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40th PARLIAMENT, 3rd SESSION

Journals No. 30 Wednesday, April 21, 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), 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:

— Nos. 403-0102, 403-0103, 403-0109, 403-0128, 403-0131, 403-0143, 403-0147, 403-0150, 403-0156, 403-0172, 403-0192, 403-0213, 403-0216, 403-0219, 403-0227, 403-0254 and 403-0294 concerning cruelty to animals. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-15-04.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting its participation in the Parliamentary Transatlantic Forum, held in Washington, D.C., on December 7 and 8, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-403-50-04.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Blaney (Lévis—Bellechasse), from the Standing Committee on Official Languages, presented the Second Report of the Committee (Main Estimates, 2010-2011 — Vote 20 under PRIVY COUNCIL). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-403-37.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 10) was tabled.

Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), from the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, presented the Fifth Report of the Committee (Main Estimates, 2010-2011 — Vote 40 under TREASURY BOARD). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-403-38.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 8) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Tilson (Dufferin—Caledon), seconded by Mrs. Smith (Kildonan—St. Paul), Bill C-515, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (release of taxpayer's notices of assessment), 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 , two concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (Nos. 403-0414 and 403-0415) and one concerning cruelty to animals (No. 403-0416);

— by , two concerning the Canada Post Corporation (Nos. 403-0417 and 403-0418);

— by , one concerning transportation (No. 403-0419) and one concerning foreign aid (No. 403-0420);

— by , one concerning cruelty to animals (No. 403-0421);

— by , one concerning unborn children (No. 403-0422), one concerning health care services (No. 403-0423) and one concerning gun control (No. 403-0424);

— by , one concerning foreign ownership (No. 403-0425);

— by , one concerning alcoholic beverages (No. 403-0426);

— by , one concerning funding aid (No. 403-0427).

Questions on the Order Paper

Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-78, Q-118 and Q-125 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 Orders for Return:

Q-76 — — With respect to the use of the government owned fleet of Challenger jets since February 2006 and for each use of the aircraft: (a) what are the names and titles of the passengers present on the flight manifest; (b) what were all the departure and arrival points of the aircraft; (c) who requested access to the fleet; and (d) who authorized the flight? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-403-76.

Q-79 — — With regard to water efficiency and conservation programs in Canada: (a) who is working to ensure a budget will be issued specifically to water efficiency and conservation programs under the Building Canada Plan; (b) when will funds be allocated to supporting innovative municipal and federal water efficiency programs; (c) will programs be implemented to encourage the protection of freshwater resources, and to raise awareness about water efficiency and conservation; (d) what action has been taken thus far to establish goals and objectives regarding water efficiency and conservation; (e) what plans are there to include demand management programs as a funding condition for large-scale water and wastewater projects as is done for transit projects under the Building Canada plan; and (f) what consultations have taken place with federal departments, provinces and territories, and Aboriginal governments to develop strategic plans for each of Canada’s major river basins? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-403-79.

