Journals No. 156 - April 15, 1997 (35-2) - House of Commons of Canada

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. 352-1342 concerning gun control. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-16D;
No. 352-1596 concerning sex offenders. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-2Q;
Nos. 352-1634, 352-1635 and 352-1743 concerning police dogs. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-152;
No. 352-1721 concerning the Divorce Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-27J;
Nos. 352-1572 and 352-1688 concerning crimes of violence. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-153;
Nos. 352-1849 and 352-1851 concerning pornography. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-124I;
No. 352-1850 concerning profits from crime. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-97S;
No. 352-1855 concerning Canada’s railways. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-115B;
Nos. 352-1857 and 352-1872 concerning police and firefighters’ death benefits. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-133D;
Nos. 352-1871, 352-1876 and 352-1879 concerning taxes on books. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-129K.

Mr. Guimond (Beauport–Montmorency–Orléans), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 7th Report of the Committee (Materiel Management in the Federal Government). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-352-97.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the government was requested by the Committee to table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence (Issue No. 3, which includes this Report) was tabled.

Mr. Duhamel (St. Boniface), from the Standing Committee on Finance, presented the 11th Report of the Committee (Bill C–92, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, the Income Tax Application Rules and another Act related to the Income Tax Act, with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-352-98.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence (Issue No. 12, which includes this Report) was tabled.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Robinson (Burnaby–Kingsway), seconded by Mr. Althouse (Mackenzie), Bill C–404, An Act respecting conscientious objection to the use of taxes for military purposes, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

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

by Mr. Harb (Ottawa Centre), one concerning the tax on gasoline (No. 352-2082);
by Mr. Gilmour (Comox–Alberni), one concerning the Senate (No. 352-2083), one concerning taxes on books (No. 352-2084) and one concerning capital punishment (No. 352-2085).

Mr. Zed (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answer to question Q–106 on the Order Paper.

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C–55, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (high risk offenders), the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, the Criminal Records Act, the Prisons and Reformatories Act and the Department of the Solicitor General Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs with amendments.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Acting Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:

Group No. 1 — Motions Nos. 1 to 4.

Group No. 1

Mr. Hanger (Calgary Northeast), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yellowhead), moved Motion No. 1, — That Bill C–55, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing lines 11 to 15 on page 3 with the following:

“752.1.

(1): Where an offender has been convicted of a serious personal injury offence defined in section 752 and, on application by the prosecution, at any time during the time the offender is serving the sentence imposed for the offence, the court is of“

Mr. Hanger (Calgary Northeast), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yellowhead), moved Motion No. 2, — That Bill C–55, in Clause 4, be amended by adding after line 40 on page 4 the following:

“(1.1): Notwithstanding subsection (1), where an offender has been convicted of a serious personal injury offence defined in section 752 and has previously been convicted of such an offence, the court shall find the offender to be a long-term offender without an application being made in that regard.”

Mr. Hanger (Calgary Northeast), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yellowhead), moved Motion No. 3, — That Bill C–55, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing lines 17 to 28 on page 6 with the following:

“

fend if the offender has been convicted of

(a): an offence under section 151 (sexual interference), 152 (invitation to sexual touching) or 153 (sexual exploitation), subsection 173(2) (exposure) or section 271 (sexual assault), 272 (sexual assault with a weapon) or 273 (aggravated sexual assault);
(a.1): an offence under subsection 160(3) (bestiality in presence of or by child), section 170 (parent or guardian procuring sexual activity), 171 (householder permitting sexual activity by child) or 172 (corrupting children), subsection 212(2) (living off the avails of prostitution by a child) or 212(4) (obtaining sexual services of a child);
(a.2): an offence involving a person under the age of eighteen years under section 155 (incest) or 159 (anal intercourse) or subsections 160(1) and (2) (bestiality and compelling bestiality);
(a.3): an offence involving a person under the age of eighteen years under section 144 (rape), 145 (attempt to commit rape), 149 (indecent assault on female) or 156 (indecent assault on male) of the Criminal Code, chapter C–34 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, as they read immediately before January 4, 1983; or
(a.4): has engaged in serious conduct of a sexual nature in the commission of another offence of which the offender has been convicted; and“

Mr. Hanger (Calgary Northeast), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yellowhead), moved Motion No. 4, — That Bill C–55, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing line 27 on page 12 with the following:

“fifteen years from the day on which that person”

Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 to 4).

The question was put on Motion No. 1 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 2 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 3 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 4 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded divisions at report stage of Bill C–55, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (high risk offenders), the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, the Criminal Records Act, the Prisons and Reformatories Act and the Department of the Solicitor General Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs with amendments.

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the deferred recorded divisions were further deferred until 12:30 p.m. today.

At 12:30 p.m., pursuant to Order made Thursday, April 10, 1997, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded divisions at report stage of Bill C–82, An Act to amend certain laws relating to financial institutions, as reported by the Standing Committee on Finance with amendments.

Group No. 1

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 1 of Mr. Loubier (Saint-Hyacinthe–Bagot), seconded by Mr. Laurin (Joliette), — That Bill C–82, in Clause 42, be amended by adding after line 35 on page 22 the following:

“(4): Where there is in force in a province a law that imposes terms and conditions in respect of financial services described in subparagraph 3(b)(i) that are provided in that province, that law, as amended from time to time, shall apply to every bank located in that province.
(5): No regulation made under subparagraph 3(b)(i) shall apply to any bank located in a province that has in force a law described in subsection (4).
(6): For greater certainty, in this section the term “in force” in reference to a provincial law includes a provincial law that comes into force on or after the coming into force of this section.”

The question was put on Motion No. 1 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 296)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Bachand — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — de Savoye — Debien — Duceppe — Dumas — Fillion — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Godin — Guay — Guimond — Jacob — Lalonde — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Marchand — Ménard — Mercier — Nunez — Picard (Drummond) — Pomerleau — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne --36

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bakopanos — Beaumier — Bélair — Bélanger — Bellemare — Benoit — Bernier (Beauce) — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Blaikie — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Bryden — Calder — Campbell — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — Cummins — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dingwall — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Duncan — Dupuy — Easter — Eggleton — English — Epp — Fewchuk — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Fry — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Gilmour — Godfrey — Goodale — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guarnieri — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harvard — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hoeppner — Hopkins — Hubbard — Irwin — Jackson — Johnston — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Manley — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fucas — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Massé — McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Meredith — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Mills (Red Deer) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Nault — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Penson — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Rideout — Riis — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Robinson — Rock — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Scott (Skeena) — Serré — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Stewart (Northumberland) — Strahl — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Thalheimer — Torsney — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Verran — Walker — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — Wood — Young — Zed --172

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 3 of Mr. Loubier (Saint-Hyacinthe–Bagot), seconded by Mr. Laurin (Joliette), — That Bill C–82, in Clause 55, be amended by

replacing line 29 on page 30 with the following:

“459.

(1)

The Governor in Council may make”
by adding after line 18 on page 31 the following:

“(2)

Where there is in force in a province any law that deals with any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (e), that law, as amended from time to time, shall apply to every bank located in that province.

(3)

No regulation made under subsection (1) regarding any matter referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (e) shall apply to any bank located in a province that has in force a law described in subsection (2) dealing with that matter.

(4)

For greater certainty, in this section, the term “in force” in reference to a provincial law includes a provincial law that comes into force on or after the coming into force of this section.”

The question was put on Motion No. 3 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 36, NAYS: 172. (See list under Division No. 296)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 5 of Mr. Loubier (Saint-Hyacinthe–Bagot), seconded by Mr. Laurin (Joliette), — That Bill C–82, in Clause 226, be amended by replacing lines 33 to 38 on page 136 with the following:

“(a.1) transfer all or any portion of its policies to, or cause itself to be reinsured, on an indemnity basis, against all or any portion of the risks undertaken by it by any body corporate incorporated under the laws of a province that is authorized to transact the classes of insurance to be so transferred or reinsured.”

The question was put on Motion No. 5 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 297)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Althouse — Bachand — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Blaikie — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — de Savoye — Debien — Duceppe — Dumas — Fillion — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Godin — Guay — Guimond — Jacob — Lalonde — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Marchand — Ménard — Mercier — Nunez — Picard (Drummond) — Pomerleau — Riis — Robinson — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne --40

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bakopanos — Beaumier — Bélair — Bélanger — Bellemare — Benoit — Bernier (Beauce) — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Bryden — Calder — Campbell — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — Cummins — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dingwall — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Duncan — Dupuy — Easter — Eggleton — English — Epp — Fewchuk — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Fry — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Gilmour — Godfrey — Goodale — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guarnieri — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harvard — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hoeppner — Hopkins — Hubbard — Irwin — Jackson — Johnston — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Manley — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Massé — McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Meredith — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Mills (Red Deer) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Nault — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Penson — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Rideout — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Rock — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Scott (Skeena) — Serré — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Stewart (Northumberland) — Strahl — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Thalheimer — Torsney — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Verran — Walker — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — Wood — Young — Zed --168

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

Group No. 2

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 2 of Mr. Schmidt (Okanagan Centre), seconded by Mr. Speaker (Lethbridge), — That Bill C–82 be amended by deleting Clause 45.

