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House of Commons of Canada
35th Parliament, 2nd Session
Journals
No. 148
Thursday, March 20, 1997
10:00 a.m.
Prayers
Daily Routine of Business
Tabling of Documents
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Zed (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 the following petitions:
- No. 352-1665 concerning housing policy. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-95D;
- Nos. 352-1695, 352-1788 and 352-1802 concerning the income tax system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-28JJ;
- Nos. 352-1817, 352-1822, 352-1844 and 352-1856 concerning nuclear weapons. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-146B.
Motions
Mr. Zed (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Labour and Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), moved, — That the House do now proceed to the Orders of the Day.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division — Vote No 276)
Yeas — Pour
Members — Députés
Alcock — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Augustine — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bachand — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bergeron — Bernier (Gaspé) — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Bertrand — Bethel — Bodnar — Bonin — Brien — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Campbell — Cannis — Catterall — Chan — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Clancy — Cowling — Crête — Culbert — Dalphond-Guiral — de Savoye — Debien — DeVillers — Discepola — Dumas — Dupuy — English — Fillion — Finlay — Gaffney — Gagliano — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gauthier — Gerrard — Godfrey — Godin — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Grose — Guarnieri — Hickey — Hubbard — Iftody — Jackson — Jacob — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lalonde — Langlois — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — Lebel — Lee — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — Loubier — Maloney — Manley — Marchand — Marleau — Massé — McCormick — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — Mercier — Minna — Mitchell — Murray — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paré — Patry — Peric — Peters — Picard (Drummond) — Pomerleau — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Robichaud — Robillard — Sauvageau — Serré — Shepherd — Sheridan — St. Denis — Steckle — Szabo — Telegdi — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Valeri — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Wells — Whelan — Wood — Young — Zed --118
Nays — Contre
Members — Députés
Epp — Frazer — Gilmour — Grubel — Hart — Hill (Macleod) — Jennings — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Mayfield — Morrison — Schmidt — Solberg — Speaker — White (North Vancouver) — Williams --15
Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »
Asselin — Brushett — Calder — Collins — Daviault — Dromisky — Dubé — Easter — Gagnon (Québec) — Goodale — Guay — Guimond — Landry — Laurin — Lefebvre — McKinnon — Murphy — Pillitteri — Rocheleau — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Ur — Vanclief — Venne
Government Orders
Notice having been given at a previous sitting under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), Mr. Gray (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Solicitor General of Canada), seconded by Ms. Copps (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Canadian Heritage), moved, — That in relation to Bill C–70, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, the Income Tax Act, the Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act and related Acts, not more than one further sitting day shall be allotted to the stage of consideration of the Senate amendment to the Bill; and
That fifteen minutes before the expiry of the time provided for government business on the allotted day of the consideration of the said stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and in turn every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the Bill shall be put forthwith and successively without further debate or amendment.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division — Vote No 277)
Yeas — Pour
Members — Députés
Alcock — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Augustine — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Campbell — Cannis — Catterall — Chan — Clancy — Copps — Cowling — Culbert — Cullen — DeVillers — Discepola — Dupuy — English — Finestone — Finlay — Gaffney — Gagliano — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Grose — Guarnieri — Harb — Harvard — Hickey — Hubbard — Iftody — Jackson — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lee — Lincoln — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Malhi — Maloney — Manley — Marleau — Massé — McCormick — McGuire — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — Minna — Mitchell — Murray — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Patry — Peric — Peters — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Robichaud — Robillard — Serré — Shepherd — Sheridan — St. Denis — Steckle — Szabo — Telegdi — Torsney — Valeri — Volpe — Walker — Wells — Whelan — Wood — Young — Zed --94
Nays — Contre
Members — Députés
Bachand — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bergeron — Bernier (Gaspé) — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Brien — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — Cummins — Dalphond-Guiral — de Savoye — Debien — Dumas — Epp — Fillion — Frazer — Gauthier — Gilmour — Godin — Grubel — Hart — Hill (Macleod) — Jacob — Jennings — Lalonde — Langlois — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — Lebel — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Marchand — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Mayfield — Mercier — Morrison — Nunez — Paré — Picard (Drummond) — Pomerleau — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Solberg — Speaker — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — White (North Vancouver) — Williams --49
Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »
Asselin — Brushett — Calder — Collins — Daviault — Dromisky — Dubé — Easter — Gagnon (Québec) — Goodale — Guay — Guimond — Landry — Laurin — Lefebvre — McKinnon — Murphy — Pillitteri — Rocheleau — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Ur — Vanclief — Venne
The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Marchi (Minister of the Environment), — That the amendment made by the Senate to Bill C–70, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, the Income Tax Act, the Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act and related Acts, be now read a second time and concurred in; but
That this House, while disapproving of any infraction of its privileges or rights by the other House, in this case waives its claim to insist upon such rights and privileges, but the waiver of said rights and privileges is not to be drawn into a precedent; and
That a Message be sent to the Senate to acquaint Their Honours therewith;
And of the amendment of Mr. Solberg (Medicine Hat), seconded by Mr. Strahl (Fraser Valley East), — That the motion be amended in the first paragraph by deleting all the words after the word "That” and substituting the following:
“this House agrees with the principle set out in the amendment made by the Senate to Bill C–70, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, the Income Tax Act, the Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act and related Acts, but would propose that the amendment be amended to read as follows:
Pages 334 and 335, clause 242: Replace lines 40 to 45 on page 334 and lines 1 to 4 on page 335 with the following:
“Subsection (1) comes into force on a day fixed by order of the Governor in Council, which day shall not be before the first day on which all provinces have enacted laws requiring that suppliers include the tax under Part IX of the Act in indications of the prices of property or services supplied.”
