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39th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 61 Thursday, March 6, 2008 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

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. 392-0339, 392-0343, 392-0364, 392-0381 and 392-0401 concerning the income tax system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-392-19-9.

Presenting Petitions

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, a petition certified correct by the Clerk of Petitions was presented as follows:

— by , one concerning the situation in Sudan (No. 392-0438).

Business of Supply

The Order was read for the consideration of the Business of Supply.

Ms. Minna (Beaches—East York), seconded by Mrs. Redman (Kitchener Centre), moved, — That, in the opinion of the House:

(a) women's equality is a matter of human rights and, since the Court Challenges Program was a useful tool in achieving that end, it should be reinstated;

(b) to provide a legitimate and necessary voice to the needs of women, research and advocacy should be restored to the government's Women's Program;

(c) an adequate supply of high quality childcare spaces is essential to ensuring women’s participation in the workforce and the government should take the necessary steps immediately to create 125,000 spaces as it promised;

(d) since access to government services is essential in rural areas and the government’s closure of 12 of 16 regional offices of Status of Women Canada further isolates rural women, the government should take immediate steps to improve access for our most isolated Canadians;

(e) there is a growing need in Canada for a national housing strategy designed to assist the most vulnerable in our society and to treat them with the respect they deserve; and

that, therefore, the House condemn the irresponsible and self-serving actions on November 28, 2005, by the New Democratic Party and the Bloc Québécois which led to the installation of a government that is hostile to the rights and needs of vulnerable Canadians.

Debate arose thereon.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, on Monday, March 10 and Tuesday, March 11, 2008, commencing at the ordinary hour of daily adjournment and ending at midnight, the House shall consider Government Business No. 5, provided that, during the debate, no quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for unanimous consent shall be received by the Speaker, and when no Member rises to speak or at midnight, whichever comes first, the House shall adjourn to the next sitting day without the question being put.

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Minna (Beaches—East York), seconded by Mrs. Redman (Kitchener Centre), in relation to the Business of Supply.

The debate continued.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That the name of the Member for Trinity—Spadina be added to the list of Associate Members of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Minna (Beaches—East York), seconded by Mrs. Redman (Kitchener Centre), in relation to the Business of Supply.

The debate continued.

Tabling of Documents

laid upon the Table, — Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development to the House of Commons for the year 2008, pursuant to the Auditor General Act, S.C. 1995, c. 43, s. 5. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-392-521-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

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.

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Minna (Beaches—East York), seconded by Mrs. Redman (Kitchener Centre), in relation to the Business of Supply.

The debate continued.

Messages from the Senate

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

Bill S-3, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (investigative hearing and recognizance with conditions);

Bill S-201, An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act and the Bank of Canada Act (quarterly financial reports).

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Minna (Beaches—East York), seconded by Mrs. Redman (Kitchener Centre), in relation to the Business of Supply.

The debate continued.

At 5:15 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 81(16), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 61 -- Vote n^o 61)
YEAS: 57, NAYS: 167
YEAS -- POUR Alghabra Bagnell Bains Barnes Beaumier Bélanger Bell (North Vancouver) Boshcoff Brison Brown (Oakville) Cannis Chan Coderre Cotler D'Amours Dhaliwal Dosanjh Dryden Fry Godfrey Goodale Keeper LeBlanc Lee MacAulay Malhi Maloney Marleau McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McTeague Minna Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Patry Pearson Proulx Ratansi Redman Regan Rota Russell Savage Scarpaleggia Scott Sgro Silva Simard Simms St. Amand Szabo Telegdi Temelkovski Tonks Turner Valley Total: -- 57
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Albrecht Allen Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson André Atamanenko Bachand Baird Barbot Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bellavance Benoit Bezan Bigras Black Blackburn Blaikie Blais Bonsant Bouchard Boucher Bourgeois Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Brunelle Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Cardin Carrie Carrier Casson Charlton Chong Christopherson Comartin Comuzzi Crête Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Davidson Day Del Mastro Demers Devolin Dewar Doyle Duceppe Dykstra Emerson Epp Faille Fast Fitzpatrick Fletcher Gagnon Gallant Godin Goldring Goodyear Gourde Gravel Grewal Guay Guimond 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) Laforest Laframboise Lake Lauzon Lavallée Layton Lemieux Lessard Lévesque Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Malo Manning Marston Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse McDonough Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Menzies Merrifield Miller Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Mourani Mulcair Nadeau Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Oda Ouellet Paquette Paradis Perron Petit Picard Plamondon Poilievre Prentice Preston Priddy Rajotte Reid Richardson Ritz Scheer Schellenberger Shipley Siksay Skelton Solberg Sorenson St-Cyr St-Hilaire Stanton Stoffer Storseth Sweet Thi Lac Thompson (Wild Rose) Tilson Toews Trost Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Vincent Wallace Warawa Warkentin Wasylycia-Leis Watson Williams Yelich Total: -- 167
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Ablonczy Asselin Bernier Clement DeBellefeuille Deschamps Finley Flaherty Gaudet Guergis Kotto Lalonde Lemay Lussier Pallister Roy Smith Strahl

Private Members' Business

At 5:45 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Dryden (York Centre), seconded by Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal), — That, in the opinion of the House, the government, its Crown Corporations and divisions should divest from corporations conducting business in Sudan and Iran and should also divest from funds, stocks, bonds and other financial instruments invested in, or operating in, Sudan and Iran, except where such funds support humanitarian aid and humanitarian relief programs, or are used to fund Canadian embassies, consulates, and representative offices in these countries. (Private Members' Business M-410)

The debate continued.

At 6:45 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 93, the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, March 12, 2008, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:47 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 7:07 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).