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House of Commons of Canada
35th Parliament, 2nd Session
Journals
No. 021
Tuesday, March 26, 1996
10:00 a.m.
Prayers
Daily Routine of Business
Tabling of Documents
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Pagtakhan (Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister) laid upon the Table, — Government response, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petition:
- No. 351-4099 concerning health care services. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-39.
Presenting Petitions
Pursuant to Standing Order 36, a petition certified correct by the Clerk of Petitions was presented as follows:
- by Mr. Gilmour (Comox–Alberni), concerning the tax on gasoline (No. 352-0215).
Government Orders
The Order was read for the third reading of Bill C–14, An Act to continue the National Transportation Agency as the Canadian Transportation Agency, to consolidate and revise the National Transportation Act, 1987 and the Railway Act and to amend or repeal other Acts as a consequence.
Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Gerrard (Secretary of State (Science, Research and Development)), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
Debate arose thereon.
Statements by Members
Pursuant to Standing Order 31, Members made statements.
Oral Questions
Pursuant to Standing Order 30(5), the House proceeded to Oral Questions.
Government Orders
The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Gerrard (Secretary of State (Science, Research and Development)), — That Bill C–14, An Act to continue the National Transportation Agency as the Canadian Transportation Agency, to consolidate and revise the National Transportation Act, 1987 and the Railway Act and to amend or repeal 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 later today, at 5:30 p.m.
The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C–3, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (nuclear undertakings) and to make a related amendment to another Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development without amendment.
Mr. Robichaud (Secretary of State (Agriculture and Agri-Food, Fisheries and Oceans)) for Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Labour), seconded by Mr. Collenette (Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veterans Affairs), moved, — That the Bill be concurred in at report stage.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on division.
Accordingly, the Bill was concurred in at report stage.
Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(11), Mr. Robichaud (Secretary of State (Agriculture and Agri-Food, Fisheries and Oceans)) for Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Labour), seconded by Mr. Collenette (Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veterans Affairs), 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 concurred in at third reading.
The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Marleau (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), seconded by Ms. McLellan (Minister of Natural Resources), — That Bill C–7, An Act to establish the Department of Public Works and Government Services and to amend and repeal certain Acts, 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 later today, at 5:30 p.m.
By unanimous consent, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Labour), seconded by Mr. Collenette (Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veterans Affairs), — That Bill C–3, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (nuclear undertakings) and to make a related amendment to another Act, be now read a third time and do pass.
By unanimous consent, Members made statements.
By unanimous consent, at 5:24 p.m., the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Gerrard (Secretary of State (Science, Research and Development)), — That Bill C–14, An Act to continue the National Transportation Agency as the Canadian Transportation Agency, to consolidate and revise the National Transportation Act, 1987 and the Railway Act and to amend or repeal 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 29)
Yeas — Pour
Members — Députés
Adams — Alcock — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bélair — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Brushett — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Catterall — Cauchon — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — DeVillers — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Dupuy — Easter — English — Fewchuk — Finlay — Flis — Fontana — Fry — Gagliano — Gallaway — Godfrey — Goodale — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Grose — Guarnieri — Harb — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Jackson — Jordan — Karygiannis — Keyes — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — MacAulay — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Malhi — Maloney — Manley — Marleau — Massé — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McTeague — McWhinney — Mifflin — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Nault — O’Brien — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Peters — Peterson — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Rock — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Shepherd — Simmons — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Szabo — Terrana — Torsney — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Volpe — Wappel — Wells — Whelan — Young — Zed --127
Nays — Contre
Members — Députés
