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39th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 96 Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar entitled “A New Review Mechanism for the RCMP's National Security Activities” (CD-ROM included). — Sessional Paper No. 8525-391-31.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Report of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority Act Review Advisory Panel, pursuant to the Canadian Air Transport Security Act, S.C. 2002, c. 9, Part I, s. 2 “33(2)”. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-391-921-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 35(2), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Clement (Minister of Health), seconded by Ms. Finley (Minister of Human Resources and Social Development), Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Quarantine Act, 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 Committees

Mr. Schellenberger (Perth—Wellington), from the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented the Tenth Report of the Committee (Telefilm Canada and the Feature Film Fund). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-391-125.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos 25 and 28) was tabled.

Mr. Schellenberger (Perth—Wellington), from the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented the 11th Report of the Committee (Telefilm Canada — financial support and operations). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-391-126.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos 25 and 28) was tabled.

Mr. Schellenberger (Perth—Wellington), from the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented the 12th Report of the Committee (Canadian feature film industry). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-391-127.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos 26 and 28) was tabled.

Mr. Goodyear (Cambridge), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 25th Report of the Committee, which was as follows:

The Committee recommends, pursuant to Standing Order 113(1), that the list of members for the Legislative Committee on Bill C-30 be as follows:

Members (12)
Bernard Bigras Nathan Cullen John Godfrey Brian Jean Marcel Lussier Fabian Manning	Christian Paradis Karen Redman Francis Scarpaleggia Mark Warawa Jeff Watson Blair Wilson

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 1) is tabled.

Pursuant to Standing Order 113(1), the report was deemed concurred in.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Maloney (Welland), seconded by Mr. Rota (Nipissing—Timiskaming), Bill C-395, An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Welland, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

Mr. Easter (Malpeque), seconded by Ms. Keeper (Churchill), moved, — That the Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Wednesday, December 6, 2006, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 15)

Debate arose thereon.

At 1:06 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 66(2), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until later today, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning marriage (No. 391-0817);

— by , one concerning housing policy (No. 391-0818);

— by , one concerning federal programs (No. 391-0819);

— by , one concerning museums (No. 391-0820);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 391-0821);

— by , one concerning genetic engineering (No. 391-0822), one concerning cruelty to animals (No. 391-0823) and one concerning federal programs (No. 391-0824);

— by , four concerning the Employment Insurance program (Nos. 391-0825 to 391-0828);

— by , one concerning federal programs (No. 391-0829).

Application for Emergency Debate

Pursuant to Order made Monday, December 11, 2006, the Speaker decided that leave to move the adjournment of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 52, requested on Monday, December 11, 2006, not be granted.

Government Orders

Ms. Oda (Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women) for Mr. Nicholson (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), seconded by Ms. Finley (Minister of Human Resources and Social Development), moved, — That this House take note of the Eighth Report of the Standing Committee on Finance, presented to the House on Thursday, December 7, 2006. (Government Business No. 13)

Debate arose thereon.

Statements By Members

Pursuant to Standing Order 31, Members made statements.

Certificates of Election

The Speaker informed the House that the Clerk had received from the Chief Electoral Officer a certificate of the election of Mr. Raymond Gravel (Repentigny).

Mr. Gravel (Repentigny), having taken and subscribed the oath required by law, took his seat in the House.

Oral Questions

Pursuant to Standing Order 30(5), the House proceeded to Oral Questions.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Concurrence in Committee Reports

Pursuant to Order made Monday, December 11, 2006, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas), seconded by Ms. Chow (Trinity—Spadina), — That the Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Monday, October 2, 2006, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 14)
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 95 -- Vote n^o 95)
YEAS: 164, NAYS: 122
YEAS -- POUR Alghabra André Angus Asselin Atamanenko Bagnell Bains Barbot Beaumier Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bell (North Vancouver) Bellavance Bennett Bevilacqua Bevington Bigras Black Blais Bonin Bonsant Boshcoff Bouchard Bourgeois Brison Brown (Oakville) Brunelle Byrne Cardin Carrier Chan Charlton Chow Christopherson Coderre Comartin Comuzzi Cotler Crête Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cullen (Etobicoke North) Cuzner D'Amours Davies DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Dewar Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Dosanjh Dryden Easter Eyking Faille Folco Freeman Fry Gagnon Gauthier Godfrey Godin Goodale Graham Gravel Guarnieri Guay Guimond Holland Hubbard Julian Kadis Karetak-Lindell Karygiannis Keeper Khan Kotto Laforest Laframboise Lapierre 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 McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McTeague Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Merasty Minna Mourani Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Nadeau Nash Neville Ouellet Pacetti Paquette Patry Pearson Perron Peterson Picard Plamondon Priddy Proulx Ratansi Redman Regan Robillard Rodriguez Rota Roy Russell Savage Savoie Scarpaleggia Sgro Siksay Simard Simms St-Cyr St-Hilaire St. Amand St. Denis Steckle Stoffer Stronach Szabo Telegdi Temelkovski Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Tonks Turner Valley Vincent Wappel Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wilson Wrzesnewskyj Zed Total: -- 164
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 Davidson Day Del Mastro Devolin Doyle Dykstra Emerson Epp Fast Finley Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Goldring Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guergis Hanger Harper 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 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 Cummins Duceppe Lalonde Pallister


Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Easter (Malpeque), seconded by Ms. Keeper (Churchill), — That the Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Wednesday, December 6, 2006, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 15)
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 96 -- Vote n^o 96)
YEAS: 165, NAYS: 121
YEAS -- POUR Alghabra André Angus Asselin Atamanenko Bagnell Bains Barbot Beaumier Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bell (North Vancouver) Bellavance Bennett Bevilacqua Bevington Bigras Black Blais Bonin Bonsant Boshcoff Bouchard Bourgeois Brison Brown (Oakville) Brunelle Byrne Cardin Carrier Chan Charlton Chow Christopherson Coderre Comartin Comuzzi Cotler Crête Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cullen (Etobicoke North) Cuzner D'Amours Davies DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Dewar Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Dosanjh Dryden Easter Eyking Faille Folco Freeman Fry Gagnon Gauthier Godfrey Godin Goodale Graham Gravel Guarnieri Guay Guimond Holland Hubbard Julian Kadis Karetak-Lindell Karygiannis Keeper Khan Kotto Laforest Laframboise Lapierre Lavallée Layton LeBlanc Lee Lemay Lessard Lévesque Lussier MacAulay Malhi Malo Maloney Mark Marleau Marston Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Matthews 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 Pacetti Paquette Patry Pearson Perron Peterson Picard Plamondon Priddy Proulx Ratansi Redman Regan Robillard Rodriguez Rota Roy Russell Savage Savoie Scarpaleggia Sgro Siksay Simard Simms St-Cyr St-Hilaire St. Amand St. Denis Steckle Stoffer Stronach Szabo Telegdi Temelkovski Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Tonks Turner Valley Vincent Wappel Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wilson Wrzesnewskyj Zed Total: -- 165
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 Davidson Day Del Mastro Devolin Doyle Dykstra Emerson Epp Fast Finley Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Goldring Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guergis Hanger Harper 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 Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Lemieux Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Manning 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: -- 121
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Cummins Duceppe Lalonde Pallister

Royal Assent

The Speaker informed the House that Her Excellency the Governor General will proceed to the Senate today at 5:15 p.m., for the purpose of giving the Royal Assent to certain Bills.

Messages from the Senate

A message was received from the Senate as follows:

— ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-34, An Act to provide for jurisdiction over education on First Nation lands in British Columbia, without amendment.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Nicholson (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), seconded by Ms. Finley (Minister of Human Resources and Social Development). (Government Business No. 13)

The debate continued.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, in relation to its study on the democratic development, 12 members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development be authorized to travel to Washington, D.C. and New York City from February 4 to 8, 2007, and that the necessary staff do accompany the Committee.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Royal Assent

A Message was received from Her Excellency the Governor General desiring the immediate attendance of the Commons in the Senate.

Accordingly, the Speaker, with the Commons proceeded to the Senate.

The Commons returned to the Chamber.

Whereupon, the Speaker reported that when the Commons had been in the Senate, Her Excellency the Governor General was pleased to give, in Her Majesty's name, the Royal Assent to the following Bills:

Bill C-5, An Act respecting the establishment of the Public Health Agency of Canada and amending certain Acts — Chapter No. 5;

Bill S-5, An Act to implement conventions and protocols concluded between Canada and Finland, Mexico and Korea for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income — Chapter No. 8;

Bill C-2, An Act providing for conflict of interest rules, restrictions on election financing and measures respecting administrative transparency, oversight and accountability — Chapter No. 9;

Bill C-34, An Act to provide for jurisdiction over education on First Nation lands in British Columbia — Chapter No. 10.

The Speaker also reported that he had addressed Her Excellency the Governor General as follows:

“May it please Your Excellency:

The Commons of Canada have voted Supplies required to enable the Government to defray certain expenses of the public service.

In the name of the Commons I present to Your Excellency the following Bills:

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2007;

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2007.

To which Bills I humbly request Your Excellency's Assent.”

Whereupon, the Clerk of the Senate, by Command of Her Excellency the Governor General, did say:

“In Her Majesty's name, Her Excellency the Governor General thanks Her Loyal Subjects, accepts their benevolence, and assents to these Bills.”

Bill C-38, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2007 (Appropriation Act No. 2, 2006-2007) — Chapter No. 6;

Bill C-39, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2007 (Appropriation Act No. 3, 2006-2007) — Chapter No. 7.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:54 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

Mr. Casey (Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley), seconded by Mr. Mills (Red Deer), moved, — That, in the opinion of the House, the Minister of Health should continue to work collaboratively with Statistics Canada, the provincial and territorial cancer registries, and key stakeholders towards the ultimate goal of creating uniform national standards and guidelines for the surveillance of all malignant and benign brain tumours, including data collection, analysis and reporting. (Private Members' Business M-235)

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.

Panel of Chairs

Pursuant to Standing Order 113(2), the Speaker appointed Mr. Hawn (Edmonton Centre), from the Panel of Chairs, Chair of the Legislative Committee on Bill C-30, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the Energy Efficiency Act and the Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption Standards Act (Canada's Clean Air Act).

Pursuant to Standing Order 112, the name of Mr. Jaffer (Edmonton—Strathcona) was removed from the list of Members of the Panel of Chairs.

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 , two concerning federal programs (Nos. 391-0830 and 391-0831);

— by , one concerning China (No. 391-0832), one concerning the sexual exploitation of minors (No. 391-0833) and one concerning Afghanistan (No. 391-0834);

— by , one concerning fur trade (No. 391-0835);

— by , one concerning marriage (No. 391-0836).

Pursuant to Standing Order 131(1), a petition for a Private Bill was filed as follows:

— by Mr. Boshcoff (Thunder Bay—Rainy River), from the Boy Scouts of Canada.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:54 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.

Adjournment

Accordingly, at 7:21 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).