PRAYERS

DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS

Presenting Reports from InterParliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands -- Canso) presented the report of the Canadian delegation of the CanadaEurope Parliamentary Association on its Annual Meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), held in Helsinki, Finland, from July 6 to 9, 1993. -- Sessional Paper No. 8565-351-51.

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Gray (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), for Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Ouellet (Minister of Foreign Affairs), Bill C3, An Act to amend the FederalProvincial Fiscal Arrangements and Federal PostSecondary Education and Health Contributions Act, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Recommendation
(Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2))

His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act to amend the FederalProvincial Fiscal Arrangements and Federal PostSecondary Education and Health Contributions Act''.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

By unanimous consent, pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Riis (Kamloops), seconded by Ms. McLaughlin (Yukon), Bill C202, An Act to prohibit the export of water by inter basin transfers, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Milliken (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Duceppe (Laurier -- SainteMarie), it was ordered, --

I. That Standing Order 104 be amended as follows:

1. In section (1) thereof, by striking out the words ``House Management'' and substituting therefor the words ``Procedure and House Affairs''.

2. By striking out sections (2), (3) and (4) thereof and substituting the following therefor:

``(2) The standing committees, which shall consist of not less than seven and not more than fifteen Members, and for which lists of members are to be prepared, except as provided in section (1) of this Standing Order, shall be on:

(a) Agriculture and AgriFood

(b) Canadian Heritage

(c) Citizenship and Immigration

(d) Environment and Sustainable Development

(e) Finance

(f) Fisheries and Oceans

(g) Foreign Affairs and International Trade

(h) Government Operations

(i) Health

(j) Human Resources Development

(k) Human Rights and the Status of Disabled Persons

(l) Indian Affairs and Northern Development

(m) Industry

(n) Justice and Legal Affairs

(o) National Defence and Veterans Affairs

(p) Natural Resources

(q) Procedure and House Affairs

(r) Public Accounts

(s) Transport.

(3) The Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs shall also prepare and report lists of Members to act for the House on the Standing Joint Committees on:

(a) the Library of Parliament

(b) Official Languages

(c) Scrutiny of Regulations;

Provided that a sufficient number of members shall be appointed so as to keep the same proportion therein as between the memberships of both Houses.

(4) The Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs shall also prepare lists of associate members for each Standing Committee and Standing Joint Committee referred to in this Standing Order, who shall be deemed to be members of that committee for the pur poses of Standing Orders 108(1)(b) and 114(2)(a) and who shall be eligible to act as substitutes on that committee pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 114(2)(b).''

II. That Standing Order 108 be amended as follows:

1. By deleting subsection (1)(b) thereof and substituting the following:

``(b) Standing Committees shall be empowered to create subcommittees of which the membership may be drawn from among both the list of members and the list of associate members provided for in Standing Order 104, who shall be deemed to be members of that committee for the purposes of this Standing Order.''

2. By deleting in section (2) thereof the words ``(3)(b)'' and by substituting therefor the words ``(3)(c)'' and by deleting the words ``(3)(e)''.

3. In section (3)(a) thereof:

(a) by deleting the words ``House Management'' and by substituting therefor the words ``Procedure and House Affairs''; and

(b) by adding in paragraph (ii) immediately after the words ``two Houses'', the words ``except with regard to the Library of Parliament;''.

4.By deleting sections (3)(b), (3)(c) and (3)(d) thereof and by substituting the following therefor:

``(b) Canadian Heritage shall include, among other matters, the monitoring of the implementation of the principles of the federal multiculturalism policy throughout the Government of Canada in order

-- to encourage the departments and agencies of the federal government to reflect the multicultural diversity of the nation; and

-- to examine existing and new programs and policies of federal departments and agencies to encourage sensitivity to multicultural concerns and to preserve and enhance the multicultural reality of Canada;

(c) Human Rights and the Status of Disabled Persons shall include, among other matters:

-- the review of and report on reports of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, which shall be deemed permanently referred to the Committee immediately after they are laid upon the Table; and

-- the proposing, promoting, monitoring and assessing of initiatives aimed at the integration and equality of disabled persons in all sectors of Canadian society;''.

5. By renumbering section (3)(e) thereof as section (3)(d).

6. By deleting section (4) thereof and substituting the following therefor:

``(4) So far as this House is concerned, the mandates of the Standing Joint Committee on

(a) the Library of Parliament shall include the review of the effectiveness, management and operation of the Library of Parliament;

(b) Official Languages shall include, among other matters, the review of and report on official languages policies and programs including Reports of the Commissioner of Official Languages, which shall be deemed permanently referred to the Committee immediately after they are laid upon the Table;

(c) Scrutiny of Regulations shall include, among other matters, the review and scrutiny of statutory instruments which are permanently referred to the Committee pursuant to section 19 of the Statutory Instruments Act;

Provided that both Houses may, from time to time, refer any other matter to any of the aforementioned Standing Joint Committees.''

III. That Standing Order 112 be amended:

(a) by deleting the words ``, for each envelope except the Management envelope,'';

(b) by deleting the word ``six'' and by substituting therefor, the word ``twelve'';

(c) by deleting the words ``Each group of'' and substituting therefor the word ``The''; and

(d) by deleting the words ``belonging to each respective envelope''.

