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39th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals

No. 86

Thursday, May 1, 2008

10:00 a.m.



Prayers
Daily Routine Of Business

Presenting Reports from Committees

Ms. Marleau (Sudbury), from the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, presented the Third Report of the Committee, "The Right Pay for Valuable Employees". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-112.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee requested that the government table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting Nos. 8 and 10) was tabled.


Mr. Rajotte (Edmonton—Leduc), from the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, presented the First Report of the Committee (sale of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) including the RADARSAT-2 satellite). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-113.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 33) was tabled.


Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Laforest (Saint-Maurice—Champlain), seconded by Mrs. Mourani (Ahuntsic), Bill C-540, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and the Telecommunications Act (broadcasting and telecommunications policies), 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. Wasylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North), seconded by Ms. Savoie (Victoria), Bill C-541, An Act to amend the Hazardous Products Act (noise limit for children’s products), 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 Mrs. Lavallée (Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert), five concerning the Canada Labour Code (Nos. 392-0623 to 392-0627);
— by Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), one concerning the income tax system (No. 392-0628).

Questions 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 return to the following question made into an Order for Return:

Q-171 — Mr. Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) — What is the total amount of government funding in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 to Batchewana First Nation and to Garden River First Nation in the constituency of Sault Ste. Marie, with each initiative and amount? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-392-171.
Government Orders

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-33, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, as reported by the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food with amendments;

And of Motion No. 2.

Motion No. 2 of Mr. Bevington (Western Arctic), seconded by Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), — That Bill C-33, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing line 13 on page 3 with the following:

“Canada, including a review of the progress made in the preparation and implementation of the regulations referred to in subsection 140(1), should be undertaken by such commit-”

The debate continued on Motion No. 2.

The question was put on Motion No. 2 and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until later today, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.


The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Clement (Minister of Health), seconded by Mr. Solberg (Minister of Human Resources and Social Development), — That Bill C-52, An Act respecting the safety of consumer products, 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.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Orders

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 2 of Mr. Bevington (Western Arctic), seconded by Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), — That Bill C-33, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing line 13 on page 3 with the following:

“Canada, including a review of the progress made in the preparation and implementation of the regulations referred to in subsection 140(1), should be undertaken by such commit-”

The question was put on Motion No. 2 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division No. 94 -- Vote no 94)
YEAS: 60, NAYS: 185

YEAS -- POUR

Angus
Asselin
Atamanenko
Bachand
Barbot
Bell (Vancouver Island North)
Bellavance
Bevington
Black
Blaikie
Bonsant
Bouchard
Bourgeois
Brunelle
Cardin

Carrier
Charlton
Chow
Comartin
Crête
Crowder
Davies
DeBellefeuille
Demers
Deschamps
Dewar
Duceppe
Faille
Gagnon
Gaudet

Gravel
Guimond
Laforest
Laframboise
Lalonde
Lavallée
Layton
Lessard
Lévesque
Lussier
Malo
Marston
Martin (Winnipeg Centre)
Martin (Sault Ste. Marie)
Mathyssen

Ménard (Hochelaga)
Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin)
Mourani
Mulcair
Paquette
Perron
Picard
Plamondon
Priddy
Roy
Savoie
Siksay
St-Cyr
Stoffer
Wasylycia-Leis

Total: -- 60

NAYS -- CONTRE

Abbott
Albrecht
Alghabra
Allen
Allison
Anders
Anderson
Arthur
Bagnell
Bains
Baird
Barnes
Beaumier
Bélanger
Bell (North Vancouver)
Bennett
Benoit
Bernier
Bevilacqua
Bezan
Blackburn
Blaney
Boshcoff
Boucher
Breitkreuz
Brison
Brown (Oakville)
Brown (Leeds—Grenville)
Brown (Barrie)
Bruinooge
Calkins
Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country)
Cannon (Pontiac)
Carrie
Casey
Casson
Chan
Chong
Clarke
Coderre
Comuzzi
Cotler
Cummins
Cuzner
Davidson
Day

Del Mastro
Devolin
Dhaliwal
Dion
Doyle
Dryden
Easter
Emerson
Epp
Eyking
Fast
Finley
Fitzpatrick
Flaherty
Fletcher
Fry
Galipeau
Gallant
Godfrey
Goldring
Goodale
Goodyear
Gourde
Grewal
Guarnieri
Guergis
Hall Findlay
Hanger
Harris
Harvey
Hawn
Hearn
Hiebert
Hill
Holland
Hubbard
Jean
Jennings
Kadis
Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission)
Karetak-Lindell
Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's)
Keeper
Kenney (Calgary Southeast)
Khan
Komarnicki

Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings)
Lake
Lauzon
Lebel
Lee
Lemieux
Lukiwski
Lunn
Lunney
MacAulay
MacKay (Central Nova)
MacKenzie
Malhi
Maloney
Manning
Mayes
McCallum
McGuinty
McGuire
McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood)
Menzies
Merrifield
Miller
Mills
Minna
Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam)
Moore (Fundy Royal)
Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe)
Murphy (Charlottetown)
Murray
Neville
Nicholson
Norlock
O'Connor
Obhrai
Oda
Paradis
Patry
Pearson
Petit
Poilievre
Prentice
Preston
Proulx
Rae
Rajotte