Q-83 — — With respect to the Economic Action Plan in Budget 2009: (a) under the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, (i) what applications for projects have been approved for funding to date, (ii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iii) who are the partners involved, (iv) what is the federal contribution, (v) what is each partner’s contribution, (vi) how much of the funding has flowed and to whom, (vii) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects; (b) under the Building Canada Fund – Communities Component, (i) what applications for projects have been approved for funding to date, (ii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iii) who are the partners involved, (iv) what is the federal contribution, (v) what is each partner’s contribution, (vi) how much of the funding has flowed and to whom, (vii) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects; (c) under the Building Canada Fund – Communities Component top-up, (i) what applications for projects have been approved for funding to date, (ii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iii) who are the partners involved, (iv) what is the federal contribution, (v) what is each partner’s contribution, (vi) how much of the funding has flowed and to whom, (vii) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects; (d) under the Building Canada Fund – Major Infrastructure Component, (i) what applications for projects have been approved for funding to date, (ii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iii) who are the partners involved, (iv) what is the federal contribution, (v) what is each partner’s contribution, (vi) how much of the funding has flowed and to whom, (vii) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects; (e) under the Provincial/Territorial Base funding acceleration, (i) what applications for projects have been approved for funding to date, (ii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iii) who are the partners involved, (iv) what is the federal contribution, (v) what is each partner’s contribution, (vi) how much of the funding has flowed and to whom, (vii) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects; (f) under the Recreational Infrastructure program, (i) what applications for projects have been approved for funding to date, (ii) where are the located and in which federal riding, (iii) who are the partners involved, (iv) what is the federal contribution, (v) what is each partner’s contribution, (vi) how much of the funding has flowed and to whom, (vii) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects; (g) under the Green Infrastructure Fund, (i) what applications for projects have been approved for funding to date, (ii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iii) who are the partners involved, (iv) what is the federal contribution, (v) what is each partner’s contribution, (vi) how much of the funding has flowed and to whom, (vii) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects; and (h) under the National recreational trails program, (i) what applications for projects have been approved for funding to date, (ii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iii) who are the partners involved, (iv) what is the federal contribution, (v) what is each partner’s contribution, (vi) how much of the funding has flowed and to whom, (vii) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-403-83.

Q-84 — — With respect to the Economic Action Plan in Budget 2009: (a) under the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, (i) what applications for projects have been rejected for funding to date, (ii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iii) who would have been the partners involved if the project had been approved, (iv) what was the requested federal contribution, (v) what was the requested contribution from each partner, (vi) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects, (vii) in what ways did the project not match the criteria; (b) under the Building Canada Fund – Communities Component, (i) what applications for projects have been rejected for funding to date, (ii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iii) who would have been the partners involved if the project had been approved, (iv) what was the requested federal contribution, (v) what was the requested contribution from each partner, (vi) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects, (vii) in what ways did the project not match the criteria; (c) under the Building Canada Fund – Communities Component top-up, (i) what applications for projects have been rejected for funding to date, (ii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iii) who would have been the partners involved if the project had been approved, (iv) what was the requested federal contribution, (v) what was the requested contribution from each partner, (vi) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects, (vii) in what ways did the project not match the criteria; (d) under the Building Canada Fund – Major Infrastructure Component, (i) what applications for projects have been rejected for funding to date, (ii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iii) who would have been the partners involved if the project had been approved, (iv) what was the requested federal contribution, (v) what was the requested contribution from each partner, (vi) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects, (vii) in what ways did the project not match the criteria; and (e) under the Recreational Infrastructure program, (i) what applications for projects have been rejected for funding to date, (ii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iii) who would have been the partners involved if the project had been approved, (iv) what was the requested federal contribution, (v) what was the requested contribution from each partner, (vi) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects, (vii) in what ways did the project not match the criteria? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-403-84.

Q-85 — — With respect to the Knowledge Infrastructure programs within Budget 2009: (a) under the Universities and colleges program, (i) what applications for projects have been approved for funding to date, (ii) has the provincial government approved funding for the project, (iii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iv) who are the partners involved, (v) what is the federal contribution, (vi) what is each partner’s contribution, (vii) how much of the funding has flowed and to whom, (viii) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects; (b) under the Canada Foundation for Innovation, (i) what projects have been approved for funding to date, (ii) has the provincial government approved funding for the project, (iii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iv) who are the partners involved, (v) what is the federal contribution, (vi) what is each partner’s contribution, (vii) how much of the funding has flowed and to whom, (viii) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects; (c) under Canada Health Infoway, (i) what applications for projects have been approved for funding to date, (ii) has the provincial government approved funding for the project, (iii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iv) who are the partners involved, (v) what is the federal contribution, (vi) what is each partner’s contribution, (vii) how much of the funding has flowed and to whom, (viii) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects; (d) under the broadband in rural communities, (i) what applications for projects have been approved for funding to date, (ii) has the provincial government approved funding for the project, (iii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iv) who are the partners involved, (v) what is the federal contribution, (vi) what is each partner’s contribution, (vii) how much of the funding has flowed and to whom, (viii) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects; and (e) under the First Nations infrastructure programs, (i) what applications for projects have been approved for funding to date, (ii) has the provincial government approved funding for the project, (iii) where are they located and in which federal riding, (iv) who are the partners involved, (v) what is the federal contribution, (vi) what is each partner’s contribution, (vii) how much of the funding has flowed and to whom, (viii) what were the criteria used to determine approved projects? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-403-85.

