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39th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals

No. 95

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

2:00 p.m.



Prayers
National Anthem
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 34(1), the Speaker presented the report of the parliamentary delegation that travelled to Peru, from March 14 to 20, 2008. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-392-75-04.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mrs. Yelich (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development) laid upon the Table, — Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions:

— No. 392-0484 concerning the Criminal Code of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-392-26-14;
— No. 392-0557 concerning the Copyright Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-392-60-02;
— Nos. 392-0623 to 392-0627 concerning the Canada Labour Code. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-392-6-09.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Manning (Avalon), from the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, presented the Fourth Report of the Committee (Main Estimates 2008-2009 — Votes 1, 5 and 10 under FISHERIES AND OCEANS). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-121.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 31 to 33) was tabled.


Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), from the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, presented the Seventh Report of the Committee (amendments to the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons — Appendix to the Standing Orders). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-122.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 34) was tabled.


Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. St. Denis (Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing), seconded by Mr. Valley (Kenora), Bill C-543, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (abuse of pregnant woman), 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. St-Hilaire (Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher), seconded by Ms. Gagnon (Québec), Bill C-544, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (children's diapers and products for newborns), 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 Mrs. Jennings (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine), seconded by Mrs. Kadis (Thornhill), Bill C-545, An Act to amend the Textile Labelling 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 Mr. Mulcair (Outremont), seconded by Mr. Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior), Bill C-546, An Act to provide compensation to farmers and prevent the proliferation of blue-green algae and to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (use of phosphorus), 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 Mrs. Kadis (Thornhill), seconded by Mrs. Jennings (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine), Bill C-547, An Act to establish a Holocaust Monument in the National Capital Region, 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 Mr. Patry (Pierrefonds—Dollard), two concerning the criminal justice system (Nos. 392-0679 and 392-0680);
— by Mr. Benoit (Vegreville—Wainwright), one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 392-0681);
— by Mr. St-Cyr (Jeanne-Le Ber), one concerning the Canada Labour Code (No. 392-0682);
— by Ms. Bell (Vancouver Island North), one concerning the elderly (No. 392-0683) and one concerning the seal industry (No. 392-0684);
— by Mr. Lemay (Abitibi—Témiscamingue), one concerning aboriginal affairs (No. 392-0685);
— by Ms. McDonough (Halifax), one concerning lighthouses (No. 392-0686);
— by Mr. Bouchard (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord), one concerning the income tax system (No. 392-0687);
— by Ms. Charlton (Hamilton Mountain), two concerning the income tax system (Nos. 392-0688 and 392-0689);
— by Mr. Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior), one concerning transportation (No. 392-0690);
— by Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), one concerning the income tax system (No. 392-0691).

Questions on the Order Paper

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mrs. Yelich (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development) presented the return to the following question made into an Order for Return:

Q-215 — Mr. Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) — With regard to the Small Craft Harbours Program of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, what was the funding amount allocated, granted or contributed to each harbour in each federal electoral district within the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, in each of the years 2003 to 2007, inclusive? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-392-215.
Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Strahl (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development), seconded by Ms. Ablonczy (Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism)), — That Bill C-47, An Act respecting family homes situated on First Nation reserves and matrimonial interests or rights in or to structures and lands situated on those reserves, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

The debate continued.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Private Members' Business

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Ms. Picard (Drummond), seconded by Mr. Nadeau (Gatineau), — That Bill C-482, An Act to amend the Official Languages Act (Charter of the French Language) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Official Languages.

