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House of Commons of Canada
35th Parliament, 2nd Session

Journals

No. 157
Wednesday, April 16, 1997
2:00 p.m.

Prayers

National Anthem

Statements by Members

Pursuant to Standing Order 31, Members made statements.

Oral Questions

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

Daily Routine of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Zed (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) laid upon the Table, — Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions:

  1. No. 352-1480 concerning sexual orientation. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-45EE;
  2. No. 352-1548 concerning breast milk substitutes. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-154;
  3. Nos. 352-1578 and 352-1909 concerning the Senate. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-36H;
  4. No. 352-1639 concerning health care services. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-39D;
  5. No. 350-1709 concerning disabled and handicapped persons. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-155;
  6. Nos. 352-1719, 352-1745, 352-1831 and 352-1832 concerning child poverty. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-156;
  7. Nos. 352-1792 and 352-1846 concerning natural gas from Sable Island. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-134A;
  8. No. 352-1815 concerning abortion. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-26P;
  9. No. 352-1859 concerning alcoholic beverages. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-41U;
  10. Nos. 352-1885, 352-1887 and 352-1894 concerning police and firefighters’ death benefits. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-133E;
  11. Nos. 352-1890, 352-1905, 352-1906, 352-1907 and 352-1908 concerning profits from crime. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-97T;
  12. No. 352-1898 concerning the sexual exploitation of minors. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-74O;
  13. No. 352-1899 concerning crimes of violence. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-153A;
  14. No. 352-1912 concerning impaired driving. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-73U.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Patry (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) laid upon the Table, — Annual Report of the Implementation Committee on the Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-352-20.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Patry (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) laid upon the Table, — Annual Report of the Implementation Committee on the Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-352-20A.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Patry (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) laid upon the Table, — Annual Report of the Implementation Committee on the Gwich’in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-352-2A.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Patry (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) laid upon the Table, — Annual Report of the Implementation Committee on the Gwich’in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-352-2B.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mrs. Hickey (St. John’s East), from the Standing Committee on Health, presented the 8th Report of the Committee (Bill C–47, An Act respecting human reproductive technologies and commercial transactions relating to human reproduction, with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-352-99.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence (Issue No. 6, which includes this Report) was tabled.

Mr. Vanclief (Prince Edward–Hastings), from the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented the 5th Report of the Committee (Bill C–72, An Act to amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-352-100.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence (Issues Nos. 7, 8 and 9, which includes this Report) was tabled.

Mr. Zed (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 63rd Report of the Committee (Vote 5 under PARLIAMENT). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-352-101.

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

Introduction of Private Members’ Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mrs. Chamberlain (Guelph–Wellington), seconded by Mrs. Ur (Lambton–Middlesex), Bill C–405, An Act to amend the Privacy Act (previous conviction for child-related sexual offences), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Presenting Petitions

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

  • by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville), one concerning parental rights and responsibilites (No. 352-2087), one concerning sexual orientation (No. 352-2088), one concerning impaired driving (No. 352-2089), one concerning corporal punishment (No. 352-2090), one concerning the highway system (No. 352-2091), one concerning abortion (No. 352-2092), one concerning gun control (No. 352-2093), one concerning the tax on gasoline (No. 352-2094) and one concerning the sexual exploitation of minors (No. 352-2095);
  • by Mr. Dromisky (Thunder Bay–Atikokan), one concerning the highway system (No. 352-2096) and one concerning VIA Rail (No. 352-2097);
  • by Mr. Proud (Hillsborough), one concerning national unity (No. 352-2098) and one concerning the tax on gasoline (No. 352-2099);
  • by Mr. Gallaway (Sarnia–Lambton), one concerning the Food and Drugs Act (No. 352-2100);
  • by Mr. Graham (Rosedale), one concerning the highway system (No. 352-2101), one concerning taxes on books (No. 352-2102) and two concerning nuclear weapons (Nos. 352-2103 and 352-2104);
  • by Mr. Riis (Kamloops), one concerning the tax on gasoline (No. 352-2105), one concerning taxes on books (No. 352-2106) and one concerning the highway system (No. 352-2107);
  • by Mr. Harper (Simcoe Centre), one concerning the sexual exploitation of minors (No. 352-2108);
  • by Mr. Ianno (Trinity–Spadina), one concerning nuclear weapons (No. 352-2109) and one concerning taxes on books (No. 352-2110);
  • by Mr. Schmidt (Okanagan Centre), one concerning taxes on books (No. 352-2111);
  • by Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), one concerning police and firefighters’ death benefits (No. 352-2112), one concerning the income tax system (No. 352-2113) and one concerning alcoholic beverages (No. 352-2114);
  • by Mr. Hill (Macleod), one concerning crimes of violence (No. 352-2115) and two concerning the Food and Drugs Act (Nos. 352-2116 and 352-2117);
  • by Mr. McTeague (Ontario), one concerning taxes on books (No. 352-2118) and one concerning the Divorce Act (No. 352-2119);
  • by Mr. Steckle (Huron–Bruce), one concerning the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (No. 352-2120);
  • by Mr. Crête (Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup), one concerning banks (No. 352-2121).