The question was put on Motion No. 2 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 36, NAYS: 172. (See list under Division No. 296)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 4 of Mr. Schmidt (Okanagan Centre), seconded by Mr. Speaker (Lethbridge), — That Bill C–82, in Clause 55, be amended by deleting lines 19 to 42 on page 31 and lines 1 to 10 on page 32.

The question was put on Motion No. 4 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 36, NAYS: 172. (See list under Division No. 296)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 6 of Mr. Schmidt (Okanagan Centre), seconded by Mr. Speaker (Lethbridge), — That Bill C–82, in Clause 412, be amended by replacing lines 18 to 22 on page 254 with the following:

“Governor in Council.”

The question was put on Motion No. 6 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 36, NAYS: 172. (See list under Division No. 296)

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(9), Mr. Chan (Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)) for Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Gray (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Solicitor General of Canada), moved, — That Bill C–82, An Act to amend certain laws relating to financial institutions, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

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

(Division — Vote N^o 298)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bakopanos — Beaumier — Bélair — Bélanger — Bellemare — Bernier (Beauce) — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Bryden — Calder — Campbell — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dingwall — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Dupuy — Easter — Eggleton — English — Fewchuk — Flis — Fontana — Fry — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Goodale — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Guarnieri — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Irwin — Jackson — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Manley — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Massé — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Nault — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Regan — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Rock — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Sheridan — Simmons — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Thalheimer — Torsney — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Verran — Walker — Whelan — Wood — Young — Zed --136

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Bachand — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Benoit — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Blaikie — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — Cummins — de Savoye — Debien — Duceppe — Dumas — Duncan — Epp — Fillion — Frazer — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Gilmour — Godin — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guay — Guimond — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hoeppner — Jacob — Johnston — Lalonde — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Marchand — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) — Ménard — Mercier — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Nunez — Penson — Picard (Drummond) — Pomerleau — Ramsay — Riis — Ringma — Robinson — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Speaker — Strahl — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --72

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

Accordingly, the Bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage and, pursuant to Order made Thursday, April 10, 1997, ordered for a third reading later today.

Pursuant to Order made Thursday, April 10, 1997, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Manley (Minister of Industry), seconded by Mrs. Robillard (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), — 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.

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

(Division — Vote N^o 299)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bakopanos — Beaumier — Bélair — Bélanger — Bellemare — Benoit — Bernier (Beauce) — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Bryden — Calder — Campbell — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — Cummins — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dingwall — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Duncan — Dupuy — Easter — Eggleton — English — Epp — Fewchuk — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Fry — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Gilmour — Godfrey — Goodale — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guarnieri — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harvard — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hoeppner — Hopkins — Hubbard — Irwin — Jackson — Johnston — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Manley — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Massé — McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Meredith — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Mills (Red Deer) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Nault — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Penson — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Rideout — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Rock — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Scott (Skeena) — Serré — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Stewart (Northumberland) — Strahl — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Thalheimer — Torsney — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Verran — Walker — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — Wood — Young — Zed --168

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Althouse — Bachand — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Blaikie — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — de Savoye — Debien — Duceppe — Dumas — Fillion — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Godin — Guay — Guimond — Jacob — Lalonde — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Marchand — Ménard — Mercier — Nunez — Picard (Drummond) — Pomerleau — Riis — Robinson — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne --40

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

Pursuant to Order made Thursday, April 10, 1997, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Eggleton (Minister for International Trade), — That Bill C–17, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and certain other Acts, 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 N^o 300)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bachand — Bakopanos — Beaumier — Bélair — Bélanger — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bellemare — Benoit — Bernier (Beauce) — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Bryden — Calder — Campbell — Canuel — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Crête — Culbert — Cullen — Cummins — de Savoye — Debien — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dingwall — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duceppe — Duhamel — Dumas — Duncan — Dupuy — Easter — Eggleton — English — Epp — Fewchuk — Fillion — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Fry — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gauthier — Gerrard — Gilmour — Godfrey — Godin — Goodale — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guarnieri — Guay — Guimond — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harvard — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hoeppner — Hopkins — Hubbard — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Johnston — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lalonde — Landry — Langlois — Lastewka — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — Loney — Loubier — Malhi — Manley — Marchand — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Massé — McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Ménard — Mercier — Meredith — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Mills (Red Deer) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Nault — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Penson — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Pomerleau — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Rideout — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Rocheleau — Rock — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Scott (Skeena) — Serré — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Stewart (Northumberland) — Strahl — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Thalheimer — Torsney — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Walker — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — Wood — Young — Zed --204

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Althouse — Blaikie — Riis — Robinson --4

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

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

Pursuant to Order made Thursday, April 10, 1997, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Manley (Minister of Industry, Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Minister of Western Economic Diversification and Minister responsible for the Federal Office of Regional Development — Quebec), — That Bill C–93, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 18, 1997, be referred forthwith to the Standing Committee on Finance.

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

YEAS: 136, NAYS: 72. (See list under Division No. 298)

Accordingly, the Bill was referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded divisions at report stage of Bill C–55, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (high risk offenders), the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, the Criminal Records Act, the Prisons and Reformatories Act and the Department of the Solicitor General Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs with amendments.

Group No. 1

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 1 of Mr. Hanger (Calgary Northeast), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yellowhead), — That Bill C–55, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing lines 11 to 15 on page 3 with the following:

“752.1.

(1): Where an offender has been convicted of a serious personal injury offence defined in section 752 and, on application by the prosecution, at any time during the time the offender is serving the sentence imposed for the offence, the court is of“

The question was put on Motion No. 1 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 301)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Benoit — Bernier (Beauce) — Blaikie — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Cummins — Duncan — Epp — Frazer — Gilmour — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hoeppner — Johnston — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Penson — Ramsay — Riis — Ringma — Robinson — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Speaker — Strahl — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --37

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bachand — Bakopanos — Beaumier — Bélair — Bélanger — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bellemare — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Bryden — Calder — Campbell — Canuel — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Crête — Culbert — Cullen — de Savoye — Debien — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dingwall — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duceppe — Duhamel — Dumas — Dupuy — Easter — Eggleton — English — Fewchuk — Fillion — Flis — Fontana — Fry — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gauthier — Gerrard — Godfrey — Godin — Goodale — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Guarnieri — Guay — Guimond — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lalonde — Landry — Langlois — Lastewka — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — Loney — Loubier — Malhi — Manley — Marchand — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Massé — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Ménard — Mercier — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Nault — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Pomerleau — Proud — Reed — Regan — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Rocheleau — Rock — Sauvageau — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Sheridan — Simmons — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Thalheimer — Torsney — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Walker — Whelan — Wood — Young — Zed --171

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 2 of Mr. Hanger (Calgary Northeast), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yellowhead), — That Bill C–55, in Clause 4, be amended by adding after line 40 on page 4 the following:

“(1.1): Notwithstanding subsection (1), where an offender has been convicted of a serious personal injury offence defined in section 752 and has previously been convicted of such an offence, the court shall find the offender to be a long-term offender without an application being made in that regard.”

The question was put on Motion No. 2 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 302)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Benoit — Bernier (Beauce) — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Cummins — Duncan — Epp — Frazer — Gilmour — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hoeppner — Johnston — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Penson — Ramsay — Ringma — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Speaker — Strahl — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --33

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Althouse — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bachand — Bakopanos — Beaumier — Bélair — Bélanger — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bellemare — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Blaikie — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Bryden — Calder — Campbell — Canuel — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Crête — Culbert — Cullen — de Savoye — Debien — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dingwall — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duceppe — Duhamel — Dumas — Dupuy — Easter — Eggleton — English — Fewchuk — Fillion — Flis — Fontana — Fry — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gauthier — Gerrard — Godfrey — Godin — Goodale — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Guarnieri — Guay — Guimond — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont-Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lalonde — Landry — Langlois — Lastewka — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — Loney — Loubier — Malhi — Manley — Marchand — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Massé — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Ménard — Mercier — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Nault — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Pomerleau — Proud — Reed — Regan — Rideout — Riis — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Robinson — Rocheleau — Rock — Sauvageau — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Sheridan — Simmons — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Thalheimer — Torsney — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Walker — Whelan — Wood — Young — Zed --175

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 3 of Mr. Hanger (Calgary Northeast), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yellowhead), — That Bill C–55, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing lines 17 to 28 on page 6 with the following:

“

fend if the offender has been convicted of

(a): an offence under section 151 (sexual interference), 152 (invitation to sexual touching) or 153 (sexual exploitation), subsection 173(2) (exposure) or section 271 (sexual assault), 272 (sexual assault with a weapon) or 273 (aggravated sexual assault);
(a.1): an offence under subsection 160(3) (bestiality in presence of or by child), section 170 (parent or guardian procuring sexual activity), 171 (householder permitting sexual activity by child) or 172 (corrupting children), subsection 212(2) (living off the avails of prostitution by a child) or 212(4) (obtaining sexual services of a child);
(a.2): an offence involving a person under the age of eighteen years under section 155 (incest) or 159 (anal intercourse) or subsections 160(1) and (2) (bestiality and compelling bestiality);
(a.3): an offence involving a person under the age of eighteen years under section 144 (rape), 145 (attempt to commit rape), 149 (indecent assault on female) or 156 (indecent assault on male) of the Criminal Code, chapter C–34 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, as they read immediately before January 4, 1983; or
(a.4): has engaged in serious conduct of a sexual nature in the commission of another offence of which the offender has been convicted; and”

