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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
35TH PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION
JOURNALS
No. 157
Tuesday, February 21, 1995
10:00 a.m.
PRAYERS
DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS
Tabling of Documents
Mr. Gray (Solicitor General of Canada) laid upon the Table, -- Special Report of the Correctional Investigator concerning the treatment of inmates and subsequent inquiry following certain incidents at the prison for women in April 1994 and thereafter, including the response by the Correctional Service to the recommendations, pursuant to section 193 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, Chapter 20, Statutes of Canada, 1992. -- Sessional Paper No. 8560-351-72B.
Mr. Milliken (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) for Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) laid upon the Table, -- Government response, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to petition No. 351-1673 concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-3K.
Mr. Milliken (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) for Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) laid upon the Table, -- Government response, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to petition No. 351-1720 concerning the imprisonment of Leonard Peltier in the United States. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-78B.
Introduction of Private Members' Bills
Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Bellemare (Carleton -- Gloucester), seconded by Mr. Mills (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry), Bill C-306, An Act to amend the Public Service Superannuation Act (annuity following job loss), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.
Presenting Petitions
Pursuant to Standing Order 36, petitions certified correct by the Clerk of Petitions were presented as follows:
-- by Mr. Duhamel (St. Boniface), one concerning euthanasia (No. 351-2101) and one concerning radio and television programming (No. 351-2102);
-- by Mr. Serré (Timiskaming -- French River), one concerning the mining industry (No. 351-2103);
-- by Mr. Kerpan (Moose Jaw -- Lake Centre), one concerning Canadian Forces Bases (No. 351-2104), one concerning abortion (No. 351-2105), one concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (No. 351-2106) and one concerning euthanasia (No. 351-2107);
-- by Mr. Steckle (Huron -- Bruce), one concerning gun control (No. 351-2108), one concerning euthanasia (No. 351-2109), one concerning abortion (No. 351-2110) and one concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (No. 351-2111).
GOVERNMENT ORDERS
The Order was read for the consideration of the Business of Supply.
Mr. Abbott (Kootenay East), seconded by Mr. Hermanson (Kindersley -- Lloydminster), moved, -- That this House reject this government's totally inadequate target which reduces the deficit to 3% of GDP within 2 years and will leave Canada, at the end of the period, with a federal deficit of about $25 billion, a federal debt of over $600 billion, $50 billion in annual interest payments and higher taxes.
Debate arose thereon.
STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
Pursuant to Standing Order 31, Members made statements.
ORAL QUESTIONS
Pursuant to Standing Order 30(5), the House proceeded to Oral Questions.
WAYS AND MEANS
Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), at the request of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), an Order of the Day was designated for the consideration of a Ways and Means motion for a budget presentation on Monday, February 27, 1995, at 4:30 p.m.
GOVERNMENT ORDERS
The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Abbott (Kootenay East), seconded by Mr. Hermanson (Kindersley -- Lloydminster), in relation to the Business of Supply.
Pursuant to Standing Order 81(19), the proceedings expired.
At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Order made Friday, February 17, 1995, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Secretary of State (Parliamentary Affairs) and Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), -- That Bill C-59, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act and the Income Tax Application Rules, be now read a third time and do pass.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division--Vote No 163)
YEAS-POUR
Members--Députés
-- Adams -- Allmand -- Anderson -- Arseneault -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bellemare -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bodnar -- Bonin -- Boudria -- Brown (Oakville -- Milton) -- Brushett -- Bryden -- Bélair -- Calder -- Cannis -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Chrétien (Saint-Maurice) -- Clancy -- Cohen -- Collenette -- Collins -- Cowling -- Culbert -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Discepola -- Duhamel -- Dupuy -- Easter -- Eggleton -- English -- Fewchuk -- Finestone -- Finlay -- Flis -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gagnon (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine) -- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Graham -- Gray (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Harvard -- Hickey -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jackson -- Karygiannis -- Knutson -- Lastewka -- LeBlanc (Cape/CapBreton Highlands -- Canso) -- Lee -- Lincoln -- Loney -- MacAulay -- MacLaren -- MacLellan (Cape/CapBreton -- The Sydneys) -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Marchi -- Marleau -- Massé -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKinnon -- McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) -- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Mifflin -- Milliken -- Mills (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Murray -- O'Brien -- O'Reilly -- Ouellet -- Pagtakhan -- Parrish -- Patry -- Payne -- Peters -- Peterson -- Phinney -- Pickard (Essex -- Kent) -- Reed -- Regan -- Richardson -- Rideout -- Ringuette-Maltais -- Robichaud -- Rock -- Serré -- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- Skoke -- Speller -- St.Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart (Brant) -- Stewart (Northumberland) -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thalheimer -- Tobin -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Walker -- Wappel -- Whelan -- Wood -- Young -- Zed -- 129
NAYS-CONTRE
Members--Députés
-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Althouse -- Axworthy (Saskatoon -- Clark's Crossing) -- Bellehumeur -- Benoit -- Bergeron -- Blaikie -- Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Brien -- Bélisle -- Caron -- Chatters -- Chrétien (Frontenac) -- Cummins -- Daviault -- de Jong -- Deshaies -- Duceppe -- Duncan -- Epp -- Fillion -- Forseth -- Frazer -- Gauthier (Roberval) -- Gilmour -- Godin -- Hanrahan -- Harper (Calgary West) -- Harper (Simcoe Centre) -- Hart -- Hayes -- Hermanson -- Hill (Macleod) -- Hill (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Jacob -- Lalonde -- Landry -- Lavigne (Beauharnois -- Salaberry) -- Lebel -- Leroux (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux (Shefford) -- Loubier -- Manning -- Marchand -- Martin (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Mayfield -- McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) -- Mills (Red Deer) -- Morrison -- Nunez -- Paré -- Ramsay -- Ringma -- Robinson -- Schmidt -- Solberg -- St-Laurent -- Stinson -- Strahl -- Taylor -- Thompson -- Tremblay (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- White (Fraser Valley West) -- 64
Paired Members--Députés Pairés
-- Alcock -- Asselin -- Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) -- Bachand -- Bakopanos -- Bernier (Gaspé) -- Bernier (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Bouchard -- Canuel -- Clancy -- Comuzzi -- Crawford -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Debien -- Dingwall -- Dubé -- Dumas -- Fontana -- Gagnon (Québec) -- Gerrard -- Guay -- Guimond -- Harb -- Hopkins -- Jordan -- Keyes -- Langlois -- Laurin -- Leblanc (Longueuil) -- Loubier -- MacDonald -- Nault -- Rompkey -- Terrana -- Wells
Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.
PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS
At 5:58 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.
The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Arseneault (Restigouche -- Chaleur), seconded by Mr. Harvard (Winnipeg St. James), -- That Bill C-216, An Act to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act (jury service), be now read a third time and do pass.
The debate continued.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on division.
Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.
PROCEEDINGS ON ADJOURNMENT MOTION
At 6:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 38(1), the question ``That this House do now adjourn'' was deemed to have been proposed.
After debate, the question was deemed to have been adopted.
ADJOURNMENT
At 6:45 p.m., the House adjourned until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).