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39th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 89 Wednesday, November 29, 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.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Document entitled “Final Report: RCMP Review of Allegations Concerning Inuit Sled Dogs”. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-391-26.

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. 391-0429 and 391-0430 concerning transportation. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-28-06;

— No. 391-0436 concerning Kyoto Protocol. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-45-04;

— No. 391-0439 concerning radio and television programming. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-53-02;

— No. 391-0440 concerning the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-67-01;

— Nos. 391-0478 and 391-0515 concerning China. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-13-06.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting the visit of the Canadian delegation of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's Political Committee and the Defence and Security Committee to Afghanistan, from May 17 to 21, 2006. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-391-50-02.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Pallister (Portage—Lisgar), from the Standing Committee on Finance, presented the Sixth Report of the Committee (extension of deadline for tabling of the report on pre–budget consultations (Standing Order 83.1)). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-391-113.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 54) was tabled.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Finance, presented earlier today, be concurred in.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 391-0684);

— by , four concerning marriage (Nos. 391-0685 to 391-0688) and one concerning genetic engineering (No. 391-0689);

— by , one concerning a national child care program (No. 391-0690), one concerning pesticides (No. 391-0691) and one concerning the automobile industry (No. 391-0692);

— by , two concerning Kyoto Protocol (Nos. 391-0693 and 391-0694);

— by , one concerning the sexual exploitation of minors (No. 391-0695) and one concerning marriage (No. 391-0696);

— by , six concerning marriage (Nos. 391-0697 to 391-0702);

— by , one concerning housing policy (No. 391-0703).

Questions on the Order Paper

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform) presented the return to the following question made into an Order for Return:

Q-105 — — With regard to the Tomorrow Starts Today program in the Department of Canadian Heritage: (a) what has been the total spending amount under the program since 2001; (b) how much of this total has been spent in each of the provinces; and (c) what is the per capita amount of spending of this program per province? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-391-105.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration at report stage of 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, as reported by the Standing Committee on International Trade with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 2 (Motions Nos. 6 to 8, 13 to 19, 22, 28 and 75.

Group No. 2

Motion No. 6 of Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), seconded by Mr. Bevington (Western Arctic), — That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 10.

Motion No. 7 of Mr. Emerson (Minister of International Trade), seconded by Mr. Solberg (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), — That Bill C-24, in Clause 10.1, be amended by:

(a) replacing line 27 on page 5 with the following:

“referred to in section 10:”

(b) replacing line 12 on page 6 with the following:

“underwent its first primary processing in one of”

Motion No. 8 of Mr. Emerson (Minister of International Trade), seconded by Mr. Solberg (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), — That Bill C-24, in Clause 10.1, be amended by replacing, in the English version, line 32 on page 5 with the following:

“Territories or Nunavut; and”

Motion No. 13 of Mr. Emerson (Minister of International Trade), seconded by Mr. Solberg (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), — That Bill C-24, in Clause 12, be amended by replacing lines 2 to 13 on page 8 with the following:

“who is certified under section 25.”

Motion No. 14 of Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), seconded by Mr. Bevington (Western Arctic), — That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 13.

Motion No. 15 of Mr. Emerson (Minister of International Trade), seconded by Mr. Solberg (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), — That Bill C-24, in Clause 14, be amended by:

(a) replacing line 38 on page 11 with the following:

“Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador, as provided in subsection 10.1(2),”

(b) replacing lines 5 and 6 on page 12 with the following:

“responsible for excess exports as determined under subsection (2) shall pay to Her Majesty in right of Canada a charge calculated”

“excess exports.

(1.1) The charge becomes payable at the time that the softwood lumber product is exported.

(2) A person’s excess exports shall equal”

Motion No. 16 of Mr. Emerson (Minister of International Trade), seconded by Mr. Solberg (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), — That Bill C-24, in Clause 14, be amended by replacing, in the English version, line 2 on page 12 with the following:

“primary processing in one of those provinces from”

Motion No. 17 of Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), seconded by Mr. Bevington (Western Arctic), — That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 17.

Motion No. 18 of Mr. Emerson (Minister of International Trade), seconded by Mr. Solberg (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), — That Bill C-24, in Clause 17, be amended by:

(a) replacing lines 42 and 43 on page 12 with the following:

“product from the charges referred to in sections 10 and 14.”

(b) replacing line 3 on page 13 with the following:

“charges referred to in sections 10 and 14.”

Motion No. 19 of Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), seconded by Mr. Bevington (Western Arctic), — That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 18.

Motion No. 22 of Mr. Emerson (Minister of International Trade), seconded by Mr. Solberg (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), — That Bill C-24, in Clause 26, be amended by replacing lines 26 and 27 on page 17 with the following:

“containing the prescribed information;”

Motion No. 28 of Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), seconded by Mr. Bevington (Western Arctic), — That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 50.

Motion No. 75 of Mr. Emerson (Minister of International Trade), seconded by Mr. Solberg (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), — That Bill C-24, in Clause 99, be amended by replacing line 31 on page 86 with the following:

“imposed on those products under section 10 or 14,”

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 2.

The question was put on Motion No. 6 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 7 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division, which also applies to Motions Nos. 8, 15, 16 and 22, was deferred.

The question was put on Motions Nos. 13, 14, 17, 19 and 28 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded divisions were deferred.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded divisions.

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded divisions were further deferred until Monday, December 4, 2006, at the ordinary hour of daily adjournment.

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 — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2006-2010 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2006 of VIA Rail Canada Inc., pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-391-803-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by — Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2006-2010 of Marine Atlantic Inc., pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-391-846-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

Adjournment

At 4:58 p.m., by unanimous consent, the Speaker adjourned the House until Monday, December 4, 2006, at 11:00 a.m., pursuant to Order made Thursday, November 9, 2006 and Standing Order 24(1).