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40th PARLIAMENT, 3rd SESSION

Journals No. 62 Monday, June 14, 2010 11:00 a.m.

Prayers

Private Members' Business

At 11:00 a.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 Mr. Vincent (Shefford), seconded by Mr. Dufour (Repentigny), — That Bill C-452, An Act to amend the Competition Act (inquiry into industry sector), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.

The debate continued.

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

Accordingly, Bill C-452, An Act to amend the Competition Act (inquiry into industry sector), was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.

Interruption

At 11:53 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:00 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Government Orders

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage of Bill C-34, An Act to amend the Museums Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.

Mr. Moore (Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages), seconded by Mr. Day (President of the Treasury Board and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Order made Thursday, June 10, 2010, the Bill was deemed read the second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole, deemed considered in Committee of the Whole, deemed reported without amendment, deemed concurred in at report stage and deemed read the third time and passed.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Toews (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by Mr. Goodyear (Minister of State (Science and Technology) (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario)), — That Bill C-23, An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

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 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. 403-0458 concerning the Employment Insurance Program. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-1-07;

— Nos. 403-0469, 403-0473, 403-0484 and 403-0489 concerning correctional facilities. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-77-02;

— Nos. 403-0471, 403-0478, 403-0500, 403-0535, 403-0536 and 403-0557 concerning the income tax system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-48-03;

— No. 403-0479 concerning forestry. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-75-01;

— Nos. 403-0502, 403-0510, 403-0528, 403-0534, 403-0553, 403-0556 and 403-0564 concerning foreign aid. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-51-04;

— No. 403-0532 concerning the electoral system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-76-01.

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Toews (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by Mr. Hill (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), Bill C-38, An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Recommendation

(Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2))

Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts”.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor), seconded by Ms. Foote (Random—Burin—St. George's), Bill C-535, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (sickness benefits), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas), seconded by Ms. Charlton (Hamilton Mountain), Bill C-536, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (genetic characteristics), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Centre), seconded by Mr. Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor), Bill C-537, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (judicial interim release for offences involving firearms), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. Davies (Vancouver East), seconded by Mr. Marston (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek), Bill C-538, An Act to Amend the Canada Pension Plan (designation of survivor), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

First Reading of Senate Public Bills

Pursuant to Standing Order 69(2), on motion of Mr. Warkentin (Peace River), seconded by Mr. Savage (Dartmouth—Cole Harbour), Bill S-203, An Act respecting a National Philanthropy Day, was read the first time and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, during the debate tonight pursuant to Standing Order 53.1, any Member rising to speak may indicate to the Chair that he or she will be dividing his or her time with another Member and no quorum call, dilatory motion or request for unanimous consent shall be received by the Chair.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , four concerning the income tax system (Nos. 403-0661 to 403-0664);

— by , one concerning the Canada Labour Code (No. 403-0665);

— by , one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 403-0666);

— by , one concerning immigration (No. 403-0667);

— by , one concerning housing policy (No. 403-0668) and one concerning funding aid (No. 403-0669);

— by , one concerning Iran (No. 403-0670);

— by , one concerning horse meat (No. 403-0671);

— by , one concerning aboriginal affairs (No. 403-0672);

— by , one concerning the Food and Drugs Act (No. 403-0673) and one concerning foreign aid (No. 403-0674).

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-225 and Q-237 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 return to the following question made into an Order for Return:

Q-223 — — What is the total amount of government funding, for each fiscal year since 2004-2005, up to and including the current fiscal year, allocated within the constituency of Timmins—James Bay, specifying each department or agency, initiative, and amount? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-403-223.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

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

Accordingly, Bill C-23, An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security of Bill S-2, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts.

Ms. Finley (Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development) for Mr. Toews (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by Mr. Lunn (Minister of State (Sport)), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

Debate arose thereon.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Business of Supply

