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40th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 5 Monday, November 24, 2008 11:00 a.m.

Prayers

Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Hoeppner (Portage—Lisgar), seconded by Mr. Dechert (Mississauga—Erindale), — That the following Address be presented to Her Excellency the Governor General of Canada:

To Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY:

We, Her Majesty's most loyal and dutiful subjects, the House of Commons of Canada, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Excellency for the gracious Speech which Your Excellency has addressed to both Houses of Parliament;

And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by adding the following:

“and we urge Your Excellency’s advisors to respect the results of the election in which more than 60 percent of voters supported Members of Parliament in the opposition;

to bear in mind that people express their wishes as much through the opposition as through the government;

to recognize that Canadians rightfully expect the House of Commons they just elected to function in a less partisan, more constructive and collaborative manner, with the first responsibility for setting a better tone being that of the government which requires the government to be more forthcoming than it has been up to now; and

to that end, given the crucial nature of the up-coming economic and fiscal update, to provide representatives of opposition parties with a detailed briefing by appropriate senior officials at least three hours in advance of the public presentation of the update, so all Members of Parliament can be properly equipped to deal with the serious economic difficulties confronting Canadians”;

And of the subamendment of , seconded by , — That the amendment be amended by adding after the words “in the opposition” the following:

“and that the House recognize that the Speech from the Throne is unanimously decried in Quebec because it reflects a Conservative ideology that was rejected by 78 percent of the Quebec nation on October 14 and that as a result the House denounce the fact that it does not respond to the consensus in Quebec respecting, for instance, the legislation on young offenders, the repatriation to Quebec of powers over culture and communications, the elimination of the federal spending power and the maintenance of the existing system of securities regulation”.

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.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 79(3), the Speaker read the following Message from Her Excellency the Governor General, presented by Mr. Toews (President of the Treasury Board):

Message on Estimates

Her Excellency the Governor General transmits to the House of Commons the Supplementary Estimates (B) of sums required to defray expenses for the public service of Canada in the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2009, and in accordance with section 54 of the Constitution Act, 1867, recommends these Estimates to the House of Commons.

Mr. Toews (President of the Treasury Board) laid upon the Table, — Document entitled "Supplementary Estimates (B), 2008-09". — Sessional Paper No. 8520-401-1.

Pursuant to Standing Order 81(5), the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, were deemed referred to the several Standing Committees of the House as follows:

(1) to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development

Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Votes 1b, 7b, 10b, 15b, 20b, 25b, L30b, 47b and 50b

(2) to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics

Justice, Vote 45b

(3) to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food

Agriculture and Agri-Food, Votes 1b, 5b, 10b and 30b

(4) to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage

Canadian Heritage, Votes 1b, 5b, 10b, 15b, 27b, 30b, 35b, 45b, 50b, 55b, 65b, 75b and 110b

(5) to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration

Citizenship and Immigration, Vote 1b

(6) to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development

Environment, Votes 1b, 5b, 10b, 25b and 30b

(7) to the Standing Committee on Finance

Canada Revenue Agency, Vote 1b

Finance, Votes 1b and 5b

(8) to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans

Fisheries and Oceans, Votes 1b, 5b and 10b

(9) to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development

Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Votes 1b, 5b, 10b, 11b, 12b, 25b, 35b and 40b

(10) to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates

Canadian Heritage, Votes 80b and 85b

Privy Council, Vote 1b

Public Works and Government Services, Votes 1b and 5b

Treasury Board, Votes 1b, 15b, 20b, 30b and 50b

(11) to the Standing Committee on Health

Health, Votes 1b, 5b, 20b, 25b, 35b, 40b and 45b

(12) to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities

Human Resources and Skills Development, Votes 1b, 5b and 15b

(13) to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Votes 1b and 5b

Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Votes 1b and 5b

Industry, Votes 1b, 5b, 10b, 35b, 45b, 55b, 60b, 65b, 70b, 75b, 80b and 85b

Western Economic Diversification, Votes 1b and 5b

(14) to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

Justice, Votes 1b, 5b and 30b

(15) to the Standing Committee on National Defence

National Defence, Votes 1b and 20b

(16) to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources

Natural Resources, Votes 1b, 5b, 15b and 25b

(17) to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs

Parliament, Vote 5b

(18) to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Votes 1b, 5b, 10b, 15b, 20b, 30b, 40b, 50b, 55b and 60b

(19) to the Standing Committee on Status of Women

Canadian Heritage, Vote 105b

(20) to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities

Transport, Votes 1b, 5b, 10b, 20b, 30b, 35b, 40b, 45b, 55b and 70b

(21) to the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs, Votes 1b and 10b

laid upon the Table, — Reports of the Auditor General of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8561-401-627-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. Charlton (Hamilton Mountain), seconded by Mr. Gravelle (Nickel Belt), Bill C-227, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (travel and accommodation deduction for tradespersons), 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 situation in Sudan (No. 401-0006);

— by , one concerning the sexual exploitation of minors (No. 401-0007);

— by , one concerning the National Capital Commission (No. 401-0008);

— by , one concerning federal programs (No. 401-0009), one concerning health care services (No. 401-0010) and one concerning the situation in Sudan (No. 401-0011);

— by , one concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (No. 401-0012);

— by , one concerning the situation in Sudan (No. 401-0013) and one concerning Tibet (No. 401-0014);

— by , one concerning the criminal justice system (No. 401-0015).

Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Hoeppner (Portage—Lisgar), seconded by Mr. Dechert (Mississauga—Erindale), in relation to the Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne;

And of the amendment of , seconded by ;

And of the subamendment of , seconded by .

The debate continued.

At 6:15 p.m., pursuant to Order made Thursday, November 20, 2008, the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the subamendment and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 1 -- Vote n^o 1)
YEAS: 48, NAYS: 238
YEAS -- POUR André Asselin Bachand Beaudin Bellavance Bigras Blais Bonsant Bouchard Bourgeois Brunelle Cardin Carrier Crête DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Desnoyers Dorion Duceppe Dufour Faille Freeman Gagnon Gaudet Guay Guimond (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord) Laforest Laframboise Lavallée Lemay Lessard Lévesque Malo Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Mourani Nadeau Ouellet Paillé Paquette Plamondon Pomerleau Roy St-Cyr Thi Lac Vincent Total: -- 48
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Aglukkaq Albrecht Allen (Welland) Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Andrews Angus Ashfield Ashton Bagnell Bains Baird Bélanger Bennett Benoit Bernier Bevington Bezan Black Blackburn Blaney Block Boucher Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brison Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Byrne Cadman Calandra Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casson Charlton Chong Chow Christopherson Clarke Clement Coady Coderre Comartin Crombie Crowder Cullen Cummins Cuzner Davidson Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Davies (Vancouver East) Day Dechert Del Mastro Devolin Dewar Dhaliwal Dion Dosanjh Dreeshen Dryden Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dykstra Easter Eyking Fast Finley Flaherty Fletcher Foote Fry Galipeau Gallant Garneau Glover Godin Goldring Goodale Goodyear Gourde Gravelle Grewal Guergis Hall Findlay Harper Harris (St. John's East) Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hiebert Hill Hoback Hoeppner Holder Holland Hughes Hyer Ignatieff Jean Jennings Julian Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Kania Karygiannis Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kennedy Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kent Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Layton Lebel Lee Lemieux Leslie Lobb Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacAulay MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Malhi Maloway Mark Marston Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Mayes McCallum McColeman McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McLeod Mendes Menzies Merrifield Miller Minna Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Mulcair Murphy (Charlottetown) Murray Neville Nicholson Norlock O'Connor O'Neill-Gordon Obhrai Oda Oliphant Paradis Patry Payne Pearson Petit Poilievre Prentice Preston Proulx Rae Rafferty Raitt Rajotte Ratansi Rathgeber Regan Reid Richards Rickford Ritz Rodriguez Rota Russell Savage Savoie Saxton Scheer Schellenberger Sgro Shea Shipley Shory Siksay Silva Simms Simson Smith Sorenson Stanton Stoffer Storseth Strahl Sweet Szabo Thibeault Thompson Tilson Toews Tonks Trost Trudeau Tweed Uppal Valeriote Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Volpe Wallace Warawa Warkentin Wasylycia-Leis Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wilfert Wong Woodworth Wrzesnewskyj Yelich Young Zarac Total: -- 238
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Bruinooge Lalonde

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 — Orders in Council approving certain appointments made by the Governor General in Council, pursuant to Standing Order 110(1), as follows:

— P.C. 2008-1465. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-1-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development)

— P.C. 2008-1429 to P.C. 2008-1431. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-2-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— P.C. 2008-1467 to P.C. 2008-1470, P.C. 2008-1496 to P.C. 2008-1503, P.C. 2008-1520, P.C. 2008-1583 and P.C. 2008-1585. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-3-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

— P.C. 2008-1393, P.C. 2008-1409 to P.C. 2008-1416 and P.C. 2008-1543 to P.C. 2008-1546. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-14-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration)

— P.C. 2008-1421, P.C. 2008-1516, P.C. 2008-1517 and P.C. 2008-1547 to P.C. 2008-1549. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-9-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— P.C. 2008-1552 to P.C. 2008-1554. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-10-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans)

— P.C. 2008-1331, P.C. 2008-1406 to P.C. 2008-1408, P.C. 2008-1492, P.C. 2008-1511, P.C. 2008-1512, P.C. 2008-1541 and P.C. 2008-1542. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-8-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)

— P.C. 2008-1403 and P.C. 2008-1471. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-4-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— P.C. 2008-1400 to P.C. 2008-1402, P.C. 2008-1487 and P.C. 2008-1534. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-18-07. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

— P.C. 2008-1329, P.C. 2008-1394, P.C. 2008-1432 to 2008-1464, P.C. 2008-1521, P.C. 2008-1556 to P.C. 2008-1566 and P.C. 2008-1568 to P.C. 2008-1582. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-16-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

— P.C. 2008-1322, P.C. 2008-1422 to P.C. 2008-1428 and P.C. 2008-1510. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-22-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— P.C. 2008-1550 and P.C. 2008-1551. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-28-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on International Trade)

— P.C. 2008-1420. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-13-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— P.C. 2008-1417 to P.C. 2008-1419, P.C. 2008-1555 and P.C. 2008-1685. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-29-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)

— P.C. 2008-1404, P.C. 2008-1405, P.C. 2008-1514, P.C. 2008-1515 and P.C. 2008-1535 to P.C. 2008-1540. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-30-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

— P.C. 2008-1395 to P.C. 2008-1399, P.C. 2008-1493, P.C. 2008-1522 to P.C. 2008-1533 and P.C. 2008-1686. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-24-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— P.C. 2008-1466. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-401-32-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs)

Adjournment

At 6:46 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).