PRAYERS

DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS

Tabling of Documents

Mr. Pettigrew (Minister of Human Resources Development) laid upon the Table, -- Employment Insurance Monitoring and Assessment Report for the year 1997, pursuant to the Employment Insurance Act, S.C. 1996, c. 23, sbs. 3(3). -- Sessional Paper No. 8560-361-322. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

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. 361-0264, 361-0265, 361-0266 and 361-0278 concerning the Canadian flag. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-361-15E.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Williams (St. Albert), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 5th Report of the Committee (Chapter 13 of the April and October 1997 Report of the Auditor General of Canada). -- Sessional Paper No. 8510-361-37.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the government was requested by the Committee to table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 11 and 16) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Nystrom (Qu'Appelle), seconded by Ms. Hardy (Yukon), Bill C-315, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deductibility of expense of tools provided as a requirement of employment), 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. Fontana (London North Centre), seconded by Mr. Adams (Peterborough), Bill C-316, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (interest on student loans), 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. Williams (St. Albert), seconded by Mr. Stinson (Okanagan -- Shuswap), Bill C-317, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, 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. Williams (St. Albert), seconded by Mr. Stinson (Okanagan -- Shuswap), Bill C-318, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

Notice having been given at a previous sitting under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), Mr. Boudria (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Scott (Solicitor General of Canada), moved, -- That, in relation to Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, not more than one further sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration of the report stage and second reading stage of the Bill and one sitting day shall be allotted to the third reading stage of the said Bill; and

That, fifteen minutes before the expiry of the time ordinarily provided for government business on the day allotted to the consideration of the report stage and second reading stage and 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 72)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Anderson -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Axworthy --  (Winnipeg South Centre) -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bertrand -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonwick -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Calder -- Cannis -- Caplan -- Carroll -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Clouthier -- Coderre -- Cohen -- Collenette -- Copps -- Cullen -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Duhamel -- Easter -- Eggleton -- Finestone -- Folco -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Keyes -- Kilger --  (Stormont -- Dundas) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka -- Lee -- Lincoln -- Longfield -- MacAulay -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Manley -- Marchi -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Massé -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan --  (Edmonton West) -- McWhinney -- Mifflin -- Mills --  (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murray -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Pickard --  (Kent -- Essex) -- Pratt -- Proud -- Provenzano -- Redman -- Reed -- Richardson -- Robillard -- Rock -- Scott --  (Fredericton) -- Serré -- Shepherd -- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart --  (Brant) -- Stewart --  (Northumberland) -- St-Julien -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibeault -- Torsney -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- Wood -- 136

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Anders -- Asselin -- Axworthy --  (Saskatoon -- Rosetown -- Biggar) -- Bachand --  (Richmond -- Arthabaska) -- Bellehumeur -- Bergeron -- Bernier --  (Bonaventure -- Gaspé -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine -- Pabok) -- Bernier --  (Tobique -- Mactaquac) -- Bigras -- Borotsik -- Brien -- Brison -- Canuel -- Casey -- Casson -- Chrétien --  (Frontenac -- Mégantic) -- Crête -- Davies -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Desjarlais -- Desrochers -- Doyle -- Dubé --  (Madawaska -- Restigouche) -- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Duncan -- Earle -- Elley -- Epp -- Fournier -- Gagnon -- Gauthier -- Gilmour -- Girard-Bujold -- Godin --  (Châteauguay) -- Grewal -- Guay -- Guimond -- Hanger -- Hardy -- Harris -- Harvey -- Herron -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hilstrom -- Johnston -- Jones -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Konrad -- Lalonde -- Laurin -- Lebel -- Lefebvre -- Loubier -- Lunn -- Mancini -- Manning -- Marceau -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Matthews -- Mayfield -- McDonough -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Muise -- Nystrom -- Obhrai -- Penson -- Perron -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Plamondon -- Price -- Proctor -- Ramsay -- Reynolds -- Ritz -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Scott --  (Skeena) -- Solberg -- Solomon -- St-Hilaire -- Stinson -- Strahl -- Thompson --  (Charlotte) -- Thompson --  (Wild Rose) -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean) -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Mitis) -- Turp -- Vautour -- Vellacott -- Wasylycia-Leis -- Wayne -- White --  (North Vancouver) -- Williams -- 102

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Dalphond-Guiral -- Dubé --  (Lévis) -- Finlay -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- Ur -- Venne

The House resumed consideration at report stage and second reading of Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 5 (Motions Nos. 20 to 30, 32 to 34, 45 and 47).

