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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
35TH PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION


JOURNALS

No. 075

Tuesday, May 31, 1994

10:00 a.m.



PRAYERS

DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Irwin (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development), seconded by Mr. Chan (Secretary of State (Asia- Pacific)), Bill C-33, An Act to approve, give effect to and declare valid land claims agreements entered into between Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, the Government of the Yukon Territory and certain first nations in the Yukon Territory, to provide for approving, giving effect to and declaring valid other land claims agreements entered into after this Act comes into force, and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, 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 approve, give effect to and declare valid land claims agreements entered into between Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, the Government of the Yukon Territory and certain first nations in the Yukon Territory, to provide for approving, giving effect to and declaring valid other land claims agreements entered into after this Act comes into force, and to make consequential amendments to other Acts''.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Irwin (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development), seconded by Mr. Chan (Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)), Bill C-34, An Act respecting self-government for first nations in the Yukon Territory, 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 respecting self-government for first nations in the Yukon Territory''.

Presenting Petitions

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, a petition certified correct by the Clerk of Petitions was presented as follows:

-- by Mr. Duhamel (St. Boniface), concerning radio and television programming (No. 351-0325).

Questions on Order Paper

Mr. Milliken (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answer to question Q-34 on the Order Paper.


Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), the following Question was made an Order of the House for a Return:

    Q-7 -- January 26, 1994 -- Mr. Strahl (Fraser Valley East) -- What is the transfer policy of the Correctional Service of Canada in a case when a prison guard has been found to have been victimized by an inmate and, with regard to employee Edward Tyson of Abbotsford, British Columbia (a) what mechanisms exist for a hearing on his case (b) what avenues are available to apply for compensation, should a hearing determine in his favour? -- Sessional Paper No. 8555-351-7.

Mr. Milliken (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), presented the Return to the foregoing Order.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The Order was read for third reading of Bill C-17, An Act to amend certain statutes to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 22, 1994.

Mr. Peters (Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)), for Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Chan (Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)), moved, -- That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

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.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

Debate resumed on the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Chan (Secretary of State (Asia- Pacific)), -- That Bill C-17, An Act to amend certain statutes to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 22, 1994, be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate continued.

At 5:15 p.m., pursuant to Order made Tuesday, May 3, 1994, the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:



(Division--Vote No 48)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Anawak -- Anderson -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Bellemare -- Berger -- Bernier (Beauce) -- Bertrand -- Bethel -- Bevilacqua -- Bhaduria -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bodnar -- Bonin -- Boudria -- Brown (Oakville -- Milton) -- Brushett -- Bryden -- Bélair -- Calder -- Campbell -- Cannis -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Clancy -- Cohen -- Collenette -- Collins -- Comuzzi -- Cowling -- Crawford -- Culbert -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dingwall -- Discepola -- Dromisky -- Duhamel -- Dupuy -- Easter -- Eggleton -- Fewchuk -- Finestone -- Finlay -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gagnon (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine) -- Gallaway -- Gerrard -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harper (Churchill) -- Harvard -- Hickey -- Hopkins -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jackson -- Jordan -- Keyes -- Kirkby -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lavigne (Verdun -- Saint-Paul) -- LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands -- Canso) -- Lee -- Lincoln -- MacAulay -- MacLaren (Etobicoke North) -- MacLellan (Cape Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Maheu -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Manley -- Martin (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Massé -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKinnon -- McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) -- McWhinney -- Mifflin -- Milliken -- Mills (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Murray -- O'Brien -- O'Reilly -- Ouellet -- Pagtakhan -- Parrish -- Payne -- Peric -- Peters -- Peterson -- Pickard (Essex -- Kent) -- Pillitteri -- Reed -- Richardson -- Rideout -- Ringuette-Maltais -- Rock -- Scott (Fredericton -- York Sunbury) -- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- Skoke -- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart (Brant) -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Terrana -- Tobin -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Wappel -- Wells -- Whelan -- Wood -- Young -- Zed -- 137

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Ablonczy -- Althouse -- Asselin -- Axworthy (Saskatoon -- Clark's Crossing) -- Bachand -- Bellehumeur -- Benoit -- Bernier (Gaspé) -- Bernier (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Blaikie -- Bouchard -- Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) -- Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Bridgman -- Brown (Calgary Southeast) -- Bélisle -- Canuel -- Caron -- Chatters -- Chrétien (Frontenac) -- Crête -- Cummins -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Daviault -- Debien -- de Jong -- de Savoye -- Deshaies -- Dubé -- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Epp -- Fillion -- Forseth -- Frazer -- Gagnon (Québec) -- Gauthier (Roberval) -- Gilmour -- Godin -- Gouk -- Grey (Beaver River) -- Grubel -- Guay -- Guimond -- Hanger -- Hanrahan -- Harper (Calgary West) -- Harper (Simcoe Centre) -- Hayes -- Hermanson -- Hill (Macleod) -- Hoeppner -- Jennings -- Johnston -- Kerpan -- Lalonde -- Landry -- Langlois -- Laurin -- Lavigne (Beauharnois -- Salaberry) -- Lebel -- Leroux (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux (Shefford) -- Loubier -- Manning -- Marchand -- Martin (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) -- McLaughlin -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Morrison -- Ménard -- Nunez -- Picard (Drummond) -- Plamondon -- Ramsay -- Riis -- Ringma -- Robinson -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Silye -- Speaker -- St-Laurent -- Stinson -- Taylor -- Thompson -- Tremblay (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- White (Fraser Valley West) -- Williams -- 91

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Bergeron -- Copps -- Goodale -- Gray (Windsor West) -- Jacob -- Leblanc (Longueuil) -- Marchi -- Marleau -- Paré -- Pomerleau -- Robichaud -- Rocheleau -- Rompkey -- Stewart (Northumberland) -- Tremblay (Rosemont) -- Venne

Accordingly, the Bill was read a third time and passed.

PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS

At 5:48 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

Mr. Marchand (Québec-Est), seconded by Mrs. Debien (Laval East), moved, -- That, in the opinion of this House, the government should withdraw the measure to reduce the age credit that it introduced in its most recent budget, and retain the Old Age Security Program and the Canada Pension Plan in their present forms. (Private Members' Business M-289)

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.

PROCEEDINGS ON ADJOURNMENT MOTION

At 6:45 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 7:00 p.m., the House adjourned until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).