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Journals (No. 041)

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
37TH PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

JOURNALS

No. 041

Monday, April 2, 2001

11:00 a.m.


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.

Ms. Davies (Vancouver East), seconded by Mr. Comartin (Windsor -- St. Clair), moved, -- That, in the opinion of this House, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans should decree an immediate moratorium on the live-capture and trade of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises). (Private Members' Business M-75)

Debate arose thereon.

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

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

Pursuant to Standing Order 78(2), 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-2, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations, not more than one further hour shall be allotted to the consideration of the report stage and one sitting day shall be allotted to the third reading stage of the said bill; and

That, at the expiry of the time provided for in this Order for the report stage and fifteen minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on the day allotted to the consideration of 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 and disposed of forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.

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

MOTIONS

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, -- That if any recorded divisions are requested later this day on the report stage of Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations, the said divisions shall be deferred until later this day, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations, as reported by the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities with an amendment;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 4 and 8 to 10).

Group No. 1

Motion No. 4 of Mr. Crête (Kamouraska -- Rivière-du- Loup -- Témiscouata -- Les Basques), seconded by Ms. Guay (Laurentides), -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 22 on page 3 with the following:

    ``paragraph 12(3)(a), (b) or (c) in the period of''

Motion No. 8 of Mr. Crête (Kamouraska -- Rivière-du- Loup -- Témiscouata -- Les Basques), seconded by Ms. Guay (Laurentides), -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing lines 8 to 11 on page 4 with the following:

      ``(3) For greater certainty, weeks of benefits that are repaid as a result of an act or omission mentioned in subsection (1) are not deemed to be weeks of benefits paid''

Motion No. 9 of Mr. Crête (Kamouraska -- Rivière-du- Loup -- Témiscouata -- Les Basques), seconded by Ms. Guay (Laurentides), -- That Bill C-2 be amended by deleting Clause 9.

Motion No. 10 of Mr. Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest), seconded by Mrs. Wayne (Saint John), -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 9, be amended by replacing lines 14 to 20 on page 4 with the following:

      ``9. Section 66 of the Act is replaced by the following:
      66. (1) The Commission shall, with the approval of the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister and the Minister of Finance, set the premium rate for each year at a rate that the Commission considers will, to the extent possible,
    (a) ensure that there will be enough revenue over a business cycle to pay the amounts authorized to be charged to the Employment Insurance Account; and
    (b) maintain relatively stable rate levels throughout the business cycle.
      (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the premium rate shall not exceed $2.20 for the year 2002 and $2.10 for the year 2003.
      (3) When setting the premium rate for a year in accordance with subsection (1), the Commission shall provide a written explanation as to why the premium rate is set at that level for the year.
      (4) The Commission's explanation under subsection (3) shall be referred for review to the standing committee designated by Parliament for that purpose."

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 1.

At 1:11 p.m., pursuant to Order made earlier this day under the provisions of Standing Order 78(2), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on Motions Nos. 4, 8 and 9 and, pursuant to Order made earlier today, the recorded divisions were deferred until later this day, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Ms. Caplan (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), -- That Bill C-8, An Act to establish the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada and to amend certain Acts in relation to financial institutions, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

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 House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Pagtakhan (Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)), -- That Bill C-18, An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

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 (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 petition:

-- No. 371-0039 concerning the agricultural industry. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-371-17-01.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Jackson (Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound), from the Standing Committee on Transport and Government Operations, presented the First Report of the Committee (Bill S-2, An Act respecting marine liability, and to validate certain by- laws and regulations, without amendment). -- Sessional Paper No. 8510-371-14.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 5 and 7 to 8) was tabled.