Motion No. 20 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac -- Mégantic), seconded by Ms. Alarie (Louis-Hébert), -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 4, be amended by adding after line 37 on page 7 the following:

``(4) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a department within the meaning of the Financial Administration Act includes the Board for the purposes of the Auditor General Act.''

Motion No. 21 of Mr. Borotsik (Brandon -- Souris), seconded by Mr. Price (Compton -- Stanstead), -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing lines 38 and 39 on page 7 with the following:

``5. The heading before section 5 and section 5 of the Act are replaced with the following:

5. The Corporation is incorporated with the object of marketing grain grown in Canada in the best interests of farmers, to maximize their returns.''

Motion No. 22 of Mr. Hill (Prince George -- Peace River), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing lines 38 and 39 on page 7 with the following:

``5. The heading before section 5 and section 5 of the Act are replaced with the following:

5. The Corporation is incorporated with the object of marketing, in the best interests of producers, grain grown within the designated area.''

Motion No. 23 of Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), seconded by Mr. Hill (Prince George -- Peace River), -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing lines 38 and 39 on page 7 with the following:

``5. Section 5 of the Act and the heading preceding it are by the following:

5. The object of the Corporation is to secure the best financial return to the producers of grain in Canada by marketing the grain in an orderly and coordinated manner in interprovincial and export trade, in accordance with this Act, on behalf of the producers of the grain and its operations shall be carried out with this as its first priority.''

Motion No. 24 of Mr. Hill (Prince George -- Peace River), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 6, be amended

(a) by deleting lines 1 to 3 on page 8.

(b) by deleting lines 28 to 35 on page 8.

Motion No. 25 of Mr. Proctor (Palliser), seconded by Mr. Solomon (Regina -- Lumsden -- Lake Centre), -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 6, be amended by deleting lines 28 to 46 on page 8 and lines 1 to 11 on page 9.

Motion No. 26 of Mr. Hill (Prince George -- Peace River), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 6, be amended by deleting lines 1 to 7 on page 9.

Motion No. 27 of Mr. Hill (Prince George -- Peace River), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), -- That Bill C-4 be amended by deleting Clause 7.

Motion No. 28 of Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), seconded by Mr. Hill (Prince George -- Peace River), -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 7, be amended by replacing lines 17 and 18 on page 9 with the following:

``7. Section 7 of the Act is replaced by the following:''

7. (1) Subject to the regulations, the Corporation shall sell and dispose of grain acquired by it pursuant its operations under this Act for such prices as it considers reasonable in order to fulfil its object set out in section 5.

(1.1) Subsection (1) shall not be interpreted to prevent the Corporation making a contract to sell a type of grain at a price that is lower than normal in order to secure other sales of the same type of grain that will result in the best return to producers of that type over a period of time.

Motion No. 29 of Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), seconded by Mr. Hill (Prince George -- Peace River), -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 7, be amended by replacing lines 25 to 27 on page 9 with the following:

``made elsewhere in this Act, shall be used to maximize the return on the sale of grain to producers of the wheat by such means as the Corporation may determine, including the making of additional payments to the persons who are entitled to receive payments in respect of the wheat sold in that crop year by the Corporation.''

Motion No. 30 of Mr. Proctor (Palliser), seconded by Mr. Solomon (Regina -- Lumsden -- Lake Centre), -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 7, be amended by replacing lines 28 to 39 on page 9 with the following:

``(3) Losses sustained by the Corporation

(a) from its operations under Part III in relation to any pool period fixed there-under, during that pool period, or

(b) from its operations under this Act under any crop year,

for which no provision is made in any other Part, shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.''

