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39th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 139 Tuesday, April 24, 2007 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform) laid upon the Table, — Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions:

— Nos. 391-1240, 391-1248 and 391-1256 concerning the sexual exploitation of minors. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-10-15;

— Nos. 391-1244 and 391-1247 concerning marriage. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-18-18;

— Nos. 391-1252, 391-1290 to 391-1294 concerning the Criminal Code of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-11-13;

— Nos. 391-1280 and 391-1281 concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-24-08.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Doyle (St. John's East), from the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented the 13th Report of the Committee (Bill C-280, An Act to Amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (coming into force of sections 110, 111 and 171), without amendment). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-391-216.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 46 and 49) was tabled.

Ms. Ratansi (Don Valley East), from the Standing Committee on Status of Women, presented the 17th Report of the Committee (spending orientations for Status of Women Canada and other agencies). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-391-217.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 48) was tabled.

Presenting Petitions

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, a petition certified correct by the Clerk of Petitions was presented as follows:

— by , one concerning the sexual exploitation of minors (No. 391-1416).

Business of Supply

The Order was read for the consideration of the Business of Supply.

Mr. Bigras (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie), seconded by Mr. Lussier (Brossard—La Prairie), moved, — That the House call on the government to set fixed greenhouse gas reduction targets as soon as possible so as to meet the objectives of the Kyoto Protocol, a prerequisite for the establishment, as expeditiously as possible, of a carbon exchange in Montréal.

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Laframboise (Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel), seconded by Mrs. DeBellefeuille (Beauharnois—Salaberry), moved the following amendment, — That the motion be amended by replacing, in the English version, the word “fixed” with the word “absolute”.

Debate arose thereon.

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.

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Bigras (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie), seconded by Mr. Lussier (Brossard—La Prairie), in relation to the Business of Supply;

And of the amendment of , seconded by .

The debate continued.

At 5:15 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 81(16), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the amendment and it was agreed to.

Pursuant to Standing Order 81(16), the House proceeded to the putting of the question on the motion, as amended, of Mr. Bigras (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie), seconded by Mr. Lussier (Brossard—La Prairie), — That the House call on the government to set absolute greenhouse gas reduction targets as soon as possible so as to meet the objectives of the Kyoto Protocol, a prerequisite for the establishment, as expeditiously as possible, of a carbon exchange in Montréal.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 160 -- Vote n^o 160)
YEAS: 283, NAYS: 0
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Alghabra Allen Allison Ambrose Anders André Angus Arthur Asselin Bachand Bagnell Bains Baird Barbot Barnes Batters Beaumier Bélanger Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bell (North Vancouver) Benoit Bernier Bevilacqua Bevington Bigras Black Blackburn Blaikie Blais Blaney Bonin Bonsant Boshcoff Bouchard Boucher Bourgeois Breitkreuz Brison Brown (Oakville) Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Brunelle Byrne Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannis Cannon (Pontiac) Cardin Carrie Carrier Casey Casson Chan Charlton Chong Chow Christopherson Clement Coderre Comartin Cotler Crête Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cullen (Etobicoke North) Cummins Cuzner D'Amours Davidson Davies Day DeBellefeuille Del Mastro Demers Deschamps Dewar Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Dosanjh Doyle Dryden Duceppe Dykstra Emerson Epp Eyking Faille Fast Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Freeman Fry Gagnon Galipeau Gallant Gaudet Gauthier Godfrey Godin Goldring Goodyear Gourde Graham Gravel Grewal Guarnieri Guay Guergis Guimond Hanger Harper Harris Harvey Hawn Hearn Hiebert Hill Hinton Holland Ignatieff Jaffer Jean Jennings Julian Kadis Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Karetak-Lindell Karygiannis Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Khan Komarnicki Kotto Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Laforest Laframboise Lake Lauzon Lavallée Layton LeBlanc Lee Lemay Lemieux Lessard Lévesque Lukiwski Lunn Lunney Lussier MacAulay MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Malhi Malo Maloney Manning Mark Marleau Marston Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (LaSalle—Émard) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Matthews Mayes McCallum McDonough McGuinty McGuire McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McTeague Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Menzies Merasty Merrifield Mills Minna Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Mourani Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Nadeau Nash Neville Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Oda Ouellet Owen Pacetti Pallister Paquette Paradis Patry Pearson Perron Peterson Petit Plamondon Poilievre Prentice Preston Priddy Proulx Rajotte Ratansi Redman Regan Reid Richardson Ritz Robillard Rodriguez Rota Roy Russell Savage Savoie Scarpaleggia Scheer Schellenberger Sgro Shipley Siksay Silva Simard Simms Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson St-Cyr St-Hilaire St. Amand St. Denis Stanton Stoffer Storseth Strahl Sweet Szabo Telegdi Temelkovski Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Thibault (West Nova) Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest) Thompson (Wild Rose) Tilson Toews Tonks Trost Turner Tweed Valley Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Vincent Wallace Wappel Warawa Warkentin Wasylycia-Leis Watson Wilfert Williams Wilson Wrzesnewskyj Yelich Zed Total: -- 283
NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Bellavance Bezan Devolin Finley Lalonde Picard