The question was put on Motion No. 3 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 303)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Bachand — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Benoit — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Blaikie — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — Cummins — de Savoye — Debien — Duceppe — Dumas — Duncan — Epp — Fillion — Frazer — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Gilmour — Godin — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guay — Guimond — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hoeppner — Jacob — Johnston — Lalonde — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Marchand — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) — Ménard — Mercier — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Nunez — Penson — Picard (Drummond) — Pomerleau — Ramsay — Riis — Ringma — Robinson — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Speaker — Strahl — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --72

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bakopanos — Beaumier — Bélair — Bélanger — Bellemare — Bernier (Beauce) — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Bryden — Calder — Campbell — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dingwall — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Dupuy — Easter — Eggleton — English — Fewchuk — Flis — Fontana — Fry — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Goodale — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Guarnieri — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Irwin — Jackson — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Manley — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Massé — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Nault — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Regan — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Rock — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Sheridan — Simmons — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Thalheimer — Torsney — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Verran — Walker — Whelan — Wood — Young — Zed --136

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 4 of Mr. Hanger (Calgary Northeast), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yellowhead), — That Bill C–55, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing line 27 on page 12 with the following:

“fifteen years from the day on which that person”

The question was put on Motion No. 4 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 33, NAYS: 175. (See list under Division No. 302)

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(9), Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Gray (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Solicitor General of Canada), moved, — That Bill C–55, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (high risk offenders), the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, the Criminal Records Act, the Prisons and Reformatories Act and the Department of the Solicitor General Act, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

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

(Division — Vote N^o 304)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Althouse — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bachand — Bakopanos — Beaumier — Bélair — Bélanger — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bellemare — Bernier (Beauce) — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Blaikie — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Bryden — Calder — Campbell — Canuel — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Crête — Culbert — Cullen — de Savoye — Debien — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dingwall — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duceppe — Duhamel — Dumas — Dupuy — Easter — Eggleton — English — Fewchuk — Fillion — Flis — Fontana — Fry — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gauthier — Gerrard — Godfrey — Godin — Goodale — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Guarnieri — Guay — Guimond — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lalonde — Landry — Langlois — Lastewka — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — Loney — Loubier — Malhi — Manley — Marchand — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Massé — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Ménard — Mercier — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Nault — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Pomerleau — Proud — Reed — Regan — Rideout — Riis — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Robinson — Rocheleau — Rock — Sauvageau — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Sheridan — Simmons — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Thalheimer — Torsney — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Walker — Whelan — Wood — Young — Zed --176

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Benoit — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Cummins — Duncan — Epp — Frazer — Gilmour — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hoeppner — Johnston — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Penson — Ramsay — Ringma — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Speaker — Strahl — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --32

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

Accordingly, the Bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage and ordered for a third reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Order made Thursday, April 10, 1997, the Order was read for the third reading of Bill C–82, An Act to amend certain laws relating to financial institutions.

Mr. Chan (Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)) for Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), 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.

Pursuant to Standing Order 31, Members made statements.

The Speaker informed the House that a vacancy had occurred in the House of Commons for the Electoral District of Nunatsiaq, in the Northwest Territories, by reason of the resignation of Mr. Anawak, and that, pursuant to subsection 25(1)(b) of the Parliament of Canada Act, he had addressed, on April 15, 1997, his warrant to the Chief Electoral Officer for the issue of a writ for the election of a member to fill the vacancy.

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

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Gerrard (Secretary of State (Science, Research and Development)(Western Economic Diversification)), — That Bill C–82, An Act to amend certain laws relating to financial institutions, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

At 4:00 p.m., pursuant to Order made Thursday, April 10, 1997, the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

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

(Division — Vote N^o 305)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Anderson — Arseneault — Assadourian — Augustine — Beaumier — Bélair — Bellemare — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Campbell — Cannis — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dingwall — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Dupuy — Easter — Fewchuk — Flis — Fontana — Fry — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Goodale — Gray (Windsor West) — Guarnieri — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kirkby — Knutson — Lastewka — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Malhi — Marchi — Marleau — Massé — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mifflin — Milliken — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Nault — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Regan — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Sheridan — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Ur — Vanclief — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — Wood — Zed --125

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Bachand — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Benoit — Blaikie — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Brien — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — Cummins — de Jong — Debien — Duceppe — Dumas — Duncan — Epp — Fillion — Frazer — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Gilmour — Godin — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guay — Guimond — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hoeppner — Jacob — Johnston — Lalonde — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Marchand — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — McLaughlin — Ménard — Mercier — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Nunez — Penson — Pomerleau — Ramsay — Ringma — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Silye — Solomon — Speaker — Strahl — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Venne — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --66

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

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

By unanimous consent, the Order was read for the third reading of Bill C–55, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (high risk offenders), the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, the Criminal Records Act, the Prisons and Reformatories Act and the Department of the Solicitor General Act.

Mr. Pettigrew (Minister of Human Resources Development) for Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for Infrastructure), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Order made Friday, April 11, 1997, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred division on the motion of Mr. Crête (Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup), seconded by Mrs. Guay (Laurentides), — That, in the opinion of this House, the government should make all Crown corporations subject to the Privacy Act. (Private Members’ Business M–260)

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

(Division — Vote N^o 306)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bellemare — Benoit — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Blaikie — Bodnar — Bonin — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brien — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Canuel — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Crête — Culbert — Cummins — de Jong — de Savoye — Debien — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duceppe — Duhamel — Dumas — Duncan — Dupuy — Epp — Fewchuk — Fillion — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gauthier — Gerrard — Godfrey — Godin — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guarnieri — Guay — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harvard — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hopkins — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Johnston — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Kraft Sloan — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchand — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Massé — McLaughlin — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mercier — Meredith — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Mills (Red Deer) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Pomerleau — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Riis — Ringma — Robichaud — Robinson — Rocheleau — Rock — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Scott (Skeena) — Serré — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Solomon — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Strahl — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Volpe — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — Wood — Zed --173

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

--0

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

Pursuant to Order made Monday, April 14, 1997, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded divisions at report stage and second reading of Bill C–44, An Act for making the system of Canadian ports competitive, efficient and commercially oriented, providing for the establishing of port authorities and the divesting of certain harbours and ports, for the commercialization of the St. Lawrence Seaway and ferry services and other matters related to maritime trade and transport and amending the Pilotage Act and amending and repealing other Acts as a consequenceas reported by the Standing Committee on Transport with amendments.

Group No. 1

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 1 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 14 to 16 on page 1 with the following:

“‘fees’ includes harbour dues, berthage and wharfage, as well as duties, tolls, rates and other charges.”

The question was put on Motion No. 1 and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 307)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bellemare — Benoit — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brien — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Canuel — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Crête — Culbert — Cullen — Cummins — de Savoye — Debien — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duceppe — Duhamel — Dumas — Duncan — Dupuy — Epp — Fewchuk — Fillion — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gauthier — Gerrard — Godfrey — Godin — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guarnieri — Guay — Guimond — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harvard — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Johnston — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Landry — Langlois — Lastewka — Laurin — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchand — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mercier — Meredith — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Mills (Red Deer) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Pomerleau — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Rocheleau — Rock — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Scott (Skeena) — Serré — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Strahl — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — Wood — Zed --179

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Althouse — Blaikie — de Jong — McLaughlin — Riis — Robinson — Solomon --7

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

Accordingly, Motions Nos. 30, 50 to 57, 60, 63, 82 and 113 were also agreed to on the same division.

Group No. 2

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 2 of Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay–Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing line 23 on page 2 with the following:

“the port of Montreal and Lake Erie and Lake Ontario”

The question was put on Motion No. 2 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 308)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Benoit — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Comuzzi — Cummins — Duncan — Epp — Frazer — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Johnston — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Ramsay — Ringma — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Speaker — Strahl — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --29

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Althouse — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bellemare — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Blaikie — Bodnar — Bonin — Brien — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Canuel — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Crête — Culbert — Cullen — de Jong — de Savoye — Debien — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duceppe — Duhamel — Dumas — Dupuy — Fewchuk — Fillion — Flis — Fontana — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gauthier — Gerrard — Godfrey — Godin — Guarnieri — Guay — Guimond — Harb — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Landry — Langlois — Lastewka — Laurin — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchand — Marchi — Marleau — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLaughlin — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mercier — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Pomerleau — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Riis — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robinson — Rocheleau — Rock — Sauvageau — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Sheridan — Simmons — Solomon — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — Wood — Zed --157

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 65 of Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay–Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 67, be amended by adding after line 27 on page 41 the following:

“(a) ensure that all operational costs and short and long term maintenance costs are paid from operating fees or Seaway Investment Funds and not from the Consolidated Revenue Fund;”

The question was put on Motion No. 65 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 29, NAYS: 157. (See list under Division No. 308)

Accordingly, Motion No. 84 was also negatived on the same division.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 66 of Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay–Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 67, be amended by adding after line 29 on page 41 the following:

“(a.1) establish an independent Seaway financial agency that encourages users, shippers, the business community and communities adjacent to the Seaway to participate in the long term investments required by the Seaway to become more competitive;”

The question was put on Motion No. 66 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 29, NAYS: 157. (See list under Division No. 308)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 67 of Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay–Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 67, be amended by replacing lines 31 and 32 on page 41 with the following:

“(b.1) equitably and fairly protect the rights and interests of citizens in communities adjacent to the Seaway or directly affected by the Seaway;”

The question was put on Motion No. 67 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 309)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Benoit — Blaikie — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brien — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Comuzzi — Crête — Cummins — de Jong — de Savoye — Debien — Duceppe — Dumas — Duncan — Epp — Fillion — Frazer — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Godin — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guay — Guimond — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Jacob — Johnston — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Leroux (Shefford) — Marchand — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — McLaughlin — Mercier — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Nunez — Picard (Drummond) — Pomerleau — Ramsay — Riis — Ringma — Robinson — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Solomon — Speaker — Strahl — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --67

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bellemare — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Dupuy — Fewchuk — Flis — Fontana — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Guarnieri — Harb — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchi — Marleau — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Rock — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Sheridan — Simmons — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Ur — Vanclief — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — Wood — Zed --119

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

Accordingly, Motions Nos. 69 and 77 were also negatived on the same division.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 68 of Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay–Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 67, be amended by replacing lines 12 to 16 on page 42 with the following:

“(g) to form a bi-national operating agency to operate the Canadian U.S. Seaway on terms agreeable to both countries.”

