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Status of House Business

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

Journals

No. 084
Wednesday, October 9, 1996
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. Nos. 352-0894 and 352-0935 concerning the income tax system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-28S.

Statements by Ministers

Pursuant to Standing Order 33(1), Ms. Fry (Secretary of State (Multiculturalism)(Status of Women)) made a statement.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Bonin (Nickel Belt), from the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, presented the 4th Report of the Committee (Bill C–39, An Act respecting the York Factory First Nation and the settlement of matters arising from an agreement relating to the flooding of land, with an amendment). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-352-36.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence (Issue No. 4, which includes this Report) was tabled.

Mr. Bonin (Nickel Belt), from the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, presented the 5th Report of the Committee (Bill C–40, An Act respecting the Nelson House First Nation and the settlement of matters arising from an agreement relating to the flooding of land, with an amendment). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-352-37.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence (Issue No. 4, which includes this Report) was tabled.

Mr. O’Reilly (Victoria–Haliburton), from the Standing Committee on Health, presented the 2nd Report of the Committee (Compassionate Access to Investigational Therapies). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-352-38.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence (Issue No. 2, 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 36th Report of the Committee (amendment to the Standing Orders). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-352-39.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence (Issue No. 2, which includes this Report) was tabled.

Motions

By unanimous consent, Mr. Zed (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Ms. Catterall (Ottawa West), moved, — That the 36th Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented earlier today, be concurred in.

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

Presenting Petitions

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

  • by Mrs. Wayne (Saint John), one concerning sexual orientation (No. 352-1100);
  • by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville), one concerning Constitutional amendments (No. 352-1101), one concerning impaired driving (No. 352-1102), one concerning sexual orientation (No. 352-1103) and one concerning abortion (No. 352-1104);
  • by Mr. Bonin (Nickel Belt), one concerning the pharmaceutical industry (No. 352-1105);
  • by Mr. Williams (St. Albert), one concerning the Kurdish situation in the Middle East (No. 352-1106), one concerning sexual orientation (No. 352-1107) and one concerning the appointment of justices (No. 352-1108);
  • by Mr. Mayfield (Cariboo–Chilcotin), one concerning the tax on gasoline (No. 352-1109);
  • by Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), one concerning the income tax system (No. 352-1110) and one concerning alcoholic beverages (No. 352-1111).

Government Orders

The Order was read for the third reading of Bill C–54, An Act to amend the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act.

Mrs. Stewart (Secretary of State (Latin America and Africa)) for Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mrs. Robillard (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

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

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

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Bill C–61, An Act to implement the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement.

Mr. Eggleton (Minister for International Trade), seconded by Mrs. Robillard (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Debate arose thereon.

At 5:44 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Mifflin (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), seconded by Mr. Marchi (Minister of the Environment), — That Bill C–26, An Act respecting the oceans of Canada, be now read a third time and do pass.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment of Mr. Bernier (Gaspé), seconded by Mr. Fillion (Chicoutimi), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“Bill C–26, An Act respecting the oceans of Canada, be not now read a third time but that it be read a third time this day six months hence.”

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

(Division — Vote No 135)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Abbott — Ablonczy — Asselin — Bachand — Bellehumeur — Benoit — Bergeron — Bernier (Gaspé) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Brien — Canuel — Caron — Chatters — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — de Savoye — Debien — Deshaies — Dubé — Duceppe — Epp — Fillion — Forseth — Frazer — Gauthier — Godin — Grubel — Guimond — Harper (Calgary West) — Hayes — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hoeppner — Lalonde — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — Leblanc (Longueuil) — Lefebvre — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Mayfield — McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) — Ménard — Meredith — Morrison — Nunez — Paré — Penson — Picard (Drummond) — Plamondon — Ramsay — Ringma — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Solberg — Speaker — Stinson — Strahl — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Tremblay (Rosemont) — Venne — Wayne --69

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Allmand — Arseneault — Assadourian — Augustine — Baker — Bakopanos — Bélair — Bélanger — Bellemare — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Brushett — Bryden — Caccia — Calder — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Collenette — Collins — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Cullen — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dingwall — Discepola — Duhamel — Dupuy — Easter — English — Fewchuk — Flis — Fontana — Fry — Gaffney — Gagliano — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gerrard — Godfrey — Goodale — Graham — Grose — Guarnieri — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Iftody — Irwin — Jackson — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — MacAulay — MacDonald — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Malhi — Marchi — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mifflin — Milliken — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — O’Brien (Labrador) — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Payne — Peric — Peters — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Rideout — Robichaud — Robillard — Robinson — Rock — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Shepherd — Sheridan — Simmons — Solomon — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Taylor — Telegdi — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Volpe — Walker — Wappel — Wells — Whelan — Young — Zed --126

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Adams — Alcock — Anderson — Bélisle — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Byrne — Cohen — Dromisky — Dumas — Guay — Jacob — Keyes — Lebel — Mercier — Pomerleau — Regan — St-Laurent — Thalheimer

Private Members’ Business

At 6:12 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members’ Business.

Mr. Culbert (Carleton–Charlotte), seconded by Mrs. Chamberlain (Guelph–Wellington), moved, — That, in the opinion of this House, the Members of the House of Commons should recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the Canadian flag, in both official languages, each day at the opening of the House of Commons, following the opening prayer. (Private Members’ Business M–227)

Debate arose thereon.

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

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Clerk of the House

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

by Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance) — Report of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal entitled “Request for Tariff Relief by Triple M. Fiberglass Mfg. Ltd. regarding space fabric”, dated September 26, 1996, pursuant to the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, S. C. 1988, c. 65, s. 54. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-572W. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

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

  • by Mrs. Chamberlain (Guelph–Wellington), two concerning impaired driving (Nos. 352-1112 and 352-1113).

Proceedings on Adjournment Motion

At 7:12 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 7:31 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).