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39th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 101 Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

laid upon the Table, — Report of the Commissioner of Official Languages for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, pursuant to the Official Languages Act, R.S. 1985, c. 31 (4th supp.), s. 66. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-392-301-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(f), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Official Languages)

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. 392-0637, 392-0665, 392-0688, 392-0689, 392-0691 and 392-0700 concerning the income tax system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-392-19-19.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the joint Canadian delegation of the Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group and the Canada-China Legislative Association respecting its participation at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentarians Forum (APPF), held in Auckland, New Zealand, from January 21 to 25, 2008. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-392-57-03.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Doyle (St. John's East), from the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented the Eighth Report of the Committee (Main Estimates 2008-2009 — Votes 1, 5 and 10 under CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-133.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 47) was tabled.

Mr. Doyle (St. John's East), from the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented the Ninth Report of the Committee (Supplementary Estimates (A), 2008-2009 — Vote 1a under CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-134.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 47) was tabled.

Mr. Tweed (Brandon—Souris), from the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, presented the Third Report of the Committee, “Report of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities on Rail Safety in Canada”. — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-135.

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

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 7, 17 to 22, 24, 27 and 28) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), seconded by Ms. Bell (Vancouver Island North), Bill C-553, An Act to ensure that warning labels are affixed to products containing toxic substances, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Martin (Winnipeg Centre), seconded by Ms. Chow (Trinity—Spadina), Bill C-554, An Act to amend the Access to Information Act (open government), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

Ms. Chow (Trinity—Spadina), seconded by Mr. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas), moved, — That the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Thursday, December 13, 2007, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 20)

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Komarnicki (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), seconded by Mr. Fitzpatrick (Prince Albert), moved, — That the House do now proceed to the Orders of the Day.

The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 118 -- Vote n^o 118)
YEAS: 97, NAYS: 121
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Allison Anderson Bezan Blaney Boucher Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Casson Chong Clarke Clement Davidson Day Del Mastro Devolin Doyle Dykstra Epp Fast Finley Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Goldring Goodyear Gourde Grewal Harris Harvey Hawn Hearn Hiebert Hill Hinton Jaffer Jean Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Khan Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Lebel Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacKenzie Mayes Menzies Merrifield Miller Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Paradis Petit Poilievre Prentice Reid Richardson Scheer Schellenberger Shipley Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson Storseth Strahl Sweet Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest) Tilson Toews Trost Tweed Van Loan Vellacott Verner Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Williams Yelich Total: -- 97
NAYS -- CONTRE Alghabra André Asselin Atamanenko Bachand Bagnell Bains Barbot Barnes Beaumier Bélanger Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bellavance Bennett Bevilacqua Bevington Bigras Black Blais Bonsant Boshcoff Bouchard Bourgeois Brison Brown (Oakville) Cardin Carrier Chan Chow Coderre Cotler Crête Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cuzner D'Amours Davies DeBellefeuille Deschamps Dewar Dosanjh Dryden Duceppe Easter Faille Folco Freeman Fry Gagnon Gaudet Godfrey Goodale Gravel Guarnieri Guimond Holland Hubbard Ignatieff Jennings Julian Karetak-Lindell Karygiannis Keeper Laforest Laframboise Lavallée LeBlanc Lee Lessard Lussier Malhi Malo Maloney Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Masse Mathyssen McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) Ménard (Hochelaga) Minna Mourani Mulcair Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Murray Nadeau Ouellet Paquette Patry Pearson Perron Picard Plamondon Proulx Ratansi Redman Regan Rodriguez Russell Savage Savoie Scott Sgro Siksay St-Cyr St. Amand Steckle Szabo Telegdi Temelkovski Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Thibault (West Nova) Tonks Turner Volpe Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wrzesnewskyj Zed Total: -- 121
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Batters Benoit Brunelle Comuzzi Demers Guay Hanger Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Lalonde Lemay Lévesque Manning Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Pallister Preston Rajotte St-Hilaire Thi Lac Thompson (Wild Rose) Vincent

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Chow (Trinity—Spadina), seconded by Mr. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas), — That the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Thursday, December 13, 2007, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 20)

The debate continued.