Q-86 — — With respect to the Economic Action Plan in Budget 2009: (a) for the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, (i) what meetings have taken place to date between federal government officials and their provincial counterparts, (ii) who was in attendance, (iii) what agenda or minutes were produced in the lead up or subsequent to the meeting, (iv) what briefing notes were prepared for the meeting or as a result of decisions taken at the meeting, (v) when and where did the meetings occur, (vi) was a cabinet minister, parliamentary secretary, or employee of the office of a cabinet minister in attendance and, if so, who; (b) under the Building Canada Fund – Communities Component, (i) what meetings have taken place to date between federal government officials and their provincial counterparts, (ii) who was in attendance, (iii) what agenda or minutes were produced in the lead up or subsequent to the meeting, (iv) what briefing notes were prepared for the meeting or as a result of decisions taken at the meeting, (v) when and where did the meetings occur, (vi) was a cabinet minister, parliamentary secretary, or employee of the office of a cabinet minister in attendance and, if so, who; (c) under the Building Canada Fund – Communities Component top-up, (i) what meetings have taken place to date between federal government officials and their provincial counterparts, (ii) who was in attendance, (iii) what agenda or minutes were produced in the lead up or subsequent to the meeting, (iv) what briefing notes were prepared for the meeting or as a result of decisions taken at the meeting, (v) when and where did the meetings occur, (vi) was a cabinet minister, parliamentary secretary, or employee of the office of a cabinet minister in attendance and, if so, who; (d) under the Building Canada Fund – Major Infrastructure Component, (i) what meetings have taken place to date between federal government officials and their provincial counterparts, (ii) who was in attendance, (iii) what agenda or minutes were produced in the lead up or subsequent to the meeting, (iv) what briefing notes were prepared for the meeting or as a result of decisions taken at the meeting, (v) when and where did the meetings occur, (vi) was a cabinet minister, parliamentary secretary, or employee of the office of a cabinet minister in attendance and, if so, who; (e) under the Provincial/Territorial Base funding acceleration, (i) what meetings have taken place to date between federal government officials and their provincial counterparts, (ii) who was in attendance, (iii) what agenda or minutes were produced in the lead up or subsequent to the meeting, (iv) what briefing notes were prepared for the meeting or as a result of decisions taken at the meeting, (v) when and where did the meetings occur, (vi) was a cabinet minister, parliamentary secretary, or employee of the office of a cabinet minister in attendance and, if so, who; (f) under the Recreational Infrastructure program, (i) what meetings have taken place to date between federal government officials and their provincial counterparts, (ii) who was in attendance, (iii) what agenda or minutes were produced in the lead up or subsequent to the meeting, (iv) what briefing notes were prepared for the meeting or as a result of decisions taken at the meeting, (v) when and where did the meetings occur, (vi) was a cabinet minister, parliamentary secretary, or employee of the office of a cabinet minister in attendance and, if so, who; (g) under the Green Infrastructure Fund, (i) what meetings have taken place to date between federal government officials and their provincial counterparts, (ii) who was in attendance, (iii) what agenda or minutes were produced in the lead up or subsequent to the meeting, (iv) what briefing notes were prepared for the meeting or as a result of decisions taken at the meeting, (v) when and where did the meetings occur, (vi) was a cabinet minister, parliamentary secretary, or employee of the office of a cabinet minister in attendance and, if so, who; and (h) under the National recreational trails program, (i) what meetings have taken place to date between federal government officials and their provincial counterparts, (ii) who was in attendance, (iii) what agenda or minutes were produced in the lead up or subsequent to the meeting, (iv) what briefing notes were prepared for the meeting or as a result of decisions taken at the meeting, (v) when and where did the meetings occur, (vi) was a cabinet minister, parliamentary secretary, or employee of the office of a cabinet minister in attendance and, if so, who? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-403-86.

