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

Journals

No. 056
Tuesday, June 4, 1996
10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine of Business

Tabling of Documents

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

  1. No. 351-3882 concerning social policies. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-42B;
  2. No. 351-4143 concerning immigration. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-63C;
  3. No. 352-0065 concerning health care services. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-39A;
  4. No. 352-0079 concerning the Divorce Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-27D;
  5. No. 352-0080 concerning gasoline pricing. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-78;
  6. No. 352-0093 concerning Bell Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-6A;
  7. Nos. 352-0172, 352-0220 and 352-0282 concerning the sexual exploitation of minors. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-74A;
  8. No. 352-0280 concerning impaired driving. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-73A;
  9. No. 352-0289 concerning the tax on gasoline. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-44K.

Statements by Ministers

Pursuant to Standing Order 33(1), Mr. Chan (Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)) made a statement.

Presenting Reports from Inter-parliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mrs. Finestone (Mount Royal) presented the Report of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union respecting its participation at the 95th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, held in Istanbul, Turkey, from April 13 to 21, 1996. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-352-60.

Introduction of Private Members’ Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Axworthy (Saskatoon–Clark’s Crossing), seconded by Mr. Taylor (The Battlefords–Meadow Lake), Bill C–295, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (dangerous offenders), 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 Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Cannis (Scarborough Centre), seconded by Mr. Ianno (Trinity–Spadina), Bill C–296, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (rehabilitation programs), 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 Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mrs. Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata), seconded by Mr. Bergeron (Verchères), Bill C–297, An Act to revoke the conviction of Louis David Riel, 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 Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Ringma (Nanaimo–Cowichan), seconded by Mr. Strahl (Fraser Valley East), Bill C–298, An Act to replace the allowance provided by the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act with an allowance funded by members’ contributions to assist their transition back to private life, 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 Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Milliken (Kingston and the Islands), seconded by Mrs. Finestone (Mount Royal), Bill C–299, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act, 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. Harb (Ottawa Centre), two concerning impaired driving (Nos. 352-0590 and 352-0591), one concerning the tax on gasoline (No. 352-0592), one concerning the nuclear industry (No. 352-0593) and three concerning sexual orientation (Nos. 352-0594 to 352-0596);
  • by Mr. Axworthy (Saskatoon–Clark’s Crossing), five concerning gasoline pricing (Nos. 352-0597 to 352-0601);
  • by Mr. Williams (St. Albert), one concerning Constitutional amendments (No. 352-0602) and one concerning sexual orientation (No. 352-0603);
  • by Ms. Augustine (Etobicoke–Lakeshore), two concerning sexual orientation (Nos. 352-0604 and 352-0605) and one concerning the pharmaceutical industry (No. 352-0606);
  • by Mr. Ringma (Nanaimo–Cowichan), one concerning national unity (No. 352-0607);
  • by Mr. O’Reilly (Victoria–Haliburton), one concerning profits from crime (No. 352-0608);
  • by Mr. Milliken (Kingston and the Islands), one concerning sexual orientation (No. 352-0609) and one concerning profits from crime (No. 352-0610).

Questions on Order Paper

Mr. Zed (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q–42, Q–45 and Q–46 on the Order Paper.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Manley (Minister of Industry, Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Minister of Western Economic Diversification), — That Bill C–20, An Act respecting the commercialization of civil air navigation services, be now read a third time and do pass;

And of the amendment of Mr. Crête (Kamouraska–Rivière- du-Loup), seconded Mr. Mercier (Blainville–Deux-Montagnes), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“this House declines to give third reading to Bill C–20, An Act respecting the commercialization of civil air navigation services, because the Bill does not give the safety of passengers, airline personnel and the public priority over all other considerations in business decisions made by NAV Canada.”

The debate continued.

The question was put on the amendment and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until later today, at 5:30 p.m.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Health of Bill C–24, An Act to amend the Tobacco Products Control Act.

Mr. Peters (Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)) for Mr. Dingwall (Minister of Health), seconded by Mr. Chan (Secretary of State (Asia- Pacific)), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

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.

Tabling of Documents

By unanimous consent, Mr. Hart (Okanagan–Similkameen–Merritt) laid upon the Table, — Document entitled “Tasking — Special Operations Section” (English text). — Sessional Paper No. 8530-352-9.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Dingwall (Minister of Health), seconded by Mr. Chan (Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)), — That Bill C–24, An Act to amend the Tobacco Products Control Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

The debate continued.

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

Accordingly, the Bill was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage of Bill C–32, An Act to amend the Copyright Act.

Mrs. Robillard (Minister of Canadian Heritage), seconded by Mr. Cauchon (Secretary of State (Federal Office of Regional Development — Quebec)), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

Debate arose thereon.