The debate continued.
Statements by Ministers
By unanimous consent, Mr. Boudria (Minister for International Cooperation and Minister responsible for Francophonie) made a statement.
Government Orders
The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Marchi (Minister of the Environment), — That the amendment made by the Senate to Bill C–70, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, the Income Tax Act, the Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act and related Acts, be now read a second time and concurred in; but
That this House, while disapproving of any infraction of its privileges or rights by the other House, in this case waives its claim to insist upon such rights and privileges, but the waiver of said rights and privileges is not to be drawn into a precedent; and
That a Message be sent to the Senate to acquaint Their Honours therewith;
And of the amendment of Mr. Solberg (Medicine Hat), seconded by Mr. Strahl (Fraser Valley East).
The debate continued.
The question was put on the amendment and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until later today, at 5:00 p.m.
Interruption
At 1:56 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 2:00 p.m., the sitting resumed.
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.
Motions
By unanimous consent, Mr. Zed (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Kilger (Stormont–Dundas), — That the motion to amend the motion for second reading of Bill C–82 be deemed to have been withdrawn and the question on the motion for second reading and reference to committee of the said Bill deemed to have been put and a recorded division demanded and deferred to 5:00 p.m. this day;
That all questions necessary to dispose of the report stage and the third reading stage of Bill C–81 be deemed to have been put and adopted;
That all questions necessary for the disposal of the consideration of the Senate amendment to Bill C–70 be deemed to have been put and a recorded division thereon requested and deferred to 5:00 p.m. this day; and
That no later than 4:59 p.m. this day any proceedings before the House be interrupted and all questions necessary to dispose of the third reading stage of Bill C–32 be put without further debate or amendment.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.
Accordingly, Bill C–81, An Act to implement the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement and related agreements, as amended, was concurred in at report stage, read the third time and passed.
Presenting Reports from Committees
By unanimous consent, Mr. Milliken (Kingston and the Islands), from the Special Joint Committee on a Code of Conduct, presented the 2nd Report of the Committee. — Sessional Paper No. 8510-352-86.
A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence (Issue No. 1, which includes this Report) was tabled.
By unanimous consent, Mr. Lebel (Chambly), from the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations, presented the 4th Report of the Committee (Criminal Code). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-352-87.
A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence (Issue No. 23, which includes this Report) was tabled.
Tabling of Documents
By unanimous consent, Mrs. Jennings (Mission–Coquitlam) laid upon the Table, — Copy of a letter from the Canadian Bar Association (English text only). — Sessional Paper No. 8530-352-38.
Government Orders
The Order was read for the third reading of Bill C–32, An Act to amend the Copyright Act.
Ms. Copps (Minister of Canadian Heritage), seconded by Mr. Gerrard (Secretary of State (Science, Research and Development)(Western Economic Diversification)), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
Debate arose thereon.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on division.
Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.
Royal Assent
The Speaker informed the House that the Honourable the Deputy Governor General will proceed to the Senate today at 6:15 p.m. for the purpose of giving the Royal Assent to certain Bills.
Government Orders
Mr. Manley (Minister of Industry), seconded by Mrs. Robillard (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Minister of Canadian Heritage), moved, — That the amendments made by the Senate to Bill C–5, An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and the Income Tax Act, be now read a second time and concurred in.
Debate arose thereon.
At 5:00 p.m., pursuant to Order made earlier today, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Marchi (Minister of the Environment), — That the amendment made by the Senate to Bill C–70, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, the Income Tax Act, the Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act and related Acts, be now read a second time and concurred in; but
That this House, while disapproving of any infraction of its privileges or rights by the other House, in this case waives its claim to insist upon such rights and privileges, but the waiver of said rights and privileges is not to be drawn into a precedent; and
That a Message be sent to the Senate to acquaint Their Honours therewith.
