Debates of the House of Commons
43rd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION House of Commons Debates Official Report (Hansard) Volume 149 No. 026 Friday, February 28, 2020 Speaker: The Honourable Anthony Rota CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) 1727 HOUSE OF COMMONS Friday, February 28, 2020 The House met at 10 a.m. I will start by giving a little background and then will quickly let my colleagues know, as some may not be aware, how a minority Parliament operates. I want to give some context about opposition days and why they matter. Prayer Throughout the run of a full year, the government must devote 22 days for the opposition parties to raise topics of their choosing. GOVERNMENT ORDERS The rules spread those out over winter, spring and fall, and from there the opposition parties agree on how to carve them up. It is up ● (1005) to the government to decide which days are used for opposition [English] motions, but on those days, the opposition gets to bring forward any topic it chooses as long as it falls within Parliament's jurisdic‐ BUSINESS OF SUPPLY tion. Today, the Liberals decided to give Conservatives a Friday as OPPOSITION MOTION—ADDITIONAL ALLOTTED DAYS their opposition day. Hon. Candice Bergen (Portage—Lisgar, CPC) moved: That, notwithstanding Standing Order 81, for the supply period ending March On Fridays, as we all know, the House has a much shorter sitting 26, 2020, three additional allotted days shall be added for a total of 10, provided period, because we all want to get back to our ridings for the impor‐ that one of the additional days is allotted to the Conservative Party, one of the addi‐ tant things going on in our constituencies.
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