Abbott — Althouse — Asselin — Axworthy (Saskatoon–Clark’s Crossing) — Bachand — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Benoit — Bergeron — Bernier (Gaspé) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Bridgman — Brien — Chatters — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — Cummins — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — de Jong — Debien — Dubé — Duceppe — Dumas — Epp — Fillion — Frazer — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Gilmour — Godin — Gouk — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Harper (Calgary West) — Hart — Hayes — Hermanson — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hoeppner — Jacob — Jennings — Johnston — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — Leblanc (Longueuil) — Lefebvre — Leroux (Shefford) — Manning — Mayfield — Ménard — Mercier — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Nunez — Paré — Penson — Picard (Drummond) — Plamondon — Pomerleau — Ramsay — Ringma — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Solberg — Speaker — Stinson — Strahl — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Tremblay (Rosemont) — Venne — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --77
Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »
Augustine — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Caron — Chamberlain — Copps — de Savoye — Deshaies — Dhaliwal — Gerrard — Guay — Guimond — Harper (Churchill) — Iftody — Lalonde — Lebel — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Loubier — Marchand — Marchi — Nunziata — Stewart (Northumberland) — 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 Ms. Marleau (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), seconded by Ms. McLellan (Minister of Natural Resources), — That Bill C–7, An Act to establish the Department of Public Works and Government Services and to amend and repeal certain 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 No 30)
Yeas — Pour
Members — Députés
Adams — Alcock — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bélair — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Blondin-Andrew — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Brushett — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Cannis — Catterall — Cauchon — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — DeVillers — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Dupuy — Easter — English — Fewchuk — Finlay — Flis — Fontana — Fry — Gaffney — Gagliano — Gallaway — Godfrey — Goodale — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Grose — Guarnieri — Harb — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Jackson — Jordan — Karygiannis — Keyes — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — MacAulay — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Malhi — Maloney — Manley — Marleau — Massé — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McTeague — McWhinney — Mifflin — Milliken — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Nault — O’Brien — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Peric — Peters — Peterson — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Rock — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Shepherd — Simmons — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Szabo — Terrana — Torsney — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Volpe — Wappel — Wells — Whelan — Young — Zed --132
Nays — Contre
Members — Députés
Abbott — Althouse — Asselin — Axworthy (Saskatoon–Clark’s Crossing) — Bachand — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Benoit — Bergeron — Bernier (Gaspé) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Bridgman — Brien — Chatters — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — Cummins — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — de Jong — Debien — Dubé — Duceppe — Dumas — Epp — Fillion — Forseth — Frazer — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Gilmour — Godin — Gouk — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Harper (Calgary West) — Hart — Hayes — Hermanson — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hoeppner — Jacob — Jennings — Johnston — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — Leblanc (Longueuil) — Lefebvre — Leroux (Shefford) — Manning — Mayfield — Ménard — Mercier — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Nunez — Paré — Penson — Picard (Drummond) — Plamondon — Pomerleau — Ramsay — Ringma — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Solberg — Speaker — Stinson — Strahl — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Tremblay (Rosemont) — Venne — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --78
Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »
Augustine — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Caron — Chamberlain — Copps — de Savoye — Deshaies — Dhaliwal — Gerrard — Guay — Guimond — Harper (Churchill) — Iftody — Lalonde — Lebel — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Loubier — Marchand — Marchi — Nunziata — Stewart (Northumberland) — Wood
Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.
Private Members’ Business
At 5:55 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members’ Business.
Mrs. Hayes (Port Moody–Coquitlam), seconded by Mr. Hoeppner (Lisgar–Marquette), moved, — That, in the opinion of this House, the government should recognize the onerous burden of taxation upon the Canadian family, and the pressures that such taxation places upon the family, and that this government take immediate measures to provide the family with tax relief, including balancing the federal budget. (Private Members’ Business M–148)
Debate arose thereon.
Pursuant to Standing Order 96(1), the Order was dropped from the Order Paper.
Messages from the Senate
A message was received from the Senate as follows:
— ORDERED: That a Message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C–2, An Act to amend the Judges Act, without amendment.
Proceedings on Adjournment Motion
At 6:48 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 38(1), the question “That this House do now adjourn" was deemed to have been proposed.
After debate, the question was deemed to have been adopted.
Adjournment
At 18:54 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).