PRAYERS

PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS

At 11:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), 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 Justice and Legal Affairs of Bill C- 203, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal organization).

Mr. Ménard (Hochelaga -- Maisonneuve), seconded by Mr. Landry (Lotbinière), moved, -- That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.

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

Notice having been given at a previous sitting under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Labour and Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Robichaud (Secretary of State (Agriculture and Agri-Food, Fisheries and Oceans)), moved, -- That, in relation to Bill C-12, An Act respecting employment insurance in Canada, not more than eight further hours shall be allotted to the consideration of the report stage and second reading of the Bill and one sitting day shall be allotted to the third reading stage of the said bill and, and at the expiry of the time provided for in this Order for the report stage and second reading, and

That, fifteen minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Business on the day allotted to the third reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required, for the purpose of this Order and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the stage of the Bill then under consideration shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.

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

(Division--Vote N^o 53)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Anderson -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Axworthy --  (Winnipeg South Centre/Sud-Centre) -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bertrand -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bodnar -- Bonin -- Boudria -- Brushett -- Bryden -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Calder -- Cannis -- Catterall -- Clancy -- Cohen -- Comuzzi -- Cowling -- Crawford -- Culbert -- Cullen -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dingwall -- Dion -- Discepola -- Duhamel -- Dupuy -- Easter -- English -- Fewchuk -- Flis -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gaffney -- Gagliano -- Gagnon --  (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine) -- Gallaway -- Gerrard -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Graham -- Harb -- Harvard -- Hopkins -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Jackson -- Jordan -- Kirkby -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka -- LeBlanc --  (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso) -- Lee -- Loney -- MacLellan --  (Cape/Cap-Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Maloney -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Massé -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKinnon -- McLellan --  (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest) -- McWhinney -- Milliken -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murray -- Nault -- O'Reilly -- Payne -- Peric -- Peters -- Peterson -- Pickard --  (Essex -- Kent) -- Pillitteri -- Reed -- Regan -- Richardson -- Ringuette-Maltais -- Robichaud -- Robillard -- Rock -- Scott --  (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury) -- Serré -- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- Speller -- St. Denis -- Stewart --  (Brant) -- Stewart --  (Northumberland) -- Szabo -- Thalheimer -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Verran -- Wells -- Whelan -- Young -- 113

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Ablonczy -- Axworthy --  (Saskatoon -- Clark's Crossing) -- Bachand -- Bellehumeur -- Benoit -- Bernier --  (Gaspé) -- Brien -- Chrétien --  (Frontenac) -- Cummins -- Dalphond-Guiral -- de Jong -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Dubé -- Duceppe -- Epp -- Fillion -- Forseth -- Frazer -- Gagnon --  (Québec) -- Gauthier -- Gilmour -- Godin -- Grey --  (Beaver River) -- Grubel -- Hanger -- Hayes -- Hermanson -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hoeppner -- Lalonde -- Landry -- Langlois -- Lavigne --  (Beauharnois -- Salaberry) -- Lefebvre -- Loubier -- Marchand -- McClelland --  (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest) -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Morrison -- Nunez -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Scott --  (Skeena) -- Silye -- Solomon -- Strahl -- Thompson -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean) -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Williams -- 55

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Arseneault -- Bélisle -- Bergeron -- Bernier --  (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Bethel -- Bevilacqua -- Campbell -- Canuel -- Caron -- Chan -- Cohen -- Collins -- Daviault -- Deshaies -- Dumas -- Eggleton -- Guay -- Hickey -- Irwin -- Jacob -- Laurin -- Leblanc --  (Longueuil) -- Leroux --  (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux --  (Shefford) -- MacAulay -- Marchi -- Murphy -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Paré -- Proud -- St-Laurent -- Terrana -- Tremblay --  (Rosemont) -- Venne -- Walker

The House resumed consideration at report stage and second reading of Bill C-12, An Act respecting employment insurance in Canada, as reported by the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 3 (Motions Nos. 4, 5, 6, 200 and 201).

