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39th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 49 Wednesday, September 20, 2006 2:00 p.m.

Prayers

National Anthem

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.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That, in the opinion of the House, apologies should be presented to Mr. Maher Arar regarding the treatment he has been subjected to.

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That, in the opinion of the House, apologies be presented to the people of Quebec for the offensive remarks of Ms. Jan Wong in a Globe and Mail article regarding the recent Dawson College tragedy.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Document entitled “Indian Claims Commission: Annual Report 2004-2005”. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-391-15.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Report of the National DNA Data Bank of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, pursuant to the DNA Identification Act, S.C. 2000, c. 10, s. 12. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-391-777-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Emerson (Minister of International Trade), seconded by Mr. Day (Minister of Public Safety), Bill C-24, An Act to impose a charge on the export of certain softwood lumber products to the United States and a charge on refunds of certain duty deposits paid to the United States, to authorize certain payments, to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and to amend other Acts as a consequence, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Recommendation

(Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2))

Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to impose a charge on the export of certain softwood lumber products to the United States and a charge on refunds of certain duty deposits paid to the United States, to authorize certain payments, to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and to amend other Acts as a consequence”.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Sorenson (Crowfoot), from the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented the Second Report of the Committee (Darfur). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-391-60.

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

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 14) was tabled.

Mr. Schellenberger (Perth—Wellington), from the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented the Sixth Report of the Committee (Canadian museums). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-391-61.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 9 and 10) was tabled.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That the provisional Standing Orders, adopted by the House on February 18, 2005, remain in effect until Tuesday, November 21, 2006.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning Kyoto Protocol (No. 391-0319);

— by , one concerning the sexual exploitation of minors (No. 391-0320);

— by , one concerning the income tax system (No. 391-0321);

— by , one concerning the sexual exploitation of minors (No. 391-0322);

— by , one concerning unborn children (No. 391-0323);

— by , two concerning marriage (Nos. 391-0324 and 391-0325).

Notices of Motions for the Production of Papers

It was ordered, — That a humble Address be presented to Her Excellency praying that she will cause to be laid before the House a copy of all correspondence between Professor Michael Coyle and the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians regarding a fact-finding mission to the Six Nations Reserve to investigate land claims issues. (Notice of Motion for the Production of Papers P-5 — Ms. Crowder (Nanaimo—Cowichan))

Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform) presented the Return to this Order. — Sessional Paper No. 8550-391-5.

It was ordered, — That an Order of the House do issue for a copy of the document or documents referred to by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (Mr. Kenney) in response to a question in the House by the Member for Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont on May 5, 2006. (Notice of Motion for the Production of Papers P-7 — Mr. Chan (Richmond))

The Notice of Motion for the Production of Papers P-1 was called pursuant to Standing Order 97(1) and was transferred by the Clerk to “Notices of Motions (Papers)”.

Vacancies

The Speaker informed the House that a vacancy had occurred in the representation in the House of Commons, for the Electoral District of London North Centre, in the Province of Ontario, by reason of the resignation of Mr. Joe Fontana, and that, pursuant to paragraph 25(1)(b) of the Parliament of Canada Act, today he had addressed his warrant to the Chief Electoral Officer for the issue of a writ for the election of a member to fill the vacancy.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Cannon (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), seconded by Mr. Solberg (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), — That Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and the Railway Safety 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.

The debate continued.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Private Members' Business

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood), seconded by Mr. Patry (Pierrefonds—Dollard), — That Bill C-293, An Act respecting the provision of development assistance abroad, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 34 -- Vote n^o 34)
YEAS: 159, NAYS: 108
YEAS -- POUR Alghabra Angus Asselin Atamanenko Bachand Bagnell Bains Barbot Bélanger Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bell (North Vancouver) Bellavance Bennett Bevilacqua Bevington Bigras Black Blaikie Blais Bonin Bonsant Boshcoff Bouchard Bourgeois Brown (Oakville) Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brunelle Byrne Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannis Cardin Carrier Chan Chow Christopherson Coderre Comartin Crête Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cuzner D'Amours DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Devolin Dewar Dhaliwal Dosanjh Duceppe Easter Epp Eyking Faille Gagnon Gaudet Godfrey Godin Goldring Goodale Goodyear Graham Grewal Guay Guimond Holland Hubbard Jennings Julian Karetak-Lindell Karygiannis Keeper Kotto Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Laforest Laframboise Lapierre Layton LeBlanc Lee Lemay Lessard Lévesque Loubier Lunney Lussier MacAulay Malhi Malo Maloney Manning Mark Marleau Marston Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Mayes McCallum McDonough McGuinty McGuire McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McTeague Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Merasty Minna Mourani Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Nadeau Nash Neville Ouellet Owen Pacetti Patry Perron Peterson Picard Plamondon Priddy Ratansi Redman Robillard Rota Roy Russell Savage Savoie Scarpaleggia Sgro Siksay Silva Simard St-Cyr St-Hilaire St. Amand St. Denis Steckle Stoffer Stronach Szabo Telegdi Temelkovski Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Thompson (Wild Rose) Tonks Valley Vincent Wappel Wasylycia-Leis Watson Wilfert Wilson Zed Total: -- 159
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Baird Batters Benoit Bernier Bezan Blackburn Blaney Boucher Breitkreuz Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Calkins Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casey Casson Chong Clement Cummins Davidson Day Del Mastro Doyle Dykstra Emerson Fast Finley Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Gourde 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) Komarnicki Lake Lauzon Lemieux Lukiwski Lunn MacKenzie Menzies Merrifield Miller Mills Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Oda Pallister Paradis Petit Poilievre Prentice Preston Rajotte Reid Richardson Ritz Scheer Schellenberger Shipley Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest) Tilson Toews Trost Turner Tweed Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Wallace Warawa Warkentin Yelich Total: -- 108
Accordingly, Bill C-293, An Act respecting the provision of development assistance abroad, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.

Private Members' Business

At 6:12 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 Canadian Heritage of Bill C-222, An Act to recognize and protect Canada’s hunting, trapping and fishing heritage.

Mr. Mark (Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette), seconded by Mr. Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

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 — Reports of the Pacific Pilotage Authority for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, 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. 8561-391-716-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2006-2007 to 2010-2011 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2006-2007 of the National Capital Commission, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-391-821-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2006-2007 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2006-2007 of the Old Port of Montreal Corporation Inc., pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-391-852-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by — Reports of the Department of National Defence for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, 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. 8561-391-637-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

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

— by , one concerning the sexual exploitation of minors (No. 391-0326).

Adjournment

At 7:12 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).