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport), seconded by Mr. Manley (Minister of Industry, Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Minister of Western Economic Diversification), — That Bill C–20, An Act respecting the commercialization of civil air navigation services, be now read a third time and do pass.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the the amendment of Mr. Crête (Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup), seconded Mr. Mercier (Blainville–Deux-Montagnes), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“this House declines to give third reading to Bill C–20, An Act respecting the commercialization of civil air navigation services, because the Bill does not give the safety of passengers, airline personnel and the public priority over all other considerations in business decisions made by NAV Canada.”

The question was put on the amendment and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division — Vote No 98)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Asselin — Axworthy (Saskatoon–Clark’s Crossing) — Bachand — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bergeron — Bernier (Gaspé) — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Debien — Deshaies — Dubé — Duceppe — Dumas — Fillion — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Godin — Guay — Guimond — Jacob — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — Leblanc (Longueuil) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Marchand — McLaughlin — Ménard — Mercier — Nunez — Paré — Picard (Drummond) — Plamondon — Pomerleau — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Taylor — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Tremblay (Rosemont) — Venne — Wayne --49

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Adams — Anawak — Anderson — Arseneault — Augustine — Baker — Bakopanos — Barnes — Beaumier — Bélair — Bélanger — Benoit — Bernier (Beauce) — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Blondin-Andrew — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Byrne — Caccia — Calder — Campbell — Cannis — Catterall — Cauchon — Chamberlain — Chan — Clancy — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Duncan — Dupuy — Easter — Eggleton — English — Fewchuk — Finlay — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Fry — Gaffney — Gagliano — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gerrard — Godfrey — Goodale — Grose — Guarnieri — Hanger — Harb — Harper (Calgary West) — Harper (Churchill) — Hart — Hermanson — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Jackson — Keyes — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — MacAulay — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Malhi — Manley — Marleau — Massé — Mayfield — McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Meredith — Mifflin — Milliken — Minna — Murphy — Murray — O’Brien (Labrador) — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Peric — Peters — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Shepherd — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Solberg — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Stewart (Brant) — Strahl — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wells — Whelan — Williams — Young — Zed --153

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Alcock — Brien — Caron — Cohen — de Savoye — Gallaway — Graham — Lefebvre — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Maloney — Rock — St-Laurent

By unanimous consent, the question was put on the main motion and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division — Vote No 99)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Adams — Anawak — Anderson — Arseneault — Augustine — Baker — Bakopanos — Barnes — Beaumier — Bélair — Bélanger — Benoit — Bernier (Beauce) — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Blondin-Andrew — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Bryden — Byrne — Caccia — Calder — Campbell — Cannis — Catterall — Cauchon — Chamberlain — Chan — Clancy — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dingwall — Dion — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Duncan — Dupuy — Easter — Eggleton — English — Fewchuk — Finlay — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Fry — Gaffney — Gagliano — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gerrard — Godfrey — Goodale — Grose — Guarnieri — Hanger — Harb — Harper (Calgary West) — Harper (Churchill) — Hart — Hermanson — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Keyes — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — MacAulay — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Malhi — Manley — Marleau — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Massé — Mayfield — McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Meredith — Mifflin — Milliken — Minna — Murphy — Murray — Nault — O’Brien (Labrador) — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Peric — Peters — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Shepherd — Sheridan — Silye — Simmons — Solberg — Speaker — Speller — St. Denis — Stewart (Brant) — Strahl — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wells — Whelan — Williams — Young — Zed --157

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Asselin — Axworthy (Saskatoon–Clark’s Crossing) — Bachand — Bélisle — Bellehumeur — Bergeron — Bernier (Gaspé) — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Canuel — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Debien — Deshaies — Dubé — Duceppe — Dumas — Fillion — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Godin — Guay — Guimond — Jacob — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — Leblanc (Longueuil) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Marchand — McLaughlin — Ménard — Mercier — Nunez — Paré — Picard (Drummond) — Plamondon — Pomerleau — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Taylor — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Tremblay (Rosemont) — Venne — Wayne --49

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Alcock — Brien — Caron — Cohen — de Savoye — Gallaway — Graham — Lefebvre — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Maloney — Rock — St-Laurent

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

Private Members’ Business

At 6:01 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 Justice and Legal Affairs of Bill C–274, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (cumulative sentences).

Ms. Guarnieri (Mississauga East), seconded by Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), 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 96(1), the Order was dropped from the Order Paper.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mrs. Robillard (Minister of Canadian Heritage), seconded by Mr. Cauchon (Secretary of State (Federal Office of Regional Development-Quebec)), — That Bill C–32, An Act to amend the Copyright Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, by unanimous consent, the recorded division was deferred until Tuesday, June 11, 1996, at 5:30 p.m.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development of Bill C–6, An Act to amend the Yukon Quartz Mining Act and the Yukon Placer Mining Act.

Mr. Irwin (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development), seconded by Mr. Eggleton (Minister for International Trade), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

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 the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

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 sexual orientation (No. 352-0611).

Proceedings on Adjournment Motion

At 9:28 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 9:35 p.m., pursuant to Order made Tuesday, May 14, 1996, the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).