Presenting Petitions

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

-- by Ms. Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North Centre), one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 371-0124);

-- by Ms. Neville (Winnipeg South Centre), one concerning the National Missile Defence Program (No. 371-0125);

-- by Mr. Moore (Port Moody -- Coquitlam -- Port Coquitlam), one concerning China (No. 371-0126);

-- by Mr. Stoffer (Sackville -- Musquodoboit Valley -- Eastern Shore), one concerning oil and gas exploration (No. 371- 0127), one concerning child poverty (No. 371-0128), one concerning health care services (No. 371-0129), one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 371-0130) and two concerning international trade (Nos. 371-0131 and 371- 0132);

-- by Mr. Gouk (Kootenay -- Boundary -- Okanagan), one concerning the Divorce Act (No. 371-0133) and one concerning health care services (No. 371-0134);

-- by Mr. Burton (Skeena), one concerning genetic engineering (No. 371-0135).

APPLICATION FOR EMERGENCY DEBATE

Pursuant to Standing Order 52, Mr. Borotsik (Brandon -- Souris) asked leave to move the adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter requiring urgent consideration, namely, foot-and-mouth disease.

The Speaker decided that the matter was proper to be discussed and, pursuant to Standing Order 52(9), directed that it be considered on Tuesday, April 3, 2001, at 8:00 p.m.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Pagtakhan (Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)), -- That Bill C-18, An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until later this day, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Finance of Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Budget Implementation Act, 1997 and the Financial Administration Act.

Mrs. Stewart (Minister of Human Resources Development) for Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Normand (Secretary of State (Science, Research and Development)), moved, -- That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

Debate arose thereon.

At 6:30 p.m., pursuant to Order made earlier today, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded divisions at report stage of Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations, as reported by the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities with an amendment.

Group No. 1

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 4 of Mr. Crête (Kamouraska- -Rivière-du-Loup -- Témiscouata -- Les Basques), seconded by Ms. Guay (Laurentides), -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 22 on page 3 with the following:

    ``in paragraph 12(3)(a), (b) or (c) in the period of''

The question was put on Motion No. 4 and it was negatived on the following division:


(Division--Vote No 61)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Anders -- Anderson --  (Cypress Hills -- Grasslands) -- Bellehumeur -- Bigras -- Blaikie -- Brien -- Burton -- Cadman -- Cardin -- Casson -- Chatters -- Comartin -- Davies -- Day -- Duceppe -- Duncan -- Elley -- Epp -- Fitzpatrick -- Forseth -- Fournier -- Gagnon --  (Québec) -- Gallant -- Gauthier -- Godin -- Goldring -- Gouk -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Guimond -- Hanger -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hilstrom -- Hinton -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Laframboise -- Lanctôt -- Lebel -- Lill -- Lunn --  (Saanich -- Gulf Islands) -- Lunney --  (Nanaimo -- Alberni) -- Marceau -- Mark -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- Mayfield -- McDonough -- Ménard -- Meredith -- Merrifield -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Moore -- Nystrom -- Obhrai -- Pallister -- Penson -- Peschisolido -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Proctor -- Rajotte -- Reid --  (Lanark -- Carleton) -- Reynolds -- Ritz -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Skelton -- Solberg -- Sorenson -- Spencer -- Stinson -- Stoffer -- Strahl -- Thompson --  (Wild Rose) -- Toews -- Venne -- Wasylycia-Leis -- White --  (Langley -- Abbotsford) -- Williams -- Yelich -- 84

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Bagnell -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Binet -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Borotsik -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brison -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Calder -- Cannis -- Caplan -- Carignan -- Carroll -- Casey -- Castonguay -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Clark -- Coderre -- Comuzzi -- Copps -- Cotler -- Cullen -- Cuzner -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Doyle -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Duhamel -- Duplain -- Easter -- Eyking -- Farrah -- Folco -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harvard -- Harvey -- Hearn -- Herron -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Laliberte -- Lastewka -- LeBlanc -- Lee -- Leung -- Lincoln -- Longfield -- MacAulay -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Macklin -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Matthews -- McCallum -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan -- McTeague -- Mills --  (Toronto -- Danforth) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Myers -- Nault -- Neville -- Normand -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Owen -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Patry -- Peric -- Pettigrew -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Pillitteri -- Pratt -- Price -- Proulx -- Provenzano -- Redman -- Reed --  (Halton) -- Regan -- Richardson -- Robillard -- Saada -- Savoy -- Scherrer -- Scott -- Serré -- Sgro -- Shepherd -- Speller -- St. Denis -- St-Jacques -- St-Julien -- Steckle -- Stewart -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibault --  (West Nova) -- Thibeault --  (Saint-Lambert) -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Tirabassi -- Tonks -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- 152

