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39th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals

No. 104

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

10:00 a.m.



Prayers
Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents
The Speaker laid upon the Table, — Report of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on the application of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act for the year 2007, pursuant to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000, c. 5, sbs. 25(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-392-789-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Benoit (Vegreville—Wainwright), from the Standing Committee on Natural Resources, presented the Third Report of the Committee, "Canada's Forest Industry: Recognizing the Challenges and Opportunities". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-138.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 15 to 29 and 31 to 34) was tabled.


Presenting Petitions

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

— by Mr. Bagnell (Yukon), one concerning the situation in Sudan (No. 392-0750);
— by Mr. Benoit (Vegreville—Wainwright), one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 392-0751);
— by Mr. Cardin (Sherbrooke), one concerning health care services (No. 392-0752) and two concerning the Canada Labour Code (Nos. 392-0753 and 392-0754);
— by Mr. Richardson (Calgary Centre), two concerning genetic engineering (Nos. 392-0755 and 392-0756).
Government Orders

The Order was read for the third reading of Bill C-50, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 26, 2008 and to enact provisions to preserve the fiscal plan set out in that budget.

Mr. Blackburn (Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec) for Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Keddy (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and to the Minister of International Trade), seconded by Mr. Allison (Niagara West—Glanbrook), 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.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Concurrence in Committee Reports

Pursuant to Standing Order 45(7), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on 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 question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division No. 122 -- Vote no 122)
YEAS: 137, NAYS: 110

YEAS -- POUR

Alghabra
Angus
Asselin
Atamanenko
Bagnell
Bains
Barbot
Barnes
Beaumier
Bélanger
Bell (Vancouver Island North)
Bell (North Vancouver)
Bellavance
Bennett
Bevilacqua
Bevington
Bigras
Blais
Bonsant
Boshcoff
Bourgeois
Brison
Brown (Oakville)
Brunelle
Byrne
Cardin
Carrier
Chan
Charlton
Chow
Christopherson
Coderre
Comartin
Cotler

Crowder
Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley)
Cuzner
D'Amours
Davies
DeBellefeuille
Demers
Deschamps
Dewar
Dhaliwal
Dhalla
Dion
Dosanjh
Dryden
Duceppe
Easter
Eyking
Faille
Freeman
Fry
Gaudet
Godfrey
Godin
Goodale
Gravel
Guimond
Holland
Hubbard
Ignatieff
Jennings
Julian
Kadis
Karygiannis
Laforest

Laframboise
Lalonde
Lavallée
Layton
LeBlanc
Lee
Lessard
MacAulay
Malhi
Malo
Maloney
Marleau
Marston
Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca)
Martin (Winnipeg Centre)
Masse
Mathyssen
Matthews
McCallum
McDonough
McGuinty
McTeague
Ménard (Hochelaga)
Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin)
Minna
Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe)
Murphy (Charlottetown)
Murray
Nadeau
Nash
Ouellet
Pacetti
Paquette
Patry

Pearson
Perron
Picard
Plamondon
Priddy
Proulx
Rae
Ratansi
Redman
Regan
Rodriguez
Rota
Roy
Savage
Savoie
Scarpaleggia
Scott
Siksay
Simard
Simms
St-Cyr
St. Amand
Steckle
Stoffer
Szabo
Telegdi
Temelkovski
Thi Lac
Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques)
Thibault (West Nova)
Valley
Vincent
Wasylycia-Leis
Wilson
Zed

Total: -- 137

NAYS -- CONTRE

Abbott
Ablonczy
Allen
Allison
Ambrose
Anders
Anderson
Arthur
Baird
Benoit
Blackburn
Boucher
Breitkreuz
Brown (Leeds—Grenville)
Brown (Barrie)
Calkins
Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country)
Cannon (Pontiac)
Carrie
Chong
Clement
Comuzzi
Cummins
Davidson
Day
Del Mastro
Doyle
Dykstra

Emerson
Epp
Fast
Finley
Fitzpatrick
Flaherty
Fletcher
Galipeau
Goldring
Goodyear
Gourde
Grewal
Hanger
Harris
Harvey
Hawn
Hearn
Hiebert
Hill
Hinton
Jaffer
Jean
Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission)
Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's)
Kenney (Calgary Southeast)
Khan
Komarnicki
Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings)

Lake
Lauzon
Lebel
Lemieux
Lukiwski
Lunn
MacKay (Central Nova)
MacKenzie
Mayes
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
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: -- 110

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Albrecht
André
Bachand
Batters
Bernier
Bezan

Blaney
Bouchard
Bruinooge
Casson
Clarke
Crête

Devolin
Gagnon
Gallant
Guay
Lemay
Lévesque

Lunney
Lussier
Mourani
St-Hilaire

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), — That Bill C-50, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 26, 2008 and to enact provisions to preserve the fiscal plan set out in that budget, be now read a third time and do pass;

The debate continued.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, the deferred recorded divisions on the motion for second reading of Bill C-393, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (punishment and hearing), on report stage motions, the motion for concurrence at report stage and the motion for third reading of Bill C-377, An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change, and on the motion for second reading of Bill C-490, An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (application for supplement, retroactive payments and other amendments), currently scheduled to be held immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business on June 4, 2008, be held instead at 3:00 p.m. on June 4, 2008.


By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order, for the consideration of the supply period ending June 23, 2008, Standing Order 81(18)(c) shall be amended by replacing the word “10:00 p.m.” with the word “7:30 p.m.”, provided that no member shall speak for longer than 10 minutes, after which a period not exceeding 5 minutes shall be made available, if required, to allow Members to ask questions and comment briefly on matters relevant to the speech and to allow responses thereto.

Private Members' Business

At 5:39 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill S-207, An Act to repeal legislation that has not come into force within ten years of receiving royal assent, as deemed reported by the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights without amendment.

Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), seconded by Mr. Lee (Scarborough—Rouge River), moved, — That the Bill be concurred in at report stage.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.

Accordingly, the Bill was concurred in at report stage.

Pursuant to Standing Order 98(2), Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), seconded by Mr. Lee (Scarborough—Rouge River), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.

Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), a paper deposited with the Clerk of the House was laid upon the Table as follows:

— by Mr. Cannon (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities) — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2007-2011 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2007 of VIA Rail Canada Inc., pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-392-803-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)
Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:20 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 6:30 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).