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39th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 149 Tuesday, May 8, 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. 391-1300 and 391-1301 concerning the issuing of visas. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-49-07;

— Nos. 391-1323, 391-1372 and 391-1399 concerning the Canada Labour Code. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-60-07.

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), seconded by Ms. Verner (Minister of International Cooperation and Minister for la Francophonie and Official Languages), Bill C-54, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (accountability with respect to loans), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association concerning its participation at the Sixth Ordinary Session of the Pan-African Parliament, held in Midrand, South Africa, on November 13 and 14, 2006. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-391-76-05.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Zed (Saint John), seconded by Mr. Thibault (West Nova), Bill C-440, An Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act (mail free of postage to members of the Canadian Forces), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed 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 , one concerning national parks (No. 391-1481) and one concerning genetic engineering (No. 391-1482);

— by , one concerning the electoral system (No. 391-1483);

— by , two concerning federal programs (Nos. 391-1484 and 391-1485), one concerning marriage (No. 391-1486) and one concerning immigration (No. 391-1487);

— by , one concerning marriage (No. 391-1488);

— by , two concerning China (Nos. 391-1489 and 391-1490).

Business of Supply

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

Mr. Paquette (Joliette), seconded by Mr. Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord), moved, — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should move an amendment to the Competition Act so that the Commissioner of Competition have the power to initiate investigations of the price of gas and the role of refining margins in the determination of the said price.

Debate arose thereon.

Ms. Brunelle (Trois-Rivières), seconded by Mr. Laframboise (Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel), moved the following amendment, — That the motion be amended by adding after the words “said prices” the following:

“and that the government also move to amend the Act to decriminalize the anti-competitive pricing practices and treat them as reviewable under the abuse of dominance provision and furthermore, the government should create a petroleum monitoring agency such as the one proposed by the Bloc Quebecois and recommended in the Fifth Report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology presented in this House on November 7, 2003”.

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. Paquette (Joliette), seconded by Mr. Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord), 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 on the following division:
(Division No. 180 -- Vote n^o 180)
YEAS: 159, NAYS: 122
YEAS -- POUR Alghabra André Angus Arthur Asselin Atamanenko Bachand Bagnell Bains Barbot Beaumier Bélanger Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bell (North Vancouver) Bellavance Bennett Bevilacqua Bevington Bigras Black Blais Bonsant Boshcoff Bouchard Bourgeois Brison Brown (Oakville) Brunelle Byrne Cannis Cardin Carrier Chamberlain Chan Charlton Chow Christopherson Comartin Crête Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cullen (Etobicoke North) Cuzner D'Amours Davies DeBellefeuille Deschamps Dewar Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Dosanjh Dryden Duceppe Easter Eyking Faille Folco Freeman Fry Gagnon Gaudet Gauthier Godfrey Godin Goodale Gravel Guay Guimond Holland Hubbard Jennings Julian Kadis Karygiannis Keeper Kotto Laforest Laframboise Lalonde Lavallée Layton LeBlanc Lee Lemay Lessard Lévesque Lussier MacAulay Malhi Malo Maloney Marleau Marston Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Matthews McCallum McDonough McGuinty McGuire McTeague Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Merasty Minna Mourani Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Nadeau Nash Neville Ouellet Owen Pacetti Paquette Patry Pearson Picard Plamondon Proulx Ratansi Redman Regan Rodriguez Rota Roy Russell Savage Savoie Scarpaleggia Scott Sgro Siksay Silva Simard Simms St-Cyr St-Hilaire St. Amand St. Denis Steckle Stoffer Szabo Temelkovski Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Thibault (West Nova) Tonks Turner Valley Vincent Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wilson Wrzesnewskyj Zed Total: -- 159
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Baird Batters Benoit Bernier Bezan Blackburn Blaney Boucher Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casey Casson Chong Clement Cummins Davidson Day Del Mastro Doyle Dykstra Emerson Epp Fast Finley Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Goldring Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guergis Hanger 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 Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Lemieux Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Manning Mark Mayes Menzies Merrifield Miller Mills Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Oda Paradis Petit Poilievre Prentice Preston Rajotte Reid Richardson Ritz Scheer Schellenberger Shipley Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest) Thompson (Wild Rose) Tilson Toews Trost Tweed Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Williams Yelich Total: -- 122
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Demers Devolin Pallister Perron

Pursuant to Standing Order 81(16), the House proceeded to the putting of the question on the motion, as amended, of Mr. Paquette (Joliette), seconded by Mr. Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord), — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should move an amendment to the Competition Act so that the Commissioner of Competition have the power to initiate investigations of the price of gas and the role of refining margins in the determination of the said price and that the government also move to amend the Act to decriminalize the anti-competitive pricing practices and treat them as reviewable under the abuse of dominance provision and furthermore, the government should create a petroleum monitoring agency such as the one proposed by the Bloc Quebecois and recommended in the Fifth Report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology presented in this House on November 7, 2003.
The question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 181 -- Vote n^o 181)
YEAS: 159, NAYS: 122 (See list under Division No. 180)

Private Members' Business

At 5:51 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The Order was read for the third reading of Bill C-299, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (identification information obtained by fraud or false pretence).

Mr. Rajotte (Edmonton—Leduc), seconded by Mr. Van Kesteren (Chatham-Kent—Essex), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

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

Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.

Messages from the Senate

A Message was received from the Senate as follows:

— ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons requesting that House to unite with the Senate for the following purpose: That the Senate call upon the Government of Canada to immediately withdraw its High Commissioner in Harare and sever all diplomatic relations until further notice in view of: (a) the massive violations of human rights by president Robert Mugabe; (b) the oppression of the black majority and white minority citizens of Zimbabwe; (c) the confiscation of legally-held land; and (d) the brutal and illegal beating and imprisonment of Zimbabwe's leader of the opposition, Morgan Tsvangirai.

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 — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for the period 2007-2008 to 2011-2012 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets and Borrowing Plan for 2007-2008 of Farm Credit Canada, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-391-818-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:21 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 6:49 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).