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39th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 108 Monday, June 9, 2008 11:00 a.m.

Prayers

Private Members' Business

At 11:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-265, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (qualification for and entitlement to benefits), as reported by the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities with amendments.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:

Group No. 1 — Motions Nos. 1 to 3.

Group No. 1

Mr. Godin (Acadie—Bathurst), seconded by Mr. Martin (Winnipeg Centre), moved Motion No. 1, — That Bill C-265 be amended by deleting Clause 1.

Mr. Lessard (Chambly—Borduas), seconded by Mr. Roy (Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia), moved Motion No. 2, — That Bill C-265 be amended by restoring Clause 3 as follows:

“3. Subsections 7(1) to (5) of the Act are replaced by the following:

7. (1) An insured person qualifies if the person

(a) has had an interruption of earnings from employment; and

(b) has had during their qualifying period at least 360 hours of insurable employment.”

Mr. Lessard (Chambly—Borduas), seconded by Mr. Roy (Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia), moved Motion No. 3, — That Bill C-265 be amended by restoring Clause 4 as follows:

“4. Subsections 7.1(1) and (2) of the Act are replaced by the following:

7.1 (1) The number of hours that an insured person requires under section 7 to qualify for benefits is increased to

(a) 525 hours if the insured person accumulates one or more minor violations,

(b) 700 hours if the insured person accumulates one or more serious violations,

(d) 1050 hours if the insured person accumulates one or more subsequent violations

in the 260 weeks before making their initial claim for benefit.”

Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 1.

Pursuant to Standing Order 98(2), the Order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-29, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (accountability with respect to loans), as deemed reported by a committee with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 1.

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 of Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), seconded by Mr. Hill (Secretary of State), — That Bill C-29, in Clause 4, be amended by deleting lines 13 to 17 on page 2.

Motion No. 2 of Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), seconded by Mr. Hill (Secretary of State), — That Bill C-29, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing lines 29 to 35 on page 4 with the following:

“case of a candidate, the selection date as defined in section 478.01 in the case of a nomination contestant, the end of the leadership contest in the case of a leadership contestant, and the end of the fiscal period during which the loan was made in the case of a registered party and registered association, is deemed to be a contribution of the”

Motion No. 3 of Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), seconded by Mr. Hill (Secretary of State), — That Bill C-29, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing lines 32 to 35 on page 5 with the following:

“Officer shall inform the lender of his or her decision; furthermore, the candidate's registered association or, if there is no registered association, the registered party becomes liable for the unpaid amount as if the association or party had guaranteed the loan.”

The question was put on Motions Nos. 1 to 3 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-29, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (accountability with respect to loans), as deemed reported by a committee with amendments.

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded divisions were further deferred until Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at 3:00 p.m.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Clement (Minister of Health), seconded by Mr. Hearn (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), — That Bill C-51, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

The debate continued.

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), 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. 392-0611 to 392-0614 concerning national parks. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-392-76-04;

— No. 392-0732 concerning the Criminal Code of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-392-26-19.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Murphy (Charlottetown), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 16th Report of the Committee, "Chapter 3, Inuvialuit Final Agreement of the October 2007 Report of the Auditor General of Canada". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-142.

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. 21, 33 and 35) was tabled.

Mr. Murphy (Charlottetown), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 17th Report of the Committee, "Chapter 5, Managing the Delivery of Legal Services to Government — Department of Justice Canada of the May 2007 Report of the Auditor General of Canada". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-143.

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. 25 and 35) was tabled.

Motions

Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), seconded by Mr. Hill (Secretary of State), moved, — That, pursuant to Standing Order 27(1), commencing on Monday, June 9, 2008, and concluding on Thursday, June 19, 2008, the House shall continue to sit until 11:00 p.m. (Government Business No. 8)

Debate arose thereon.

