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39th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 128 Monday, March 26, 2007 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.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mrs. Gallant (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke), seconded by Mr. Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound), — That the House affirm its commitment to Canada's military personnel and call on the government to continue to provide them with the best possible equipment and support to carry out their responsibilities. (Private Members' Business M-244)

The debate continued.

At 12:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 93, the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, March 28, 2007, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), — That this House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government; (Ways and Means No. 14)

And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“this House condemn the government for a budget that does so little with so much, failing to look beyond the next election to the next generation and failing to tackle Canada’s 21st century social, economic and environmental challenges by ignoring the difficult circumstances of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged citizens; by paying only lip-service to Aboriginal peoples; by providing no broad-based income tax relief for ordinary middle-income Canadians, and particularly by not reversing the personal income tax increases imposed in last year’s budget; by not pursuing greater Canadian economic competitiveness and innovation; by offering no direct support to post-secondary undergraduate students and only a pitiful amount for early learning and child care; by ignoring the imperatives of a clean and sustainable environment, including the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, advancing no significant new measures to deal with greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental priorities in a coherent manner; and by resorting to misleading presentations of budget figures, including gross exaggerations of increased federal transfers to provinces and other orders of government”.

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

Statements by Ministers

Pursuant to Standing Order 33(1), Mr. Kenney (Secretary of State (Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity)) made a statement.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Richardson (Calgary Centre), from the Standing Committee on Natural Resources, presented the Fourth Report of the Committee, “The Oil Sands: Toward Sustainable Development”. — Sessional Paper No. 8510-391-195.

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

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 17 to 21 and 23 to 39) was tabled.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning a national child care program (No. 391-1295) and one concerning federal programs (No. 391-1296);

— by , one concerning sentences in the Criminal Code (No. 391-1297);

— by , one concerning federal programs (No. 391-1298);

— by , one concerning immigration (No. 391-1299).

Questions on the Order Paper

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform) presented the returns to the following questions made into Orders for Return:

Q-166 — — With respect to aircraft used by Transport Canada for departmental use: (a) how many aircraft are owned, leased or under contract by the department; (b) when were they bought, rented or leased; (c) at what cost were they bought, rented or leased; (d) from whom were they bought, rented or leased; (e) what were the terms under which each aircraft was bought, rented or leased; (f) what are the total operational costs associated with these aircraft on an annual and monthly basis for the last year; (g) what are the costs associated with each aircraft, broken down on a yearly and monthly basis; (h) what are the costs of these aircraft according to province; (i) what section(s) or division(s) of the Department has the responsibility for these aircraft; (j) under whose authority is use of the aircraft granted; and (k) what is the home airport of each aircraft? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-391-166.

Q-167 — — With regards to defence procurement by the government: (a) for programs planned, but not approved, (i) are funds available to acquire and support the program, (ii) what are the reasons for its non-approval, (iii) if the Department has been waiting for approval, how long has this delay been; (iv) do these programs have a schedule for their future and what are their respective schedules and milestones; (b) for programs approved for which no contract has yet been signed, (i) are funds available to acquire and support the program, (ii) what are their respective schedules and milestones, (iii) have these programs proceeded according to schedule, (iv) what is the budget for these programs, (v) who are the competitors for these contracts, (vi) how much anticipated work will be done in Canada, (vii) where in Canada will this work take place; and (c) for programs for which contracts have been signed, (i) is contract performance proceeding according to schedule, (ii) how is contract performance being monitored, (iii) what has been delivered to date, (iv) what are the next key deliverables and when are they scheduled for delivery, (v) when is the final product delivery scheduled, (vi) how much has been paid to date and, for all payments, is the amount in accordance with the contract, (vii) are there any factors that have increased program cost and, if so, what are they? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-391-167.

Government Orders

And of the amendment of , seconded by .

The debate continued.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 33(2), at 6:15 p.m., the Speaker shall interrupt the proceedings and forthwith put the question on the amendment on Ways and Means motion No. 14.

Government Orders

And of the amendment of , seconded by .

At 6:15 p.m., pursuant to Order made earlier today, the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the amendment and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 138 -- Vote n^o 138)
YEAS: 109, NAYS: 175
YEAS -- POUR Alghabra Angus Atamanenko Bagnell Bains Barnes Beaumier Bélanger Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bell (North Vancouver) Bennett Bevilacqua Bevington Black Blaikie Bonin Boshcoff Brison Brown (Oakville) Byrne Cannis Chamberlain Chan Charlton Chow Christopherson Comartin Cotler Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cullen (Etobicoke North) Cuzner D'Amours Dewar Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Dryden Easter Eyking Folco Fry Godfrey Godin Goodale Holland Hubbard Jennings Julian Kadis Karygiannis Layton Lee Maloney Marleau Marston Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Mathyssen Matthews McCallum McDonough McGuinty McGuire McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McTeague Merasty Minna Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Nash Neville Owen Pacetti Patry Pearson Peterson Priddy Proulx Ratansi Redman Regan Rota Russell Savage Savoie Scarpaleggia Scott Sgro Siksay Silva Simard Simms St. Amand St. Denis Steckle Stoffer Stronach Szabo Telegdi Temelkovski Thibault (West Nova) Tonks Turner Valley Volpe Wappel Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wrzesnewskyj Total: -- 109
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson André Arthur Asselin Bachand Baird Barbot Batters Bellavance Benoit Bernier Bezan Bigras Blackburn Blais Blaney Bonsant Bouchard Boucher Bourgeois Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Brunelle Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Carrier Casey Casson Chong Clement Crête Cummins Davidson Day DeBellefeuille Del Mastro Demers Deschamps Devolin Doyle Duceppe Dykstra Emerson Epp Faille Fast Finley Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Freeman Gagnon Galipeau Gallant Gaudet Gauthier Goldring Goodyear Gourde Gravel Grewal Guay Guergis Guimond Hanger Harper Harris Harvey Hawn Hearn Hiebert Hill Hinton Jaffer Jean Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Khan Komarnicki Kotto Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Laforest Laframboise Lake Lalonde Lauzon Lavallée Lemay Lemieux Lessard Lévesque Lukiwski Lunn Lunney Lussier MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Malo Manning Mark Mayes Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Menzies Merrifield Miller Mills Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Mourani Nadeau Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Oda Ouellet Pallister Paquette Paradis Perron Petit Picard Plamondon Poilievre Prentice Preston Rajotte Reid Richardson Ritz Roy Scheer Schellenberger Shipley Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson St-Cyr St-Hilaire Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest) Thompson (Wild Rose) Tilson Toews Trost Tweed Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Vincent Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Williams Yelich Total: -- 175

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 — Report of the National Arts Centre, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2006, pursuant to the National Arts Centre Act, R.S. 1985, c. N-3, sbs. 17(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-391-179-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:49 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 7:17 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).