Motion No. 32 of Mr. Hill (Prince George -- Peace River), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), -- That Bill C-4 be amended by adding after line 3, on page 10, the following:

``8.1 Section 9 of the act is amended by adding after paragraph 9(1)(e) the following:

(f) show such particulars and furnish such information as requested for the purpose of an audit by the Auditor General of Canada.

(g) provide such records and information as requested under the Access to Information Act. The corporation shall continue to be a ``government institution'' within the meaning of the Access to Information Act.''

Motion No. 33 of Mr. Borotsik (Brandon -- Souris), seconded by Mr. Price (Compton -- Stanstead), -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 10, be amended by replacing lines 6 to 15 on page 10 with the following:

``10. Section 18 of the act is repealed.''

Motion No. 34 of Mr. Hill (Prince George -- Peace River), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 10, be amended by replacing lines 6 to 15, on page 10 with the following:

``10. The heading before section 18 and section 18 of the Act are repealed.''

Motion No. 45 of Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), seconded by Mr. Hill (Prince George -- Peace River), -- That Bill C-4 be amended by adding after line 40, on page 21, the following:

``30.1 (1) The Auditor General for Canada Shall examine the operations of the Corporation over the five year period ending December 31, 2002 and shall determine whether the Corporation has met its object as described in section 5, and report to the Minister thereon no later than September 1, 2003.

(2) The minister shall cause the report to be laid before both Houses of parliament on one of the first three days on which the House next sits.

(3) The report shall be deemed referred to such committee of the House of Commons as is established to consider matters relating to agriculture.

(4) Unless the committee has reported to the House and the House as concurred in the report or amended the report and concurred in it as amended by December 31, 2003 and the report or amended report is in a form that concludes that the Corporation has substantially met its object for the five year period, this Act is repealed on June 30, 2004.

(5) If the Governor in Council determines that the process described in subsections (1) to (4) has been delayed by emergency circumstances, the Governor in Council may, by order, defer the repeal of this Act by a period not exceeding twelve months.''

Motion No. 47 of Mr. Hill (Prince George -- Peace River), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 36, be amended by deleting lines 6 to 21 on page 24.

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 5.

MOTIONS

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, -- That any divisions requested during consideration of the report stage and second reading of Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be deferred to the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on Monday, February 16, 1998.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration at report stage and second reading of Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 5 (Motions Nos. 20 to 30, 32 to 34, 45 and 47).

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 5.

The question was put on Motion No. 20 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 21 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 24 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 27 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 32 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 33 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division, which also applies to Motion No. 34, was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 45 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 47 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