IV. That Standing Order 113(2) be amended by deleting the word ``appropriate''.

V. That Standing Order 114 be amended:

1. In subsection (2)(a) thereof, by deleting the word ``seven'' and by substituting therefor the word ``fourteen'' and by deleting the words ``in the envelope to which that committee has been assigned'' and by deleting all of the words after the words ``permanent members of the committee.''

2. In subsection (2)(c) thereof, after the words ``listed as'', by deleting the words ``Members at large in the envelope'' and substituting therefor the words ``associate members of the committee.''.

3. In section (4) thereof, by deleting the words ``which involve the appointment to a committee of a Member not already a member of a committee in the same envelope''.

VI. That Standing Order 115 be amended in section (2) thereof, by deleting all of the words after the words ``meetings of'' and substituting the words ``committees considering legislation or Estimates over meetings of committees considering other matters.''.

VII. That Standing Orders 91, 92(1), 106(1), 107(2), 113(1), 114(1), 114(2)(a), 114(2)(d), 114(4), 115(4), 119.1(2), 132, 133(2), 133(3), 133(4), 135(1), 140, and 141(4) be amended by deleting the words ``House Management'' and substituting therefor the words ``Procedure and House Affairs''.

VIII. That Standing Order 73 be amended:

1. By deleting sections (2) and (3) and substituting therefor the following:

``(2) Unless otherwise ordered, in giving a bill second reading, the same shall be referred to a standing, special or legislative committee.''

2. By renumbering sections (4) and (5) thereof respectively as sections (3) and (4).

IX. That the Clerk of the House be authorized, whenever appropriate, to redirect, after consultation, any references to any committees that have already been made at the time of the adoption of this Order.

X. That a Message be sent to the Senate to invite them to join with this House in the creation of the aforementioned Standing Joint Committees.

Presenting Petitions

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

-- by Mr. Jackson (Bruce -- Grey), three concerning the Young Offenders Act (Nos. 351-0016 to 351-0018).

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

Mr. Ouellet (Minister of Foreign Affairs), seconded by Mr. Collenette (Minister of National Defence), moved, -- That this House take note of the political, humanitarian and military dimen sions of Canada's peacekeeping role, including in the former Yugoslavia, and of possible future direction in Canadian peacekeeping policy and operations. (Government Business No. 1)

Debate arose thereon.

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, -- That the House continue to sit through the lunch hour for the purpose of continuing debate on the motion of Mr. Ouellet (Minister of Foreign Affairs), seconded by Mr. Collenette (Minister of National Defence). (Government Business No. 1)

Debate resumed on the motion of Mr. Ouellet (Minister of Foreign Affairs), seconded by Mr. Collenette (Minister of National Defence). (Government Business No. 1).

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.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

Debate resumed on the motion of Mr. Ouellet (Minister of Foreign Affairs), seconded by Mr. Collenette (Minister of National Defence). (Government Business No. 1)

MOTIONS

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, -- That, on Tuesday, January 25, and Wednesday, January 26, 1994, the ordinary hour of daily adjournment be deferred until 10:00 p.m. and that during the time of such extended sitting, no dilatory motion or quorum call shall be accepted by the Chair.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

Debate resumed on the motion of Mr. Ouellet (Minister of Foreign Affairs), seconded by Mr. Collenette (Minister of National Defence). (Government Business No. 1)

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, -- That the debate on the motion of Mr. Ouellet (Minister of Foreign Affairs), seconded by Mr. Collenette (Minister of National Defence) (Government Business No. 1) be extended to midnight.

Debate resumed on the motion of Mr. Ouellet (Minister of Foreign Affairs), seconded by Mr. Collenette (Minister of National Defence). (Government Business No. 1)

RETURNS AND REPORTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE

The following papers having been deposited with the Clerk of the House were laid upon the Table, pursuant to Standing Order 32(1):

By Mr. Goodale (Minister of Agriculture) -- Report of the Canadian Dairy Commission, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the year ended July 31, 1993, pursuant to subsection 150(1) of the Financial Administration Act, Chapter F11, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. -- Sessional Paper No. 8560-351-90. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and AgriFood).

By Mr. Goodale (Minister of Agriculture) -- Summaries of the Corporate Plan for the period 199394 to 199798 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 199394 of the Canadian Dairy Commission, pursuant to subsection 125(4) of the Financial Administration Act, Chapter F11, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. -- Sessional Paper No. 8562-351-836. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and AgriFood).

By Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance) -- Communiqués issued by the Interim Committee of the International Monetary Fund, dated September 26, 1993 and the Development Committee of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund, dated September 27, 1993, pursuant to section 14 of the Act to amend the Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act, Chapter 21, Statutes of Canada, 1991. -- Sessional Paper No. 8560-351-464. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance).

By Mr. Peters (Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)) -- Reports of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions required by the Access to Information and Privacy Acts for the period ended March 31, 1993, pursuant to subsections 72(2) of the Access to Information Act, Chapter A1, and the Privacy Act, Chapter P21, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. -- Sessional Paper No. 8561-351-528. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs).

By Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance) -- Reports of the Bank of Canada required by the Access to Information and Privacy Acts for the period ended March 31, 1993, pursuant to subsections 72(2) of the Access to Information Act, Chapter A1, and the Privacy Act, Chapter P21, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. -- Sessional Paper No. 8561-351-684. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs).

ADJOURNMENT

At 11:59 p.m., pursuant to Order made earlier this day, the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).