Mr. Preston (Elgin—Middlesex—London), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 24th Report of the Committee, which was as follows:

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. Chow (Trinity—Spadina), seconded by Ms. Davies (Vancouver East), Bill C-615, An Act to establish a National Public Transit Strategy, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the 24th Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented earlier today, be concurred in.

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

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 and 3).

Motion No. 1 of Mr. Jean (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), seconded by Mr. Watson (Essex), — That Bill C-42, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 7 to 15 on page 2 with the following:

Amendment to Motion No. 1 of Mr. McCallum (Markham—Unionville), seconded by Mr. Dhaliwal (Newton—North Delta), — That Motion No. 1 be amended by substituting paragraph (a) with the following:

Motion No. 3 of Mr. Jean (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), seconded by Mr. Watson (Essex), — That Bill C-42, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing line 12 on page 2 with the following:

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 1.

The House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 1, as amended, of Mr. Jean (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), seconded by Mr. Watson (Essex), — That Bill C-42, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 7 to 15 on page 2 with the following:

The question was put on Motion No. 1, as amended, and it was agreed to on division. Accordingly, the question was not put on Motion No. 3.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(9), Ms. Finley (Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development) for Mr. Strahl (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State), moved, — That the Bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with a further amendment.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until Monday, February 7, 2011, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-46, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Republic of Panama, the Agreement on the Environment between Canada and the Republic of Panama and the Agreement on Labour Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Panama, as reported by the Standing Committee on International Trade without amendment.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:

Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), seconded by Mr. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas), moved Motion No. 1, — That Bill C-46 be amended by deleting Clause 7.

Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), seconded by Mr. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas), moved Motion No. 2, — That Bill C-46 be amended by deleting Clause 10.

Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), seconded by Mr. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas), moved Motion No. 3, — That Bill C-46 be amended by deleting Clause 12.

Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), seconded by Mr. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas), moved Motion No. 4, — That Bill C-46 be amended by deleting Clause 63.

Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 1.

Pursuant to Standing Order 31, Members made statements.

Pursuant to Standing Order 30(5), the House proceeded to Oral Questions.

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-46, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Republic of Panama, the Agreement on the Environment between Canada and the Republic of Panama and the Agreement on Labour Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Panama, as reported by the Standing Committee on International Trade without amendment;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 to 4).

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 1.

At 5:30 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 Mrs. Beaudin (Saint-Lambert), seconded by Mr. Paillé (Hochelaga), — That Bill C-507, An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act (federal spending power), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, February 9, 2011, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), papers deposited with the Clerk of the House were laid upon the Table as follows:

At 6:16 p.m., by unanimous consent, 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 6:43 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).