Group No. 6

Mr. Proctor (Palliser), seconded by Mr. Solomon (Regina -- Lumsden -- Lake Centre), moved Motion No. 35, -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 17, be amended by replacing lines 16 to 19 on page 12 with the following:

````period'' means a crop year''

Mr. Proctor (Palliser), seconded by Mr. Solomon (Regina -- Lumsden -- Lake Centre), moved Motion No. 36, -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 18, be amended by replacing line 2 on page 13 with the following:

``order of the Corporation with the approval of the Minister and the Minister of Finance.''

Mr. Borotsik (Brandon -- Souris), seconded by Mr. Price (Compton -- Stanstead), moved Motion No. 37, -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 19, be amended by adding after line 31 on page 15 the following:

``(5) Section 33 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (5):

(6) The Corporation may enter into an agreement with a producer, at the beginning of a crop year, authorizing the producer to market independently of the Corporation, a specified percentage of the wheat or barley produced by that producer in that crop year.''

Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), seconded by Mr. Hill (Prince George -- Peace River), moved Motion No. 38, -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 22, be amended

(a) by replacing line 36 on page 16 with the following:

``39. If producers of any grain sold and,''

(b) by replacing line 12 on page 17 with the following:

``separate account, and distribute to them in an equitable manner any balance remaining in the separate account after such payments have been made.''

Mr. Proctor (Palliser), seconded by Mr. Solomon (Regina -- Lumsden -- Lake Centre), moved Motion No. 39, -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 22, be amended by deleting lines 20 to 27 on page 17.

Mr. Hill (Prince George -- Peace River), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), moved Motion No. 40, -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 22, be amended by adding after line 27 on page 17 the following:

``39.2 (1) The Corporation shall establish a plan for wheat pricing which shall have the following features:

(a) a producer will be able to hedge a specified portion of his or her wheat on a recognized grain exchange in Canada or in another country;

(b) the quantity of wheat hedged by the producer under paragraph (a) will be delivered to the Corporation prior to the maturation of the futures contract entered into by the producer under the hedge;

(c) the Corporation will assume ownership and responsibility for the hedged position upon delivery of the wheat to the Corporation.

(2) The Corporation shall establish, annually, the portion of each producer's wheat which each individual producer will be allowed to hedge under this program.

(3) The Corporation shall establish the terms and conditions under which the hedge position of the producer is to be assumed by the Corporation.''

Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 6 (Motions Nos. 35 to 40).

The question was put on Motion No. 35 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 36 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 37 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 38 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 39 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 40 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

Group No. 7

Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), seconded by Mr. Hill (Prince George -- Peace River), moved Motion No. 42, -- That Bill C-4 be amended by adding after line 16, on page 18, the following:

``24.1 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 45:

45.1 (1) A producer may, in the form prescribed by the regulations, elect to be excluded, with respect to one or more types of grain, from the operation of this Part, for a period of not less than five years.

(2) An election under this subsection may be terminated only by two years notice in the form prescribed by the regulations.

(3) The Corporation shall establish procedures to preserve the identity of grain from producers who have made an election under subsection (1) and to prevent co-mingling of grain from producers who have made such an election.''

Mr. Borotsik (Brandon -- Souris), seconded by Mr. Price (Compton -- Stanstead), moved Motion No. 43, -- That Bill C-4 be amended by deleting Clause 26.

Mr. Proctor (Palliser), seconded by Mr. Solomon (Regina -- Lumsden -- Lake Centre), moved Motion No. 44, -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 26, be amended by deleting lines 30 to 34 on page 19.

Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac -- Mégantic), seconded by Ms. Alarie (Louis-Hébert), moved Motion No. 46, -- That Bill C-4 be amended by adding before line 1 and the heading ``Agricultural Marketing Program Act'' on page 22 the following:

``Access to Information Act

30.1 Schedule I to the Access to Information Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order under the heading ``Other Government Institutions'': Canadian Wheat Board

Canadian Wheat Board''

Mr. Hill (Prince George -- Peace River), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), moved Motion No. 48, -- That Bill C-4, in Clause 36, be amended by replacing lines 22 to 27 on page 24 with the following:

``(5) Section 9 of this Act comes into force on the date on which the first directors elected assume office pursuant to section 3.08 of the Canadian Wheat Board Act, as enacted by section 3 of this Act.''

Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 7 (Motions Nos. 42 to 44, 46 and 48).

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.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration at report stage and second reading of Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 7 (Motions Nos. 42 to 44, 46 and 48).

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 7.

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Order made earlier today under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on Motion No. 42 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 43 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 46 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 48 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the recorded division was deferred.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded divisions at the report stage and second reading of Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food with amendments.

Pursuant to Order made earlier today, the recorded divisions were further deferred until Monday, February 16, 1998, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS

At 5:31 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Beaumier (Brampton West -- Mississauga), seconded by Mr. Clouthier (Renfrew -- Nipissing -- Pembroke), -- That Bill C-208, An Act to amend the Access to Information Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

The debate continued.

Pursuant to Standing Order 93, the Order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

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. Keyes (Hamilton West), concerning nuclear weapons (No. 361-0439).

PROCEEDINGS ON ADJOURNMENT MOTION

At 6:30 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 6:42 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).