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39th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 99 Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

laid upon the Table, — Report of the Information Commissioner for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, pursuant to the Access to Information Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1, s. 38 and sbs. 40(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-392-734-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

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 response, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petition:

— No. 392-0583 concerning the Food and Drugs Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-392-43-04.

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Ritz (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board), seconded by Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), Bill C-57, An Act to amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act (election of directors), 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. Murphy (Charlottetown), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 15th Report of the Committee, "Chapter 5, Keeping the Border Open and Secure — Canada Border Services Agency of the October 2007 Report of the Auditor General of Canada". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-127.

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. 13, 26, 28 and 33) was tabled.

Mrs. Smith (Kildonan—St. Paul), from the Standing Committee on Health, presented the Fifth Report of the Committee (Main Estimates 2008-2009 — Votes 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45 under HEALTH). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-128.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 30) was tabled.

Ms. Bennett (St. Paul's), from the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament, presented the Second Report of the Committee (Main Estimates 2008-2009 — Vote 15 under PARLIAMENT). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-392-129.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 4) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. Bonsant (Compton—Stanstead), seconded by Mr. Ménard (Hochelaga), Bill C-550, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Employment Insurance Act (family leave), 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. Black (New Westminster—Coquitlam), seconded by Mr. Marston (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek), Bill C-551, An Act prohibiting the commission, abetting or exploitation of torture by Canadian officials and ensuring freedom from torture for all Canadians at home and abroad and making consequential amendments to other Acts, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That, it is the will of the House, that the government of Canada use its position and influence at the United Nations to have June 8 formally recognized by the United Nations as World Oceans Day.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning asbestos (No. 392-0714);

— by , one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 392-0715).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Ritz (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food), seconded by Mr. Cannon (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), — That Bill C-33, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, be now read a third time and do pass;

And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“Bill C-33, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, be not now read a third time but be referred back to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-food for the purpose of reconsidering Clause 2 with a view to making sure that both economic and environmental effects of introducing these regulations do not cause a negative impact on the environment or unduly influence commodity markets.”.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the amendment 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. Emerson (Minister of International Trade), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of National Revenue), — That Bill C-55, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the States of the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland), the Agreement on Agriculture between Canada and the Republic of Iceland, the Agreement on Agriculture between Canada and the Kingdom of Norway and the Agreement on Agriculture between Canada and the Swiss Confederation, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on International Trade.

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

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Ritz (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food), seconded by Mr. Cannon (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), — That Bill C-33, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, be now read a third time and do pass.
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment of Mr. Bevington (Western Arctic), seconded by Ms. Savoie (Victoria), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:
“Bill C-33, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, be not now read a third time but be referred back to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-food for the purpose of reconsidering Clause 2 with a view to making sure that both economic and environmental effects of introducing these regulations do not cause a negative impact on the environment or unduly influence commodity markets.”.
The question was put on the amendment and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 113 -- Vote n^o 113)
YEAS: 63, NAYS: 173
YEAS -- POUR André Angus Atamanenko Bachand Barbot Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bigras Black Blaikie Bonsant Bourgeois Cardin Carrier Charlton Chow Christopherson Comartin Crête Crowder DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Duceppe Faille Freeman Gagnon Gaudet Godin Gravel Guimond Laforest Laframboise Lalonde Lavallée Layton Lemay Lessard Lussier Malo Marston Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen McDonough Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Mourani Mulcair Nadeau Ouellet Paquette Perron Picard Plamondon Priddy Roy Savoie Siksay St-Cyr Thi Lac Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Wasylycia-Leis Total: -- 63
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Alghabra Allen Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Bains Barnes Batters Beaumier Bélanger Bennett Bevilacqua Bezan Blackburn Blaney Bonin Boshcoff Boucher Breitkreuz Brown (Oakville) Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Chan Chong Clarke Clement Coderre Cotler Cullen (Etobicoke North) Cummins Cuzner Davidson Day Del Mastro Devolin Dhaliwal Dion Dosanjh Doyle Dryden Dykstra Easter Emerson Epp Eyking Fast Finley Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Folco Fry Galipeau Godfrey Goldring Goodale Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guarnieri Guergis Hall Findlay Hanger Harris Harvey Hearn Hiebert Hill Hinton Holland Hubbard Jaffer Jean Kadis Karetak-Lindell Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Keeper Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Khan Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Lebel LeBlanc Lee Lukiwski MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Malhi Maloney Mark Marleau Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Mayes McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) Menzies Merrifield Miller 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 Proulx Rae Ratansi Redman Regan Reid Richardson Ritz Rodriguez Russell Scheer Schellenberger Scott Sgro Shipley Silva Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson St. Amand St. Denis Steckle Storseth Strahl Sweet Szabo Temelkovski Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest) Thompson (Wild Rose) Tilson Tonks Trost Turner Tweed Van Loan Vellacott Verner Volpe Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Williams Wilson Wrzesnewskyj Yelich Zed Total: -- 173
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Asselin Bellavance Blais Bouchard Brunelle Calkins Carrie Gallant Guay Hawn Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Lemieux Lévesque Manning St-Hilaire Stanton Van Kesteren Vincent

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Mr. Jean (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), seconded by Mr. Tweed (Brandon—Souris), moved, — That this question be now put.

Debate arose thereon.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

The debate continued.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, during the debates on May 28 and 29, 2008, on the Business of Supply pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), no quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for unanimous consent shall be received by the Chair and, within each 15-minute period, each party may allocate time to one or more of its Members for speeches or for questions and answers, provided that, in the case of questions and answers, the Minister's answer approximately reflect the time taken by the question, and provided that, in the case of speeches, Members of the party to which the period is allocated may speak one after the other.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:39 p.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. Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake), seconded by Mr. Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior), — That 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, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

The debate continued.

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, 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, be amended as follows:

(1) That Bill C-459 be amended by replacing the long title on page 1 with the following:

“An Act to establish a Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (“Holodomor”) Memorial Day and to recognize the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33 as an act of genocide”

(2) That Bill C-459, in the Preamble, be amended by replacing line 2 on page 1 with the following:

“ocide of 1932-33 known as the Holodomor was deliberately planned and”

(3) That Bill C-459, in the Preamble, be amended by replacing lines 6 to 8 on page 1 with the following:

“Ukraine, and subsequently caused the death of millions of Ukrainians in 1932 and 1933”

(4) That Bill C-459, in the Preamble, be amended by adding after line 8 on page 1 the following:

“WHEREAS that forced collectivization by the Soviet regime under Joseph Stalin also caused the death of millions of other ethnic minorities within the former Soviet Union;”

(5) That Bill C-459, in the Preamble, be amended by

(a) replacing line 28 on page 1 with the following:

“Austria, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary,”

(b) replacing lines 23 to 27 on page 2 with the following:

“WHEREAS Canada, as a party to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of December 9, 1948, condemns all genocides;”

(6) That Bill C-459, in Clause 1, be amended by replacing line 36 on page 2 with the following:

“Famine and Genocide (“Holodomor”) Memorial Day Act.”

(7) That Bill C-459, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing line 4 on page 3 with the following:

“(“Holodomor”) Memorial Day”.”

(8) That Bill C-459, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing line 6 on page 3 with the following:

“and Genocide (“Holodomor”) Memorial Day is not a legal”; and

following which, the Bill be deemed read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole, deemed considered in Committee of the Whole, deemed reported without amendment, deemed concurred in at the report stage and deemed read a 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 — Report of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, together with the Auditors' Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, pursuant to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act, S.C. 1997, c. 40, sbs. 51(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-392-665-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:33 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 6:51 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).