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment of Mr. Solberg (Medicine Hat), seconded by Mr. Strahl (Fraser Valley East), — That the motion be amended in the first paragraph by deleting all the words after the word "That” and substituting the following:
“this House agrees with the principle set out in the amendment made by the Senate to Bill C–70, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, the Income Tax Act, the Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act and related Acts, but would propose that the amendment be amended to read as follows:
Pages 334 and 335, clause 242: Replace lines 40 to 45 on page 334 and lines 1 to 4 on page 335 with the following:
“Subsection (1) comes into force on a day fixed by order of the Governor in Council, which day shall not be before the first day on which all provinces have enacted laws requiring that suppliers include the tax under Part IX of the Act in indications of the prices of property or services supplied.””
The question was put on the amendment and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division — Vote No 278)
Yeas — Pour
Members — Députés
Cummins — Epp — Frazer — Grubel — Jennings — Mayfield — Morrison — Schmidt — Solberg — Speaker — White (North Vancouver) — Williams --12
Nays — Contre
Members — Députés
Adams — Alcock — Anawak — Anderson — Arseneault — Augustine — Axworthy (Saskatoon–Clark’s Crossing) — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bélanger — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bergeron — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Brien — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Campbell — Cannis — Catterall — Cauchon — Clancy — Collenette — Copps — Cowling — Culbert — Cullen — Dalphond-Guiral — Debien — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dion — Discepola — Dumas — Dupuy — English — Fewchuk — Finlay — Fontana — Gaffney — Gagliano — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Godin — Guarnieri — Harb — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Iftody — Jackson — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Langlois — Laurin — Lee — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Malhi — Maloney — Marchand — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — McCormick — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — Minna — Mitchell — Murray — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paré — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Peric — Peters — Peterson — Pettigrew — Pomerleau — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Serré — Sheridan — St. Denis — Steckle — Szabo — Telegdi — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Valeri — Walker — Wells — Whelan — Wood — Young — Zed --119 PAIRED278
Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »
Asselin — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Brushett — Calder — Collins — Crête — Daviault — Dromisky — Dubé — Duceppe — Duhamel — Easter — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Goodale — Guay — Guimond — Landry — Lefebvre — McKinnon — Ménard — Mifflin — Murphy — Phinney — Picard (Drummond) — Pillitteri — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Stewart (Brant) — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Ur — Vanclief — Venne
The question was put on the main motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division — Vote No 279)
Yeas — Pour
Members — Députés
Adams — Alcock — Anawak — Anderson — Arseneault — Augustine — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bélanger — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Campbell — Cannis — Catterall — Cauchon — Clancy — Collenette — Copps — Cowling — Culbert — Cullen — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dion — Discepola — Dupuy — English — Fewchuk — Finlay — Fontana — Gaffney — Gagliano — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Guarnieri — Harb — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Iftody — Jackson — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lee — Lincoln — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Malhi — Maloney — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — McCormick — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — Minna — Mitchell — Murray — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Peric — Peters — Peterson — Pettigrew — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Serré — Sheridan — St. Denis — Steckle — Szabo — Telegdi — Valeri — Volpe — Walker — Wells — Whelan — Wood — Young — Zed --101
Nays — Contre
Members — Députés
Axworthy (Saskatoon–Clark’s Crossing) — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bergeron — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Brien — Cummins — Dalphond-Guiral — Debien — Dumas — Epp — Frazer — Godin — Grubel — Jennings — Lalonde — Langlois — Laurin — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Marchand — Mayfield — Morrison — Nunez — Paré — Pomerleau — Schmidt — Solberg — Speaker — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — White (North Vancouver) — Williams --33 PAIRED279
Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »
Asselin — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Brushett — Calder — Collins — Crête — Daviault — Dromisky — Dubé — Duceppe — Duhamel — Easter — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Goodale — Guay — Guimond — Landry — Lefebvre — McKinnon — Ménard — Mifflin — Murphy — Phinney — Picard (Drummond) — Pillitteri — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Stewart (Brant) — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Ur — Vanclief — Venne
Pursuant to Order made earlier today, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), — That Bill C–82, An Act to amend certain laws relating to financial institutions, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division — Vote No 280)
Yeas — Pour
Members — Députés
Adams — Alcock — Anawak — Anderson — Arseneault — Augustine — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bélanger — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Campbell — Cannis — Catterall — Cauchon — Clancy — Collenette — Copps — Cowling — Culbert — Cullen — Cummins — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dion — Discepola — Dupuy — English — Epp — Fewchuk — Finlay — Fontana — Frazer — Gaffney — Gagliano — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Grubel — Guarnieri — Harb — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Iftody — Jackson — Jennings — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lee — Lincoln — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Malhi — Maloney — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Mayfield — McCormick — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — Minna — Mitchell — Morrison — Murray — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Peric — Peters — Peterson — Pettigrew — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Schmidt — Serré — Sheridan — Solberg — Speaker — St. Denis — Steckle — Szabo — Telegdi — Valeri — Volpe — Walker — Wells — Whelan — White (North Vancouver) — Williams — Wood — Young — Zed --113
Nays — Contre
Members — Députés
Axworthy (Saskatoon–Clark’s Crossing) — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bergeron — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Brien — Dalphond-Guiral — Debien — Dumas — Godin — Lalonde — Langlois — Laurin — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Marchand — Nunez — Paré — Pomerleau — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) --21
Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »
Asselin — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Brushett — Calder — Collins — Crête — Daviault — Dromisky — Dubé — Duceppe — Duhamel — Easter — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Goodale — Guay — Guimond — Landry — Lefebvre — McKinnon — Ménard — Mifflin — Murphy — Phinney — Picard (Drummond) — Pillitteri — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Stewart (Brant) — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Ur — Vanclief — Venne
Accordingly, the Bill was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.
