties sizeable funds to employ their own research staffs. Another first was allowing the opposition regular special Days to initiate its own debate in the commons. Approximately 25 per cent of the Days of the session Are now controlled by the opposition to choose their Jown subjects of government i policy or action to attack. Or. Trudeau asked whether these could really be considered actions of a party which was seeking to gag the opposition and destroy parliament. On the question of time allocation the prime minister said the British parliament has had such provisions for years and continues to flourish. It is not this provision which endangers parliament but rather such inaccurate talk that will Lead canadians and others elsewhere to doubt the ability of the parliamentary system to work honestly such inflated accusations that will cause canadians and others to lose Faith in parliament As a Means of conducting the legislative business of this and other he maintained. I the prime minister noted1 i developing countries of the i world Are keeping their eyes trained on established demo cratic institutions to see whether they Are relevant to modern times. 1 if we Here Hope to serve As evidence of the ability of a parliamentary system to adapt land to adjust to serve the needs of a changing society i better than any authoritarian Structure to be relevant to the1 j demands made upon it. We must not deny the need for nor refuse to accommodate that1 i or. Trudeau said. I Izui us legislative denies displayed by the prime machinery to keep Pace with minister and some members of modern advances his government. it was a Verv in Nipa Jant this parliament which is experience for it and. Watch the government the Benefit of canadians cannot i keep Pace then canadians will seek other institutions which Are capable of doing or. Trudeau declared. A we. Have no Choice. 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