Pursuant to Standing Order 31, Members made statements.

Pursuant to Standing Order 30(5), the House proceeded to Oral Questions.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Milliken (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) laid upon the Table, — Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to petitions Nos. 351-3416, 351-3435, 351-3436, 351-3626, 351-3676, 351-3685, 351-3715, 351-3731 and 351-3757 concerning hormone use in livestock. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-39E.

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, petitions certified correct by the Clerk of Petitions were presented as follows:

• by Mr. Malhi (Bramalea–Gore–Malton), one concerning immigration (No. 351-3783);
• by Mr. Marchand (Québec East), one concerning hormone use in livestock (No. 351-3784) and one concerning national parks (No. 351-3785);
• by Mr. Frazer (Saanich–Gulf Islands), one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 351-3786) and one concerning the parole system (No. 351-3787);
• by Mr. Hart (Okanagan–Similkameen–Merritt), one concerning the Official Opposition (No. 351-3788);
• by Mr. Valeri (Lincoln), one concerning euthanasia (No. 351-3789);
• by Mr. Hanger (Calgary Northeast), one concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (No. 351-3790), one concerning sex offenders (No. 351-3791), one concerning abortion (No. 3513792) and one concerning euthanasia (No. 351-3793);
• by Mr. Ringma (Nanaimo–Cowichan), one concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (No. 351-3794) and one concerning Indian affairs (No. 351-3795).

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage and second reading of Bill C–45, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, the Criminal Code, the Criminal Records Act, the Prisons and Reformatories Act and the Transfer of Offenders Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs with amendments.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:

Group No. 1 — Motion No. 1.

Group No. 2 — Motions Nos. 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22 and 23.

Group No. 3 — Motions Nos. 4, 5, 7, 10, 11 and 17.

Group No. 4 — Motion No. 9.

Group No. 5 — Motions Nos. 14 and 15.

Group No. 6 — Motion No. 16.

Group No. 7 — Motion No. 19.

Group No. 8 — Motions Nos. 24, 25 and 26.

Group No. 1

Mr. Thompson (Wild Rose), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville), moved Motion No. 1, — That Bill C–45, in Clause 21, be amended by adding after line 13, on page 8, the following:

 

“(3)

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act or the regulations, the Service

(a)

shall require the offender to pay as restitution

(i)

to the victim of an offence committed by the offender, or (ii) to the family of the victim referred to in subparagraph (i) where the victim is killed or is unable to manage his or her financial affairs as a result of the offence, thirty per cent of the gross payment referred to in subsection (1) or gross income; and

(b)

on the request of or made on behalf of any victim who wishes to undergo treatment or counselling for the purposes of relieving any physical or psychological trauma resulting from a sexual assault, an aggravated sexual assault or a sexual assault with a weapon committed by the offender against the victim, shall require the offender to pay towards the cost of that treatment or counselling an amount to be determined by the Service of the gross payment referred to in subsection (1) or gross income.

  (4)

Where an offender is required to make any payment under subsection (3), the offender shall not be required to make any payment under paragraph (2)(b).

  (5)

For the purposes of this section, “victim” means a person described in paragraph 2(1)(a).”

Debate arose on the motion in Group No. 1.

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members’ Business.

Mr. White (North Vancouver), seconded by Mr. Chatters (Athabasca), moved, — That, in the opinion of this House, the government should support and work toward enabling legislation for a binding national referendum on capital punishment to be held concurrently with the next federal election. (Private Members’ Business M–431)

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 96(1), the time provided for consideration of Private Members’ Business expired and the Order was dropped from the Order Paper.

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.

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, petitions certified correct by the Clerk of Petitions were filed as follows:

• by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yellowhead), one concerning the Official Opposition (No. 351-3796), one concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (No. 351-3797) and five concerning gun control (Nos. 351-3798 to 351-3802).

At 6:37 p.m., the House adjourned until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).