The question was put on Motion No. 68 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 310)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Benoit — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brien — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Comuzzi — Crête — Cummins — de Savoye — Debien — Duceppe — Dumas — Duncan — Epp — Fillion — Frazer — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Godin — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guay — Guimond — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Jacob — Johnston — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Leroux (Shefford) — Marchand — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Mercier — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Nunez — Picard (Drummond) — Pomerleau — Ramsay — Ringma — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Speaker — Strahl — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --60

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Althouse — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bellemare — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Blaikie — Bodnar — Bonin — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — de Jong — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Dupuy — Fewchuk — Flis — Fontana — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Guarnieri — Harb — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchi — Marleau — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLaughlin — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Riis — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robinson — Rock — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Sheridan — Simmons — Solomon — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Ur — Vanclief — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — Wood — Zed --126

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 70 of Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay–Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 69, be amended by replacing line 10 on page 43 with the following:

“69.

(1): The Governor in Council may direct the Author-“

The question was put on Motion No. 70 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 311)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Benoit — Blaikie — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Comuzzi — Cummins — de Jong — Duncan — Epp — Frazer — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Johnston — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — McLaughlin — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Ramsay — Riis — Ringma — Robinson — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Solomon — Speaker — Strahl — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --36

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bellemare — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Brien — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Canuel — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Crête — Culbert — Cullen — de Savoye — Debien — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duceppe — Duhamel — Dumas — Dupuy — Fewchuk — Fillion — Flis — Fontana — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Godin — Guarnieri — Guay — Guimond — Harb — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont-Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Landry — Langlois — Lastewka — Laurin — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchand — Marchi — Marleau — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mercier — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Pomerleau — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Rocheleau — Rock — Sauvageau — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Sheridan — Simmons — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — Wood — Zed --149

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

Accordingly, Motions Nos. 71 to 75, 78, 79, 81, 83, 85, 93 and 96 were also negatived on the same division.

The House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 94 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 79, be amended by replacing lines 21 to 23 on page 49 with the following:

“Property Act, the Minister or other member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada to whom federal real property is transferred under subsection 69(1) or (1.1) has the administration of the property.”

The question was put on Motion No. 94 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 179, NAYS: 7. (See list under Division No. 307)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 76 of Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay–Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 69, be amended by replacing line 37 on page 43 with the following:

“with but not exclusive to a not-for-profit corporation that accords”

The question was put on Motion No. 76 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 312)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Comuzzi --1

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bellemare — Benoit — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Blaikie — Bodnar — Bonin — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brien — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Canuel — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Crête — Culbert — Cullen — Cummins — de Jong — de Savoye — Debien — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duceppe — Duhamel — Dumas — Duncan — Dupuy — Epp — Fewchuk — Fillion — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Godin — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guarnieri — Guay — Guimond — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harvard — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Johnston — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Landry — Langlois — Lastewka — Laurin — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchand — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLaughlin — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mercier — Meredith — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Mills (Red Deer) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Pomerleau — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Riis — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robinson — Rocheleau — Rock — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Scott (Skeena) — Serré — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Solomon — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Strahl — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — Wood — Zed --184

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

Accordingly, Motions Nos. 86 to 92 were also negatived on the same division.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 80 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 69, be amended by

replacing line 9 on page 44 with the following:
“or undertakings referred to in subsection (1) or (1.1);”
replacing line 12 on page 44 with the following:
“undertakings referred to in subsection (1) or (1.1);”
replacing line 19 on page 44 with the following:
“the Authority;”
adding after line 22 on page 44 the following:
“(h) the imposition of additional obligations of financial management; and

(i) where the agreement is with a body referred to in subsection (2), the application of any of the provisions of this Part relating to an agreement with a not-for-profit corporation or other person referred to in that subsection.”

The question was put on Motion No. 80 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 179, NAYS: 7. (See list under Division No. 307)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 95 of Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay–Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44 be amended by deleting Clause 82.

The question was put on Motion No. 95 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 1, NAYS: 184. (See list under Division No. 312)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 102 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44 be amended by adding after line 39 on page 71 the following:

“127.1.: The Governor in Council may, by regulation, provide that any provision of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority Act and the regulations made under that Act, including provisions imposing punishment, apply to The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc., with any modifications that the Governor in Council considers appropriate.
127.2.: The Governor in Council may, by regulation, provide that any provision of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority Act and the regulations made under that Act, including provisions imposing punishment, apply to The Seaway International Bridge Corporation, Ltd., with any modifications that the Governor in Council considers appropriate.”

The question was put on Motion No. 102 and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 313)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bellemare — Benoit — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Blaikie — Bodnar — Bonin — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — Cummins — de Jong — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Duncan — Dupuy — Epp — Fewchuk — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guarnieri — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harvard — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Johnston — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLaughlin — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Meredith — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Mills (Red Deer) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Riis — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robinson — Rock — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Scott (Skeena) — Serré — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Solomon — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Strahl — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Ur — Vanclief — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — Wood — Zed --154

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Brien — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — de Savoye — Debien — Duceppe — Dumas — Fillion — Gagnon (Québec) — Godin — Guay — Guimond — Jacob — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Leroux (Shefford) — Marchand — Mercier — Nunez — Picard (Drummond) — Pomerleau — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne --30

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

Accordingly, Motion No. 115 was also agreed to on the same division.

Group No. 3

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 3 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44 be amended by adding after line 4 on page 3 the following:

“2.1.: For greater certainty, nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to abrogate or derogate from the application of section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 to existing aboriginal or treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada.”

The question was put on Motion No. 3 and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 314)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bellemare — Benoit — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Blaikie — Bodnar — Bonin — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brien — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Canuel — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Crête — Culbert — Cullen — Cummins — de Jong — de Savoye — Debien — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Discepola — Dromisky — Duceppe — Duhamel — Dumas — Duncan — Dupuy — Epp — Fewchuk — Fillion — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Godin — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guarnieri — Guay — Guimond — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harvard — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Johnston — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Landry — Langlois — Lastewka — Laurin — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchand — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLaughlin — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mercier — Meredith — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Mills (Red Deer) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Pomerleau — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Riis — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robinson — Rocheleau — Rock — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Scott (Skeena) — Serré — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Solomon — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Strahl — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — Wood — Zed --184

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

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Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 4 of Mr. Comuzzi (ThunderBay — Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing line 8 on page 3 with the following:

“that provides equal treatment for all ports and harbours within Canada that meet the criteria set out in subsection 6(1) and that provides Canada with the marine”

The question was put on Motion No. 4 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 1, NAYS: 184. (See list under Division No. 312)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 5 of Mr. Crête (Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup), seconded by Mrs. Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing line 9 on page 3 with the following:

“infrastructure that it needs and that offers effective support for the achievement of local, regional and national social and economic objectives and will”

The question was put on Motion No. 5 and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 315)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Althouse — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bellemare — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Blaikie — Bodnar — Bonin — Brien — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Canuel — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Crête — Culbert — Cullen — de Jong — de Savoye — Debien — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Discepola — Dromisky — Duceppe — Duhamel — Dumas — Dupuy — Fewchuk — Fillion — Flis — Fontana — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Godin — Guarnieri — Guay — Guimond — Harb — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Landry — Langlois — Lastewka — Laurin — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchand — Marchi — Marleau — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLaughlin — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mercier — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Pomerleau — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Riis — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robinson — Rocheleau — Rock — Sauvageau — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Sheridan — Simmons — Solomon — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — Wood — Zed --156

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Benoit — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Cummins — Duncan — Epp — Frazer — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Johnston — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Ramsay — Ringma — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Speaker — Strahl — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --28

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 6 of Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay–Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing lines 19 and 20 on page 3 with the following:

“vices are organized to satisfy the needs of users and the needs of the community in which a port or harbour is located and are available at reasonable cost”

The question was put on Motion No. 6 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 316)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Althouse — Blaikie — Comuzzi — de Jong — McLaughlin — Riis — Robinson — Solomon --8