Questions on Order Paper

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

Q–79 — Mr. Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Can the Minister of Human Resources Development give me a complete and up-to-date statement on Youth Service Canada including, for each province, (a) a description of the projects funded, (b) the names of the organizations concerned, (c) their addresses, (d) the amount of their grants and (e) the number of participants per project?

Mr. Zed (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the Return to this Order. — Sessional Paper No. 8555-352-79.

Government Orders

The Order was read for the third 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 consequence.

Mr. Goodale (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food) for Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Ms. McLellan (Minister of Natural Resources), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

Presenting Reports from Committees

By unanimous consent, Mr. Peterson (Willowdale), from the Standing Committee on Finance, presented the 12th Report of the Committee (Bill C–93, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 18, 1997, without amendment). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-352-102.

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

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order, immediately after Private Members’ Business is completed this day, the House shall consider Bill C–84 at the second reading stage, refer the Bill to a Committee of the Whole and consider it at report stage and at third reading stage;

That amendments may be proposed to the Bill during the committee stage of the said Bill;

That no dilatory motions or quorum calls shall be received; and

That the House shall adjourn immediately after completion of the third reading stage.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Ms. McLellan (Minister of Natural Resources), — 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 now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders later today.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for Infrastructure), — 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, be now read a third time and do pass.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders later today.

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Ms. McLellan (Minister of Natural Resources), — 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 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 No 325)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Alcock — Assad — Augustine — Bakopanos — Bélair — Benoit — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Brushett — Caccia — Calder — Campbell — Cannis — Catterall — Chamberlain — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Cullen — DeVillers — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Duncan — Dupuy — Easter — Epp — Fewchuk — Finlay — Flis — Fry — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Godfrey — Goodale — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Grubel — Guarnieri — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harvard — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Johnston — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — MacAulay — Malhi — Marleau — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — McCormick — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Milliken — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Nault — O’Brien (Labrador) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Patry — Penson — Peters — Peterson — Pettigrew — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringma — Robillard — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Speaker — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Telegdi — Torsney — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Verran — Volpe — Wappel — Wells — Whelan — White (North Vancouver) — Williams — Zed --128

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Bachand — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — Cummins — de Savoye — Debien — Dumas — Fillion — Frazer — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Godin — Guay — Guimond — Hoeppner — Lalonde — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) — Ménard — Mercier — Meredith — Nunez — Picard (Drummond) — Plamondon — Pomerleau — Riis — Rocheleau — Scott (Skeena) — Solomon — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne --39

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bernier (Gaspé) — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Boudria — Brien — Cauchon — Chan — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Deshaies — Dubé — Duceppe — Eggleton — Finestone — Gaffney — Gagliano — Gerrard — Grose — Harper (Churchill) — Lebel — Lefebvre — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Loubier — Paré — Phinney — Pillitteri — Sauvageau — Wood

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

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for Infrastructure), — 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, 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 No 326)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Alcock — Assad — Augustine — Bachand — Bakopanos — Bélair — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Brushett — Caccia — Calder — Campbell — Cannis — Canuel — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Crête — Cullen — de Savoye — Debien — DeVillers — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Dumas — Dupuy — Easter — Fewchuk — Fillion — Finlay — Flis — Fry — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gauthier — Godfrey — Godin — Goodale — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Guarnieri — Guay — Guimond — Harb — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lalonde — Landry — Langlois — Lastewka — Laurin — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — MacAulay — Malhi — Marleau — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — McCormick — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Ménard — Mercier — Milliken — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Nault — Nunez — O’Brien (Labrador) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Patry — Peters — Peterson — Pettigrew — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Plamondon — Pomerleau — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Robillard — Rocheleau — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Sheridan — Simmons — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Telegdi — Torsney — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Volpe — Wappel — Wells — Whelan — Zed --141

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Ablonczy — Althouse — Benoit — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Cummins — Duncan — Epp — Frazer — Grubel — Hanrahan — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Hill (Macleod) — Hoeppner — Johnston — McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) — Meredith — Penson — Ramsay — Riis — Ringma — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Solomon — Speaker — White (North Vancouver) — Williams --27

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Asselin — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bergeron — Bernier (Gaspé) — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Boudria — Brien — Cauchon — Chan — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Deshaies — Dubé — Duceppe — Eggleton — Finestone — Gaffney — Gagliano — Gerrard — Grose — Harper (Churchill) — Lebel — Lefebvre — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Loubier — Paré — Phinney — Pillitteri — Sauvageau — Wood

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

Private Members’ Business

At 6:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members’ Business.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development of Bill C–232, An Act to prohibit the export of water by interbasin transfers.

