PRAYERS

PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS

At 11:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

Mr. Martin (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca), seconded by Mr. Lunn (Saanich -- Gulf Islands), moved, -- That, in the opinion of this House, the government should convene a meeting of "like-minded" nations in order to develop a multilateral plan of action to reform international organizations (e.g. International Monetary Fund, World Bank, United Nations) so that they can identify the precursors of conflict and establish multilateral conflict- prevention initiatives. (Private Members' Business M-30)

Debate arose thereon.

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

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. Gagliano (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), moved, -- That, in relation to Bill C-23, An Act to modernize the Statutes of Canada in relation to benefits and obligations, not more than one further sitting day shall be allotted for the consideration of the second reading stage of the said Bill; and

That, fifteen minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on the day allotted to the second reading stage consideration 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 second reading 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 687)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Anderson -- Assad -- Augustine -- Axworthy -- Baker -- Barnes -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bertrand -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Boudria -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Calder -- Caplan -- Carroll -- Catterall -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Charbonneau -- Chrétien --  (Saint-Maurice) -- Clouthier -- Coderre -- Collenette -- Copps -- Cotler -- Cullen -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Duhamel -- Eggleton -- Finlay -- Folco -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harvard -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jordan -- Keyes -- Kilger --  (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka -- Lavigne -- Lee -- Leung -- Limoges -- MacAulay -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Manley -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Matthews -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McLellan --  (Edmonton West) -- McWhinney -- Mifflin -- Mills --  (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murray -- Myers -- Nault -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Patry -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Proud -- Proulx -- Redman -- Reed -- Richardson -- Robillard -- Rock -- Saada -- Scott --  (Fredericton) -- Serré -- Sgro -- Shepherd -- Speller -- St. Denis -- St-Julien -- Stewart --  (Brant) -- Stewart --  (Northumberland) -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibeault -- Torsney -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- Wood -- 121

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Alarie -- Asselin -- Bachand --  (Richmond -- Arthabaska) -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Bailey -- Bergeron -- Bigras -- Blaikie -- Breitkreuz --  (Yellowhead) -- Brison -- Canuel -- Cardin -- Casey -- Casson -- Chrétien --  (Frontenac -- Mégantic) -- Crête -- Davies -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Desjarlais -- Desrochers -- Dubé --  (Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) -- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Fournier -- Gagnon -- Gilmour -- Girard-Bujold -- Godin --  (Acadie -- Bathurst) -- Godin --  (Châteauguay) -- Goldring -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Guay -- Guimond -- Hart -- Harvey -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hilstrom -- Jaffer -- Jones -- Lalonde -- Laurin -- Loubier -- Lunn -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Marceau -- Marchand -- Mark -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Mayfield -- McDonough -- McNally -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Muise -- Penson -- Perron -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Price -- Robinson -- Schmidt -- Solberg -- St-Hilaire -- Stinson -- Strahl -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Mitis) -- Turp -- Venne -- 73

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Easter -- Lefebvre

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. McLellan (Minister of Justice), seconded by Ms. Blondin-Andrew (Secretary of State (Children and Youth)), -- That Bill C-23, An Act to modernize the Statutes of Canada in relation to benefits and obligations, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

The debate continued.

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. Lee (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. 362-0302 concerning children's rights. -- Sessional paper No. 8545-362-49-03;

-- No. 362-0359 concerning parental rights. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-362-31-08;

-- No. 362-0306 concerning the Food and Drugs Act. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-362-61-02;

-- No. 362-0309 concerning the Young Offenders Act. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-362-30-04;

-- No. 362-0318 concerning breast cancer. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-362-65-01;

-- No. 362-0324 concerning aboriginal affairs. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-362-35-05;

-- Nos. 362-0355 and 362-0356 concerning the labelling of food products. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-362-29-04;

-- No. 362-0360 concerning housing policy. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-362-66-01.

First Reading of Senate Public Bills

Pursuant to Standing Order 69(2), on motion of Mr. MacAulay (Solicitor General of Canada), seconded by Mr. Chan (Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)), Bill S-10, An Act to amend the National Defence Act, the DNA Identification Act and the Criminal Code, was read the first time 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 Ms. Bulte (Parkdale -- High Park), two concerning child poverty (Nos. 362-0647 and 362-0648).

Questions on Order Paper

Mr. Lee (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-12 and Q-47 on the Order Paper.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. McLellan (Minister of Justice), seconded by Ms. Blondin-Andrew (Secretary of State (Children and Youth)), -- That Bill C-23, An Act to modernize the Statutes of Canada in relation to benefits and obligations, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

The debate continued.