Private Members’ Business
At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members’ Business.
The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mrs. Jennings (Mission–Coquitlam), seconded by Mr. Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca), — That the Standing Orders of the House be amended by adding the following:
- “97.1.
- A standing, special or legislative committee to which a Private Member’s public bill has been referred shall in every case either report the bill to the House with or without amendment or present to the House a report containing a recommendation not to proceed further with the bill and giving the reasons therefor.”; (Private Members’ Business M–267)
And of the amendment of Mrs. Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata), seconded by Mr. Paré (Louis-Hébert), — That the motion be amended by adding after the words “in every case" the following:
“, within six months from the date of the bill’s reference to the committee,”.
The debate continued.
Mr. Langlois (Bellechasse), seconded by Mrs. Dalphond-Guiral (Laval Centre), moved the following sub-amendment, — That the amendment be amended by replacing the words “six months" with the following:
“Sixty sitting days”.
Debate arose thereon.
Royal Assent
A Message was received from the Right honourable Antonio Lamer, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, in his capacity as Deputy Governor General, desiring the immediate attendance of the House in the Senate.
Accordingly, the Speaker, with the House, proceeded to the Senate.
The Commons returned to the Chamber.
Whereupon, the Speaker reported that, when the Commons had been in the Senate, the Honourable the Deputy Governor General was pleased to give, in Her Majesty’s name, the Royal Assent to the following Bills:
Bill C–60, An Act to establish the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and to repeal and amend other Acts as a consequence — Chapter No. 6;
Bill C–23, An Act to establish the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and to make consequential amendments to other Acts — Chapter No. 9;
Bill C–70, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, the Federal- Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, the Income Tax Act, the Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act and related Acts — Chapter No. 10.
The Speaker also reported that he had addressed the Honourable the Deputy Governor General as follows:
“May it please Your Honour “:
The Commons of Canada have voted Supplies required to enable the Government to defray certain expenses of the public service.
In the name of the Commons I present to Your Honour the following Bills:
An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 1997
An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 1998
To which Bills I humbly request Your Honour’s Assent.”
Whereupon, the Clerk of the Senate, by Command of the Deputy the Governor General, did say:
“In Her Majesty’s name, the Honourable the Deputy to His Excellency the Governor General thanks Her Loyal Subjects, accepts their benevolence, and assents to these Bills.”
Bill C–87, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 1997 (Appropriation Act No. 4, 1996-97) — Chapter No. 7.
Bill C–88, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 1998 (Appropriation Act No. 1, 1997-98) — Chapter No. 8.
Private Members’ Business
The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mrs. Jennings (Mission–Coquitlam), seconded by Mr. Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca), — That the Standing Orders of the House be amended by adding the following:
- “97.1.
- A standing, special or legislative committee to which a Private Member’s public bill has been referred shall in every case either report the bill to the House with or without amendment or present to the House a report containing a recommendation not to proceed further with the bill and giving the reasons therefor.”; (Private Members’ Business M–267)
And of the amendment of Mrs. Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata), seconded by Mr. Paré (Louis-Hébert);
And of the sub-amendment of Mr. Langlois (Bellechasse), seconded by Mrs. Dalphond-Guiral (Laval Centre).
The debate continued.
Pursuant to Standing Order 93, the Order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.
Proceedings on Adjournment Motion
At 6:43 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.
Returns and Reports Deposited with the Clerk of the House
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), a paper deposited with the Clerk of the House was laid upon the Table as follows:
by Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada) — Report of the Canadian Human Rights Commission for the year 1996, pursuant to the Canadian Human Rights Act, R. S. 1985, c. H–6, sbs. 61(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-123A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Human Rights and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)
Adjournment
At 6:50 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).