Ratansi
Redman
Reid
Richardson
Ritz
Rodriguez
Rota
Russell
Savage
Scarpaleggia
Scheer
Schellenberger
Sgro
Shipley
Silva
Simard
Skelton
Smith
Solberg
Sorenson
St. Amand
St. Denis
Stanton
Storseth
Sweet
Szabo
Telegdi
Temelkovski
Thibault (West Nova)
Thompson (Wild Rose)
Tilson
Toews
Tonks
Trost
Tweed
Van Kesteren
Van Loan
Verner
Volpe
Wallace
Warawa
Warkentin
Watson
Wilfert
Williams
Wrzesnewskyj
Yelich

Total: -- 185

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Ablonczy
Ambrose
André
Batters

Clement
Dykstra
Freeman
Guay

Hinton
Jaffer
Lemay
Nadeau

Pallister
St-Hilaire
Thi Lac
Vincent

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(9), Mr. Ritz (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food), seconded by Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), moved, — That the Bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division No. 95 -- Vote no 95)
YEAS: 222, NAYS: 23

YEAS -- POUR

Abbott
Albrecht
Alghabra
Allen
Allison
Anders
Anderson
Arthur
Asselin
Bachand
Bagnell
Bains
Baird
Barbot
Barnes
Beaumier
Bélanger
Bell (North Vancouver)
Bellavance
Bennett
Benoit
Bernier
Bevilacqua
Bezan
Blackburn
Blaney
Bonsant
Boshcoff
Bouchard
Boucher
Bourgeois
Breitkreuz
Brison
Brown (Oakville)
Brown (Leeds—Grenville)
Brown (Barrie)
Bruinooge
Brunelle
Calkins
Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country)
Cannon (Pontiac)
Cardin
Carrie
Carrier
Casey
Casson
Chan
Chong
Clarke
Coderre
Comuzzi
Cotler
Crête
Cummins
Cuzner
Davidson

Day
DeBellefeuille
Del Mastro
Demers
Deschamps
Devolin
Dhaliwal
Dion
Doyle
Dryden
Duceppe
Easter
Emerson
Epp
Eyking
Faille
Fast
Finley
Fitzpatrick
Flaherty
Fletcher
Fry
Gagnon
Galipeau
Gallant
Gaudet
Godfrey
Goldring
Goodale
Goodyear
Gourde
Gravel
Grewal
Guarnieri
Guergis
Guimond
Hall Findlay
Hanger
Harris
Harvey
Hawn
Hearn
Hiebert
Hill
Holland
Hubbard
Jean
Jennings
Kadis
Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission)
Karetak-Lindell
Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's)
Keeper
Kenney (Calgary Southeast)
Khan
Komarnicki

Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings)
Laforest
Laframboise
Lake
Lalonde
Lauzon
Lavallée
Lebel
Lee
Lemieux
Lessard
Lévesque
Lukiwski
Lunn
Lunney
Lussier
MacAulay
MacKay (Central Nova)
MacKenzie
Malhi
Malo
Maloney
Manning
Mayes
McCallum
McGuinty
McGuire
McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood)
Ménard (Hochelaga)
Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin)
Menzies
Merrifield
Miller
Mills
Minna
Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam)
Moore (Fundy Royal)
Mourani
Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe)
Murphy (Charlottetown)
Murray
Neville
Nicholson
Norlock
O'Connor
Obhrai
Oda
Paquette
Paradis
Patry
Pearson
Perron
Petit
Picard
Plamondon
Poilievre

Prentice
Preston
Proulx
Rae
Rajotte
Ratansi
Redman
Reid
Richardson
Ritz
Rodriguez
Rota
Roy
Russell
Savage
Scarpaleggia
Scheer
Schellenberger
Sgro
Shipley
Silva
Simard
Skelton
Smith
Solberg
Sorenson
St-Cyr
St. Amand
St. Denis
Stanton
Storseth
Sweet
Szabo
Telegdi
Temelkovski
Thibault (West Nova)
Thompson (Wild Rose)
Tilson
Toews
Tonks
Trost
Tweed
Van Kesteren
Van Loan
Verner
Volpe
Wallace
Warawa
Warkentin
Watson
Wilfert
Williams
Wrzesnewskyj
Yelich

Total: -- 222

NAYS -- CONTRE

Angus
Atamanenko
Bell (Vancouver Island North)
Bevington
Black
Blaikie

Charlton
Chow
Comartin
Crowder
Davies
Dewar

Layton
Marston
Martin (Winnipeg Centre)
Martin (Sault Ste. Marie)
Mathyssen
Mulcair

Priddy
Savoie
Siksay
Stoffer
Wasylycia-Leis

Total: -- 23

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Ablonczy
Ambrose
André
Batters

Clement
Dykstra
Freeman
Guay

Hinton
Jaffer
Lemay
Nadeau

Pallister
St-Hilaire
Thi Lac
Vincent

Accordingly, the Bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage and ordered for a third reading at the next sitting of the House.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Clement (Minister of Health), seconded by Mr. Solberg (Minister of Human Resources and Social Development), — That Bill C-52, An Act respecting the safety of consumer products, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

The debate continued.

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

Accordingly, Bill C-52, An Act respecting the safety of consumer products, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

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:

Government Orders

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.

Private Members' Business

At 5:40 p.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 S-215, An Act to protect heritage lighthouses, as reported by the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans with amendments.

Mr. Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound), seconded by Mr. Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's), moved, — That the Bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

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

Pursuant to Standing Order 98(4), Mr. Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound), seconded by Mr. Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

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

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 Ms. Verner (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages) — Report of the Public Service Commission of Canada entitled "Audit of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police — Appointments Under the Public Service Employment Act", pursuant to the Public Service Employment Act, S.C. 2003, c. 22, ss. 12 "23(3)" and 13. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-392-908-06. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)
Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:18 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 6:32 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).