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. 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:

-- No. 361-2087 concerning human rights in Indonesia. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-361-98L;

-- Nos. 361-2095, 361-2105, 361-2106 and 361-2117 concerning marriage. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-361-80Y.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, -- That for each of the following items of business, at the specified times, all questions necessary for the disposal of the specified stages be deemed put and recorded divisions deemed requested and deferred until Tuesday, April 13, 1999, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders:

(a) The second reading stage of Bill C-67, An Act to amend the Bank Act, the Winding-up and Restructuring Act and other Acts relating to financial institutions and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, when debate concludes or at the end of the time provided for Government Orders on March 24, 1999, whichever is earlier; and

(b) Motion M-360, when debate concludes or after 45 minutes of debate, whichever is earlier.

Statements by Ministers

Pursuant to Standing Order 33(1), Mr. Axworthy (Minister of Foreign Affairs) and Mr. Eggleton (Minister of National Defence) made statements.

Presenting Reports from Inter-parliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. Kilger (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) presented the Report of the Canadian Parliamentary Delegation of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) respecting its participation at the Bureau meeting held in Saint-Denis de La Réunion, France, from January 19 to 21, 1999. -- Sessional Paper No. 8565-361-52K.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. St-Julien (Abitibi -- Baie-James -- Nunavik), from the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, presented the 6th Report of the Committee (Bill C-56, An Act respecting an agreement with the Norway House Cree Nation for the settlement of matters arising from the flooding of land, and respecting the establishment of certain reserves in the province of Manitoba, without amendment). -- Sessional Paper No. 8510-361-149.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 50, 52, 54 and 56 to 58) was tabled.

Presenting Petitions

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

-- by Mr. Gouk (Kootenay -- Boundary -- Okanagan), one concerning the regulation of food and drugs (No. 361-2228);

-- by Mr. Nystrom (Regina -- Qu'Appelle), one concerning the tax system (No. 361-2229) and three concerning the Senate (Nos. 361-2230 to 361-2232);

-- by Mr. Benoit (Lakeland), one concerning gun control (No. 361-2233);

-- by Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), one concerning human rights in Indonesia (No. 361-2234) and one concerning police and firefighters' death benefits (No. 361-2235).

Questions on Order Paper

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), the following question was made an Order for Return:

Q-120 -- Mr. Scott (Skeena) -- Can the government provide a list of all band elections held from January 1996 to the present, including in each individual case: (a) the name of the band; (b) the date the election was held; (c) the names of all the candidates; (d) the final vote distribution; (e) the number of eligible voters; and (f) the number of eligible voters who voted (i.e. voter turnout)?

Mr. Adams (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the Return to this Order. -- Sessional Paper No. 8555-361-120.

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), the following question was made an Order for Return:

Q-143 -- Mr. Forseth (New Westminster -- Coquitlam -- Burnaby) -- With respect to grants or loans awarded by the federal government for building restoration, such as awards made under infrastructure and regional development programs, in each of the last five years, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998: (a) how many have been awarded; (b) what specifically have they been for; (c) what was the geographic location; (d) what was the amount of each award, including whether or not it was on a matching basis; and (e) under which federal department or program was each award made?

Mr. Adams (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the Return to this Order. -- Sessional Paper No. 8555-361-143.

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), the following question was made an Order for Return:

Q-156 -- Ms. Lill (Dartmouth) -- With regard to the October 1996 Report of the Task Force on Disability, entitled ``Equal Citizenship for Canadians with Disabilities -- The Will to Act'', what actions has the government taken to implement recommendations nos. 1 to 9 (including 9a), b) and c)), 10 to 13 (including 13a) and b)), 14 to 18 (including 18a) through f)), 19, 20 (including 20a) and b)), 23 (including 23a) through d)), 24, 25 (including 25a) and b)), 26, 27 (including 27a), b) and c)), 28b), 29b), 30b), 31 (including 31a) through e)), 32 (including 32a), b) and c)), 33 (including 33a) through e)), 34, 35 (including 35a) and b)), 36 (including 36a), b) and c)), 37 to 43, 44c), 45 (including 45a) through d)), 46a), 47 to 51 (including 51a) through f)) and 52 (including 52a) through g))?

Mr. Adams (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the Return to this Order. -- Sessional Paper No. 8555-361-156.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Collenette (Minister of Transport), -- That Bill C-67, An Act to amend the Bank Act, the Winding-up and Restructuring Act and other Acts relating to financial institutions and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

The debate continued.

Pursuant to Order made earlier today, the question was deemed put on the motion and a recorded division was deemed requested and deferred until Tuesday, April 13, 1999, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS

At 5:45 p.m., by unanimous consent, the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Riis (Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys), seconded by Mr. Laliberte (Churchill River), -- That, in the opinion of this House, the government should consider making employer-provided transit passes an income tax-exempt benefit. (Private Members' Business M-360)

The debate continued.

At 6:31 p.m., pursuant to Order made earlier today, the question was deemed put on the motion and a recorded division was deemed requested and deferred until Tuesday, April 13, 1999, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

Messages were 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-61, An Act to amend the War Veterans Allowance Act, the Pension Act, the Merchant Navy Veteran and Civilian War-related Benefits Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs Act, the Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act and the Halifax Relief Commission Pension Continuation Act and to amend certain other Acts in consequence thereof, without amendment.

-- ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, without amendment.

-- ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-73, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1999.

PROCEEDINGS ON ADJOURNMENT MOTION

At 6:31 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 6:51 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).