PRAYERS

DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Adams (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:

-- Nos. 361-1613 and 361-1675 concerning gasoline additives. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-361-93D;

-- Nos. 361-1623, 361-1669, 361-1670 and 361-1685 concerning radio and television programming. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-361-42N;

-- No. 361-1681 concerning alcoholic beverages. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-361-62E.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Bevilacqua (Vaughan -- King -- Aurora), from the Standing Committee on Finance, presented the 9th Report of the Committee (Bill S-16, An Act to implement an agreement between Canada and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, an agreement between Canada and the Republic of Croatia and a convention between Canada and the Republic of Chile, for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income, without amendment). -- Sessional Paper No. 8510-361-109.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 162) was tabled.

Presenting Petitions

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

-- by Mr. Mahoney (Mississauga West), one concerning prostitution (No. 361-1745) and one concerning sex offenders (No. 361-1746);

-- by Ms. Lill (Dartmouth), one concerning the Department of National Defence (No. 361-1747).

Questions on Order Paper

Mr. Adams (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answer to question Q-141 on the Order Paper.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The Order was read for the third reading of Bill C-53, An Act to increase the availability of financing for the establishment, expansion, modernization and improvement of small businesses.

Mr. Peterson (Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)) for Mr. Manley (Minister of Industry), seconded by Mr. Duhamel (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.

TABLING OF DOCUMENTS

By unanimous consent, Mr. Solberg (Medicine Hat) laid upon the Table, -- Document entitled ``Labour Force Update: Canada-U.S. Labour Market Comparison'' (English text only). -- Sessional Paper No. 8530-361-21.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Manley (Minister of Industry), seconded by Mr. Duhamel (Secretary of State (Science, Research and Development)), -- That Bill C-53, An Act to increase the availability of financing for the establishment, expansion, modernization and improvement of small businesses, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

At 5:15 p.m., pursuant to Order made Monday, November 23, 1998, under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

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

(Division--Vote N^o 277)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Anderson -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Asselin -- Augustine -- Axworthy --  (Saskatoon -- Rosetown -- Biggar) -- Axworthy --  (Winnipeg South Centre) -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellehumeur -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bergeron -- Bernier --  (Bonaventure -- Gaspé -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine -- Pabok) -- Bernier --  (Tobique -- Mactaquac) -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Bigras -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brien -- Brison -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Caccia -- Calder -- Caplan -- Carroll -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Clouthier -- Coderre -- Cohen -- Collenette -- Comuzzi -- Copps -- Crête -- Cullen -- Davies -- de Savoye -- Desjarlais -- Desrochers -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dockrill -- Doyle -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Dubé --  (Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) -- Dubé --  (Madawaska -- Restigouche) -- Duceppe -- Duhamel -- Dumas -- Earle -- Easter -- Eggleton -- Finestone -- Finlay -- Fontana -- Gagliano -- Gagnon -- Gauthier -- Girard-Bujold -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Guay -- Guimond -- Harb -- Harvard -- Harvey -- Herron -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jones -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Keyes -- Kilger --  (Stormont -- Dundas) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Laliberte -- Lalonde -- Lastewka -- Laurin -- Lebel -- Lee -- Leung -- Lill -- Lincoln -- Longfield -- Loubier -- MacAulay -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Mancini -- Manley -- Marceau -- Marchand -- Marchi -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Massé -- Matthews -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan --  (Edmonton West) -- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Mifflin -- Mills --  (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Muise -- Murray -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- Nystrom -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Perron -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Pillitteri -- Plamondon -- Power -- Price -- Proctor -- Proud -- Provenzano -- Redman -- Reed -- Richardson -- Riis -- Robillard -- Robinson -- Rocheleau -- Rock -- Saada -- Sauvageau -- Sekora -- Serré -- Shepherd -- Solomon -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart --  (Brant) -- Stewart --  (Northumberland) -- St-Jacques -- St-Julien -- Stoffer -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibeault -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Torsney -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean) -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Mitis) -- Turp -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Vautour -- Volpe -- Wappel -- Wasylycia-Leis -- Wayne -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- Wood -- 205

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Ablonczy -- Anders -- Bailey -- Benoit -- Breitkreuz --  (Yellowhead) -- Breitkreuz --  (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Cadman -- Casson -- Chatters -- Epp -- Forseth -- Goldring -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Hanger -- Hart -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hoeppner -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Lowther -- Lunn -- Manning -- Mark -- Mayfield -- Meredith -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Obhrai -- Pankiw -- Penson -- Ramsay -- Reynolds -- Schmidt -- Scott --  (Skeena) -- Solberg -- Strahl -- White --  (Langley -- Abbotsford) -- White --  (North Vancouver) -- Williams -- 41

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Alarie -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Byrne -- Canuel -- Cardin -- Charbonneau -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Debien -- Folco -- Fournier -- Fry -- Gallaway -- Godin --  (Châteauguay) -- Graham -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Pratt -- Scott --  (Fredericton) -- Speller

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

PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS

At 5:45 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 Finance of Bill C-375, Balanced Budget Act.

Mr. Loubier (Saint-Hyacinthe -- Bagot), seconded by Mr. Desrochers (Lotbinière), moved, -- That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

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-52, An Act to implement the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, with the following amendment:

Page 13, clause 27.1: Replace lines 6 to 10 with the following:

``(2) The Minister of Foreign Affairs shall cause a copy of 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 Minister receives the report.''

PROCEEDINGS ON ADJOURNMENT MOTION

At 6:43 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 7:07 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).