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39th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 20 Tuesday, November 20, 2007 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Nicholson (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Day (Minister of Public Safety), Bill C-26, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Statements by Ministers

Pursuant to Standing Order 33(1), Mr. Kenney (Secretary of State (Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity)) made a statement.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Volpe (Eglinton—Lawrence), seconded by Mr. Tonks (York South—Weston), Bill C-481, An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (electronic stability control), 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 Ms. Picard (Drummond), seconded by Mr. Paquette (Joliette), Bill C-482, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act (Charter of the French Language) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That this House honour the memory of the soldiers who have died in combat over the past few days by observing a moment of silence at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions today.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning asbestos (No. 392-0127);

— by , one concerning Canadian heritage (No. 392-0128);

— by , one concerning China (No. 392-0129) and one concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (No. 392-0130);

— by , one concerning the mining industry (No. 392-0131);

— by , one concerning China (No. 392-0132).

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 answers to questions Q-12 and Q-43 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 returns to the following questions made into Orders for Return:

Q-35 — — With respect to oil spills in British Columbia's coastal waters in the last five years: (a) what was the total cost of clean ups, on annual basis; (b) on annual basis, what portion of the cost of clean up was paid (i) by Environment Canada, (ii) by Canada Wildlife Service, (iii) by the responsible polluter; (c) what was the date and location of each of the spills; (d) what was the size of each of the spills; (e) what was the extent of the wildlife damage in each of these spills; (f) how many birds and mammals were rehabilitated and released; (g) how many birds and mammals were euthanized; and (h) how many dead birds and mammals were retrieved? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-392-35.

Q-48 — — How much total funding has the Department of Canadian Heritage allocated to National Aboriginal Day from 2004 through to 2007? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-392-48.

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-55 — — With respect to the 2007 Canadian Wheat Board barley plebiscite: (a) how much money has the government spent on its campaign for "marketing choice", from all federal sources since January 26, 2006, in relation to (i) advertising in daily and weekly newspapers, (ii) radio advertisements, (iii) roundtables, (iv) the Task Force on Marketing Choice; (b) how many meetings have taken place since the 2006 federal election between representatives of Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association and other agri-business corporations and government officials where “marketing choice” and the Canadian Wheat Board was a topic of discussion and (i) on what dates did these meetings take place, (ii) who presided over these meetings, (iii) who was present at these meetings; (c) which marketing, advertising, consulting and professional or independent agencies did the government consult with respect to how to frame the ballot questions for the barley plebiscite; (d) did any of these marketing, advertising, consulting and professional or independent agencies provide the government with written reports on how to frame the ballot questions for the barley plebiscite and, if so, on what dates were they provided; (e) what verbal or written instructions were given to KPMG, the accounting firm hired by the government to conduct the barley plebiscite, regarding the administration processes to be employed for any aspect of the barley plebiscite that KPMG was to be responsible for; (f) what is the government's position in regard to the use of numbered and traceable ballots in official election or plebiscite processes and in what way does this position justify using numbered and traceable ballots in the barley plebiscite; (g) at any time throughout the barley plebiscite, was the government informed or aware (i) that KPMG was contacting households by telephone seeking authorization to destroy certain ballots that had been submitted by the household which KPMG did not deem the household entitled to, (ii) that in some cases KPMG did not actually speak to the person attached to the ballot in question and accepted authorization from other household members, (iii) if the government was informed or aware of these practices, did it take measures to investigate or put a halt to these alleged informal practices and on what dates and in what form were these measures taken; (h) what is the government's position in regard to the informal destruction of ballots in plebiscites without the formal consent or presence of the person attached to a particular ballot; (i) was the government aware that many farmers thought that question 2 on the barley plebiscite ballot was to maintain the status quo and as a result voted for that option; (j) how many meetings were held with grassroots farm organizations to discuss any aspect of marketing choice and the barley plebiscite, on what dates were these meetings held, and who was present at these meetings; (k) what is the government's position in regard to whether a clear majority for victory in an election or plebiscite process should be announced by the government before, during or after that process begins and in what way does this position justify the government's refusal to announce the terms of a clear majority for victory until after the Canadian Wheat Board barley plebiscite ballots were counted; and (l) has the government ever met with the Canadian Wheat Board to determine how to limit commercial harm to farmers and the barley industry from the government’s proposed regulatory changes with respect to implementing “marketing choice” for barley and, if so, who was present and on what dates did these meetings occur? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-392-55.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Day (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by Mr. Hill (Secretary of State), — That Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (certificate and special advocate) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

The debate continued.

