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:

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

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-27, An Act to enhance the financial accountability and transparency of First Nations, as reported by the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development with amendments.

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

Ms. Crowder (Nanaimo—Cowichan), seconded by Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay), moved Motion No. 1, — That Bill C-27 be amended by deleting Clause 1.

Ms. Crowder (Nanaimo—Cowichan), seconded by Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay), moved Motion No. 2, — That Bill C-27 be amended by deleting Clause 11.

Ms. Crowder (Nanaimo—Cowichan), seconded by Mr. Angus (Timmins—James Bay), moved Motion No. 3, — That Bill C-27 be amended by deleting Clause 13.

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 Order was read for consideration of a Ways and Means motion to amend the Income Tax Act, the Excise Tax Act and related legislation (Sessional Paper No. 8570-411-15), notice of which was laid upon the Table on Wednesday, October 24, 2012. (Ways and Means No. 14)

Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State), moved, — That the motion be concurred in.

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

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-27, An Act to enhance the financial accountability and transparency of First Nations, as reported by the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development with amendments;

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

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

Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) gave notice of the intention to move a motion at the next sitting of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 78(3), for the purpose of allotting a specified number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of the report stage and third reading stage of Bill C-27, An Act to enhance the financial accountability and transparency of First Nations.

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-27, An Act to enhance the financial accountability and transparency of First Nations, as reported by the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development with amendments;

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

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

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Ms. Finley (Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State), — That Bill C-44, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Employment Insurance Act and to make consequential amendments to the Income Tax Act and the Income Tax Regulations, 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:

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Ritz (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food), seconded by Mrs. Ablonczy (Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas and Consular Affairs)), — That Bill S-11, An Act respecting food commodities, including their inspection, their safety, their labelling and advertising, their import, export and interprovincial trade, the establishment of standards for them, the registration or licensing of persons who perform certain activities related to them, the establishment of standards governing establishments where those activities are performed and the registration of establishments where those activities are performed, 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:

At 6:15 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Morin (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord), seconded by Mr. Garrison (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca), — That, given that bullying is a serious problem affecting Canadian communities, a special committee of the House be appointed and directed to develop a National Bullying Prevention Strategy to: (a) study the prevalence and impact of different types of bullying, including physical, verbal, indirect and cyber bullying; (b) identify and adopt a range of evidence-based anti-bullying best practices; (c) promote and disseminate anti-bullying information to Canadian families through a variety of mediums; (d) provide support for organizations that work with young people to promote positive and safe environments; (e) focus on prevention rather than criminalization; and that the committee consist of 12 members which shall include seven members from the government party, four members from the Official Opposition and one member from the Liberal Party, provided that the Chair shall be from the government party; that in addition to the Chair, there be one Vice-Chair from each of the opposition parties; that the committee have all of the powers of a Standing Committee as provided in the Standing Orders; that the members to serve on the said committee be appointed by the Whip of each party depositing with the Clerk of the House a list of his or her party’s members of the committee no later than five sitting days following the adoption of this motion; that the quorum of the special committee be seven members for any proceedings, provided that at least a member of the opposition and of the government party be present; that membership substitutions be permitted to be made from time to time, if required, in the manner provided for in Standing Order 114(2); and that the committee report its recommendations to this House within one year of the adoption of this motion. (Private Members' Business M-385)

The debate continued.

At 7:15 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 93, the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, November 21, 2012, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

A message was received from the Senate as follows:

— ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament has been authorized to examine and report upon the expenditures set out in Parliament Vote 10b of the Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.

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

At 7:19 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 7:29 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).