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40th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 126 Tuesday, December 8, 2009 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) laid upon the Table, — Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions:

— No. 402-1105 concerning national historic sites. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-402-86-03;

— Nos. 402-1115, 402-1131, 402-1135 and 402-1136 concerning cruelty to animals. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-402-29-13;

— Nos. 402-1145, 402-1156, 402-1182 and 402-1198 concerning veterans' affairs. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-402-99-01;

— No. 402-1180 concerning economy and employment. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-402-100-01.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-United States Inter-parliamentary Group respecting its participation at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Regional Conference of the Council of State Governments, held in Burlington, Vermont, from August 2 to 5, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-402-59-27.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-United States Inter-parliamentary Group respecting its participation at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Southern Governors' Association, held in Williamsburg, Virginia, from August 21 to 24, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-402-59-28.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian delegation of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) concerning its participation at the International Parliamentary Conference on Climate Change entitled "Countdown to Copenhagen", held in London, United Kingdom, from July 5 to 11, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-402-53-11.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Schellenberger (Perth—Wellington), from the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented the Fourth Report of the Committee, "Canadian Musical Diversity Component of the Canada Music Fund". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-184.

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. 30, 31, 33 and 36) was tabled.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , five concerning the Canada Post Corporation (Nos. 402-1435 to 402-1439);

— by , six concerning the Canada Post Corporation (Nos. 402-1440 to 402-1445);

— by , one concerning transportation (No. 402-1446);

— by , one concerning euthanasia (No. 402-1447) and one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 402-1448);

— by , five concerning the Canada Post Corporation (Nos. 402-1449 to 402-1453);

— by , one concerning the tax system (No. 402-1454);

— by , one concerning cruelty to animals (No. 402-1455) and one concerning pornography (No. 402-1456);

— by , one concerning AIDS (No. 402-1457);

— by , one concerning service medals (No. 402-1458);

— by , eight concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (Nos. 402-1459 to 402-1466).

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) presented the returns to the following questions made into an Orders for Return:

Q-547 — — With regard to Secure Channel: (a) what problems have occurred with its operation; (b) what were the costs associated with each of these problems; (c) were any of the costs covered as an administration cost drawn from the employment insurance fund; and (d) has a cost analysis of Secure Channel been completed and, if so, will it be made public? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-402-547.

Q-550 — — With regard to the transfer of Afghan detainees: (a) which office is providing direction and instruction to government lawyers at the Department of Justice during the Military Police Complaints Commission hearings; (b) are all provisions of the supplemental transfer agreement being followed by Afghan government officials; (c) are Canadian authorities informed in advance of the release of prisoners who were transferred by Canadian authorities to Afghan authorities; (d) what have been the results of all detainee monitoring since May 2007; and (e) how many allegations of torture have been reported since May 2007? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-402-550.

Q-551 — — With respect to identifying stowaways planning to claim refugee status in Canada: (a) what is the government policy on exchanging information with countries where these potential claimants say they face persecution; and (b) in the case of the 76 stowaways on the Ocean Lady, (i) what type of information has been exchanged between Canadian and Sri Lankan authorities, (ii) what steps has the government taken to ensure this exchange of information poses no threat to the potential refugee claimants or their families? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-402-551.

Q-552 — — With regard to Canada’s mission in Afghanistan: (a) what is the number of casualties on an annual basis and in total since 2002 to present suffered by the (i) Afghanistan National Army (ANA), (ii) Afghanistan National Police (ANP), (iii) insurgents; (b) what is the percentage of members who have been absent without leave from the (i) ANA, (ii) ANP; (c) what protocols exist to ensure that the ANA and the ANP members trained by NATO do not escape the forces and join the insurgency; (d) what type of weapons have been donated by the Government of Canada, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the International Security Assistance Force to the (i) ANA, (ii) ANP; (e) what protocols exist to ensure the security of the weapons from falling into the hands of the insurgents; and (f) has any such weapon ever been confiscated from an insurgent? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-402-552.

Q-553 — — With regard to Canada’s mission in Afghanistan, what particular diplomatic engagement has Canada had with the governments of: (a) Pakistan; (b) India; (c) China; (d) Tajikistan; (e) Turkmenistan; (f) Uzbekistan; (g) Iran; (h) Russia; (i) Saudi Arabia; and (j) Turkey? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-402-553.

