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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), Mr. Day (Minister of Public Safety) 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), Mr. Cannon (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities) 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 Mr. Casson (Lethbridge), one concerning marriage (No. 391-0817);
— by Mr. Ouellet (Brome—Missisquoi), one concerning housing policy (No. 391-0818);
— by Mr. Lee (Scarborough—Rouge River), one concerning federal programs (No. 391-0819);
— by Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay), one concerning museums (No. 391-0820);
— by Mr. Tilson (Dufferin—Caledon), one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 391-0821);
— by Ms. Savoie (Victoria), one concerning genetic engineering (No. 391-0822), one concerning cruelty to animals (No. 391-0823) and one concerning federal programs (No. 391-0824);
— by Mr. Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley), four concerning the Employment Insurance program (Nos. 391-0825 to 391-0828);
— by Mr. Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound), 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 no 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 no 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 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.

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:


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:

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.”

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.

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 Mr. Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley), two concerning federal programs (Nos. 391-0830 and 391-0831);
— by Ms. Savoie (Victoria), one concerning China (No. 391-0832), one concerning the sexual exploitation of minors (No. 391-0833) and one concerning Afghanistan (No. 391-0834);
— by Mr. Devolin (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock), one concerning fur trade (No. 391-0835);
— by Mrs. Hinton (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo), 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).