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39th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals

No. 53

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

10:00 a.m.



Prayers
Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Baird (President of the Treasury Board) laid upon the Table, — Reports on Plans and Priorities, Main Estimates, 2006-2007, as follows:
(1) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-3;
(2) Assisted Human Reproduction Agency of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-4;
(3) Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-5;
(4) Canada Border Services Agency. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-6;
(5) Canada Industrial Relations Board. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-7;
(6) Canada Revenue Agency. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-8;
(7) Canada School of Public Service. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-9;
(8) Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-10;
(9) Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-11;
(10) Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-12;
(11) Canadian Food Inspection Agency. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-13;
(12) Canadian Forces Grievance Board. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-14;
(13) Canadian Grain Commission. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-15;
(14) Canadian Heritage. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-16;
(15) Canadian Human Rights Commission. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-17;
(16) Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-18;
(17) Canadian Institutes of Health Research. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-19;
(18) Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-20;
(19) Canadian International Development Agency. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-21;
(20) Canadian International Trade Tribunal. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-22;
(21) Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-23;
(22) Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-24;
(23) Canadian Space Agency. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-25;
(24) Canadian Transportation Agency. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-26;
(25) Citizenship and Immigration Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-27;
(26) Commission for Public Complaints Against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-28;
(27) Copyright Board Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-29;
(28) Correctional Service Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-30;
(29) Courts Administration Service. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-31;
(30) Department of Finance Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-32;
(31) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-33;
(32) Department of Justice Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-34;
(33) Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-35;
(34) Environment Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-36;
(35) Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-37;
(36) Fisheries and Oceans Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-38;
(37) Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-39;
(38) Health Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-40;
(39) Human Resources and Social Development Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-41;
(40) Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-42;
(41) Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and Canadian Polar Commission and Indian Specific Claims Commission. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-43;
(42) Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-44;
(43) Industry Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-45;
(44) Infrastructure Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-46;
(45) Law Commission of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-47;
(46) Library and Archives Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-48;
(47) Military Police Complaints Commission of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-49;
(48) NAFTA Secretariat, Canadian Section. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-50;
(49) National Defence. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-51;
(50) National Energy Board. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-52;
(51) National Film Board. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-53;
(52) National Parole Board. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-54;
(53) National Research Council Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-55;
(54) National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-56;
(55) Natural Resources Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-57;
(56) Northern Pipeline Agency Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-58;
(57) Office of the Auditor General of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-59;
(58) Office of the Chief Electoral Officer. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-60;
(59) Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-61;
(60) Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-62;
(61) Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-63;
(62) Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-64;
(63) Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-65;
(64) Parks Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-66;
(65) Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-67;
(66) Privy Council Office. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-68;
(67) Public Health Agency of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-69;
(68) Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-70;
(69) Public Service Commission Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-71;
(70) Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-72;
(71) Public Service Labour Relations Board. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-73;
(72) Public Service Staffing Tribunal. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-74;
(73) Public Works and Government Services Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-75;
(74) RCMP External Review Committee. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-76;
(75) Registry of the Competition Tribunal. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-77;
(76) Royal Canadian Mounted Police. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-78;
(77) Science and Engineering Research Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-79;
(78) Security Intelligence Review Committee. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-80
(79) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-81;
(80) Statistics Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-82;
(81) Status of Women Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-83;
(82) Supreme Court of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-84;
(83) The Correctional Investigator Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-85;
(84) The National Battlefields Commission. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-86;
(85) Transport Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-87;
(86) Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-88;
(87) Transportation Safety Board of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-89;
(88) Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-90;
(89) Veterans Affairs Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-91;
(90) Western Economic Diversification Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8520-391-92.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Mark (Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette), seconded by Mrs. Davidson (Sarnia—Lambton), Bill C-354, An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day), 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 Mr. Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Centre), one concerning the issuing of visas (No. 391-0355);
— by Mrs. Hinton (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo), one concerning the sexual exploitation of minors (No. 391-0356).
Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Emerson (Minister of International Trade), seconded by Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), — That 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, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on International Trade;

And of the amendment of Mr. LeBlanc (Beauséjour), seconded by Mrs. Jennings (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word "That" and substituting the following:
“the House decline to proceed with 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, because it opposes the principle of the bill, which is to abrogate the North American Free Trade Agreement, to condone illegal conduct by Americans, to encourage further violations of the North American Free Trade Agreement and to undermine the Canadian softwood sector by leaving at least $ 1 billion in illegally collected duties in American hands, by failing to provide open market access for Canadian producers, by permitting the United States to escape its obligations within three years, by failing to provide necessary support to Canadian workers, employers and communities in the softwood sector and by imposing coercive and punitive taxation in order to crush dissent with this policy”;
And of the subamendment of Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), seconded by Mr. Martin (Winnipeg Centre), — That the amendment be amended by adding the following:
“specifically because it fails to immediately provide loan guarantees to softwood companies, because it fails to un-suspend outstanding litigation which is almost concluded and which Canada stands to win, and because it punishes companies by imposing questionable double taxation, a provision which was not in the agreement signed by the Minister of International Trade”.

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.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Emerson (Minister of International Trade), seconded by Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), — That 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, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on International Trade;

And of the amendment of Mr. LeBlanc (Beauséjour), seconded by Mrs. Jennings (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word "That" and substituting the following:
“the House decline to proceed with 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, because it opposes the principle of the bill, which is to abrogate the North American Free Trade Agreement, to condone illegal conduct by Americans, to encourage further violations of the North American Free Trade Agreement and to undermine the Canadian softwood sector by leaving at least $ 1 billion in illegally collected duties in American hands, by failing to provide open market access for Canadian producers, by permitting the United States to escape its obligations within three years, by failing to provide necessary support to Canadian workers, employers and communities in the softwood sector and by imposing coercive and punitive taxation in order to crush dissent with this policy”;
And of the subamendment of Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), seconded by Mr. Martin (Winnipeg Centre), — That the amendment be amended by adding the following:
“specifically because it fails to immediately provide loan guarantees to softwood companies, because it fails to un-suspend outstanding litigation which is almost concluded and which Canada stands to win, and because it punishes companies by imposing questionable double taxation, a provision which was not in the agreement signed by the Minister of International Trade”.

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), 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 Justice and Human Rights of Bill C-279, An Act to amend the DNA Identification Act (establishment of indexes).

Mr. Wallace (Burlington), seconded by Mr. Van Kesteren (Chatham-Kent—Essex), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

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 Mr. Blackburn (Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec) — Reports of the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety 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. 8561-391-712-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)
— by Mr. Blackburn (Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec) — Reports of the Canada Industrial Relations Board 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. 8561-391-733-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)
— by Mr. Blackburn (Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec) — Reports of the Merchant Seamen Compensation Board 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. 8561-391-850-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)
— by Mr. Strahl (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board) — Reports of the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food 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. 8561-391-705-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)
— by Mr. Thompson (Minister of Veterans Affairs) — Reports of the Department of Veterans Affairs 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. 8561-391-708-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)
Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:27 p.m., by unanimous consent, 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 6:42 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).