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41st PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 228 Monday, March 25, 2013 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. Donnelly (New Westminster—Coquitlam), seconded by Mr. Mai (Brossard—La Prairie), — That Bill C-380, An Act to amend the Fish Inspection Act and the Fisheries Act (importation of shark fins), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.

The debate continued.

At 12:00 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, March 27, 2013, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Menzies (Minister of State (Finance)), — That this House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government; (Ways and Means No. 15)

And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“this House not approve the budgetary policy of this government as it:

(a) cuts billions of dollars in infrastructure funding that will cost tens of thousands of jobs in communities across the country;

(b) continues with devastating cuts to healthcare, pensions and Employment Insurance;

(c) provides no new funding for skills training, dictating a federal takeover of responsibility for skill training programs;

(d) pushes forward with cuts to vital environmental programs such as the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy;

(e) fails to address record levels of household debt;

(f) provides no new tax credit for youth job creation;

(g) does nothing to encourage private business to invest the nearly $600 billion in so-called “dead money” currently on their books;

(h) fails to close the 30% funding gap for students in First Nations communities;

(i) forces First Nations communities to impose workfare programs for youth living on reserves;

(j) takes over $2.3 billion out of the pockets of small businesses through changes to the dividend tax credit, without offsetting measures to mitigate this significant tax increase;

(k) cuts support for innovation by eliminating support for labour sponsored venture capital funds;

(l) hobbles the competitiveness of credit unions and thus reduces competition for big banks; and

(m) looks to empty the pockets of Canadians by applying GST/HST to hospital parking.”;

And of the subamendment of , seconded by , — That the amendment be amended by adding after the words “hospital parking” the following:

“(n) imposes three more job killing employment insurance tax hikes by 2016 taking an additional $4 billion out of the pockets of Canadians;

(o) does not provide a dedicated waste water infrastructure fund to help municipalities meet the new federal waste water regulations;

(p) fails to bring the provinces together to create a supplemental voluntary Canada Pension Plan;

(q) downloads new costs onto the provinces and territories to pay for job training;

(r) provides no new funding for critical water and wastewater needs in First Nations communities;

(s) fails to provide a comprehensive approach to addressing mental health needs of Canadians;

(t) fails to expand the scope of the Last Post Fund to include post-Korean War Veterans;

(u) fails to restore funding to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for search and rescue;

(v) fails to find the funding to keep open the Experimental Lakes Area, the world renowned freshwater research facility;

(w) fails to restore funding to the Interim Federal Health Program for refugee health care;

(x) did not renew the critical Extended Employment Insurance Benefits Pilot Project; and

(y) commits even more funding to wasteful partisan advertising.”.

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. 411-3105 concerning the Canada Labour Code. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-137-01;

— No. 411-3116 concerning Old Age Security benefits. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-74-30;

— No. 411-3129 concerning health care services. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-21-31;

— Nos. 411-3220, 411-3222 to 411-3225, 411-3232 and 411-3238 concerning housing policy. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-49-10.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Preston (Elgin—Middlesex—London), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 44th Report of the Committee (electoral boundaries for New Brunswick). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-411-205.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings No. 64 and 65) was tabled.

Mr. Preston (Elgin—Middlesex—London), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 45th Report of the Committee (items to remain votable). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-411-206.

Pursuant to Standing Order 91.1(2), the report was deemed concurred in.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Bevington (Western Arctic), seconded by Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), Bill C-485, An Act to amend the Canada Petroleum Resources Act (transfer approval), 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 , one concerning service medals (No. 411-3448);

— by , six concerning horse meat (Nos. 411-3449 to 411-3454);

— by , twenty-two concerning the protection of the environment (Nos. 411-3455 to 411-3476);

— by , one concerning sex selection (No. 411-3477);

— by , one concerning budget measures (No. 411-3478);

— by , one concerning environmental assessment and review (No. 411-3479);

— by , one concerning China (No. 411-3480);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 411-3481) and one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 411-3482);

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 411-3483);

— by , one concerning the fishing industry (No. 411-3484) and one concerning the Canadian Coast Guard (No. 411-3485);

— by , three concerning immigration (Nos. 411-3486 to 411-3488) and one concerning housing policy (No. 411-3489);

— by , one concerning Old Age Security benefits (No. 411-3490);

— by , one concerning the fishing industry (No. 411-3491), one concerning environmental assessment and review (No. 411-3492), two concerning international agreements (Nos. 411-3493 and 411-3494) and one concerning sources of energy (No. 411-3495);

— by , one concerning Canada's railways (No. 411-3496);

— by , one concerning telecommunications (No. 411-3497).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Menzies (Minister of State (Finance)); (Ways and Means No. 15)

And of the amendment of Ms. Nash (Parkdale—High Park), seconded by Mr. Caron (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques);

And of the subamendment of Mr. Brison (Kings—Hants), seconded by Mr. Lamoureux (Winnipeg North).