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bellemare — Benoit — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brien — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Canuel — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Crête — Culbert — Cullen — Cummins — de Savoye — Debien — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Discepola — Dromisky — Duceppe — Duhamel — Dumas — Duncan — Dupuy — Epp — Fewchuk — Fillion — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Godin — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guarnieri — Guay — Guimond — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harvard — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Johnston — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Landry — Langlois — Lastewka — Laurin — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchand — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mercier — Meredith — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Mills (Red Deer) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Pomerleau — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Rocheleau — Rock — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Scott (Skeena) — Serré — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Strahl — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — Wood — Zed --176

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 7 of Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay–Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing line 32 on page 3 with the following:

“from users and the community in which a port or harbour is located;”

The question was put on Motion No. 7 and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 317)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Althouse — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bellemare — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Blaikie — Bodnar — Bonin — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — de Jong — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Dupuy — Fewchuk — Flis — Fontana — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Guarnieri — Harb — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchi — Marleau — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLaughlin — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Riis — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robinson — Rock — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Sheridan — Simmons — Solomon — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Ur — Vanclief — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — Wood — Zed --126

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Benoit — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brien — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — Cummins — de Savoye — Debien — Duceppe — Dumas — Duncan — Epp — Fillion — Frazer — Gagnon (Québec) — Godin — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guay — Guimond — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Jacob — Johnston — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Leroux (Shefford) — Marchand — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Mercier — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Nunez — Picard (Drummond) — Pomerleau — Ramsay — Ringma — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Speaker — Strahl — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --58 .PARIED317

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 9 of Mr. Comuzzi, — That Bill C–44 be amended by adding after line 37, on page 3, the following:

“3.1.: For the purpose of paragraph 3(g), “disposition” means the offering of a port or harbour, first, to the province in which the port or harbour is located, second, to the municipality in which the port or harbour is located and, third, to any other bona fide purchaser who meets the criteria set out by the Minister.”

The question was put on Motion No. 9 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 1, NAYS: 184. (See list under Division No. 312)

Group No. 4

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 8 of Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay–Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing lines 34 and 35 on page 3 with the following:

“or otherwise, of certain ports and harbours and port and harbour facilities; and”

The question was put on Motion No. 8 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 1, NAYS: 184. (See list under Division No. 312)

Accordingly, Motions Nos. 10, 12 to 14, 16 and 17 were also negatived on the same division.

The House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 15 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 5.1, be amended by

replacing lines 25 to 27 on page 4 with the following:

“5.1.

(1)

Subject to subsection (3), a port authority is an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada only for the purposes of engaging in the port activities referred to in paragraph 24(2)(a).”
replacing lines 30 and 31 on page 4 with the following:

“

right of Canada unless, subject to subsection (3),

(a)

it was an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada on June 10, 1996; and

(b)

it is an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada under an enactment other than this Act.

(3)

A port authority or a wholly-owned subsidiary of a port authority may not borrow money as an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada.”

The question was put on Motion No. 15 and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 318)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bellemare — Benoit — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Chamberlain — Chan — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — Cummins — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Duncan — Dupuy — Epp — Fewchuk — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guarnieri — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harvard — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Johnston — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Meredith — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Mills (Red Deer) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Rock — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Scott (Skeena) — Serré — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Strahl — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Ur — Vanclief — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — Wood — Zed --146

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Althouse — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Blaikie — Brien — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — de Jong — de Savoye — Debien — Duceppe — Dumas — Fillion — Gagnon (Québec) — Godin — Guay — Guimond — Jacob — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Leroux (Shefford) — Marchand — McLaughlin — Mercier — Nunez — Picard (Drummond) — Pomerleau — Riis — Robinson — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Solomon — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne --37

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 11 of Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay–Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 11 on page 4 with the following:

“‘user’, in respect of a port or harbour means a person”

The question was put on Motion No. 11 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 1, NAYS: 184. (See list under Division No. 312)

Accordingly, Motion No. 32 was also negatived on the same division.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 26 of Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay–Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44 be amended by adding after line 23, on page 6, the following:

“7.1.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and subject to subsection (2), a harbour commission established pursuant to the Harbour Commissions Act, The Hamilton Harbour Commissioners’ Act or The Toronto Harbour Commissioners’ Act, 1911 may continue to be governed by the statute pursuant to which it was established if

(a): it submits an application in writing to the Minister to that effect; and
(b): the Minister is satisfied that the port operated by the harbour commission meets the conditions set out in subsection 6(1).
(2): For greater certainty, a harbour commission that continues, under subsection (1), to be governed by the statute under which it was established may, at any time, apply for a continuance under subsection 8(1).”

The question was put on Motion No. 26 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 319)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Brien — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Comuzzi — Crête — de Savoye — Debien — Duceppe — Dumas — Fillion — Gagnon (Québec) — Godin — Guay — Guimond — Jacob — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Leroux (Shefford) — Marchand — Mercier — Nunez — Picard (Drummond) — Pomerleau — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne --31

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bellemare — Benoit — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Blaikie — Bodnar — Bonin — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Chamberlain — Chan — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — Cummins — de Jong — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Duncan — Dupuy — Epp — Fewchuk — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guarnieri — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harvard — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Johnston — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont-Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLaughlin — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Meredith — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Mills (Red Deer) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Riis — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robinson — Rock — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Scott (Skeena) — Serré — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Solomon — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Strahl — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Ur — Vanclief — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — Wood — Zed --152

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

Accordingly, Motions Nos. 27, 29 and 118 to 122 were also negatived on the same division.

The House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 28 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 8, be amended by

replacing lines 24 to 26 on page 6 with the following:

“8.

(1)

Subject to subsection (1.1), if the Minister is satisfied that the criteria set out in subsection 6(1) are met, the Minister may issue in respect of one or more harbour commissions”
adding after line 32 on page 6 the following:

“(1.1)

The Minister may not issue letters patent of continuance in respect of The Hamilton Harbour Commissioners constituted pursuant to The Hamilton Harbour Commissioners’ Act before that harbour commission applies for the issuance of those letters patent.”
replacing line 39 on page 6 with the following:
“tion of the port authority;”
replacing line 8 on page 7 with the following:
“authority that was one or more harbour commissions”

The question was put on Motion No. 28 and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 320)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bellemare — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Chamberlain — Chan — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Dupuy — Fewchuk — Flis — Fontana — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Guarnieri — Harb — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchi — Marleau — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Rock — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Sheridan — Simmons — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Ur — Vanclief — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — Wood — Zed --116

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Benoit — Blaikie — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brien — Bryden — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Comuzzi — Crête — Cummins — de Jong — de Savoye — Debien — Duceppe — Dumas — Duncan — Epp — Fillion — Frazer — Gagnon (Québec) — Godin — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guay — Guimond — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Jacob — Johnston — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Leroux (Shefford) — Marchand — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — McLaughlin — Mercier — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Nunez — Picard (Drummond) — Pomerleau — Ramsay — Riis — Ringma — Robinson — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Solomon — Speaker — Strahl — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --67

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

Group No. 5

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 18 of Mr. Crête (Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup), seconded by Mrs. Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 6, be amended by replacing line 11 on page 5 with the following:

“(c) is linked to a rail line or a major”

The question was put on Motion No. 18 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 67, NAYS: 119. (See list under Division No. 309)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 19 of Mr. Crête (Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup), seconded by Mrs. Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 6, be amended by replacing line 13 on page 5 with the following:

“(d) has a significant amount of traffic.”

The question was put on Motion No. 19 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 321)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Althouse — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Blaikie — Brien — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — de Jong — de Savoye — Debien — Duceppe — Dumas — Fillion — Gagnon (Québec) — Godin — Guay — Guimond — Jacob — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Leroux (Shefford) — Marchand — McLaughlin — Mercier — Nunez — Picard (Drummond) — Pomerleau — Riis — Robinson — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Solomon — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne --37

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bellemare — Benoit — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Chamberlain — Chan — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — Cummins — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Duncan — Dupuy — Epp — Fewchuk — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guarnieri — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harvard — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Johnston — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Meredith — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Mills (Red Deer) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Rock — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Scott (Skeena) — Serré — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Strahl — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Ur — Vanclief — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — Wood — Zed --146

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 20 of Mr. Bryden (Hamilton–Wentworth), seconded by Mr. McKinnon (Brandon–Souris), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 6, be amended by replacing line 31 on page 5 with the following:

“(ii) one individual appointed by each of the“

The question was put on Motion No. 20 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 322)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Bryden — Comuzzi --2

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bellemare — Benoit — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Blaikie — Bodnar — Bonin — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brien — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Canuel — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Crête — Culbert — Cullen — Cummins — de Jong — de Savoye — Debien — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duceppe — Duhamel — Dumas — Duncan — Dupuy — Epp — Fewchuk — Fillion — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Godin — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guarnieri — Guay — Guimond — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harvard — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Johnston — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Landry — Langlois — Lastewka — Laurin — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchand — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLaughlin — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mercier — Meredith — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Mills (Red Deer) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Pomerleau — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Riis — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robinson — Rocheleau — Rock — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Scott (Skeena) — Serré — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Solomon — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Strahl — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — Wood — Zed --183

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

Accordingly, Motion No. 31 was also negatived on the same division.

