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39th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 84 Tuesday, April 29, 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. 392-0536, 392-0537, 392-0543, 392-0551, 392-0552, 392-0569, 392-0575, 392-0576, 392-0578, 392-0584 and 392-0585 concerning the Criminal Code of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-392-26-12;

— No. 392-0549 concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-392-5-10.

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Paradis (Secretary of State (Agriculture)) for Mr. Clement (Minister of Health), seconded by Ms. Guergis (Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade) (Sport)), Bill C-54, An Act to promote safety and security with respect to human pathogens and toxins, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Recommendation

(Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2))

Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to promote safety and security with respect to human pathogens and toxins”.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Mills (Red Deer), from the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, presented the Fifth Report of the Committee (Bill C-377, An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change, with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-109.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 8, 10 to 13, 16 to 19 and 22 to 27) was tabled.

Mr. Mills (Red Deer), from the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, presented the Sixth Report of the Committee (reasons for not having completed the study of Bill C-377, An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-110.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 8, 10 to 13, 16 to 19 and 22 to 27) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior), seconded by Mr. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas), Bill C-538, An Act to bring the Food and Drug Regulations in line with the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality, 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 Mr. St-Cyr (Jeanne-Le Ber), seconded by Ms. Picard (Drummond), Bill C-539, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (vibration and noise), 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 the income tax system (No. 392-0609);

— by , one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 392-0610).

Business of Supply

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

Mr. Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord), seconded by Mr. Paquette (Joliette), moved, — That the House express its full and complete confidence in Elections Canada and the Commissioner of Canada Elections.

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.

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Copy of an Elections Canada document entitled "Investigators' Manual", dated January 2004. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-392-14.

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord), seconded by Mr. Paquette (Joliette), 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 Bill to which the concurrence of the House is desired:

Bill S-204, An Act respecting a National Philanthropy Day.

Tabling of Documents

By unanimous consent, laid upon the Table, — Copy of an affidavit of Geoff Donald (English text only). — Sessional Paper No. 8530-392-15.

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord), seconded by Mr. Paquette (Joliette), 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 agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 93 -- Vote n^o 93)
YEAS: 152, NAYS: 117
YEAS -- POUR Alghabra André Atamanenko Bachand Bains Barbot Barnes Beaumier Bélanger Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bell (North Vancouver) Bellavance Bennett Bevilacqua Bevington Bigras Black Blaikie Blais Bonin Bonsant Boshcoff Bouchard Brison Brown (Oakville) Brunelle Cardin Carrier Casey Chan Charlton Chow Christopherson Crête Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cullen (Etobicoke North) Cuzner D'Amours Davies DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Dewar Dhaliwal Dhalla Dosanjh Dryden Duceppe Easter Eyking Faille Folco Fry Gagnon Gaudet Godfrey Godin Goodale Gravel Guarnieri Guimond Hall Findlay Holland Hubbard Ignatieff Jennings Julian Kadis Karetak-Lindell Karygiannis Keeper Laforest Laframboise Lavallée Layton LeBlanc Lemay Lessard Lévesque Lussier MacAulay Malhi Malo Maloney Marleau Marston Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (LaSalle—Émard) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Mathyssen McCallum McDonough McGuinty McGuire McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McTeague Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Minna Mourani Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Murray Nadeau Nash Neville Ouellet Pacetti Paquette Patry Pearson Perron Picard Plamondon Priddy Proulx Rae Ratansi Redman Regan Rodriguez Rota Roy Russell Savage Savoie Scarpaleggia Sgro Siksay Silva Simard Simms St-Cyr St. Amand St. Denis Stoffer Szabo Telegdi Temelkovski Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Thibault (West Nova) Tonks Turner Valley Vincent Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wilson Wrzesnewskyj Zed Total: -- 152
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Baird Benoit Bernier Bezan Blackburn Blaney Boucher Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casson 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 Harris Harvey Hawn Hearn Hiebert Hill 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 Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Manning Mark Mayes Menzies Merrifield Miller Mills Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Oda Paradis Petit Poilievre Prentice Preston Rajotte Reid Richardson Ritz Schellenberger Shipley Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Tilson Toews Trost Tweed Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Williams Yelich Total: -- 117
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Asselin Batters Bourgeois Chong Freeman Guay Hinton Jaffer Lalonde Nicholson Pallister St-Hilaire Thi Lac Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest)

Private Members' Business

At 5:46 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage of Bill C-459, An Act to establish a Ukrainian Famine and Genocide Memorial Day and to recognize the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33 as an act of genocide.

Mr. Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake), seconded by Mr. Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the Order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

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 — Federal-Provincial Implementation Agreements with the provinces of Prince Edward Island, Québec, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, pursuant to the Farm Income Protection Act, S.C. 1991, c. 22, sbs. 6(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-392-483-06. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— by — Summary of the Corporate Plan for the period 2008-2009 to 2012-2013 of Farm Credit Canada, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-392-818-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:46 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 7:01 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).