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Allard -- Anderson --  (Victoria) -- Asselin -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Bergeron -- Bourgeois -- Caccia -- Chamberlain -- Collenette -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Desrochers -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dubé -- Eggleton -- Finlay -- Gagnon --  (Champlain) -- Girard-Bujold -- Guay -- Keyes -- Lalonde -- Lavigne -- Loubier -- Marcil -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- Paquette -- Parrish -- Perron -- Phinney -- Plamondon -- Rock -- Roy -- St-Hilaire -- Torsney -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean -- Saguenay) -- Volpe -- Wappel

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 8 of Mr. Crête (Kamouraska- -Rivière-du-Loup -- Témiscouata -- Les Basques), seconded by Ms. Guay (Laurentides), -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing lines 8 to 11 on page 4 with the following:

      ``(3) For greater certainty, weeks of benefits that are repaid as a result of an act or omission mentioned in subsection (1) are not deemed to be weeks of benefits paid''

The question was put on Motion No. 8 and it was negatived on the following division:


(Division--Vote No 62)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Bellehumeur -- Bigras -- Blaikie -- Brien -- Cardin -- Comartin -- Davies -- Duceppe -- Fournier -- Gagnon --  (Québec) -- Gauthier -- Godin -- Guimond -- Laframboise -- Lanctôt -- Lebel -- Lill -- Marceau -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- McDonough -- Ménard -- Nystrom -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Proctor -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Stoffer -- Venne -- Wasylycia-Leis -- 29

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Adams -- Alcock -- Anders -- Anderson --  (Cypress Hills -- Grasslands) -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Bagnell -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Binet -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Borotsik -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brison -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Burton -- Byrne -- Cadman -- Calder -- Cannis -- Caplan -- Carignan -- Carroll -- Casey -- Casson -- Castonguay -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chatters -- Clark -- Coderre -- Comuzzi -- Copps -- Cotler -- Cullen -- Cuzner -- Day -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Doyle -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Duhamel -- Duncan -- Duplain -- Easter -- Elley -- Epp -- Eyking -- Farrah -- Fitzpatrick -- Folco -- Fontana -- Forseth -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gallant -- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Goldring -- Goodale -- Gouk -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Hanger -- Harb -- Harvard -- Harvey -- Hearn -- Herron -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hilstrom -- Hinton -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Jackson -- Jaffer -- Jennings -- Johnston -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Laliberte -- Lastewka -- LeBlanc -- Lee -- Leung -- Lincoln -- Longfield -- Lunn --  (Saanich -- Gulf Islands) -- Lunney --  (Nanaimo -- Alberni) -- MacAulay -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Macklin -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Mark -- Marleau -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Matthews -- Mayfield -- McCallum -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan -- McTeague -- Meredith -- Merrifield -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Mills --  (Toronto -- Danforth) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Moore -- Murphy -- Myers -- Nault -- Neville -- Normand -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Obhrai -- Owen -- Pagtakhan -- Pallister -- Paradis -- Patry -- Penson -- Peric -- Peschisolido -- Pettigrew -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Pillitteri -- Pratt -- Price -- Proulx -- Provenzano -- Rajotte -- Redman -- Reed --  (Halton) -- Regan -- Reid --  (Lanark -- Carleton) -- Reynolds -- Richardson -- Ritz -- Robillard -- Saada -- Savoy -- Scherrer -- Schmidt -- Scott -- Serré -- Sgro -- Shepherd -- Skelton -- Solberg -- Sorenson -- Speller -- Spencer -- St. Denis -- St-Jacques -- St-Julien -- Steckle -- Stewart -- Stinson -- Strahl -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibault --  (West Nova) -- Thibeault --  (Saint-Lambert) -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Thompson --  (Wild Rose) -- Tirabassi -- Toews -- Tonks -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Whelan -- White --  (Langley -- Abbotsford) -- Wilfert -- Williams -- Yelich -- 207 .PAIRE62