NOTICE OF MOTION

Mr. Boudria (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) gave notice of the intention to move a motion at the next sitting of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 78(3), for the purpose of allotting a specified number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of the report stage and second reading stage and the third reading stage of Bill C-2, An Act respecting the election of members to the House of Commons, repealing other Acts relating to elections and making consequential amendments to other Acts.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. McLellan (Minister of Justice), seconded by Ms. Blondin-Andrew (Secretary of State (Children and Youth)), -- That Bill C-23, An Act to modernize the Statutes of Canada in relation to benefits and obligations, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

The debate continued.

At 6:15 p.m., pursuant to Order made earlier today under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The House proceeded to the putting of the question on the motion of Ms. McLellan (Minister of Justice), seconded by Ms. Blondin-Andrew (Secretary of State (Children and Youth)), -- That Bill C-23, An Act to modernize the Statutes of Canada in relation to benefits and obligations, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

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

(Division--Vote N^o 688)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alarie -- Alcock -- Anderson -- Augustine -- Axworthy -- Bachand --  (Richmond -- Arthabaska) -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bergeron -- Bertrand -- Bigras -- Blaikie -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonwick -- Borotsik -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brison -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Caplan -- Carroll -- Casey -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Charbonneau -- Chrétien --  (Saint-Maurice) -- Clouthier -- Coderre -- Collenette -- Comuzzi -- Cotler -- Crête -- Cullen -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Desjarlais -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Dubé --  (Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) -- Duceppe -- Duhamel -- Dumas -- Eggleton -- Finlay -- Folco -- Fontana -- Fournier -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gagnon -- Gallaway -- Girard-Bujold -- Godfrey -- Godin --  (Acadie -- Bathurst) -- Godin --  (Châteauguay) -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Guay -- Guimond -- Harb -- Harvard -- Harvey -- Ianno -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jordan -- Keyes -- Kilger --  (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lalonde -- Lastewka -- Lee -- Limoges -- Loubier -- MacAulay -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Manley -- Marceau -- Marchand -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Matthews -- McCormick -- McDonough -- McGuire -- McLellan --  (Edmonton West) -- McWhinney -- Ménard -- Mifflin -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Muise -- Murray -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Plamondon -- Price -- Proud -- Proulx -- Redman -- Reed -- Richardson -- Robillard -- Robinson -- Rock -- Saada -- Sauvageau -- Scott --  (Fredericton) -- Sgro -- Speller -- St. Denis -- St-Hilaire -- St-Jacques -- Stewart --  (Brant) -- Stewart --  (Northumberland) -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibeault -- Torsney -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean) -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Mitis) -- Turp -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Vautour -- Wasylycia-Leis -- Whelan -- Wood -- 160

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Asselin -- Bailey -- Bernier --  (Tobique -- Mactaquac) -- Bonin -- Breitkreuz --  (Yellowhead) -- Breitkreuz --  (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Calder -- Canuel -- Cardin -- Casson -- Chatters -- Chrétien --  (Frontenac -- Mégantic) -- Desrochers -- Doyle -- Epp -- Gilmour -- Goldring -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Hart -- Herron -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hilstrom -- Hoeppner -- Hubbard -- Iftody -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Karygiannis -- Laurin -- Lebel -- Lincoln -- Lunn -- Mark -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Mayfield -- McNally -- McTeague -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Penson -- Peric -- Perron -- Schmidt -- Solberg -- Steckle -- Stinson -- Strahl -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Ur -- Venne -- Wappel -- Wayne -- White --  (North Vancouver) -- Wilfert -- 61

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Easter -- Lefebvre

Accordingly, the Bill was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Duceppe (Laurier -- Sainte- Marie), seconded by Ms. Lalonde (Mercier), -- That this House instruct the Legislative Committee on Bill C-20, An Act to give effect to the requirement for clarity as set out in the opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Quebec Secession Reference, to hold public hearings in all regions of Quebec and Canada so as to hear as many witnesses having an interest in the Bill as possible, that the hearings be broadcast and that the Committee be given sufficient resources to hold such hearings, all in accordance with the rules and practices of the House.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment of Mr. Turp (Beauharnois -- Salaberry), seconded by Mr. Ménard (Hochelaga -- Maisonneuve), -- That the motion be amended in the French version by adding after the word "nombre" the following:

"possible".