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Business of Supply

Pursuant to Order made Thursday, April 19, 2007, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Coderre (Bourassa), seconded by Mr. Ignatieff (Etobicoke—Lakeshore), — That,
(1) whereas all Members of this House, whatever their disagreements may be about the mission in Afghanistan, support the courageous men and women of the Canadian Forces;
(2) whereas in May 2006, the government extended Canada's military commitment in Southern Afghanistan to February 2009;
(3) whereas it is incumbent upon Canada to provide adequate notice to the other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of our intentions beyond that date;
(4) whereas by February 2009, Canada's military mission in Southern Afghanistan will represent one of the largest and longest military commitments in Canadian history; and
(5) whereas Canada's commitment to the reconstruction and security of Afghanistan is not limited to our combat operations in Southern Afghanistan;
this House call upon the government to confirm that Canada’s existing military deployment in Afghanistan will continue until February 2009, at which time Canadian combat operations in Southern Afghanistan will conclude; and call upon the government to notify NATO of this decision immediately.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 161 -- Vote n^o 161)
YEAS: 134, NAYS: 150
YEAS -- POUR Alghabra André Asselin Bachand Bagnell Bains Barbot Barnes Beaumier Bélanger Bell (North Vancouver) Bevilacqua Bigras Blais Bonin Bonsant Boshcoff Bouchard Bourgeois Brison Brown (Oakville) Brunelle Byrne Cannis Cardin Carrier Chan Coderre Cotler Crête Cullen (Etobicoke North) Cuzner D'Amours DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Dosanjh Dryden Duceppe Eyking Faille Freeman Fry Gagnon Gaudet Gauthier Godfrey Graham Gravel Guarnieri Guay Guimond Holland Ignatieff Jennings Kadis Karetak-Lindell Karygiannis Kotto Laforest Laframboise Lavallée LeBlanc Lee Lemay Lessard Lévesque Lussier MacAulay Malhi Malo Maloney Marleau Martin (LaSalle—Émard) Matthews McCallum McGuinty McGuire McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McTeague Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Merasty Minna Mourani Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Nadeau Neville Ouellet Owen Pacetti Paquette Patry Pearson Perron Peterson Plamondon Proulx Ratansi Redman Regan Robillard Rodriguez Rota Roy Russell Savage Scarpaleggia Sgro Silva Simard Simms St-Cyr St-Hilaire St. Amand St. Denis Szabo Telegdi Temelkovski Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Thibault (West Nova) Tonks Turner Valley Vincent Wappel Wilfert Wilson Wrzesnewskyj Zed Total: -- 134
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Angus Arthur Baird Batters Bell (Vancouver Island North) Benoit Bernier Bevington Black Blackburn Blaikie Blaney Boucher Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casey Casson Charlton Chong Chow Christopherson Clement Comartin Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cummins Davidson Davies Day Del Mastro Dewar Doyle Dykstra Emerson Epp Fast Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Godin Goldring Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guergis Hanger Harper Harris Harvey Hawn Hearn Hiebert Hill Hinton Jaffer Jean Julian Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Khan Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Layton Lemieux Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Manning Mark Marston Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Mayes McDonough Menzies Merrifield Mills Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nash Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Oda Pallister Paradis Petit Poilievre Prentice Preston Priddy Rajotte Reid Richardson Ritz Savoie Scheer Schellenberger Shipley Siksay Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson Stanton Stoffer Storseth Strahl Sweet Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest) Thompson (Wild Rose) Tilson Toews Trost Tweed Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Wallace Warawa Warkentin Wasylycia-Leis Watson Williams Yelich Total: -- 150
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Bellavance Bezan Devolin Finley Lalonde Picard