Q-88 — — With respect to Internet applications: (a) is the government working towards the inclusion of rich Internet applications within its design and development with regard to its Web sites; (b) what is the government’s response to the American response to rich Internet applications made ten years ago; (c) is the government planning on adopting the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 standard; (d) what is the monetary impact of the government’s present use of WCAG 1.0 standard knowing that software contractors have built WCAG 2.0 accessibility into their software; (e) have software contractors requested that the government's Common Look and Feel (CLF) Committee relax or amend their CLF standards to allow for accessibility and, if so, can the government give details of the correspondence; (f) have software contractors required that the government pay extra because it must simplify their software in order to remove these accessibility features; (g) which federal department has the responsibility to ensure that all programs, services and technologies are accessible to people with disabilities and that they are available through the mainstream channels such as the Internet and in alternate formats; (h) is accessibility a mandatory requirement within information and communications procurements to ensure that blind Canadians have access to the same resources as all other Canadians and that they can access all of this through mainstream channels such as the Internet and in alternate formats; (i) how does the government of Canada inform blind Canadians about the availability of information to protect them from incidents of identity theft and fraud; (j) are the government's Web accessibility regulations up to date with today's Web technologies; (k) are Web developers in the government given the support they need to build accessible interactive Web sites, especially when building sites that offer essential services; (l) are Web developers in the government trained in the latest Web accessibility techniques; and (m) are Web developers provided with development tools that support creating accessible Web sites and government services online? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-403-88.

Q-91 — — With regard to the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) and, more specifically, projects approved for funding in Atlantic Canada for fiscal years 2005-2006 to 2008-2009 and for the period ending February 28 of fiscal year 2009-2010, broken down by the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador: what specific projects were approved in each fiscal year, including (i) the names of proponents, (ii) the project title, (iii) the total cost of project, (iv) the amount of funding approved by ACOA, (v) the funding programs within ACOA for which the funding was approved? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-403-91.

Q-92 — — With regard to the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) and, more specifically, the Recreational Infrastructure Canada (RInC) Program administered by ACOA in Atlantic Canada: (a) what was the allocation of funding available for projects under RInC for the time period between January 27, 2009 and March 31, 2010 in Atlantic Canada; (b) how much of this allocated funding has been committed as of March 3, 2010; (c) how much of the allocated funding has actually been expended to the applicants as of March 3, 2010; (d) what were the names, addresses and submission dates of the applicants submitting an application between January 27, 2009 and March 3, 2010 from the constituency of Avalon, (i) how much funding did each applicant apply for, (ii) how much funding was approved, (iii) what percentage of the overall project was funded through RInC; and (e) what is the allocation of funding for RInC in Atlantic Canada for fiscal year 2010-2011? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-403-92.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Toews (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State), — That Bill C-5, An Act to amend the International Transfer of Offenders Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

The debate continued.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 22, 2010, the House resolve itself into Committee of the Whole in order to welcome Olympic and Paralympic Athletes; that the Speaker be permitted to preside over the Committee of the Whole and make welcoming remarks on behalf of the House; and, when the proceedings of the Committee have concluded, or at approximately 3:15 p.m., the Committee shall rise and the House shall resume its business as though it were 3:00 p.m.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Business of Supply