Group No. 3

Motion No. 4 of Mr. Axworthy (Saskatoon -- Clark's Crossing), seconded by Mr. Crête (Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 2.

Motion No. 5 of Mrs. Lalonde (Mercier), seconded by Mr. Crête (Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-12, in Clause 1, be amended by replacing lines 6 to 28, on page 1, lines 1 to 44, on page 2, lines 1 to 42, on page 3, and lines 1 to 8, on page 4, with the following:

"6. Subsection 25(11) of the Unemployment Insurance Act is repealed."

Motion No. 6 of Mr. Young (Minister of Human Resources Development), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Labour and Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), -- That Bill C-12, in Clause 2, be amended by adding, after line 8, on page 4, the following:

"(5) For the purposes of sections 15 and 145, the Commission may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations for establishing how many weeks of regular benefits a claimant was paid, in order to take into account benefit reductions or deductions in the calculation or payment of those benefits. "

Recommendation
(Pursuant to Standing Order 76(3))

His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in the amendment to Clause 2 of Bill C-12, An Act respecting employment insurance in Canada, by adding, after line 8, on page 4, the following:

"(5) For the purposes of sections 15 and 145, the Commission may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations for establishing how many weeks of regular benefits a claimant was paid, in order to take into account benefit reductions or deductions in the calculation or payment of those benefits. "

Motion No. 200 of Mr. Axworthy (Saskatoon -- Clark's Crossing), seconded by Mr. Crête (Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 177.

Motion No. 201 of Mr. Young (Minister of Human Resources Development), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Labour and Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), -- That Bill C-12, in Clause 177, be amended by replacing lines 22 to 25 on page 134 with the following:

"ance Act;".

Recommendation
(Pursuant to Standing Order 76(3))

His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in the amendment to Clause 177 of Bill C-12, An Act respecting employment insurance in Canada, by replacing lines 22 to 25 on page 134 with the following:

"ance Act;".

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 3.

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. Jackson (Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board) laid upon the Table, -- Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions: (1) No. 352-0250 concerning euthanasia. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-19G; (2) No. 352-0251 concerning the tax on gasoline. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-44I; (3) No. 352-0264 concerning the Official Opposition. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-56A; (4) No. 352-0269 concerning the situation in Sri Lanka. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-20F.

Presenting Petitions

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

-- by Mr. Duhamel (St. Boniface), one concerning sexual orientation (No. 352-0343);

-- by Mr. Shepherd (Durham), one concerning sexual orientation (No. 352-0344);

-- by Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), one concerning the income tax system (No. 352-0345) and one concerning alcoholic beverages (No. 352-0346);

-- by Mr. Knutson (Elgin -- Norfolk), one concerning sexual orientation (No. 352-0347);

-- by Ms. Minna (Beaches -- Woodbine), one concerning sexual orientation (No. 352-0348);

-- by Mr. Adams (Peterborough), one concerning sexual orientation (No. 352-0349);

-- by Mr. Bellehumeur (Berthier -- Montcalm), one concerning waste management (No. 352-0350).

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration at report stage and second reading of Bill C-12, An Act respecting employment insurance in Canada, as reported by the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 3 (Motions Nos. 4, 5, 6, 200 and 201).

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 3.

The question was put on Motion No. 4 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 201 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

Group No. 4

Mr. Axworthy (Saskatoon -- Clark's Crossing), seconded by Mrs. Lalonde (Mercier), moved Motion No. 7, -- That Bill C-12 be amended by deleting Clause 3.

Mrs. Lalonde (Mercier), seconded by Mr. Dubé (Lévis), moved Motion No. 8 -- That Bill C-12, in Clause 1, be amended by replacing lines 9 to 39, on page 4, and lines 1 to 4, on page 5, with the following:

"7. Subsection 26(8) of the Unemployment Insurance Act is repealed."

Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 4.

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 Mr. Godfrey (Don Valley West), concerning Taiwan (No. 352-0351).

ADJOURNMENT

At 6:30 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).