At 1:13 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 Monday, June 2, 2008, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning immigration (No. 392-0729);

— by , one concerning the Canada Labour Code (No. 392-0730);

— by , one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 392-0731).

Questions on the Order Paper

Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform) presented the answer to question Q-245 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-258 — — With regard to the detection of ship source pollution for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008, to date: (a) what were the routes of patrols by Canada’s National Aerial Surveillance Program (CNASP) within Canada’s Arctic waters; (b) how many flights were conducted by the CNASP; (c) how many aircraft were used by the CNASP; (d) what was the total number of hours logged, in patrol time, by the CNASP; (e) what were the numbers of (i) hours of recorded inspection by the CNASP, (ii) vessels sighted by the CNASP, (iii) vessels inspected by the CNASP, (iv) mystery spills identified by the CNASP, (v) mystery spills investigated for origin of source by the CNASP, (vi) charges laid, (vii) convictions; (f) what was the amount of (i) fines and penalties levied, (ii) fines paid and penalties served; (g) what was the number of patrol incidences by the CNASP where survey was considered unsafe and what were the reasons for the unsafe determinations; (h) what were the total costs associated with the pollution patrol surveillance program; (i) what other methods does the government employ to monitor, track and prosecute pollution incidents in Canada’s Arctic waters; and (j) how many incidents have been reported by these other methods? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-392-258.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Lunn (Minister of Natural Resources), seconded by Mr. Thompson (Minister of Veterans Affairs), — That Bill C-5, An Act respecting civil liability and compensation for damage in case of a nuclear incident, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), seconded by Mr. Anderson (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and for the Canadian Wheat Board), moved, — That this question be now put.

Debate arose thereon.

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.

Royal Assent

A message was received informing the Commons that on May 29, 2008, at 2:38 p.m., the Honourable Marie Deschamps, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, in her capacity as Deputy of the Governor General, signified Royal Assent by written declaration to the following Bills:

Bill S-215, An Act to protect heritage lighthouses — Chapter No. 16;

Bill C-293, An Act respecting the provision of official development assistance abroad — Chapter No. 17;

Bill C-13, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal procedure, language of the accused, sentencing and other amendments) — Chapter No. 18;

Bill C-459, An Act to establish a Ukrainian Famine and Genocide ("Holodomor") Memorial Day and to recognize the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33 as an act of genocide — Chapter No. 19.

Government Orders

And of the motion of , seconded by , — That this question be now put.

The debate continued.

Messages from the Senate

A message was received from the Senate informing this House that the Senate has passed the following Bill to which the concurrence of the House is desired:

Bill S-224, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (vacancies).

Government Orders

And of the motion of , seconded by , — That this question be now put.

The debate continued.

Pursuant to Standing Order 45(7), the recorded division on the motion to concur in the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration was further deferred until Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at 3:00 p.m.

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 House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-377, An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change, as reported by the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 1.

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 of Mr. Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley), seconded by Mr. Layton (Toronto—Danforth), — That Bill C-377, in Clause 2, be amended by adding after line 15 on page 2 the following:

““greenhouse gases” means the following substances, as they appear on the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999:

(a) carbon dioxide, which has the molecular formula CO²;

(b) methane, which has the molecular formula CH4;

(d) hydrofluorocarbons that have the molecular formula CnHxF(2n+2-x) in which 0<n<6;

(e) the following perfluorocarbons:

(i) those that have the molecular formula CnF2n+2 in which 0<n<7, and

(ii) octafluorocyclobutane, which has the molecular formula C4F8; and

(f) sulphur hexafluoride, which has the molecular formula SF6.”