At 5:12 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 27(2), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 141 -- Vote n^o 141)
YEAS: 114, NAYS: 139
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Albrecht Allen Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Baird Benoit Bezan Blackburn Blaney Boucher Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casson Chong Clarke Clement Comuzzi Cummins Davidson Day Del Mastro Devolin Dykstra Emerson Epp Fast Finley Fitzpatrick Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Goldring Goodyear Grewal Guergis Hanger Harris Harvey Hawn 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 Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie 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 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 Yelich Total: -- 114
NAYS -- CONTRE Alghabra André Angus Asselin Atamanenko Bachand Bagnell Bains Barbot Barnes Bélanger Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bellavance Bennett Bevilacqua Bevington Bigras Black Blais Bonin Bonsant Boshcoff Bouchard Bourgeois Brison Brown (Oakville) Brunelle Byrne Cardin Carrier Casey Charlton Chow Christopherson Comartin Crête Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cuzner D'Amours Davies Demers Deschamps Dewar Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Dosanjh Dryden Duceppe Easter Eyking Folco Fry Gagnon Gaudet Godfrey Godin Goodale Guarnieri Guimond Holland Hubbard Ignatieff Jennings Julian Kadis Karetak-Lindell Karygiannis Keeper Laforest Laframboise Lavallée Layton Lee Lemay Lessard Lévesque Lussier MacAulay Malhi Maloney Marleau Marston Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Masse Mathyssen McCallum McDonough McGuinty McGuire McTeague Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Minna Mulcair Murphy (Charlottetown) Murray Nadeau Nash Neville Pacetti Paquette Picard Plamondon Priddy Proulx Ratansi Redman Regan Rodriguez Rota Roy Russell Savage Scarpaleggia Scott Sgro Siksay Silva Simard St-Cyr St. Amand St. Denis Steckle Stoffer Stronach Szabo Temelkovski Thi Lac Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Tonks Turner Valley Vincent Wappel Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wrzesnewskyj Total: -- 139
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Ablonczy Batters Bernier Faille Gourde Guay Lalonde Manning Ouellet St-Hilaire

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning the income tax system (No. 392-0780);

— by , one concerning the situation in Sudan (No. 392-0781);

— by , one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 392-0782);

— by , one concerning the situation in Sudan (No. 392-0783);

— by , one concerning natural health products (No. 392-0784);

— by , one concerning immigration (No. 392-0785);

— by , two concerning the situation in Sudan (Nos. 392-0786 and 392-0787);

— by , one concerning transportation (No. 392-0788);

— by , one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 392-0789).

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Orders

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, 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 House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of , seconded by , — That this question be now put.

By unanimous consent, the question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on division.

Pursuant to Standing Order 61(2), the House proceeded to the putting of the question on 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 question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 142 -- Vote n^o 142)
YEAS: 120, NAYS: 90
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Albrecht Allen Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Baird Benoit Bezan Blackburn Blaney Boucher Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casson Chong Clarke Clement Comuzzi Cummins 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) Khan Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Lebel Lemieux Lukiwski 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 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 Yelich Total: -- 120
NAYS -- CONTRE André Angus Asselin Atamanenko Bachand Bains Barbot Bélanger Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bellavance Bevilacqua Bevington Bigras Black Blais Bonsant Bouchard Bourgeois Brunelle Cardin Carrier Casey Charlton Chow Christopherson Comartin Crête Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Davies DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Dewar Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Duceppe Folco Freeman Gagnon Gaudet Godin Guarnieri Guimond Julian Karygiannis Laforest Laframboise Lavallée Layton Lee Lemay Lessard Lévesque Lussier Malhi Malo Maloney Marston Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen McDonough McTeague Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Minna Mourani Mulcair Nadeau Nash Paquette Perron Picard Plamondon Priddy Roy Savoie Siksay St-Cyr Stoffer Telegdi Thi Lac Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Vincent Volpe Wasylycia-Leis Wilson Total: -- 90
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Ablonczy Batters Bernier Faille Gravel Guay Lalonde Ouellet Pallister Smith St-Hilaire Williams
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 — Amendments to the By-laws adopted by the Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons on June 2, 2008, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, S.C. 1991, c. 20, sbs. 52.5(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8527-392-11.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:58 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.

Accordingly, at 7:25 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).