The House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 21 of Mr. Robinson (Burnaby–Kingsway), seconded by Mr. Althouse (Mackenzie), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 6, be amended by replacing lines 31 to 33 on page 5 with the following:

“(ii) one individual appointed by the municipalities mentioned in the letters patent, with the exception of the port of Vancouver where there shall be two individuals appointed by the municipalities mentioned in the letters patent,“

The question was put on Motion No. 21 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 8, NAYS: 176. (See list under Division No. 316)

The House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 22 of Mr. Robinson (Burnaby–Kingsway), seconded by Mr. Althouse (Mackenzie), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 6, be amended by replacing lines 31 to 33 on page 5 with the following:

“(ii) two individuals appointed by the municipalities mentioned in the letters patent,“

The question was put on Motion No. 22 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 37, NAYS: 146. (See list under Division No. 321)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 23 of Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay–Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 6, be amended by replacing line 6 on page 6 with the following:

“(h) the charge to the“

The question was put on Motion No. 23 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 31, NAYS: 152. (See list under Division No. 319)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 24 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 6, be amended by

replacing lines 11 and 12 on page 6 with the following:

“

good standing;

(i)

the extent to which the port authority and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the port authority may undertake port activities referred to in paragraph 24(2)(a) and other activities referred to in paragraph 24(2)(b);

(j)

the maximum term of a lease or licence of federal real property under the management of the port authority;

(k)

the limits on the authority of the port authority to contract as agent for Her Majesty;

(l)

the limits on the power of the port authority to borrow money on the credit of the port authority for port purposes; and

(m)

any other provision that the Minister”
adding the following after line 15 on page 6:

“(3)

Letters patent are not regulations within the meaning of the Statutory Instruments Act, but shall be published in the Canada Gazette and are valid with respect to third parties as of the date of publication.

(4)

Any provisions of letters patent relating to the extent to which a port authority may undertake activities referred to in paragraph 24(2)(b) shall be approved by the President of the Treasury Board and the Minister of Finance before the letters patent are issued.

(5)

Any provisions of letters patent relating to limits on the power of a port authority to borrow money on the credit of the port authority for port purposes shall be approved by the Governor in Council before the letters patent are issued.”

The question was put on Motion No. 24 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 179, NAYS: 7. (See list under Division No. 307)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 25 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 7, be amended by replacing lines 16 and 17 on page 6 with the following:

“7.: The Minister may, on the Minister’s own initiative and after consulting with the board of directors, or at the request of the board of directors,”

The question was put on Motion No. 25 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 146, NAYS: 37. (See list under Division No. 318)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 33 of Mr. Crête (Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup), seconded by Mrs. Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 13, be amended by replacing lines 20 to 24 on page 12 with the following:

“in their field and relevant knowledge and extensive experience related to the management of a business and staff relations.”

The question was put on Motion No. 33 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 37, NAYS: 146. (See list under Division No. 321)

The House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 34 of Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay–Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 13, be amended by replacing line 24 on page 12 with the following:

“port or to maritime trade. Competent individuals from the community shall not be excluded from acting as directors solely because they do not represent the transportation industry or business community.”

The question was put on Motion No. 34 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 8, NAYS: 176. (See list under Division No. 316)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 35 of Mr. Robinson (Burnaby–Kingsway), seconded by Mr. Althouse (Mackenzie), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 14, be amended by deleting lines 27 to 29 on page 12.

The question was put on Motion No. 35 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 37, NAYS: 146. (See list under Division No. 321)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 36 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 14, be amended by replacing lines 42 to 44 on page 12 with the following:

“employee of a person who is a user of the port;”

The question was put on Motion No. 36 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 154, NAYS: 30. (See list under Division No. 313)

Accordingly, the question was not put on Motion No. 37.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 38 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 20, be amended by replacing lines 30 to 36 on page 14 with the following:

“20.

(1): If a port authority or a wholly-owned subsidiary of a port authority is acting as agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada, the port authority or subsidiary must fulfil or satisfy an obligation or liability in respect of the port authority or subsidiary, as the case may be, arising from its exercise of, or its failure to exercise, a power or right or arising by operation of law. Her Majesty is not responsible for fulfilment or satisfaction of the obligation or liability, except that if a judgment or decision is rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction in respect of the obligation or liability, Her Majesty is responsible for satisfying the judgment or decision to the extent that it remains unsatisfied by the port authority or subsidiary at least thirty days after the judgment or decision becomes final.
(2): If a port authority or a wholly-owned subsidiary of a port authority is not acting as agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada, an obligation or liability in respect of the port authority or subsidiary, as the case may be, arising from its exercise of, or its failure to exercise, a power or right or arising by operation of law is an obligation or liability of the port authority or subsidiary, as the case may be, and not an obligation or liability of Her Majesty.
(3): A port authority and a wholly-owned subsidiary of a port authority shall fully maintain in good standing at all times the insurance coverage required by any regulations made under section 52.”

The question was put on Motion No. 38 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 179, NAYS: 7. (See list under Division No. 307)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 39 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 20.1, be amended by replacing line 4 on page 15 with the following:

“authority or a wholly-owned subsidiary of a port authority.”

The question was put on Motion No. 39 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 179, NAYS: 7. (See list under Division No. 307)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 40 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 21, be amended by replacing lines 5 to 13 on page 15 with the following:

“21.

No payment to a port authority or a wholly- owned subsidiary of a port authority may be made under an appropriation by Parliament to enable the port authority or subsidiary to discharge an obligation or liability. This section applies

(a): even if the port authority or subsidiary is an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada as provided under section 5.1; and
(b): notwithstanding any authority given under any other Act, other than an authority given under the Emergencies Act, any other Act in respect of emergencies or any Act of general application providing for grants.”

The question was put on Motion No. 40 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 179, NAYS: 7. (See list under Division No. 307)

Accordingly, Motion No. 41 was also agreed to on the same division.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 42 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 24, be amended by

replacing lines 38 to 44 on page 15 with the following:

“(2)

The power of a port authority to operate a port is limited to the power to engage in

(a)

port activities related to shipping, navigation, transportation of passengers and goods, handling of goods and storage of goods, to the extent that those activities are specified in the letters patent; and

(b)

other activities that are deemed in the letters patent to be necessary to support port operations.

(2.1)

The activities that a port authority may engage in under paragraph (2)(b) may be carried on by the port authority directly or through a wholly-owned subsidiary of the port authority. The port authority and the subsidiary are not agents of Her Majesty in right of Canada for the purpose of engaging in those activities.”
replacing lines 7 and 8 on page 16 with the following:

“(3.1)

A port authority or wholly-owned subsidiary of a port authority that enters into a contract other than as agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada shall do so in its own name. It shall expressly state in the contract that it is entering into the contract on its own behalf and not as agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada. For greater certainty, the contracts to which this subsection applies include a contract for the borrowing of money.

  (3.2)

The directors of a port authority shall take all necessary measures to ensure

(a)

that the port authority and any wholly-owned subsidiary of the port authority comply with subsection (3.1); and

(b)

that any subcontract arising directly or indirectly from a contract to which subsection (3.1) applies expressly states that the port authority or subsidiary, as the case may be, enters into the contract on its own behalf and not as agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada.

  (3.3)

If a port authority or a wholly-owned subsidiary of a port authority fails to comply with subsection (3.1), or the directors of a port authority fail to comply with subsection (3.2), the Minister of Finance, on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, may impose any limitations that the Minister of Finance considers to be in the public interest on the power of the port authority or subsidiary to borrow money, including limitations on the time and terms and conditions of any borrowing.

  (3.4)

For greater certainty, the imposition under subsection (3.3) of limitations on the power of a port authority or subsidiary to borrow money or the imposition of other limitations or controls by the Minister, any other member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada or the Governor in Council, through the issuance of letters patent, the granting of any approval or any other means, does not expand the extent, if any, to which the port authority or subsidiary is an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada beyond that described in section 5.1.

  (3.5)

A port authority, or a wholly-owned subsidiary of a port authority, that enters into a contract as an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada is bound by the contract and is responsible to Her Majesty for the performance of obligations to other parties under the contract.”
by replacing lines 21 to 26 on page 16 with the following:

“

wholly-owned subsidiaries

(a)

have and exercise only the powers authorized in the letters patent of the port authority;

(b)

carry on only the activities authorized in the letters patent; and

(c)

do not exercise any power or carry on any activity in a manner contrary to the letters patent or this Act.

(5.1)

The Governor in Council may declare that any provision of this Part that applies only to port authorities applies to a wholly-owned subsidiary of a port authority. In that case, the provision applies to the subsidiary as if it were a port authority, with such modifications as the circumstances require.”
by replacing line 30 on page 16 with the following:
“on or exercised on December 1, 1995 but,”
by adding after line 34 on page 16 the following:

“(7)

Unless the letters patent of a port authority provide otherwise, the port authority or a wholly-owned subsidiary of the port authority shall not

(a)

cause the incorporation of a corporation whose shares on incorporation would be held by, on behalf of or in trust for the port authority or subsidiary;

(b)

acquire shares of a corporation to be held on behalf of or in trust for the port authority or subsidiary;

(c)

acquire all or substantially all of the assets of another corporation;

(d)

sell or otherwise dispose of shares of a wholly-owned subsidiary of the port authority; or

(e)

cause the dissolution or amalgamation of a wholly-owned subsidiary of the port authority.”