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Allard -- Anderson --  (Victoria) -- Asselin -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Bergeron -- Bourgeois -- Caccia -- Chamberlain -- Collenette -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Desrochers -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dubé -- Eggleton -- Finlay -- Gagnon --  (Champlain) -- Girard-Bujold -- Guay -- Keyes -- Lalonde -- Lavigne -- Loubier -- Marcil -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- Paquette -- Parrish -- Perron -- Phinney -- Plamondon -- Rock -- Roy -- St-Hilaire -- Torsney -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean -- Saguenay) -- Volpe -- Wappel

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 9 of Mr. Crête (Kamouraska- -Rivière-du-Loup -- Témiscouata -- Les Basques), seconded by Ms. Guay (Laurentides), -- That Bill C-2 be amended by deleting Clause 9.

The question was put on Motion No. 9 and it was negatived on the following division:


(Division--Vote No 63)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Anders -- Anderson --  (Cypress Hills -- Grasslands) -- Bellehumeur -- Bigras -- Blaikie -- Borotsik -- Brien -- Brison -- Burton -- Cadman -- Cardin -- Casey -- Casson -- Chatters -- Clark -- Comartin -- Davies -- Day -- Doyle -- Duceppe -- Duncan -- Elley -- Epp -- Fitzpatrick -- Forseth -- Fournier -- Gagnon --  (Québec) -- Gallant -- Gauthier -- Godin -- Goldring -- Gouk -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Guimond -- Hanger -- Hearn -- Herron -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hilstrom -- Hinton -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Laframboise -- Lanctôt -- Lebel -- Lill -- Lunn --  (Saanich -- Gulf Islands) -- Lunney --  (Nanaimo -- Alberni) -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Marceau -- Mark -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- Mayfield -- McDonough -- Ménard -- Meredith -- Merrifield -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Moore -- Nystrom -- Obhrai -- Pallister -- Penson -- Peschisolido -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Proctor -- Rajotte -- Reid --  (Lanark -- Carleton) -- Reynolds -- Ritz -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Skelton -- Solberg -- Sorenson -- Spencer -- Stinson -- Stoffer -- Strahl -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Thompson --  (Wild Rose) -- Toews -- Venne -- Wasylycia-Leis -- White --  (Langley -- Abbotsford) -- Williams -- Yelich -- 94

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Bagnell -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Binet -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Calder -- Cannis -- Caplan -- Carignan -- Carroll -- Castonguay -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Coderre -- Comuzzi -- Copps -- Cotler -- Cullen -- Cuzner -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Duhamel -- Duplain -- Easter -- Eyking -- Farrah -- Folco -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harvard -- Harvey -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Laliberte -- Lastewka -- LeBlanc -- Lee -- Leung -- Lincoln -- Longfield -- MacAulay -- Macklin -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Matthews -- McCallum -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan -- McTeague -- Mills --  (Toronto -- Danforth) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Myers -- Nault -- Neville -- Normand -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Owen -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Patry -- Peric -- Pettigrew -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Pillitteri -- Pratt -- Price -- Proulx -- Provenzano -- Redman -- Reed --  (Halton) -- Regan -- Richardson -- Robillard -- Saada -- Savoy -- Scherrer -- Scott -- Serré -- Sgro -- Shepherd -- Speller -- St. Denis -- St-Jacques -- St-Julien -- Steckle -- Stewart -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibault --  (West Nova) -- Thibeault --  (Saint-Lambert) -- Tirabassi -- Tonks -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- 142

