| Address Debate — maximum of 6 appointed days, pursuant to Standing Order 50(1). |
| Days to be appointed — 6 days. |
| June 3, 2011 — Resuming the adjourned debate on the motion of , seconded by , — That the following Address be presented to His Excellency the Governor General: |
| To His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada. |
| MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY: |
| We, Her Majesty's most loyal and dutiful subjects, the House of Commons of Canada, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Excellency for the gracious Speech which Your Excellency has addressed to both Houses of Parliament. |
| No. 1 — June 7, 2011 — Resuming consideration of the motion of , seconded by , — That this House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government; |
| And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: |
| “the House not approve in general the budgetary policy of the government unless the government brings in additional measures to correct the government's poor record of fiscal management, to address adequately the current jobs crisis in the economy, to address the shortage of family doctors and other health professionals, to deal with the need to provide Canadians with a comfortable retirement and a secure vehicle for their retirement savings, to lift every Canadian senior out of poverty, to make life more affordable for low and middle-income Canadians and to address the government's failure to substitute a more targeted approach to job creation for its ill-conceived, across-the-board, corporate income tax cuts”; |
| And on the subamendment of , seconded by , — That the amendment be amended by adding after the word “cuts” the following: |
| “, and reject the government's budgetary policy because it does nothing to improve the worsening living conditions and opportunity gaps facing Aboriginal people, fails to present any plan that fosters long-term, sustainable prosperity and equal opportunity for all Canadians, deliberately excludes low-income Canadians from qualifying for new tax measures by failing to make them refundable tax credits, abandons the federal government's role in the development and maintenance of affordable housing, continues to display a lack of federal leadership on healthcare, particularly by ignoring the need to begin negotiations with the provinces on the successor to the 2004 Health Accord, and leaves Canadians in the dark as to which programs and services will be cut in order to meet the government's deficit projections.”. |
| Budget debate — maximum of 4 days, pursuant to Standing Order 84(2). |
| Wednesday, June 8, 2011 — 2nd day. |
| Voting on the subamendment — not later than 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for government business, pursuant to Standing Order 84(4). |
| Subject to Special Order — see Journals of Monday, June 6, 2011. |