The debate continued.

At 6:15 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 84(4), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the subamendment and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 647 -- Vote n^o 647)
YEAS: 123, NAYS: 151
YEAS -- POUR Allen (Welland) Andrews Angus Ashton Atamanenko Aubin Ayala Bélanger Bennett Benskin Bevington Blanchette Blanchette-Lamothe Boivin Borg Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brahmi Brison Brosseau Byrne Caron Casey Cash Chicoine Chisholm Choquette Chow Christopherson Cleary Comartin Côté Cullen Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Day Dewar Dion Dionne Labelle Donnelly Doré Lefebvre Dubé Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dusseault Easter Eyking Foote Fortin Freeman Fry Garneau Garrison Genest Genest-Jourdain Giguère Godin Goodale Gravelle Groguhé Harris (Scarborough Southwest) Harris (St. John's East) Hassainia Hsu Hughes Jacob Julian Karygiannis Kellway Lamoureux Lapointe Larose Latendresse Laverdière LeBlanc (Beauséjour) LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard) Leslie Liu MacAulay Mai Marston Martin Masse Mathyssen May McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) Michaud Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue) Morin (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord) Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine) Morin (Laurentides—Labelle) Morin (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot) Mulcair Nantel Nash Nicholls Pacetti Papillon Péclet Perreault Pilon Plamondon Quach Rankin Ravignat Raynault Regan Rousseau Saganash Sandhu Scott Sellah Sgro Sims (Newton—North Delta) Sitsabaiesan St-Denis Stewart Stoffer Sullivan Thibeault Tremblay Turmel Valeriote Total: -- 123
NAYS -- CONTRE Ablonczy Adams Aglukkaq Albas Albrecht Alexander Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambler Ambrose Anders Anderson Armstrong Ashfield Aspin Baird Bateman Benoit Bergen Bernier Bezan Blaney Block Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Butt Calandra Cannan Carmichael Carrie Chisu Chong Clarke Clement Crockatt Daniel Davidson Dechert Del Mastro Devolin Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Dykstra Fast Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Gill Glover Goguen Goldring Goodyear Gosal Gourde Grewal Harper Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hayes Hiebert Hillyer Hoback Holder James Jean Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kent Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lauzon Lebel Leef Leitch Lemieux Leung Lizon Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Mayes McColeman McLeod Menegakis Menzies Merrifield Miller Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock Obhrai O'Connor O'Neill Gordon Opitz O'Toole Paradis Payne Poilievre Preston Rajotte Rathgeber Reid Rempel Richards Rickford Saxton Schellenberger Seeback Shea Shipley Shory Smith Sopuck Stanton Strahl Sweet Tilson Toet Toews Trost Trottier Truppe Tweed Uppal Valcourt Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wilks Williamson Woodworth Yelich Young (Oakville) Zimmer Total: -- 151
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

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 Mr. Clement (President of the Treasury Board) — Report on the Administration of the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, pursuant to the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act, R.S. 1985, c. M-5, s. 67. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-411-173-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— by Mr. Clement (President of the Treasury Board) — Report on the Public Service Pension Plan, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, pursuant to the Public Service Superannuation Act, R.S. 1985, c. P-36, s. 46. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-411-220-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— by Mr. Clement (President of the Treasury Board) — Actuarial Report updating the Actuarial Report on the Pension Plan for the Public Service of Canada as at March 31, 2011, pursuant to the Public Pension Reporting Act, R.S. 1985, c. 13 (2nd Supp.), sbs. 9(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-411-221-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— by Mr. Clement (President of the Treasury Board) — Report on the Administration of the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, pursuant to the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act, R.S. 1985, c. S-24, s. 12. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-411-366-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— by — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for the period 2012-2013 to 2016-2017 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2012-2013 of PPP Canada Inc., pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-411-866-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:50 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 7:07 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).