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Allard -- Anderson --  (Victoria) -- Asselin -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Bergeron -- Bourgeois -- Caccia -- Chamberlain -- Collenette -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Desrochers -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dubé -- Eggleton -- Finlay -- Gagnon --  (Champlain) -- Girard-Bujold -- Guay -- Keyes -- Lalonde -- Lavigne -- Loubier -- Marcil -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- Paquette -- Parrish -- Perron -- Phinney -- Plamondon -- Rock -- Roy -- St-Hilaire -- Torsney -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean -- Saguenay) -- Volpe -- Wappel

The House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 10 of Mr. Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest), seconded by Mrs. Wayne (Saint John), -- That Bill C-2, in Clause 9, be amended by replacing lines 14 to 20 on page 4 with the following:

      ``9. Section 66 of the Act is replaced by the following:
      66. (1) The Commission shall, with the approval of the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister and the Minister of Finance, set the premium rate for each year at a rate that the Commission considers will, to the extent possible,
    (a) ensure that there will be enough revenue over a business cycle to pay the amounts authorized to be charged to the Employment Insurance Account; and
    (b) maintain relatively stable rate levels throughout the business cycle.
      (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the premium rate shall not exceed $2.20 for the year 2002 and $2.10 for the year 2003.
      (3) When setting the premium rate for a year in accordance with subsection (1), the Commission shall provide a written explanation as to why the premium rate is set at that level for the year.
      (4) The Commission's explanation under subsection (3) shall be referred for review to the standing committee designated by Parliament for that purpose.''

The question was put on Motion No. 10 and it was negatived on the following division:


(Division--Vote No 64)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Bellehumeur -- Bigras -- Borotsik -- Brien -- Brison -- Cardin -- Casey -- Clark -- Doyle -- Duceppe -- Fournier -- Gagnon --  (Québec) -- Gauthier -- Guimond -- Hearn -- Herron -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Laframboise -- Lanctôt -- Lebel -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Marceau -- Ménard -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Venne -- 28

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Adams -- Alcock -- Anders -- Anderson --  (Cypress Hills -- Grasslands) -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Bagnell -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Binet -- Blaikie -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Burton -- Byrne -- Cadman -- Calder -- Cannis -- Caplan -- Carignan -- Carroll -- Casson -- Castonguay -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chatters -- Coderre -- Comartin -- Comuzzi -- Copps -- Cotler -- Cullen -- Cuzner -- Davies -- Day -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Duhamel -- Duncan -- Duplain -- Easter -- Elley -- Epp -- Eyking -- Farrah -- Fitzpatrick -- Folco -- Fontana -- Forseth -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gallant -- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Godin -- Goldring -- Goodale -- Gouk -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Hanger -- Harb -- Harvard -- Harvey -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hilstrom -- Hinton -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Jackson -- Jaffer -- Jennings -- Johnston -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Laliberte -- Lastewka -- LeBlanc -- Lee -- Leung -- Lill -- Lincoln -- Longfield -- Lunn --  (Saanich -- Gulf Islands) -- Lunney --  (Nanaimo -- Alberni) -- MacAulay -- Macklin -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Mark -- Marleau -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- Matthews -- Mayfield -- McCallum -- McCormick -- McDonough -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan -- McTeague -- Meredith -- Merrifield -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Mills --  (Toronto -- Danforth) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Moore -- Murphy -- Myers -- Nault -- Neville -- Normand -- Nystrom -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Obhrai -- Owen -- Pagtakhan -- Pallister -- Paradis -- Patry -- Penson -- Peric -- Peschisolido -- Pettigrew -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Pillitteri -- Pratt -- Price -- Proctor -- Proulx -- Provenzano -- Rajotte -- Redman -- Reed --  (Halton) -- Regan -- Reid --  (Lanark -- Carleton) -- Reynolds -- Richardson -- Ritz -- Robillard -- Saada -- Savoy -- Scherrer -- Schmidt -- Scott -- Serré -- Sgro -- Shepherd -- Skelton -- Solberg -- Sorenson -- Speller -- Spencer -- St. Denis -- St-Jacques -- St-Julien -- Steckle -- Stewart -- Stinson -- Stoffer -- Strahl -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibault --  (West Nova) -- Thibeault --  (Saint-Lambert) -- Thompson --  (Wild Rose) -- Tirabassi -- Toews -- Tonks -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Wasylycia-Leis -- Whelan -- White --  (Langley -- Abbotsford) -- Wilfert -- Williams -- Yelich -- 208