The question was put on Motion No. 42 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 146, NAYS: 37. (See list under Division No. 318)

Accordingly, the question was not put on Motion No. 43.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 44 of Mr. Crête (Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup), seconded by Mrs. Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 24, be amended by deleting lines 9 to 18 on page 16.

The question was put on Motion No. 44 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 37, NAYS: 146. (See list under Division No. 321)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 45 of Mr. Crête (Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup), seconded by Mrs. Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 24, be amended by replacing line 34 on page 16 with the following:

“authorized in the letters patent, and a port authority may, subject to the approval of the Minister, establish a subsidiary, whether or not the subsidiary is wholly- owneed, if it considers this necessary for its operation.”

The question was put on Motion No. 45 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 31, NAYS: 152. (See list under Division No. 319)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 46 of Mr. Crête (Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup), seconded by Mrs. Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 25, be amended by replacing lines 35 to 43 on page 16 and lines 1 to 11 on page 17 with the following:

“25.: A railway that is constructed, purchased, leased, operated or maintained on lands managed, held or occupied by a port authority is subject to the Railway Safety Act but is not subject to Part III of the Canada Transportation Act.”

The question was put on Motion No. 46 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 37, NAYS: 146. (See list under Division No. 321)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 47 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, be amended by adding after line 6 on page 18 the following:

“28.01.: A person who deals with a port authority, acquires rights from a port authority or directly or indirectly acquires rights relating to a port authority is deemed to know the contents of the letters patent of the port authority.”

The question was put on Motion No. 47 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 179, NAYS: 7. (See list under Division No. 307)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 48 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 30, be amended by adding after line 9 on page 20 the following:

“(5): A port authority shall submit to the Minister its audited annual financial statements, and those of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, at least thirty days before the port authority’s annual meeting.
(6): A port authority shall provide the Minister with such accounts, budgets, returns, statements, documents, records, books, reports or other information as the Minister may require, including information about any contingent liabilities of the port authority or of its wholly-owned subsidiaries.”

The question was put on Motion No. 48 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 179, NAYS: 7. (See list under Division No. 307)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 49 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44 be amended by adding after line 37 on page 20 the following:

“32.1.: A port authority shall annually submit to the Minister, in respect of itself and each of its wholly- owned subsidiaries, a five-year business plan containing such information as the Minister may require, including any material changes in respect of information provided in the previous business plan.
32.2.: The financial statements and business plan of a port authority shall be prepared in a form that clearly sets out information about each of the activities of the port authority and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, with the information about port activities referred to in paragraph 24(2)(a) set out separately from the information about other activities referred to in paragraph 24(2)(b).”

The question was put on Motion No. 49 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 146, NAYS: 37. (See list under Division No. 318)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 58 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 52, be amended by

replacing line 16 on page 34 with the following:
“hibition of uses, structures, works and operations;”
replacing line 18 on page 34 with the following:
“any structure or work that interferes with navigation”
deleting line 30 on page 34
adding after line 36 on page 34 the following:

“

(g)

the stewardship obligation of a port authority in respect of federal real property under the management of the port authority;

(h)

the insurance coverage that a port authority and a wholly-owned subsidiary of a port authority must maintain; and

(i)

the imposition of obligations on a port authority or a wholly-owned subsidiary of a port authority, as an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada, including any requirements for a port authority or a wholly-owned subsidiary of a port authority to indemnify Her Majesty.”

The question was put on Motion No. 58 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 179, NAYS: 7. (See list under Division No. 307)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 112 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 141.1, be amended by replacing lines 26 to 34 on page 77 and lines 1 to 7 on page 78 with the following:

“Fraser River Port Authority
Administration portuaire du fleuve Fraser

Halifax Port Authority
Administration portuaire de Halifax

Montreal Port Authority
Administration portuaire de Montréal

Nanaimo Port Authority
Administration portuaire de Nanaïmo

Port Alberni Port Authority
Administration portuaire de Port-Alberni

Prince Rupert Port Authority
Administration portuaire de Prince-Rupert

Quebec Port Authority
Administration portuaire de Québec

Saguenay Port Authority
Administration portuaire du Saguenay

Saint John Port Authority
Administration portuaire de Saint-Jean

Sept-Îles Port Authority
Administration portuaire de Sept-Îles

St. John’s Port Authority
Administration portuaire de St. John’s

Thunder Bay Port Authority
Administration portuaire de Thunder Bay

Toronto Port Authority
Administration portuaire de Toronto

Trois Rivières Port Authority
Administration portuaire de Trois-Rivières

Vancouver Port Authority
Administration portuaire de Vancouver

Windsor Port Authority
Administration portuaire de Windsor“

The question was put on Motion No. 112 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 184, NAYS: 0. (See list under Division No. 314)

Accordingly, Motions Nos. 114, 117 and 125 were also agreed to on the same division and the question was not put on Motion No. 127.

Group No. 6

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 59 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 54, be amended by adding after line 18 on page 36 the following:

“(6): The Governor in Council may, by regulation, repeal the designation of a public port or public port facility made or deemed to have been made under this section.”

The question was put on Motion No. 59 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 154, NAYS: 30. (See list under Division No. 313)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 61 of Mr. Byrne (Humber–St. Barbe–Baie-Verte), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 61, be amended by adding after line 31 on page 38 the following:

“(2)

A person or body who wishes to enter into an agreement under paragraph (1)(a) shall submit a proposal for the sale, management and operation of a public port or port facility to the Minister at least 60 days before an agreement would take affect.”

(3)

The proposal may include, but is not limited to the following:

(a): the objectives;
(b): capital and operating plans;
(c): fee and tariff schedules;
(d): management and ownership structures; and
(e): any other information and related documents the Minister considers appropriate.

(4)

A person or body shall take all reasonable steps to bring notice of the proposal to the attention of persons likely to be affected by it at least 60 days before an agreement would take affect.

(5)

An interested person may at any time within the notice period file an objection with the Agency that it is not in the public interest to dispose of all or part of the federal real property that formed part of a public port or public port facility, and the Agency shall consider the objection without delay and report its findings to the Minister who shall be governed accordingly.

(6)

Section 40 of the Canada Transportation Act applies, with such modifications as the circumstances require, to every report of the Agency made under subsection (5) as if the report were a decision made pursuant to that Act.”

The question was put on Motion No. 61 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 31, NAYS: 152. (See list under Division No. 319)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 62 of Mr. Byrne (Humber–St. Barbe–Baie-Verte), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 61, be amended by replacing line 32 on page 38 with the following:

“(2): The agreements shall include “

The question was put on Motion No. 62 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 31, NAYS: 152. (See list under Division No. 319)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 64 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 65, be amended by replacing line 22 on page 41 with the following:

“modifications as the circumstances require, except that, in making those modifications to section 49, the references in that section to a person or member of a class of persons designated under subsection 49(1) shall be taken to be references to a person or member of a class of persons designated under this section.”

The question was put on Motion No. 64 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 184, NAYS: 0. (See list under Division No. 314)

Accordingly, Motions Nos. 97 and 98 were also agreed to on the same division.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 99 of Mrs. Wayne (Saint John), seconded by Mr. Charest (Sherbrooke), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 96, be amended by adding after line 7 on page 56 the following:

“(4): The Minister shall ensure that, within one month from the day on which a port authority begins to operate a port, the port authority will provide officers for the enforcement of the laws of Canada or any province in so far as the enforcement of those laws relates to the protection under the administration of the port authority or to the protection of persons present on, or property situated on, premise under the administration of the port authority.
(5): In hiring police officers for the purpose mentioned in subsection (4), a port authority shall give preference to persons who have previously performed policing duties at the port.
(6): The Minister shall not issue letters patent to a port authority unless the Minister is of the opinion that the port authority will, within one month from the day on which the port authority begins to operate the port, make suitable arrangements with the local municipal police force to provide police officers for the purpose mentioned in subsection (4).”

The question was put on Motion No. 99 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 36, NAYS: 149. (See list under Division No. 311)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 100 of Mr. Hanger (Calgary Northeast), seconded by Mr. Duncan (North Island–Powell River), — That Bill C–44 be amended by adding after line 7 on page 56 the following:

“96.1.

(1): The Minister may designate any person as a peace officer for the purposes of law enforcement at a port authority, public port or any other location specified in this Act.
(2): Any person so designated shall enjoy all of the authority granted to members of the Canada Ports Police as defined under the Canada Ports Corporation Act, including the enforcement of this Act.
(3): All members of the Canada Ports Corporation Act are continued as member of the Canada Port Police pursuant to this Act.
(4): The Minister shall assess the costs associated with the deployment of the Canada Ports Police at a Port Authority and include them, or any portion of them, as a charge against the Port Corporation pursuant to section 6(h) of this Act.”

The question was put on Motion No. 100 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 36, NAYS: 149. (See list under Division No. 311)

Accordingly, Motion No. 101 was also negatived on the same division.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 104 of Mr. Comuzzi (Thunder Bay–Nipigon), seconded by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), — That Bill C–44 be amended by adding after line 7, on page 74, the following:

“131.2.

Section 18 of the Act is renumbered as subsection 18(1) and is amended by adding the following:

(2): An authority shall take measures to permit masters and officers to obtain pilotage certificates, to perform pilotage duties on the ship on which they are a regular member of the complement.

