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41st PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 259 Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

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. 411-3560 and 411-3581 concerning foreign aid. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-39-21;

— No. 411-3618 concerning climate change. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-34-26;

— Nos. 411-3691 and 411-3884 concerning genetic engineering. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-26-17;

— No. 411-3765 concerning navigable waters. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-68-22.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Warkentin (Peace River), from the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, presented the Seventh Report of the Committee (Bill S-8, An Act respecting the safety of drinking water on First Nation lands, with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-411-247.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 73 to 76) was tabled.

Mr. Rajotte (Edmonton—Leduc), from the Standing Committee on Finance, presented the 20th Report of the Committee (Bill C-462, An Act restricting the fees charged by promoters of the disability tax credit and making consequential amendments to the Tax Court of Canada Act, with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-411-248.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 120 and 126) was tabled.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning poverty (No. 411-3962);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 411-3963);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 411-3964);

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 411-3965);

— by , one concerning firearms (No. 411-3966);

— by , one concerning access to information (No. 411-3967);

— by , one concerning the National Capital Commission (No. 411-3968);

— by , eighteen concerning sex selection (Nos. 411-3969 to 411-3986);

— by , one concerning the Employment Insurance Program (No. 411-3987);

— by , one concerning the mining industry (No. 411-3988);

— by , one concerning the democratic process (No. 411-3989) and one concerning international agreements (No. 411-3990).

Questions on the Order Paper

Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answer to question Q-1319 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-1301 — — With regard to funding for national parks: (a) how much did the government allocate to national parks between 2000 and 2012, inclusive, broken down by year and by park; and (b) how much does the government expect to allocate to national parks between 2013 and 2017, inclusive, broken down by year and by park? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-1301.

Q-1303 — — With regard to the libraries at the Maurice Lamontagne Institute and the St. Andrews Biological Station: (a) what were the operating costs for these two libraries over the last 10 years, broken down by year and library; (b) what were the projected operating costs for these two libraries over the next five years, broken down by year and library; (c) what are the costs, including the actual and projected costs, associated with closing these two libraries, broken down by year and library; (d) what studies show that closing these two libraries will allow the government to save money, and what are the results of these studies; and (e) how is the government planning to replace the French-language services offered by the Maurice Lamontagne Institute library? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-1303.

Government Orders

Notice having been given at a previous sitting under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Toews (Minister of Public Safety), moved, — That, in relation to Bill C-51, An Act to amend the Witness Protection Program Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act, not more than one further sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration of the third reading stage of the Bill; and

that, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on the day allotted to the consideration of the third reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the Bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.

Pursuant to Standing Order 67.1, the House proceeded to the question period regarding the moving of the time allocation motion.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 707 -- Vote n^o 707)
YEAS: 145, NAYS: 108
YEAS -- POUR Ablonczy Adler Aglukkaq Albas Albrecht Alexander Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambler Ambrose Anders Anderson Armstrong Ashfield Aspin Bateman Benoit Bernier Bezan Blaney Block Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Butt Calandra Calkins Cannan Carmichael Carrie Chisu Chong Clarke Clement Crockatt Daniel Davidson Dechert Del Mastro Devolin Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Glover Goguen Goodyear Gosal Gourde Grewal Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hayes Hiebert Hoback Holder James 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 Leitch Lemieux Leung Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKenzie Mayes McColeman McLeod Menegakis 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 Raitt Rajotte Rathgeber Reid Rempel Richards Rickford Ritz Saxton Schellenberger Seeback Shipley Shory Smith Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Storseth 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 Wong Woodworth Yelich Young (Oakville) Young (Vancouver South) Zimmer Total: -- 145
NAYS -- CONTRE Allen (Welland) Andrews Angus Ashton Atamanenko Aubin Ayala Bélanger Bellavance Bennett Bevington Blanchette Blanchette-Lamothe Boivin Borg Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brosseau Byrne Caron Casey Cash Charlton Chicoine Choquette Chow Christopherson Cleary Côté Crowder Cullen Cuzner Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Day Dewar Dion Dionne Labelle Doré Lefebvre Dubé Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dusseault Eyking Foote Fortin Freeman Fry Garrison Genest Giguère Goodale Gravelle Harris (Scarborough Southwest) Harris (St. John's East) Hsu Hughes Hyer Jacob Karygiannis Lamoureux Lapointe Larose Latendresse Laverdière LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard) Leslie Liu MacAulay Mai Martin Masse Mathyssen May McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) Michaud Morin (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord) Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine) Morin (Laurentides—Labelle) Nash Nicholls Nunez-Melo Pacetti Papillon Patry Péclet Perreault Pilon Quach Rankin Ravignat Raynault Regan Saganash Sandhu Scott Sellah Sgro Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) Sims (Newton—North Delta) Stewart Stoffer Sullivan Toone Tremblay Turmel Valeriote Total: -- 108
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

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-51, An Act to amend the Witness Protection Program Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act, be now read a third time and do pass.