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Allard -- Anderson --  (Victoria) -- Asselin -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Bergeron -- Bourgeois -- Caccia -- Chamberlain -- Collenette -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Desrochers -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dubé -- Eggleton -- Finlay -- Gagnon --  (Champlain) -- Girard-Bujold -- Guay -- Keyes -- Lalonde -- Lavigne -- Loubier -- Marcil -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- Paquette -- Parrish -- Perron -- Phinney -- Plamondon -- Rock -- Roy -- St-Hilaire -- Torsney -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean -- Saguenay) -- Volpe -- Wappel

Mrs. Stewart (Minister of Human Resources Development), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), moved, -- That Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

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


(Division--Vote No 65)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Bagnell -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Binet -- Blaikie -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Borotsik -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brison -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Calder -- Cannis -- Caplan -- Carignan -- Carroll -- Casey -- Castonguay -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Charbonneau -- Clark -- Coderre -- Comartin -- Comuzzi -- Copps -- Cotler -- Cullen -- Cuzner -- Davies -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Doyle -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Duhamel -- Duplain -- Easter -- Eyking -- Farrah -- Folco -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Godin -- Goodale -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harvard -- Harvey -- Hearn -- Herron -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Laliberte -- Lastewka -- LeBlanc -- Lee -- Leung -- Lill -- Lincoln -- Longfield -- MacAulay -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Macklin -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- Matthews -- McCallum -- McCormick -- McDonough -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan -- McTeague -- Mills --  (Toronto -- Danforth) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Myers -- Nault -- Neville -- Normand -- Nystrom -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Owen -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Patry -- Peric -- Pettigrew -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Pillitteri -- Pratt -- Price -- Proctor -- Proulx -- Provenzano -- Redman -- Reed --  (Halton) -- Regan -- Richardson -- Robillard -- Saada -- Savoy -- Scherrer -- Scott -- Serré -- Sgro -- Shepherd -- Speller -- St. Denis -- St-Jacques -- St-Julien -- Steckle -- Stewart -- Stoffer -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibault --  (West Nova) -- Thibeault --  (Saint-Lambert) -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Tirabassi -- Tonks -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Wasylycia-Leis -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- 164

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Anders -- Anderson --  (Cypress Hills -- Grasslands) -- Bellehumeur -- Bigras -- Brien -- Burton -- Cadman -- Cardin -- Casson -- Chatters -- Day -- Duceppe -- Duncan -- Elley -- Epp -- Fitzpatrick -- Forseth -- Fournier -- Gagnon --  (Québec) -- Gallant -- Gauthier -- Goldring -- Gouk -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Guimond -- Hanger -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hilstrom -- Hinton -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Laframboise -- Lanctôt -- Lebel -- Lunn --  (Saanich -- Gulf Islands) -- Lunney --  (Nanaimo -- Alberni) -- Marceau -- Mark -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Mayfield -- Ménard -- Meredith -- Merrifield -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Moore -- Obhrai -- Pallister -- Penson -- Peschisolido -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Rajotte -- Reid --  (Lanark -- Carleton) -- Reynolds -- Ritz -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Skelton -- Solberg -- Sorenson -- Spencer -- Stinson -- Strahl -- Thompson --  (Wild Rose) -- Toews -- Venne -- White --  (Langley -- Abbotsford) -- Williams -- Yelich -- 73

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Allard -- Anderson --  (Victoria) -- Asselin -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Bergeron -- Bourgeois -- Caccia -- Chamberlain -- Collenette -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Desrochers -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dubé -- Eggleton -- Finlay -- Gagnon --  (Champlain) -- Girard-Bujold -- Guay -- Keyes -- Lalonde -- Lavigne -- Loubier -- Marcil -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- Paquette -- Parrish -- Perron -- Phinney -- Plamondon -- Rock -- Roy -- St-Hilaire -- Torsney -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean -- Saguenay) -- Volpe -- Wappel

Accordingly, the Bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage.