Pursuant to Order made Thursday, June 10, 2010, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Paillé (Hochelaga), seconded by Ms. Bonsant (Compton—Stanstead), — That this House denounce the government’s unrelenting efforts to marginalize the Quebec nation, in particular by depriving it of the major economic lever of securities regulation, a matter that is under the exclusive legislative jurisdiction of Quebec and the provinces and for which they have established a harmonized regulatory system recognized for its effectiveness by the OECD and the World Bank, among others, and that it demand, along with Quebec’s National Assembly and the business community in Quebec, that the government immediately withdraw its draft bill.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 73 -- Vote n^o 73)
YEAS: 71, NAYS: 192
YEAS -- POUR Allen (Welland) André Ashton Asselin Atamanenko Bachand Bellavance Bigras Blais Bonsant Bouchard Bourgeois Brunelle Cardin Carrier Chow Comartin Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Davies (Vancouver East) DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Desnoyers Dewar Donnelly Dorion Duceppe Dufour Faille Freeman Gagnon Gaudet Godin Gravelle Guay Guimond (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord) Harris (St. John's East) Hyer Julian Laforest Laframboise Lalonde Lavallée Layton Lemay Leslie Lessard Lévesque Malo Maloway Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Ménard Mourani Mulcair Nadeau Ouellet Paillé (Hochelaga) Paillé (Louis-Hébert) Paquette Plamondon Pomerleau Rafferty Siksay St-Cyr Stoffer Thi Lac Thibeault Vincent Total: -- 71
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Aglukkaq Albrecht Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Anderson Armstrong Arthur Ashfield Bagnell Baird Benoit Bernier Bevilacqua Bezan Blackburn Blaney Block Boucher Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brison Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Byrne Cadman Calandra Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannis Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casson Charlton Chong Clarke Clement Coady Cotler Crombie Cummins Cuzner Davidson Day Dechert Del Mastro Dhaliwal Dhalla Dosanjh Dreeshen Dryden Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dykstra Easter Eyking Fast Finley Fletcher Foote Galipeau Gallant Garneau Généreux Glover Goldring Goodale Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guarnieri Hall Findlay Harper Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hiebert Hill Hoback Hoeppner Holder Holland Hughes Jean Jennings 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 LeBlanc Lee Lemieux Lobb Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacAulay MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Malhi Marston Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Mayes McCallum McColeman McGuinty McLeod Mendes Menzies Merrifield Miller Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Murphy (Charlottetown) Murray Nicholson Norlock O'Connor O'Neill-Gordon Obhrai Oda Oliphant Pacetti Paradis Payne Petit Poilievre Preston Proulx Rae Raitt Rajotte Ratansi Rathgeber Regan Reid Richards Richardson Rickford Ritz Rota Russell Savage Savoie Saxton Scheer Schellenberger Sgro Shea Shipley Shory Simms Simson Sorenson Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Szabo Thompson Tilson Toews Tonks Trost Tweed Uppal 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 Yelich Young Zarac Total: -- 192
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Beaudin Flaherty Roy Smith

Government Orders

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Van Loan (Minister of International Trade), seconded by Mr. Cannon (Minister of Foreign Affairs), — That Bill C-2, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Republic of Colombia, the Agreement on the Environment between Canada and the Republic of Colombia and the Agreement on Labour Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Colombia, be now read a third time and do pass.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 74 -- Vote n^o 74)
YEAS: 188, NAYS: 79
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Ablonczy Aglukkaq Albrecht Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Anders Anderson Armstrong Arthur Ashfield Bagnell Baird Benoit Bernier Bevilacqua Bezan Blackburn Blaney Block Boucher Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brison Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Byrne Cadman Calandra Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannis Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casson Chong Clarke Clement Coady Cotler Crombie Cummins Cuzner Davidson Day Dechert Del Mastro Dhaliwal Dhalla Dosanjh Dreeshen Dryden Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dykstra Easter Eyking Fast Finley Fletcher Foote Galipeau Gallant Garneau Généreux Glover Goldring Goodale Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guarnieri Hall Findlay Harper Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hiebert Hill Hoback Hoeppner Holder Holland Jean Jennings 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 LeBlanc Lee Lemieux Lobb Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacAulay MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Malhi Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Mayes McCallum McColeman McGuinty McLeod Mendes Menzies Merrifield Miller Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Murphy (Charlottetown) Murray Nicholson Norlock O'Connor O'Neill-Gordon Obhrai Oda Oliphant Pacetti Paradis Payne Petit Poilievre Preston Proulx Rae Raitt Rajotte Ratansi Rathgeber Regan Reid Richards Richardson Rickford Ritz Rota Russell Savage Saxton Scheer Schellenberger Sgro Shea Shipley Shory Simms Sorenson Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Szabo Thompson Tilson Toews Tonks Trost Tweed Uppal 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 Yelich Young Zarac Total: -- 188
NAYS -- CONTRE Allen (Welland) André Ashton Asselin Atamanenko Bachand Bellavance Bevington Bigras Blais Bonsant Bouchard Bourgeois Brunelle Cardin Carrier Charlton Chow Christopherson Comartin Crowder Cullen Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Davies (Vancouver East) DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Desnoyers Dewar Donnelly Dorion Duceppe Dufour 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 Hyer Julian Laforest Laframboise Lalonde Lavallée Layton Lemay Leslie Lessard Lévesque Malo Maloway Marston 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 Total: -- 79
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Beaudin Flaherty Roy Smith
Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.

Government Orders

Take-note Debates

At 7:09 p.m., pursuant to Order made Thursday, June 10, 2010, under the provisions of Standing Order 53.1, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the following motion, — That this Committee take note of the measures being taken to address the treatment of multiple sclerosis. (Government Business No. 5)

At 11:09 p.m., the Committee rose.

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 — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2010-2011 to 2014-2015 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2010-2011 of the National Capital Commission, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-403-821-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by — Actuarial Report of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions on the Canada Student Loans Program dated July 31, 2009, pursuant to the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act, S.C. 1994, c. 28, s. 19.1. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-403-1015-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

— by — Report on the administration and enforcement of the Energy Efficiency Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, pursuant to the Energy Efficiency Act, S.C. 1992, c. 36, s. 36. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-403-375-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)

— by — Report of the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology (including supplements I and II), together with the Auditors' Report, for the year 2009, pursuant to the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology Act, S.C. 2001, c. 23, sbs. 30(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-403-823-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)

Adjournment

At 11:09 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).