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Friday, June 16, 2006 (No. 42)

Orders of the Day

Government Orders

Business of Supply

April 4, 2006 — — Consideration of the Business of Supply.

Supply period ending December 8, 2006 — maximum of 15 allotted days, pursuant to Order made Tuesday, April 4, 2006.

Monday, June 19, 2006 — 8th allotted day.

Opposition Motion — Deferred recorded division

June 15, 2006 — Resuming consideration of the motion of , seconded by , — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should rectify decades of underfunding of seniors programs by: (a) creating a Seniors Charter that recognizes older Canadians as creative, active and valued members of our society, and that this Charter shall enshrine the right of every senior living in Canada to the following: (i) income security, through protected pensions and indexed public income support that provides a reasonable state of economic welfare; (ii) housing, through secure accessible, and affordable housing; (iii) wellness, through health promotion and preventative care; (iv) health care, through secure, public, accessible, universal health care including primary care, dental care, homecare, palliative and geriatric care, and pharmacare; (v) self-development, through lifelong access to affordable recreation, education and training, (vi) government services, through timely access to all federal government services and programs, including family re-unification; and (b) creating a Seniors Advocate to: (i) conduct public education and awareness initiatives on the rights of seniors; (ii) ensure that all new or revised policies and programs affecting seniors receive public input from older persons; (iii) require that all new policies and programs affecting seniors are announced with specific timelines for implementation; (iv) act as an Ombudsman for seniors with respect to all government services and programs making recommendations as appropriate and that this Seniors Advocate publish and report annually to Parliament on government policies and programs affecting seniors, including the effectiveness of federal funding related to the needs of older persons.

Deferred recorded division on the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by adding after the words “government should” the following:

“work with the provinces to”.

Recorded division on the amendment — deferred until Tuesday, June 20, 2006, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions, pursuant to Order made Thursday, June 15, 2006.

Voting on the main motion — immediately after the amendment is disposed of, pursuant to Standing Order 81(16).

Opposition Motions

May 25, 2006 — — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should move forward on an urgent basis to reform federal pay equity legislation based on the recommendations of the Pay Equity Task Force, and to put in place a pro-active approach to pay equity involving an obligation on employers to take steps to eliminate wage discrimination, specifically by: (a) appointing an impartial facilitator to lead discussions with major stakeholder representatives; and (b) having fully and adequately considered the substance of these discussions, introducing a bill on pay equity before the end of 2006.

May 30, 2006 — — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should (a) intervene immediately in order to maintain the control measures, which are a main pillar of supply management, by limiting imports of milk protein concentrates; (b) adopt a regulation (or order in council) that would classify all milk protein concentrates, regardless of their protein content, in tariff line 0404, for which a tariff quota has been negotiated; or immediately invoke article XXVIII of the GATT in order to limit imports of milk protein concentrates while immediately beginning negotiations with its trading partners and modifying its tariff schedule.

May 30, 2006 — — That, in the opinion of the House, the Department of Human Resources and Social Development should renew, in its entirety, in all regions currently involved, pilot project No. 6, which allows workers in regions with high unemployment to obtain five additional weeks of employment insurance benefits until such time as the government undertakes a comprehensive reform of the employment insurance system that meets workers’ needs.

June 6, 2006 — — That the House recognize the urgent need to improve the quality of life of Canada’s Aboriginals, First Nations, Inuit and Métis, living both on and off reserve, which requires focused and immediate initiatives by the government in areas such as health, water, housing, education, and economic opportunities and, especially, immediately moving forward with the implementation of the Kelowna Accord with its full funding commitments.

Ways and Means

No. 2 — May 2, 2006 — — Consideration of a Ways and Means motion to amend the Excise Tax Act, the Excise Act, 2001, the Excise Act and the Air Travellers Security Charge Act relating to the rate reduction for the GST and the federal component of the HST. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-391-01, tabled on Tuesday, May 2, 2006.

No. 3 — May 2, 2006 — — Consideration of a Ways and Means motion to amend the Excise Tax Act, the Excise Tax Act, 2001, the Excise Act and the Air Travellers Security Charge Act relating to other sales tax measures. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-391-02, tabled on Tuesday, May 2, 2006.

No. 4 — May 2, 2006 — — Consideration of a Ways and Means motion to amend the Income Tax Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-391-03, tabled on Tuesday, May 2, 2006.

Government Bills (Commons)

C-3^R — June 12, 2006 — — Consideration at report stage of Bill C-3, An Act respecting international bridges and tunnels and making a consequential amendment to another Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities with amendments.

Committee Report — presented on Monday, June 12, 2006, Sessional Paper No. 8510-391-34.

Report stage motions — see “Report Stage of Bills” in today's Notice Paper.

C-5^R — June 13, 2006 — Resuming consideration of the motion of , seconded by , — That Bill C-5, An Act respecting the establishment of the Public Health Agency of Canada and amending certain Acts, be now read a third time and do pass.

C-6^R — May 5, 2006 — Resuming consideration of the motion of , seconded by , — That Bill C-6, An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

C-7^R — April 27, 2006 — — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on National Defence of Bill C-7, An Act to amend the National Defence Act.

C-11^R — May 4, 2006 — — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities of Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and the Railway Safety Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.

C-12^R — May 8, 2006 — — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security of Bill C-12, An Act to provide for emergency management and to amend and repeal certain Acts.

C-16 — May 30, 2006 — — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs of Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act.

C-17^R — May 31, 2006 — — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights of Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Judges Act and certain other Acts in relation to courts.

Application of Standing Order 73(1) — House informed of intention to refer the Bill to Committee before second reading.

Voting — not later than the expiry of the 5 hours provided for debate.

C-18 — June 8, 2006 — — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights of Bill C-18, An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to DNA identification.

C-19 — June 15, 2006 — — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights of Bill C-19, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (street racing) and to make a consequential amendment to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act.

C-20^R — June 15, 2006 — — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities of Bill C-20, An Act respecting airports, airport authorities and other airport operators and amending the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada Act.

Government Bills (Senate)

S-2 — May 31, 2006 — — Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Health of Bill S-2, An Act to amend the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act.

Government Business

Concurrence in Committee Reports

No. 4 — June 14, 2006 — Resuming consideration of the motion of , seconded by , — That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, presented on Wednesday, June 7, 2006, be concurred in.

Debate — 52 minutes to be added to the business of the House on a day designated by the Government, pursuant to Standing Order 66(2).

Voting — not later than the expiry of the time provided for debate.


^R Recommended by the Governor General

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