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Pagtakhan (Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)), -- That Bill C-18, An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

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


(Division--Vote No 66)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Bagnell -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellehumeur -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Bigras -- Binet -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Borotsik -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brien -- Brison -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Calder -- Cannis -- Caplan -- Cardin -- Carignan -- Carroll -- Casey -- Castonguay -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Charbonneau -- Clark -- Coderre -- Comuzzi -- Copps -- Cotler -- Cullen -- Cuzner -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Doyle -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Duceppe -- Duhamel -- Duplain -- Easter -- Eyking -- Farrah -- Folco -- Fontana -- Fournier -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gagnon --  (Québec) -- Gallaway -- Gauthier -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Guimond -- Harb -- Harvard -- Harvey -- Hearn -- Herron -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Laframboise -- Laliberte -- Lanctôt -- Lastewka -- Lebel -- LeBlanc -- Lee -- Leung -- Lincoln -- Longfield -- MacAulay -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Macklin -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Marceau -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Matthews -- McCallum -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan -- McTeague -- Ménard -- Mills --  (Toronto -- Danforth) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Myers -- Nault -- Neville -- Normand -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Owen -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Patry -- Peric -- Pettigrew -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Pillitteri -- Pratt -- Price -- Proulx -- Provenzano -- Redman -- Reed --  (Halton) -- Regan -- Richardson -- Robillard -- Rocheleau -- Saada -- Sauvageau -- Savoy -- Scherrer -- Scott -- Serré -- Sgro -- Shepherd -- Speller -- St. Denis -- St-Jacques -- St-Julien -- Steckle -- Stewart -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibault --  (West Nova) -- Thibeault --  (Saint-Lambert) -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Tirabassi -- Tonks -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Venne -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- 171

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Anders -- Anderson --  (Cypress Hills -- Grasslands) -- Blaikie -- Burton -- Cadman -- Casson -- Chatters -- Comartin -- Davies -- Day -- Duncan -- Elley -- Epp -- Fitzpatrick -- Forseth -- Gallant -- Godin -- Goldring -- Gouk -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Hanger -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hilstrom -- Hinton -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Lill -- Lunn --  (Saanich -- Gulf Islands) -- Lunney --  (Nanaimo -- Alberni) -- Mark -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- Mayfield -- McDonough -- Meredith -- Merrifield -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Moore -- Nystrom -- Obhrai -- Pallister -- Penson -- Peschisolido -- Proctor -- Rajotte -- Reid --  (Lanark -- Carleton) -- Reynolds -- Ritz -- Schmidt -- Skelton -- Solberg -- Sorenson -- Spencer -- Stinson -- Stoffer -- Strahl -- Thompson --  (Wild Rose) -- Toews -- Wasylycia-Leis -- White --  (Langley -- Abbotsford) -- Williams -- Yelich -- 66

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Allard -- Anderson --  (Victoria) -- Asselin -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Bergeron -- Bourgeois -- Caccia -- Chamberlain -- Collenette -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Desrochers -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dubé -- Eggleton -- Finlay -- Gagnon --  (Champlain) -- Girard-Bujold -- Guay -- Keyes -- Lalonde -- Lavigne -- Loubier -- Marcil -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- Paquette -- Parrish -- Perron -- Phinney -- Plamondon -- Rock -- Roy -- St-Hilaire -- Torsney -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean -- Saguenay) -- Volpe -- Wappel

Accordingly, the Bill was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

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. Collenette (Minister of Transport) -- Reports of the Department of Transport for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). -- Sessional Paper No. 8561-371-690-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

ADJOURNMENT PROCEEDINGS

At 7:08 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.

Accordingly, at 7:19 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).