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Paquette (Joliette), seconded by Mr. Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord), — That the House denounce the fact that the government seeks to marginalize the Quebec nation by introducing a bill to decrease Quebec’s political weight in the House, and that it affirm that Quebec Members of Parliament, who represent a nation, must hold at least 25 percent of the seats in the House;
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment of Mr. Laframboise (Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel), seconded by Ms. Demers (Laval), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the words “in the House” and substituting the following:
“and call on the government not to enact any legislation that would reduce Quebec’s current representation in the House of Commons of 24.35% of the seats.”.
The question was put on the amendment and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 30 -- Vote n^o 30)
YEAS: 80, NAYS: 208
YEAS -- POUR Allen (Welland) André Angus Ashton Asselin Atamanenko Bachand Beaudin Bevington Bigras Blais Bonsant Bouchard Bourgeois Brunelle Cardin Carrier Chow Christopherson Comartin Crowder Cullen Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Davies (Vancouver East) DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Desnoyers Dewar Donnelly Dorion Duceppe Dufour Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Faille Freeman Gagnon Gaudet Godin Gravelle Guay Guimond (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord) Harris (St. John's East) Hughes Julian Laframboise Lalonde Lavallée Layton Lemay Leslie Lessard Lévesque Malo Maloway Marston Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Ménard Mourani Mulcair Nadeau Ouellet Paillé (Hochelaga) Paillé (Louis-Hébert) Paquette Plamondon Pomerleau Rafferty Savoie Siksay St-Cyr Stoffer Thi Lac Thibeault Vincent Wasylycia-Leis Total: -- 80
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Aglukkaq Albrecht Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Andrews Armstrong Arthur Ashfield Bagnell Bains Baird Bélanger Bennett Benoit Bernier Bevilacqua Bezan Blackburn Blaney Block Boucher Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brison Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Byrne Calandra Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannis Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casson Chong Clarke Clement Coady Coderre Cotler Crombie Cummins Cuzner D'Amours Davidson Day Dechert Del Mastro Devolin Dosanjh Dreeshen Dryden Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dykstra Eyking Fast Fletcher Folco Foote Fry Galipeau Gallant Généreux Glover Goldring Goodale Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guarnieri Hall Findlay Harper Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hiebert Hill Hoback Hoeppner Holder Holland Jean 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 Lebel LeBlanc Lee Lemieux Lobb Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacAulay MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Malhi Mark Mayes McCallum McColeman McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McLeod McTeague Mendes 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 O'Neill-Gordon Obhrai Oda Oliphant Pacetti Paradis Patry Payne Pearson Petit Poilievre Prentice Preston Proulx Rae Raitt Rajotte Ratansi Rathgeber Regan Reid Richards Richardson Rickford Rodriguez Rota Russell Savage Saxton Scarpaleggia Scheer Schellenberger Sgro Shea Shipley Shory Silva Simms Simson Smith Sorenson Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Szabo Thompson Tilson Toews Tonks Trost Tweed Uppal Valeriote Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Volpe Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wilfert Wong Woodworth Wrzesnewskyj Yelich Young Zarac Total: -- 208
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Bellavance Finley Laforest Ritz

Pursuant to Standing Order 81(16), the House proceeded to the putting of the question on the main motion of Mr. Paquette (Joliette), seconded by Mr. Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord).
The question was put on the main motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 31 -- Vote n^o 31)
YEAS: 45, NAYS: 208
YEAS -- POUR André Asselin Bachand Beaudin Bigras Blais Bonsant Bouchard Bourgeois Brunelle Cardin Carrier DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Desnoyers Dorion Duceppe Dufour Faille Freeman Gagnon Gaudet Guay Guimond (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord) Laframboise Lalonde Lavallée Lemay Lessard Lévesque Malo Ménard Mourani Nadeau Ouellet Paillé (Hochelaga) Paillé (Louis-Hébert) Paquette Plamondon Pomerleau St-Cyr Thi Lac Vincent Total: -- 45
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Aglukkaq Albrecht Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Andrews Armstrong Arthur Ashfield Bagnell Bains Baird Bélanger Bennett Benoit Bernier Bevilacqua Bezan Blackburn Blaney Block Boucher Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brison Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Byrne Calandra Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannis Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casson Chong Clarke Clement Coady Coderre Cotler Crombie Cummins Cuzner D'Amours Davidson Day Dechert Del Mastro Devolin Dosanjh Dreeshen Dryden Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dykstra Eyking Fast Fletcher Folco Foote Fry Galipeau Gallant Généreux Glover Goldring Goodale Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guarnieri Hall Findlay Harper Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hiebert Hill Hoback Hoeppner Holder Holland Jean 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 Lebel LeBlanc Lee Lemieux Lobb Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacAulay MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Malhi Mark Mayes McCallum McColeman McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McLeod McTeague Mendes 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 O'Neill-Gordon Obhrai Oda Oliphant Pacetti Paradis Patry Payne Pearson Petit Poilievre Prentice Preston Proulx Rae Raitt Rajotte Ratansi Rathgeber Regan Reid Richards Richardson Rickford Rodriguez Rota Russell Savage Saxton Scarpaleggia Scheer Schellenberger Sgro Shea Shipley Shory Silva Simms Simson Smith Sorenson Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Szabo Thompson Tilson Toews Tonks Trost Tweed Uppal Valeriote Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Volpe Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wilfert Wong Woodworth Wrzesnewskyj Yelich Young Zarac Total: -- 208
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Bellavance Finley Laforest Ritz

