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40th PARLIAMENT, 3rd SESSION

Journals No. 11 Wednesday, March 17, 2010 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 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Document entitled "Canada's Engagement in Afghanistan — Quarterly Report to Parliament for the Period of October 1 to December 31, 2009". — Sessional Paper No. 8525-403-3.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting the visit of the Defence and Security Committee Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Defence and Security Co-operation to Ottawa, Kingston, Trenton and Toronto, Ontario, from September 7 to 11, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-403-50-01.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting the visit of the Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security to New York and New Orleans, United States, from October 1 to 4, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-403-50-02.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting the visit of the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Relations to Helsinki, Finland, from September 21 to 24, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-403-50-03.

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 Council of State Governments Annual Conference, held in La Quinta, United States, from November 12 to 15, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-403-59-01.

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 62nd Annual Meeting of the Council of State Governments-WEST, held in Santa Fe, United States, from October 5 to 8, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-403-59-02.

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 33rd Conference of the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers, held in Saint John, New Brunswick, on September 14 and 15, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-403-59-03.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Fast (Abbotsford), from the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, presented the First Report of the Committee (Bill C-464, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (justification for detention in custody), with an amendment). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-403-2.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 2) was tabled.

Mr. Schellenberger (Perth—Wellington), from the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented the First Report of the Committee (amending Part VIII of the Copyright Act). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-403-3.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 2) was tabled.

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 Egypt (No. 403-0135);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 403-0136);

— by , one concerning funding aid (No. 403-0137);

— by , one concerning the fishing industry (No. 403-0138);

— by , one concerning funding aid (No. 403-0139);

— by , one concerning funding aid (No. 403-0140).

Business of Supply

The Order was read for the consideration of the Business of Supply.

Mr. Layton (Toronto—Danforth), seconded by Mr. Christopherson (Hamilton Centre), moved, — That, in the opinion of the House, the Prime Minister shall not advise the Governor General to prorogue any session of any Parliament for longer than seven calendar days without a specific resolution of this House of Commons to support such a prorogation.

Debate arose thereon.

At 5:15 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 81(16), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 6 -- Vote n^o 6)
YEAS: 139, NAYS: 135
YEAS -- POUR Allen (Welland) André Andrews Angus Ashton Atamanenko Bachand Bagnell Bains Beaudin Bélanger Bellavance Bennett Bevilacqua Bevington Bigras Blais Bonsant Bouchard Bourgeois Brison Brunelle Byrne Cannis Cardin Carrier Charlton Chow Christopherson Coady Coderre Comartin Crombie Crowder Cuzner D'Amours Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Davies (Vancouver East) DeBellefeuille Deschamps Desnoyers Dhaliwal Dion Donnelly Dorion Dosanjh Dryden Duceppe Dufour Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Easter Eyking Faille Folco Foote Freeman Fry Gagnon Garneau Gaudet Godin Gravelle Guarnieri Guay Guimond (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord) Hall Findlay Harris (St. John's East) Holland Hughes Hyer Jennings Karygiannis Laforest Laframboise Lalonde Lavallée Layton LeBlanc Lee Lemay Leslie Lessard Lévesque MacAulay Malhi Malo Maloway Marston Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McTeague Ménard Mendes Mourani Mulcair Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Nadeau Neville Oliphant Ouellet Pacetti Paillé (Hochelaga) Paillé (Louis-Hébert) Paquette Patry Plamondon Pomerleau Proulx Rae Rafferty Regan Rota Russell Savoie Scarpaleggia Siksay Silva Simms Simson St-Cyr Stoffer Szabo Thibeault Tonks Valeriote Vincent Volpe Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wrzesnewskyj Total: -- 139
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Aglukkaq Albrecht Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Armstrong Ashfield Baird Benoit Bernier Bezan Blackburn Blaney Block Boucher Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Cadman Calandra Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casson Chong Clarke Clement Davidson Day Dechert Del Mastro Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Dykstra Fast Finley Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Généreux Goldring Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guergis Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hiebert Hill Hoback Hoeppner Holder Jean Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kent Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Lebel Lemieux Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Mark Mayes McColeman McLeod Menzies Merrifield Miller Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock O'Connor O'Neill-Gordon Obhrai Oda Paradis Payne Petit Preston Raitt Rajotte Rathgeber Reid Richards Richardson Rickford Ritz Saxton Scheer Schellenberger Shea Shory Smith Sorenson Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Thompson Tilson Toews Trost Tweed Uppal Van Kesteren Vellacott Verner Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wong Woodworth Yelich Young Total: -- 135
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Demers Flaherty Lunn Roy Thi Lac Van Loan

Private Members' Business

At 5:43 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 Agriculture and Agri-Food of Bill C-474, An Act respecting the Seeds Regulations (analysis of potential harm).

Mr. Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior), seconded by Mr. Maloway (Elmwood—Transcona), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the Order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:44 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 6:54 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).