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.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Orders

Pursuant to Order made Wednesday, May 22, 2013, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Lebel (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), seconded by Mr. Kent (Minister of the Environment), — That Bill C-52, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (administration, air and railway transportation and arbitration), 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. 708 -- Vote n^o 708)
YEAS: 255, NAYS: 0
YEAS -- POUR Adler Aglukkaq Albas Albrecht Alexander Allen (Welland) Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambler Ambrose Anders Anderson Andrews Angus Armstrong Ashfield Ashton Aspin Atamanenko Aubin Ayala Bateman Bélanger Bellavance Bennett Benoit Bernier Bevington Bezan Blanchette Blanchette-Lamothe Blaney Block Boivin Borg Boughen Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Braid Breitkreuz Brosseau Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Butt Byrne Calandra Calkins Cannan Carmichael Caron Carrie Casey Cash Charlton Chicoine Chisu Chong Choquette Chow Christopherson Clarke Cleary Clement Comartin Côté Cotler Crockatt Crowder Cullen Cuzner Daniel Davidson Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Day Dechert Del Mastro Devolin Dewar Dionne Labelle Doré Lefebvre Dreeshen Dubé Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dusseault Easter Eyking Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Fletcher Foote Freeman Fry Galipeau Gallant Garneau Garrison Genest Genest-Jourdain Giguère Glover Godin Goguen Goodale Goodyear Gosal Gourde Gravelle Grewal Harris (Scarborough Southwest) Harris (St. John's East) Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hayes Hiebert Hoback Holder Hsu Hughes Jacob James Jean Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Karygiannis Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kellway Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kent Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lamoureux Lapointe Larose Latendresse Lauzon Laverdière Lebel LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard) Leitch Lemieux Leslie Leung Liu Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacAulay MacKenzie Mai Martin Masse May Mayes McCallum McColeman McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McLeod Menegakis Merrifield Michaud Miller Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue) Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Morin (Chicoutimi—Le Fjord) Morin (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine) Morin (Laurentides—Labelle) Nash Nicholls Nicholson Norlock Nunez-Melo Obhrai O'Connor O'Neill Gordon Opitz O'Toole Pacetti Papillon Paradis Patry Payne Péclet Perreault Pilon Poilievre Preston Quach Rae Raitt Rajotte Rankin Rathgeber Ravignat Raynault Regan Reid Rempel Richards Rickford Ritz Saganash Sandhu Saxton Schellenberger Scott Seeback Sgro Shipley Shory Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) Sims (Newton—North Delta) Smith Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Stewart Stoffer Storseth Strahl Sullivan Sweet Tilson Toet Toews Toone Tremblay Trost Trottier Truppe Turmel Tweed Uppal Valcourt Valeriote Van Kesteren Van Loan Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wilks Williamson Wong Woodworth Yelich Young (Oakville) Young (Vancouver South) Zimmer Total: -- 255
NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

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 Mr. Pacetti (Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel), seconded by Mr. Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis), — That Bill S-209, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (prize fights), be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Order made Wednesday, May 22, 2013, the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, June 5, 2013, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing or Special Order or usual practice of the House, the remainder of the debates, pursuant to Standing Order 66(2), on motions to concur in the First Report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, the Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, and the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, be deemed to have taken place and the motions deemed adopted on division. (Concurrence in Committee Reports Nos. 14 to 17)

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Midnight

At 12:22 a.m., pursuant to Order made Thursday, May 30, 2013, under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Order made Wednesday, May 22, 2013, the recorded division was deferred until Monday, June 3, 2013, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology of Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.

Mr. Paradis (Minister of Industry and Minister of State (Agriculture)), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.

Debate arose thereon.

Messages from the Senate

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 Senate has passed Bill C-43, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, without amendment.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 12:37 a.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 12:54 a.m., pursuant to Order made Wednesday, May 22, 2013, the Speaker adjourned the House until later today at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).