Mr. Riis (Kamloops), seconded by Mr. Solomon (Regina–Lumsden), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 93, the Order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

Government Orders

Pursuant to Order made earlier today, the Order was read for the second reading and reference to a Committee of the Whole of Bill C–84, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and the Immigration Act.

Mrs. Robillard (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), seconded by Ms. Minna (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole.

Debate arose thereon.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.

Accordingly, the Bill was read the second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole.

The Committee considered the Bill and reported it with the following amendments:

Clause 2
  1. Replace line 21 on page 1 with the following:
    “19.1. (1) After consultation by the Prime Minister of Canada with the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons and the leader in the House of Commons of each party having at least twelve members in that House, the Governor in Council may”
  2. Replace line 6 on page 2 with the following:
    “(3) The appointed person shall be paid, for each day that the person performs duties under this Act, such”
  3. Add after line 22 on page 2 the following:
    “19.3. The person appointed under subsection 19.1(1) must, not later than September 30 in each fiscal year, submit to the Solicitor General of Canada a report of the activities of the person during the preceding fiscal year and the Solicitor General of Canada must cause the report to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first fifteen days on which that House is sitting after the day the Solicitor General of Canada receives it.”
Clause 5
  1. Replace line 17 on page 3 with the following:
    “39.1. (1) After consultation by the Prime Minister of Canada with the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons and the leader in the House of Commons of each party having at least twelve members in that House, the Governor in Council may”
  2. Replace line 27 on page 3 with the following:
    “(3) The appointed person shall be paid, person performs duties under this Act, such”
  3. Add after line 11 on page 4 the following:
    “39.3. The person appointed under subsection 39.1(1) must, not later than September 30 in each fiscal year, submit to the Solicitor General of Canada a report of the activities of the person during the preceding fiscal year and the Solicitor General of Canada must cause the report to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first fifteen days on which that House is sitting after the day the Solicitor General of Canada receives it.”
Clause 8
  1. Replace line 1 on page 5 with the following:
    “81.1. (1) After consultation by the Prime Minister of Canada with the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons and the leader in the House of Commons of each party having at least twelve members in that House, the Governor in Council may”
  2. Replace line 11 on page 5 with the following:
    “(3) The appointed person shall be paid, for each day that the person performs duties under this Act, such”
  3. Add after line 27 on page 5 the following:
    “81.3. The person appointed under subsection 81.1(1) must, not later than September 30 in each fiscal year, submit to the Solicitor General of Canada a report of the activities of the person during the preceding fiscal year and the Solicitor General of Canada must cause the report to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first fifteen days on which that House is sitting after the day the Solicitor General of Canada receives it.”

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(12), Mrs. Robillard (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), seconded by Ms. Minna (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), moved. — That Bill C–84, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and the Immigration Act, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.

Accordingly, the Bill was concurred in at report stage and, pursuant to Order made earlier today, the Order was read for the third reading of Bill C–84, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and the Immigration Act.

Mrs. Robillard (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), seconded by Ms. Minna (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.

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

Messages from the Senate

— ORDERED: That a Message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C–216, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act (broadcasting policy), with the following amendments:
  1. Page 1, clause 1: Replace lines 16 to 18 with the following:
    “rate is charged,

    (b) no distinct separate charge is levied for that service, or

    (c) to do so is conducive to the achievement of the objectives of this Act.”
— ORDERED: That a Message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C–71, An Act to regulate the manufacture, sale, labelling and promotion of tobacco products, to make consequential amendments to another Act and to repeal certain Acts, without amendment.

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

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

  • by Mrs. Chamberlain (Guelph–Wellington), concerning sentences in the Criminal Code (No. 352-2122).

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), papers deposited with the Clerk of the House were laid upon the Table as follows:

by Mr. Dion (Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs) — Report of the Transportation Safety Board for the year 1996, pursuant to the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act, S. C. 1989, c. 3, sbs. 13(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-499B. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport)

by Ms. Robillard (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) — Report concerning permits issued by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration for the year 1996, pursuant to the Immigration Act, R. S. 1985, c. I-2, sbs. 37(7). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-158A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration)

Adjournment

At 7:45 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).