Government Orders

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Finance of Bill C-62, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act.

Mr. Toews (President of the Treasury Board) for Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

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.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State), — That Bill C-62, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

The debate continued.

At 5:15 p.m., pursuant to Order made Monday, December 7, 2009, the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 148 -- Vote n^o 148)
YEAS: 246, NAYS: 36
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Ablonczy Aglukkaq Albrecht Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson André Andrews Armstrong Arthur Asselin Bagnell Bains Baird Beaudin Bélanger Bellavance Bennett Benoit Bernier Bevilacqua Bezan Bigras Blackburn Blais Blaney Block Bonsant Bouchard Boucher Boughen Bourgeois Braid Breitkreuz Brison Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Brunelle Byrne Calandra Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannis Cannon (Pontiac) Cardin Carrie Casson Chong Clarke Clement Coady Cotler Crombie Cummins Cuzner D'Amours Davidson Day Dechert Del Mastro Demers Deschamps Desnoyers Devolin Dhalla Dorion Dosanjh Dreeshen Dryden Duceppe Dufour Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dykstra Eyking Faille Fast Finley Flaherty Fletcher Folco Foote Fry Gagnon Galipeau Gallant Gaudet Généreux Glover Goldring Goodale Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guarnieri Guay Guergis Guimond (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord) Hall Findlay Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hiebert Hill Hoback Hoeppner Holder Holland Ignatieff Jean Jennings Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Kania Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kennedy Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Laforest Laframboise Lake Lalonde Lauzon Lavallée Lebel LeBlanc Lee Lemay Lemieux Lessard Lévesque Lobb Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacAulay MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Malhi Malo Mayes McCallum McColeman McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McLeod Ménard Mendes Menzies Merrifield Miller Minna Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Mourani Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Murray Neville Nicholson Norlock O'Connor O'Neill-Gordon Obhrai Oda Oliphant Ouellet Pacetti Paillé (Hochelaga) Paillé (Louis-Hébert) Paquette Paradis Patry Payne Pearson Petit Plamondon Poilievre Pomerleau Prentice Preston Proulx Raitt Rajotte Ratansi Rathgeber Regan Reid Richards Richardson Rickford Ritz Rodriguez Rota Roy Russell Savage Saxton Schellenberger Shea Shipley Shory Silva Simms Simson Smith Sorenson St-Cyr Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Szabo Thi Lac Thompson Tilson Toews Tonks Trost Trudeau Tweed Uppal Valeriote Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Vincent Volpe Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wong Woodworth Wrzesnewskyj Yelich Young Zarac Total: -- 246
NAYS -- CONTRE Allen (Welland) Angus Ashton Atamanenko Bevington Charlton Chow Comartin Crowder Cullen Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Davies (Vancouver East) Dewar Donnelly Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Godin Gravelle Harris (St. John's East) Hughes Hyer Julian Layton Leslie Maloway Marston Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Mulcair Rafferty Savoie Siksay Stoffer Thibeault Wasylycia-Leis Total: -- 36
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Ashfield Bachand Calkins DeBellefeuille Freeman Kent Mark Nadeau
Accordingly, Bill C-62, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Orders or usual practice of the House, the deferred recorded divisions on the motion to concur in the Eighth Report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans and on the motion for third reading of Bill C-291, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (coming into force of sections 110, 111 and 171), scheduled for Wednesday, December 9, 2009, be further deferred until Thursday, December 10, 2009, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

Private Members' Business

At 5:45 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-442, An Act to establish a National Holocaust Monument.

Mr. Uppal (Edmonton—Sherwood Park), seconded by Mr. Jean (Fort McMurray—Athabasca), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

Debate arose thereon.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That Bill C-442, An Act to establish a National Holocaust Monument, be referred after second reading to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities as opposed to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

Private Members' Business

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Uppal (Edmonton—Sherwood Park), seconded by Mr. Jean (Fort McMurray—Athabasca), — That Bill C-442, An Act to establish a National Holocaust Monument, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

The debate continued.

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

Accordingly, Bill C-442, An Act to establish a National Holocaust Monument, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

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 Canadian Polar Commission, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, pursuant to the Canadian Polar Commission Act, S.C. 1991, c. 6, sbs. 21(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-402-498-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:42 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 7:02 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).