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

(Division No. 110 -- Vote no 110)
YEAS: 64, NAYS: 182

YEAS -- POUR

Angus
Asselin
Atamanenko
Bachand
Barbot
Bell (Vancouver Island North)
Bellavance
Bevington
Bigras
Blais
Bonsant
Bouchard
Bourgeois
Brunelle
Carrier
Charlton

Chow
Christopherson
Crête
Crowder
Davies
DeBellefeuille
Demers
Duceppe
Freeman
Gagnon
Gaudet
Godin
Gravel
Guimond
Laforest
Laframboise

Lavallée
Layton
Lemay
Lessard
Lévesque
Lussier
Malo
Martin (Winnipeg Centre)
Martin (Sault Ste. Marie)
Masse
Mathyssen
McDonough
Ménard (Hochelaga)
Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin)
Mourani
Mulcair

Nadeau
Nash
Ouellet
Paquette
Perron
Picard
Plamondon
Priddy
Roy
Savoie
Siksay
St-Cyr
Stoffer
Thi Lac
Vincent
Wasylycia-Leis

Total: -- 64

NAYS -- CONTRE

Abbott
Ablonczy
Albrecht
Alghabra
Allen
Ambrose
Anders
Anderson
Bagnell
Baird
Beaumier
Bélanger
Bell (North Vancouver)
Bennett
Benoit
Bernier
Bevilacqua
Bezan
Blackburn
Blaney
Boshcoff
Boucher
Breitkreuz
Brown (Oakville)
Brown (Leeds—Grenville)
Brown (Barrie)
Bruinooge
Byrne
Calkins
Cannon (Pontiac)
Carrie
Casson
Chan
Chong
Clarke
Clement
Comuzzi
Cullen (Etobicoke North)
Cummins
Cuzner
D'Amours
Davidson
Devolin
Dhalla
Dosanjh
Doyle

Dryden
Dykstra
Easter
Emerson
Epp
Eyking
Fast
Finley
Fitzpatrick
Flaherty
Fletcher
Folco
Fry
Gallant
Godfrey
Goldring
Goodale
Goodyear
Gourde
Grewal
Guarnieri
Hanger
Harris
Harvey
Hawn
Hearn
Hiebert
Hill
Hinton
Holland
Hubbard
Jaffer
Jean
Jennings
Kadis
Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission)
Karetak-Lindell
Karygiannis
Keeper
Kenney (Calgary Southeast)
Khan
Komarnicki
Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings)
Lake
Lauzon
Lebel

LeBlanc
Lee
Lemieux
Lukiwski
Lunn
Lunney
MacAulay
MacKenzie
Malhi
Manning
Marleau
Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca)
Matthews
McCallum
McTeague
Menzies
Merrifield
Mills
Minna
Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam)
Moore (Fundy Royal)
Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe)
Murphy (Charlottetown)
Neville
Nicholson
Norlock
O'Connor
Obhrai
Oda
Paradis
Patry
Pearson
Petit
Poilievre
Prentice
Preston
Proulx
Rae
Rajotte
Ratansi
Redman
Regan
Reid
Ritz
Rota
Russell

Savage
Scarpaleggia
Scheer
Schellenberger
Scott
Shipley
Silva
Simms
Skelton
Solberg
Sorenson
St. Amand
St. Denis
Stanton
Steckle
Storseth
Strahl
Sweet
Szabo
Telegdi
Temelkovski
Thibault (West Nova)
Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest)
Thompson (Wild Rose)
Tilson
Toews
Tonks
Trost
Tweed
Valley
Van Kesteren
Van Loan
Vellacott
Verner
Wallace
Warawa
Warkentin
Watson
Wilfert
Williams
Wilson
Wrzesnewskyj
Yelich
Zed

Total: -- 182

Private Members' Business

At 6:00 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 Mrs. Freeman (Châteauguay—Saint-Constant), seconded by Mr. Ménard (Hochelaga), — That Bill C-384, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mischief against educational or other institution), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

The debate continued.

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

Accordingly, Bill C-384, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mischief against educational or other institution), was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons

Pursuant to subsection 12(2) of the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons, the Member for West Nova sent to the Clerk a disclosure of a private interest and, pursuant to subsection 12(3) of the Code, the Clerk referred the disclosure to the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:58 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).