131.3.

The portion of the English version of subsection 22(1) of the Act after paragraph (b) is replaced by the following:

issue a licence or pilotage certificate to the applicant, but no pilotage certificate shall be issued to an applicant therefor unless the Authority is satisfied that the applicant has a degree of skill and local knowledge of the waters of the compulsory pilotage area comparable to that required of an applicant for a licence for that compulsory pilotage area.

131.4.

Section 22 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

(1.1): Determination of whether an applicant for a pilotage certificate has comparable skill and knowledge to an applicant for a licence, may be made through a ship simulator testing program or other mutually agreeable practical testing method.”

The question was put on Motion No. 104 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 36, NAYS: 149. (See list under Division No. 311)

Accordingly, Motion No. 108 was also negatived on the same division.

The House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 105 of Mr. Gouk (Kootenay West–Revelstoke), seconded by Mr. Duncan (North Island–Powell River), — That Bill C–44 be amended by adding after line 7, on page 74, the following:

“131.2.

Section 18 of the Act is renumbered as subsection 18(1) and is amended by adding the following:

(2): An authority shall take measures to permit masters and officers to obtain pilotage certificates, to perform pilotage duties on the ship on which they are a regular member of the complement.

131.3.

The portion of the English version of subsection 22(1) of the Act after paragraph (b) is replaced by the following: issue a licence or pilotage certificate to the applicant, but no pilotage certificate shall be issued to an applicant therefor unless the Authority is satisfied that the applicant has a degree of skill and local knowledge of the waters of the compulsory pilotage area comparable to that required of an applicant for a licence for that compulsory pilotage area.”

The question was put on Motion No. 105 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 36, NAYS: 149. (See list under Division No. 311)

The House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 106 of Mr. Gouk (Kootenay West–Revelstoke), seconded by Mr. Duncan (North Island–Powell River), — That Bill C–44 be amended by adding after line 7, on page 74, the following:

“131.4.

Section 22 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

(1.1): Determination of whether an applicant for a pilotage certificate has comparable skill and knowledge to an applicant for a licence, may be made through a ship simulator testing program or other mutually agreeable practical testing method.”

The question was put on Motion No. 106 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 36, NAYS: 149. (See list under Division No. 311)

The House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 109 of Mr. Gouk (Kootenay West–Revelstoke), seconded by Mr. Duncan (North Island–Powell River), — That Bill C–44 be amended by adding after line 11, on page 76, the following:

“136.4.

Section 52 of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a):

(a.1): prescribing requirements for the approval of simulator training courses or other mutually agreable practical testing method for issuance of pilotage certificates;”

The question was put on Motion No. 109 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 36, NAYS: 149. (See list under Division No. 311)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 107 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 135, be amended by replacing lines 28 to 32 on page 75 with the following:

“36.01.: No payment to an Authority may be made under an appropriation by Parliament to enable the Authority to discharge an obligation or liability. This section applies notwithstanding any authority given under any other Act, other than an authority given under the Emergencies Act or any other Act in respect of emergencies.”

The question was put on Motion No. 107 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 179, NAYS: 7. (See list under Division No. 307)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 110 of Mr. Gouk (Kootenay West–Revelstoke), seconded by Mr. Duncan (North Island–Powell River), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 137, be amended by replacing line 20 on page 76 with the following:

“area designations, ships or classes of ships subject to compulsory pilotage, dispute resolution mecha-”

The question was put on Motion No. 110 and it was negatived on the following division:

YEAS: 29, NAYS: 157. (See list under Division No. 308)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 111 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 138, be amended by replacing lines 28 to 31 on page 76 with the following:

“138.

The Act is amended by replacing the name ‘Great Lakes Pilotage Authority, Ltd.’ with the name ‘Great Lakes Pilotage Authority’ in the following provisions:

(a): subsections 46(1) and (2); and
(b): the schedule.”

The question was put on Motion No. 111 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 184, NAYS: 0. (See list under Division No. 314)

Accordingly, Motion No. 116 was also agreed to on the same division.

Group No. 7

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 103 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44 be amended by adding after line 3 on page 72 the following:

“128.1.: A review of the provisions and operation of this Act shall be completed by the Minister during the fifth year after this Act is assented to. The Minister shall cause a report of the results of the review to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first fifteen days on which that House is sitting after the report is completed.”

The question was put on Motion No. 103 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 184, NAYS: 0. (See list under Division No. 314)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 123 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 176, be amended by replacing lines 14 to 17 on page 87 with the following:

“

this section comes into force,

(a): subsection 6(3) of this Act is replaced by the following:
(3) Letters patent are not regulations within the meaning of the Regulations Act, but shall be published in the Canada Gazette and are valid with respect to third parties as of the date of publication.
(b): subsection 40(9) of this Act is replaced by the following:
(9) Land use plans are not regulations”

The question was put on Motion No. 123 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 179, NAYS: 7. (See list under Division No. 307)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 124 of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C–44, in Clause 177, be amended by replacing lines 19 to 28 on page 87 with the following:

“177.

(1): Subject to this section, this Act comes into force 150 days after the day on which it receives Royal Assent unless, before that day, the Governor in Council, by order, declares that this Act or any provision of this Act comes into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
(2): Subject to subsection (3), Part III, or any of its provisions, and sections 127.1, 127.2, 130, 138, 139.1, 140, 141, 147.1, 148, 150, 151, 152, 154, 155, 159.2, 159.3, 160, 160.1, 163, 164, 165, 169 to 172, 174 and 175 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
(3): Sections 169 to 171 may not come into force before letters patent of continuance are issued under section 8 in respect of The Hamilton Harbour Commissioners constituted pursuant to The Hamilton Harbour Commissioners’ Act.”

The question was put on Motion No. 124 and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS: 146, NAYS: 37. (See list under Division No. 318)

Group No. 8

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on new Motion No. 128 of Mr. Kilger (Stormont–Dundas), seconded by Mr. Keyes (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport), — That Bill C–44 be amended by adding after line 33 on page 52 the following:

“85.1.

(1): Until the dissolution of the Authority by virtue of section 85, the Corporate Services of the Authority shall be located in Cornwall, Ontario.
(2): Upon the dissolution of the Authority, the Administrative Services, Audit Services, Finance and Accounting, Human Resources Services, Information Technology Services, Marine Services, Operation Services, Maintenance Services and Tolls and Statistics offered in respect of the operations of the St. Lawrence Seaway shall be located in Cornwall, Ontario.”

The question was put on Motion No. 128 and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division — Vote N^o 323)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bellemare — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Brien — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Canuel — Chamberlain — Chan — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Crête — Culbert — Cullen — de Savoye — Debien — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Discepola — Dromisky — Duceppe — Duhamel — Dumas — Dupuy — Fewchuk — Fillion — Flis — Fontana — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Godin — Guarnieri — Guay — Guimond — Harb — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Landry — Langlois — Lastewka — Laurin — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchand — Marchi — Marleau — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mercier — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Pomerleau — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Rocheleau — Rock — Sauvageau — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Sheridan — Simmons — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — Wood — Zed --148

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Benoit — Blaikie — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Cummins — de Jong — Duncan — Epp — Frazer — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Johnston — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — McLaughlin — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Ramsay — Riis — Ringma — Robinson — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Solomon — Speaker — Strahl — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --35

Pursuant to Standing Order 76(9), Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by, moved, — That Bill C–44, An Act for making the system of Canadian ports competitive, efficient and commercially oriented, providing for the establishing of port authorities and the divesting of certain harbours and ports, for the commercialization of the St. Lawrence Seaway and ferry services and other matters related to maritime trade and transport and amending the Pilotage Act and amending and repealing other Acts as a consequence, be concurred in at report stage and read a second time.

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

(Division — Vote N^o 324)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Bélair — Bellemare — Benoit — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Chamberlain — Chan — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — Cummins — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Duncan — Dupuy — Epp — Fewchuk — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guarnieri — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harvard — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Johnston — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — Malhi — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Meredith — Mifflin — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Mills (Red Deer) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nault — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Rock — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Scott (Skeena) — Serré — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Strahl — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Torsney — Ur — Vanclief — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — Wood — Zed --146

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Althouse — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Blaikie — Brien — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — de Jong — de Savoye — Debien — Duceppe — Dumas — Fillion — Gagnon (Québec) — Godin — Guay — Guimond — Jacob — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Leroux (Shefford) — Marchand — McLaughlin — Mercier — Nunez — Picard (Drummond) — Pomerleau — Riis — Robinson — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Solomon — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne --37

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bertrand — Clancy — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Dubé — Graham — Lefebvre — Paré — Richardson

Accordingly, the Bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage with further amendments, read the second time and ordered for a third reading at the next sitting of the House.

At 6:49 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members’ Business.

Mr. Johnston (Wetaskiwin), seconded by Mr. Hill (Prince George–Peace River), moved, — That, in the opinion of this House, the government should amend Section 108.1 of the Canada Labour Code to include a provision that would permit employees to vote on any restructuring offer put forward by their employer. (Private Members’ Business M–308)

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 96(1), the Order was dropped from the Order Paper.

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

by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yellowhead), concerning Constitutional amendments (No. 352-2086).

At 7:33 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.

At 7:47 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).

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