Government Orders

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), seconded by Mr. Bernier (Minister of Industry), — That a Message be sent to the Senate to acquaint Their Honours that this House disagrees with the amendment made by the Senate to Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 162 -- Vote n^o 162)
YEAS: 168, NAYS: 116
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson André Arthur Asselin Bachand Baird Barbot Batters Benoit Bernier Bigras Blackburn Blais Blaney Bonsant Bouchard Boucher Bourgeois Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Brunelle Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Cardin Carrie Carrier Casey Casson Chong Clement Crête Cummins Davidson Day DeBellefeuille Del Mastro Demers Deschamps Doyle Duceppe Dykstra Emerson Epp Faille Fast 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 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 Mills Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Mourani Nadeau Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Oda Ouellet Pallister Paquette Paradis Perron Petit Plamondon Poilievre Prentice Preston Rajotte Reid Richardson Ritz Roy Scheer Schellenberger Shipley Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson St-Cyr St-Hilaire Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet 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: -- 168
NAYS -- CONTRE Alghabra Angus Bagnell Bains Barnes Beaumier Bélanger Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bell (North Vancouver) Bevilacqua Bevington Black Blaikie Bonin Boshcoff Brison Brown (Oakville) Byrne Cannis Chan Charlton Chow Christopherson Coderre Comartin Cotler Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cullen (Etobicoke North) Cuzner D'Amours Davies Dewar Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Dosanjh Dryden Eyking Fry Godfrey Godin Graham Guarnieri Holland Ignatieff Jennings Julian Kadis Karetak-Lindell Karygiannis Layton LeBlanc Lee MacAulay Malhi Maloney Marleau Marston Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (LaSalle—Émard) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse 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 Robillard Rodriguez Rota Russell Savage Savoie Scarpaleggia Sgro Siksay Silva Simard Simms St. Amand St. Denis Stoffer Szabo Telegdi Temelkovski Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Thibault (West Nova) Tonks Turner Valley Wappel Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wilson Wrzesnewskyj Zed Total: -- 116
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Bellavance Bezan Devolin Finley Lalonde Picard

Private Members' Business

At 6:02 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Health of Bill S-214, An Act respecting a National Blood Donor Week.

Mr. Bains (Mississauga—Brampton South), seconded by Mr. Regan (Halifax West), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the Order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), papers deposited with the Clerk of the House were laid upon the Table as follows:

— by — Report of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission, together with the Auditors' Report, for the year ended December 31, 2006, pursuant to the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission Act, S.C. 1964-65, c. 19, s. 7. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-391-229-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)

— by — Orders in Council approving certain appointments made by the Governor General in Council, pursuant to Standing Order 110(1), as follows:

— P.C. 2007-485. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-1-07. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development)

— P.C. 2007-459. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-25-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

— P.C. 2007-356 and P.C. 2007-456. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-2-08. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— P.C. 2007-358 and P.C. 2007-484. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-3-12. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

— P.C. 2007-454 and P.C. 2007-455. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-14-13. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration)

— P.C. 2007-469 to P.C. 2007-472. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-7-07. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

— P.C. 2007-487. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-9-11. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— P.C. 2007-480. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-10-08. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans)

— P.C. 2007-354 and P.C. 2007-481 to P.C. 2007-483. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-8-17. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)

— P.C. 2007-529 and P.C. 2007-531. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-4-17. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— P.C. 2007-478 and P.C. 2007-479. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-18-09. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

— P.C. 2007-293, P.C. 2007-474, P.C. 2007-488 to P.C. 2007-501 and P.C. 2007-516 to P.C. 2007-528. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-16-13. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

— P.C. 2007-473. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-22-15. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— P.C. 2007-475 to P.C. 2007-477 and P.C. 2007-535. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-24-17. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 7:02 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 7:20 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).