Motion No. 2 of Mr. Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley), seconded by Mr. Layton (Toronto—Danforth), — That Bill C-377, in Clause 13, be amended by replacing lines 28 to 43 on page 8 and lines 1 to 12 on page 9 with the following:

“the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy established by section 3 of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy Act shall perform the following with respect to the statement:

(a) undertake research and gather information and analyses on the statement in the context of sustainable development; and

(b) advise the Minister on issues that are within its purpose, as set out in section 4 of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy Act, including the following, to the extent that they are within that purpose:

(i) the likelihood that each of the proposed measures will achieve the emission reductions projected in the statement,

(ii) the likelihood that the proposed measures will enable Canada to meet its commitment under section 5 and meet the interim Canadian greenhouse gas emission targets referred to in section 6, and

(iii) any other matters that the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy considers relevant.

(2) The Minister shall

(a) within three days after receiving the advice referred to in paragraph (1)(b):

(i) publish it in any manner that the Minister considers appropriate, and

(ii) submit it to the Speakers of the Senate and the House of Commons and the Speakers shall table it in their respective Houses on any of the first three days on which that House is sitting after the day on which the Speaker receives the advice; and

(b) within 10 days after receiving the advice, publish a notice in the Canada Gazette setting out how the advice was published and how a copy of the publication may be obtained.”

Motion No. 3 of Mr. Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley), seconded by Mr. Layton (Toronto—Danforth), — That Bill C-377 be amended by adding after line 12 on page 9 the following new clause:

“13.1 (1) At least once every two years after this Act comes into force, the Commissioner shall prepare a report that includes

(a) an analysis of Canada’s progress in implementing the measures proposed in the statement referred to in subsection 10(2);

(b) an analysis of Canada’s progress in meeting its commitment under section 5 and the interim Canadian greenhouse gas emission targets referred to in section 6; and

(2) The Commissioner shall publish the report in any manner the Commissioner considers appropriate within the period referred to in subsection (1).

(3) The Commissioner shall submit the report to the Speaker of the House of Commons on or before the day it is published, and the Speaker shall table the report in the House on any of the first three days on which that House is sitting after the Speaker receives it.”

Motion No. 4 of Mr. Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley), seconded by Mr. Layton (Toronto—Danforth), — That Bill C-377 be amended by adding after line 12 on page 9 the following new clause:

“NATIONAL ROUND TABLE ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ECONOMY

13.2 (1) Within 180 days after the Minister prepares the target plan under subsection 6(1) or prepares a revised target plan under subsection 6(2), the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy established by section 3 of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy Act shall perform the following with respect to the target plan or revised target plan:

(a) undertake research and gather information and analyses on the target plan or revised target plan in the context of sustainable development; and

(i) the quality and completeness of the scientific, economic and technological evidence and analyses used to establish each target in the target plan or revised target plan, and

(ii) any other matters that the National Round Table considers relevant.

(2) The Minister shall

(a) within three days after receiving the advice referred to in paragraph (1)(b):

(i) publish it in any manner that the Minister considers appropriate, and

(b) within 10 days after receiving the advice, publish a notice in the Canada Gazette setting out how the advice was published and how a copy of the publication may be obtained.”

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 1.

At 6:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 98, the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on Motions Nos. 1 to 4 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 at report stage of Bill C-377, An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change, as reported by the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development with amendments.

Pursuant to Standing Order 98(4), the recorded divisions were further deferred until Wednesday, June 4, 2008, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 38(1), the question “That this House do now adjourn” was deemed to have been proposed.

After debate, pursuant to Standing Order 81(4)(a), the question was deemed to have been withdrawn.

Government Orders

At 6:52 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 81(4)(a), the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole for the consideration of all Votes under FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009.

At 10:52 p.m., the Committee rose.

Pursuant to Standing Order 81(4)(a), the considered Votes were deemed reported.

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 — Climate Change Plan for 2008, pursuant to the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act, S.C. 2007, c. 30, sbs. 5(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-392-935-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

— by — Report on transportation in Canada for the year 2007, pursuant to the Canada Transportation Act, S.C. 1996, c. 10, sbs. 52(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-392-79-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

Adjournment

At 10:53 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).