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

(Division--Vote N^o 689)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Alarie -- Asselin -- Bachand --  (Richmond -- Arthabaska) -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Bailey -- Bergeron -- Bernier --  (Tobique -- Mactaquac) -- Bigras -- Blaikie -- Borotsik -- Breitkreuz --  (Yellowhead) -- Breitkreuz --  (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Brison -- Canuel -- Cardin -- Casey -- Casson -- Chatters -- Chrétien --  (Frontenac -- Mégantic) -- Crête -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Desjarlais -- Desrochers -- Doyle -- Dubé --  (Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) -- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Epp -- Fournier -- Gagnon -- Gilmour -- Girard-Bujold -- Godin --  (Acadie -- Bathurst) -- Godin --  (Châteauguay) -- Goldring -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Guay -- Guimond -- Hart -- Harvey -- Herron -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hilstrom -- Hoeppner -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Lalonde -- Laurin -- Lebel -- Loubier -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Marceau -- Marchand -- Mark -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Mayfield -- McDonough -- McNally -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Muise -- Penson -- Perron -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Plamondon -- Price -- Robinson -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Solberg -- St-Hilaire -- St-Jacques -- Stinson -- Strahl -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean) -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Mitis) -- Turp -- Vautour -- Venne -- Wasylycia-Leis -- Wayne -- White --  (North Vancouver) -- 91

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Anderson -- Augustine -- Axworthy -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bertrand -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Calder -- Caplan -- Carroll -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Charbonneau -- Chrétien --  (Saint-Maurice) -- Clouthier -- Coderre -- Collenette -- Comuzzi -- Cotler -- Cullen -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Duhamel -- Eggleton -- Finlay -- Folco -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harvard -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jordan -- Karygiannis -- Keyes -- Kilger --  (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka -- Lee -- Leung -- Limoges -- Lincoln -- MacAulay -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Manley -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Matthews -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan --  (Edmonton West) -- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Mifflin -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murray -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Proud -- Proulx -- Redman -- Reed -- Richardson -- Robillard -- Rock -- Saada -- Scott --  (Fredericton) -- Sgro -- Speller -- St. Denis -- St-Julien -- Steckle -- Stewart --  (Brant) -- Stewart --  (Northumberland) -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibeault -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Wappel -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- Wood -- 134

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Easter -- Lefebvre

Pursuant to Standing Order 81(16), the question was put on the main motion and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division--Vote N^o 690)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Alarie -- Asselin -- Bachand --  (Richmond -- Arthabaska) -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Bailey -- Bergeron -- Bernier --  (Tobique -- Mactaquac) -- Bigras -- Blaikie -- Borotsik -- Breitkreuz --  (Yellowhead) -- Breitkreuz --  (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Brison -- Canuel -- Cardin -- Casey -- Casson -- Chatters -- Chrétien --  (Frontenac -- Mégantic) -- Crête -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Desjarlais -- Desrochers -- Doyle -- Dubé --  (Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) -- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Epp -- Fournier -- Gagnon -- Gilmour -- Girard-Bujold -- Godin --  (Acadie -- Bathurst) -- Godin --  (Châteauguay) -- Goldring -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Guay -- Guimond -- Hart -- Harvey -- Herron -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hilstrom -- Hoeppner -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Lalonde -- Laurin -- Lebel -- Loubier -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Marceau -- Marchand -- Mark -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Mayfield -- McDonough -- McNally -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Muise -- Penson -- Perron -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Plamondon -- Price -- Robinson -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Solberg -- St-Hilaire -- St-Jacques -- Stinson -- Strahl -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean) -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Mitis) -- Turp -- Vautour -- Venne -- Wasylycia-Leis -- Wayne -- White --  (North Vancouver) -- 91

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Anderson -- Augustine -- Axworthy -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bertrand -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Calder -- Caplan -- Carroll -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Charbonneau -- Chrétien --  (Saint-Maurice) -- Clouthier -- Coderre -- Collenette -- Comuzzi -- Cotler -- Cullen -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Duhamel -- Eggleton -- Finlay -- Folco -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harvard -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jordan -- Karygiannis -- Keyes -- Kilger --  (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka -- Lee -- Leung -- Limoges -- Lincoln -- MacAulay -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Manley -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Matthews -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan --  (Edmonton West) -- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Mifflin -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murray -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Proud -- Proulx -- Redman -- Reed -- Richardson -- Robillard -- Rock -- Saada -- Scott --  (Fredericton) -- Sgro -- Speller -- St. Denis -- St-Julien -- Steckle -- Stewart --  (Brant) -- Stewart --  (Northumberland) -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibeault -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Wappel -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- Wood -- 134

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Easter -- Lefebvre

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:

Order in Council P.C. 2000-90, dated February 1, 2000, concerning the Supplementary Agreement to the Agreement on Social Security between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, signed on November 13, 1999, pursuant to the Old Age Security Act, R.S. 1985, c. O-9, sbs. 42(1). -- Sessional Paper No. 8532-362-4. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

PROCEEDINGS ON ADJOURNMENT MOTION

At 7:06 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 7:17 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).