Private Members' Business

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Asselin (Manicouagan), seconded by Mr. Bouchard (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord), — That Bill C-429, An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 32 -- Vote n^o 32)
YEAS: 144, NAYS: 141
YEAS -- POUR Allen (Welland) André Andrews Angus Arthur Ashton Asselin Atamanenko Bachand Bagnell Bains Beaudin Bélanger Bennett Bevilacqua Bevington Bigras Blais Bonsant Bouchard Bourgeois Brison Brunelle Byrne Cannis Cardin Carrier Chow Coady Coderre Comartin Cotler Crombie Crowder Cullen Cuzner D'Amours Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Davies (Vancouver East) DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Desnoyers Dewar Donnelly Dorion Dosanjh Dryden Duceppe Dufour Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Eyking Faille Folco Foote Freeman Fry Gagnon Gaudet Godin Goodale Gravelle Guarnieri Guay Guimond (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord) Holland Hughes Julian Kania Karygiannis Kennedy Laframboise Lalonde Lavallée Layton LeBlanc Lee Lemay Leslie Lessard Lévesque MacAulay Malhi Malo Maloway Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McTeague Ménard Mendes Minna Mourani Mulcair Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Murray Nadeau Neville Oliphant Ouellet Pacetti Paillé (Hochelaga) Paillé (Louis-Hébert) Paquette Patry Pearson Plamondon Pomerleau Proulx Rae Rafferty Ratansi Regan Rodriguez Rota Russell Savage Savoie Scarpaleggia Sgro Siksay Silva Simms Simson St-Cyr Stoffer Szabo Thi Lac Thibeault Tonks Valeriote Vincent Volpe Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wrzesnewskyj Zarac Total: -- 144
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 Calandra Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casson Chong Christopherson Clarke Clement Cummins Davidson Day Dechert Del Mastro Devolin Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Dykstra Fast Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Généreux Glover Goldring Goodyear Gourde Grewal Harper 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 Lunn Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Mark Marston 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 Poilievre Prentice Preston Raitt Rajotte Rathgeber Reid Richards Richardson Rickford Saxton Scheer Schellenberger Shea Shipley Shory Smith Sorenson Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Thompson Tilson Toews Trost Tweed Uppal Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (Saint John) Wong Woodworth Yelich Young Total: -- 141
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Bellavance Finley Laforest Ritz
Accordingly, Bill C-429, An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (use of wood), was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.


Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Ms. Guarnieri (Mississauga East—Cooksville), seconded by Mr. Dhaliwal (Newton—North Delta), — That Bill C-470, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (revocation of registration), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 33 -- Vote n^o 33)
YEAS: 280, NAYS: 3
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Ablonczy Aglukkaq Albrecht Allen (Welland) Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Ambrose Anders Anderson André Andrews Angus Armstrong Arthur Ashfield Ashton Asselin Atamanenko Bachand Bagnell Bains Baird Beaudin Bélanger Bennett Benoit Bernier Bevilacqua Bevington 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 Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannis Cannon (Pontiac) Cardin Carrie Carrier Casson Chong Chow Clarke Clement Coady Coderre Comartin Cotler Crombie Cullen Cummins Cuzner D'Amours Davidson Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Davies (Vancouver East) Day DeBellefeuille Dechert Del Mastro Demers Deschamps Desnoyers Devolin Dewar Dorion Dosanjh Dreeshen Dryden Duceppe Dufour Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dykstra Eyking Faille Fast Fletcher Folco Foote Freeman Fry Gagnon Galipeau Gallant Gaudet Généreux Glover Godin Goldring Goodale Goodyear Gourde Gravelle Grewal Guarnieri Guay Guimond (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord) Hall Findlay Harper Harris (St. John's East) Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hiebert Hill Hoback Hoeppner Holder Holland Hughes Jean 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) Laframboise Lake Lalonde Lauzon Lavallée Layton Lebel LeBlanc Lee Lemay Lemieux Leslie Lessard Lévesque Lobb Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacAulay MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Malhi Malo Maloway Mark Marston Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Mayes McCallum McColeman McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McLeod McTeague Ménard Mendes Menzies Merrifield Miller Minna Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Mourani Mulcair Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Murray Nadeau 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 Rae Rafferty Raitt Rajotte Ratansi Rathgeber Regan Reid Richards Richardson Rickford Rodriguez Rota Russell Savage Savoie Saxton Scarpaleggia Scheer Schellenberger Sgro Shea Shipley Shory Silva Simms Simson Smith St-Cyr Stanton Stoffer Storseth Strahl Sweet Szabo Thi Lac Thompson Tilson Toews Tonks Trost Tweed Uppal Valeriote Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Vincent 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: -- 280
NAYS -- CONTRE Allison Bezan Sorenson Total: -- 3
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Bellavance Finley Laforest Ritz
Accordingly, Bill C-470, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (revocation of registration), was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.


Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Ms. Lalonde (La Pointe-de-l'Île), seconded by Ms. Bourgeois (Terrebonne—Blainville), — That Bill C-384, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (right to die with dignity), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 34 -- Vote n^o 34)
YEAS: 59, NAYS: 228
YEAS -- POUR André Arthur Bachand Beaudin Bélanger Bigras Blais Bonsant Bourgeois Brunelle Cannon (Pontiac) Cardin Carrier Chow Coderre Crowder Davies (Vancouver East) DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Desnoyers Dorion Dosanjh Dryden Duceppe Dufour Faille Folco Freeman Gagnon Gaudet Guay Guimond (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord) Hall Findlay Laframboise Lalonde Lavallée Lemay Leslie Lessard Lévesque Malo McCallum Ménard Mourani Nadeau Ouellet Pacetti Paillé (Hochelaga) Paillé (Louis-Hébert) Paquette Plamondon Pomerleau Siksay St-Cyr Thi Lac Verner Vincent Total: -- 59
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Aglukkaq Albrecht Allen (Welland) Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Andrews Angus Armstrong Ashfield Ashton Asselin Atamanenko Bagnell Bains Baird Bennett Benoit Bernier Bevilacqua Bevington Bezan Blackburn Blaney Block Bouchard Boucher Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brison Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Byrne Calandra Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannis Carrie Casson Chong Christopherson Clarke Clement Coady Comartin Cotler Crombie Cullen Cummins Cuzner D'Amours Davidson Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Day Dechert Del Mastro Devolin Dewar Donnelly Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dykstra Eyking Fast Foote Fry Galipeau Gallant Généreux Glover Godin Goldring Goodale Goodyear Gourde Gravelle Grewal Guarnieri Harper Harris (St. John's East) Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hiebert Hill Hoback Hoeppner Holder Holland Hughes Jean 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 LeBlanc Lee Lemieux Lobb Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacAulay MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Malhi Maloway Mark Marston Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Mayes McColeman McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McLeod McTeague Mendes Menzies Merrifield Miller Minna Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Mulcair Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) 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 Richardson Rickford Rodriguez Rota Russell Savage Savoie Saxton Scarpaleggia Scheer Schellenberger Sgro Shea Shipley Shory Silva Simms Simson Smith Sorenson Stanton Stoffer Storseth Strahl Sweet Szabo Thibeault Thompson Tilson Toews Tonks Trost Tweed Uppal Valeriote Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott 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: -- 228
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Bellavance Finley Laforest Ritz

Private Members' Business

At 6:41 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-201, An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act (deletion of deduction from annuity), as reported by the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs with amendments.

