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39th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 34 Monday, December 10, 2007 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 House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Lake (Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont), seconded by Mr. Fast (Abbotsford), — That Bill C-423, An Act to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act (treatment for substance abuse), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

The debate continued.

At 12:02 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 93, the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

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

Accordingly, Bill C-423, An Act to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act (treatment for substance abuse), was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-28, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007 and to implement certain provisions of the economic statement tabled in Parliament on October 30, 2007, as reported by the Standing Committee on Finance without amendment;

And of Motion No. 1.

Motion No. 1 of Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre), seconded by Mr. Marston (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek), — That Bill C-28 be amended by deleting Clause 181.

The debate continued on Motion No. 1.

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), laid upon the Table, — Report of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation for the year 2007. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-392-732-01.

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:

— No. 392-0057 concerning the sexual exploitation of minors. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-392-38-01;

— Nos. 392-0060 and 392-0074 to 392-0076 concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-392-5-04;

— No. 392-0081 concerning unborn children. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-392-39-01.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Document entitled “Indian Claims Commission: Annual Report 2006-2007”. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-392-8.

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Cannon (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), seconded by Ms. Finley (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), Bill C-36, An Act to amend the Air Canada Public Participation Act, 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. Finley (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), seconded by Mr. Clement (Minister of Health and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario), Bill C-37, An Act to amend the Citizenship 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. Breitkreuz (Yorkton—Melville), from the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, presented the First Report of the Committee (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, with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-27.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 4 to 11) was tabled.

Mr. Goodyear (Cambridge), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the Sixth Report of the Committee (Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (expanded voting opportunities) and to make a consequential amendment to the Referendum Act, with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-28.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 3 to 6, 8 and 10) was tabled.

Mr. Hanger (Calgary Northeast), from the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, presented the Second Report of the Committee (Bill C-343, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (motor vehicle theft), with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-29.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 5 and 6) was tabled.

Mr. Murphy (Charlottetown), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the Second Report of the Committee, “Restoring the Honor of the RCMP: Addressing Problems in the Administration of the RCMP's Pension and Insurance Plans”. — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-30.

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. 5 to 8) 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 Mr. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas), Bill C-492, An Act to amend the Federal Courts Act (international promotion and protection of human rights), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning federal-provincial agreements (No. 392-0180);

— by , two concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (Nos. 392-0181 and 392-0184), one concerning conscientious objection (No. 392-0182) and one concerning the Canada Labour Code (No. 392-0183);

— by , one concerning the income tax system (No. 392-0185);

— by , one concerning the income tax system (No. 392-0186).

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-94 on the Order Paper.

Government Orders

And of Motion No. 1.

The debate continued on Motion No. 1.

The question was put on Motion No. 1 and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until later today, at 6:30 p.m.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Strahl (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development), seconded by Mr. Thompson (Minister of Veterans Affairs), — That Bill C-30, An Act to establish the Specific Claims Tribunal and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

The debate continued.

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

Accordingly, Bill C-30, An Act to establish the Specific Claims Tribunal and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-8, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (railway transportation), as reported by the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities with an amendment.

Mr. Cannon (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), seconded by Ms. Finley (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), moved, — That the Bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

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

Accordingly, the Bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(11), Mr. Cannon (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), seconded by Ms. Finley (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Orders

At 6:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division at report stage of Bill C-28, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007 and to implement certain provisions of the economic statement tabled in Parliament on October 30, 2007, as reported by the Standing Committee on Finance without amendment.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 1 of Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre), seconded by Mr. Marston (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek), — That Bill C-28 be amended by deleting Clause 181.
The question was put on Motion No. 1 and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 23 -- Vote n^o 23)
YEAS: 28, NAYS: 156
YEAS -- POUR Angus Atamanenko Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bevington Black Blaikie Charlton Chow Christopherson Comartin Crowder Dewar Godin Julian Layton Marston Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen McDonough Mulcair Nash Priddy Savoie Siksay Stoffer Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Total: -- 28
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Batters Bellavance Benoit Bernier Bezan Blackburn Blais Blaney Bonsant Boucher Bourgeois Breitkreuz Brison Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Brunelle Byrne Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Cardin Carrie Carrier Casson Chong Clement Comuzzi Cummins Cuzner Davidson Day Del Mastro Demers Deschamps Devolin Doyle Duceppe Dykstra Emerson Epp Eyking Fast Finley Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Freeman Gagnon Galipeau Gallant Gaudet Goldring Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guergis Guimond Hanger Harper Harris Harvey Hawn Hearn Hiebert Hill Jaffer Jean Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Kotto Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Laforest Laframboise Lake Lalonde Lauzon Lavallée Lemay Lessard Lévesque Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Manning Matthews Mayes Menzies Merrifield Miller Mills Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nadeau Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Oda Ouellet Pallister Paquette Paradis Petit Plamondon Poilievre Prentice Preston Rajotte Regan Reid Richardson Ritz Roy Russell Savage Schellenberger Shipley Simms Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson St-Cyr St-Hilaire Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Thi Lac Thibault (West Nova) Thompson (Wild Rose) Tilson Toews Trost Tweed Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Vincent Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Williams Yelich Total: -- 156
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS André Asselin Bachand Baird Barbot Bigras Bouchard Crête Hinton Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Komarnicki Lebel Lemieux

Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Cannon (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), moved, — That the Bill be concurred in at report stage.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 24 -- Vote n^o 24)
YEAS: 116, NAYS: 69
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Batters Benoit Bernier Bezan Blackburn Blaney Boucher Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casson Chong 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 Jaffer Jean Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon 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 Pallister Paradis Petit Poilievre Prentice Preston Rajotte Reid Richardson Ritz 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: -- 116
NAYS -- CONTRE Angus Atamanenko Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bellavance Bevington Black Blaikie Blais Bonsant Bourgeois Brison Brunelle Byrne Cardin Carrier Charlton Chow Christopherson Comartin Crowder Cuzner Demers Deschamps Dewar Duceppe Eyking Freeman Gagnon Gaudet Godin Guimond Julian Kotto Laforest Laframboise Lalonde Lavallée Layton Lemay Lessard Lévesque Marston Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Matthews McDonough Mulcair Nadeau Nash Ouellet Paquette Plamondon Priddy Regan Roy Russell Savage Savoie Siksay Simms St-Cyr St-Hilaire Stoffer Thi Lac Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Thibault (West Nova) Vincent Total: -- 69
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS André Asselin Bachand Baird Barbot Bigras Bouchard Crête Hinton Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Komarnicki Lebel Lemieux
Accordingly, the Bill was concurred in at report stage and ordered for a third reading at the next sitting of the House.

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 — Minutes of Proceedings of the Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons for June 4, 7, 11 and October 25, 2007, pursuant to Standing Order 148(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8527-392-3.

— by — Reports of the Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8561-392-914-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by — Report of the Canada Pension Plan, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, pursuant to the Canada Pension Plan Act, S.C. 1997, c. 40, s. 97. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-392-59-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

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

— by , two concerning the Copyright Act (Nos. 392-0187 and 392-0188).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 7:04 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 7:22 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).