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 Government Orders.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources of Bill C-15, An Act respecting the exploitation of the Donkin coal block and employment in or in connection with the operation of a mine that is wholly or partly at the Donkin coal block, and to make a consequential amendment to the Canada--Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act.

Mr. Hill (Secretary of State) for Mr. Lunn (Minister of Natural Resources), seconded by Mr. Thompson (Minister of Veterans Affairs), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources.

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.

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-15, An Act respecting the exploitation of the Donkin coal block and employment in or in connection with the operation of a mine that is wholly or partly at the Donkin coal block, and to make a consequential amendment to the Canada--Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources.

The debate continued.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, Bill C-15, An Act respecting the exploitation of the Donkin coal block and employment in or in connection with the operation of a mine that is wholly or partly at the Donkin coal block, and to make a consequential amendment to the Canada--Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, be deemed to have been read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole, deemed considered in Committee of the Whole, deemed reported without amendment, deemed concurred in at the report stage and deemed read a third time and passed.

Government Orders

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities of Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act.

Mr. O'Connor (Minister of National Revenue) for Mr. Cannon (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), 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 second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

Debate arose thereon.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Orders

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Day (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by Mr. Hill (Secretary of State), — That Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (certificate and special advocate) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 10 -- Vote n^o 10)
YEAS: 226, NAYS: 30
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Anders Anderson André Arthur Asselin Bachand Bagnell Bains Barbot Batters Bélanger Bell (North Vancouver) Bellavance Bennett Bevilacqua Bezan Bigras Blackburn Blais Blaney Bonin Bonsant Boshcoff Bouchard Boucher Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Brunelle Byrne Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannis Cannon (Pontiac) Cardin Carrie Carrier Casson Chan Clement Comuzzi Crête Cummins Cuzner D'Amours Davidson Day DeBellefeuille Del Mastro Demers Deschamps Devolin Dhaliwal Dhalla Dosanjh Doyle Dryden Duceppe Dykstra Emerson Epp Eyking Faille Fast Finley Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Gagnon Galipeau Gallant Gaudet Godfrey Goldring Goodale Goodyear Gourde Gravel Grewal Guay Guimond Hanger Harper Harris Harvey Hawn Hearn Hiebert Hill Hinton Holland Hubbard Ignatieff Jaffer Jennings Kadis Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Karetak-Lindell Karygiannis Keeper Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Komarnicki Kotto Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Laforest Laframboise Lake Lalonde Lauzon Lavallée Lebel LeBlanc Lee Lemay Lemieux Lessard Lévesque Lukiwski Lunn Lunney Lussier MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Malhi Malo Maloney Manning Marleau Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Matthews Mayes McCallum McGuinty McGuire McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McTeague Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Menzies Merrifield Miller Mills Minna Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Neville Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Oda Ouellet Pallister Paquette Paradis Pearson Perron Petit Picard Plamondon Poilievre Preston Rajotte Ratansi Redman Regan Reid Richardson Robillard Rodriguez Rota Roy Savage Schellenberger Scott Sgro Shipley Silva Simard Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson St-Cyr St-Hilaire St. Amand St. Denis Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Szabo Temelkovski Thi Lac Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Thibault (West Nova) Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest) Thompson (Wild Rose) Tilson Toews Tonks Trost Turner Tweed Valley Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Vincent Wallace Wappel Warawa Warkentin Watson Wilfert Williams Wrzesnewskyj Yelich Zed Total: -- 226
NAYS -- CONTRE Angus Atamanenko Beaumier Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bevington Black Blaikie Charlton Chow Christopherson Comartin Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Davies Dewar Godin Julian Layton Marston Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Mulcair Nash Priddy Savoie Siksay Telegdi Wasylycia-Leis Total: -- 30
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Allison Ambrose Benoit Bourgeois Freeman Moore (Fundy Royal) Mourani Nadeau
Accordingly, Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (certificate and special advocate) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

Private Members' Business

At 6:15 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 C-303, An Act to establish criteria and conditions in respect of funding for early learning and child care programs in order to ensure the quality, accessibility, universality and accountability of those programs, and to appoint a council to advise the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development on matters relating to early learning and child care, as reported by the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities with amendments.

Ms. Savoie (Victoria), seconded by Ms. Chow (Trinity—Spadina), moved, — That the Bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 98(4), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, November 21, 2007, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:16 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 6:35 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).