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

Group No. 1 — Motions Nos. 1 to 11.

Group No. 1

Mr. Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore), seconded by Mr. Maloway (Elmwood—Transcona), moved Motion No. 1, — That Bill C-201 be amended by restoring the title as follows:

“An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act (deletion of deduction from annuity)”

Mr. Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore), seconded by Mr. Maloway (Elmwood—Transcona), moved Motion No. 2, — That Bill C-201 be amended by restoring Clause 1 as follows:

“1. Subsection 2(1) of the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

“Year’s Maximum Pensionable Earnings” has the same meaning as in the Canada Pension Plan.”

Mr. Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore), seconded by Mr. Maloway (Elmwood—Transcona), moved Motion No. 3, — That Bill C-201 be amended by restoring Clause 2 as follows:

“2. Paragraph 5(1)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(a) four per cent of the portion of his or her salary that is less than or equal to the Year’s Maximum Pensionable Earnings; and”

Mr. Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore), seconded by Mr. Maloway (Elmwood—Transcona), moved Motion No. 4, — That Bill C-201 be amended by restoring Clause 3 as follows:

“3. (1) Subsections 15(2), (2.1) and (3) of the Act are repealed.

(2) Subsection 15(7) of the Act is repealed.”

Mr. Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore), seconded by Mr. Maloway (Elmwood—Transcona), moved Motion No. 5, — That Bill C-201 be amended by restoring Clause 4 as follows:

“4. The portion of section 40 of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

40. (1) If, on the death of a contributor who, on ceasing to be a member of the Canadian Forces, was entitled to an immediate annuity or an annual allowance, there is no person to whom an allowance provided in this Part may be paid, or where the persons to whom such allowance may be paid die or cease to be entitled to it and no other amount may be paid to them under this Part, any amount by which the calculated amount, within the meaning of subsection (2), exceeds the aggregate of all amounts paid to those persons and to the contributor under this Part or Part V of the former Act shall be paid”

Mr. Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore), seconded by Mr. Maloway (Elmwood—Transcona), moved Motion No. 6, — That Bill C-201 be amended by restoring Clause 5 as follows:

“5. Subparagraph 42(1.1)(a)(i) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(i) four per cent of the portion of his or her salary that is less than or equal to the Year’s Maximum Pensionable Earnings, and”

Mr. Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore), seconded by Mr. Maloway (Elmwood—Transcona), moved Motion No. 7, — That Bill C-201 be amended by restoring Clause 6 as follows:

“6. Paragraph 50(1)(k) of the Act is repealed.”

Mr. Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore), seconded by Mr. Maloway (Elmwood—Transcona), moved Motion No. 8, — That Bill C-201 be amended by restoring Clause 7 as follows:

“7. Subsection 3(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

“Year’s Maximum Pensionable Earnings” has the same meaning as in the Canada Pension Plan.”

Mr. Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore), seconded by Mr. Maloway (Elmwood—Transcona), moved Motion No. 9, — That Bill C-201 be amended by restoring Clause 8 as follows:

“8. Paragraph 5(1)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(a) four per cent of the portion of his or her pay that is less than or equal to the Year’s Maximum Pensionable Earnings; and”

Mr. Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore), seconded by Mr. Maloway (Elmwood—Transcona), moved Motion No. 10, — That Bill C-201 be amended by restoring Clause 9 as follows:

“9. (1) Subsections 10(2), (2.1) and (3) of the Act are repealed.

(2) Subsection 10(7) of the Act is repealed.”

Mr. Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore), seconded by Mr. Maloway (Elmwood—Transcona), moved Motion No. 11, — That Bill C-201 be amended by restoring Clause 10 as follows:

“10. Paragraph 26(g) of the Act is repealed.”

Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 1.

Pursuant to Standing Order 98(2), the Order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, a petition certified correct by the Clerk of Petitions was filed as follows:

— by , one concerning port authorities (No. 403-0428).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 7:41 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 8:08 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).