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41st PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 39 Friday, October 28, 2011 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

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-19, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security;

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:

“the House decline to give second reading to Bill C-19, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act, because it: (a) destroys existing data that is of public safety value for provinces that wish to establish their own system of long-gun registration, which may lead to significant and entirely unnecessary expenditure of public funds; (b) fails to respond to the specific request from the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police for use of existing data in the interest of public safety; and (c) fails to strike a balance between the legitimate concerns of rural and Aboriginal Canadians and the need for police to have appropriate tools to enhance public safety”.

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:

— Nos. 411-0044, 411-0049, 411-0050, 411-0058 and 411-0070 concerning asbestos. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-1-02;

— No. 411-0051 concerning hazardous products. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-24-01;

— No. 411-0066 concerning the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-6-02.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Comartin (Windsor—Tecumseh), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the Eighth Report of the Committee, which was as follows:

Pursuant to Standing Order 92(3)(a), your Committee hereby reports that it has concurred in the report of the Subcommittee on Private Members' Business advising that Bill C-292, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (victims' restitution and monetary awards for offenders), should be designated non-votable.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 6) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Cotler (Mount Royal), seconded by Mr. McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood), Bill C-339, An Act to condemn corruption and impunity in Russia in the case and death of Sergei Magnitsky, 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 Canada's railways (No. 411-0112);

— by , one concerning museums (No. 411-0113);

— by , one concerning the fishing industry (No. 411-0114).

Questions 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-133 — — With regard to Table 2-16 in the 2008 Greenhouse Gas Inventory produced by Environment Canada and submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: (a) what are the corresponding sector by sector greenhouse gas emission figures for 2009; (b) has the government revised any of the greenhouse gas emissions estimates from the years included in the above-mentioned Table 2-16, and if so why; and (c) do the oil sands sector figures reported for each year included in the above-mentioned Table 2-16 include the indirect emissions resulting from the electricity used in oil sands facilities, transportation of the oil, refining, and from any associated land use changes or deforestation, and if they are not included (i) why are they not included, (ii) what is the government’s estimate for what they would be? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-133.

Q-135 — — With respect to the business-as-usual Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission projections for Canada, last published in 2008: (a) what are the government's 2011 GHG emission projections for the years 2015 and 2020, disaggregated by source of emission and by sector, including, with respect to the oilsands sector, the GHG emissions related to in-situ bitumen mining, bitumen mining and upgrading; and (b) what are macroeconomics assumptions, data on demand by industry for electricity and energy, petroleum supply and distribution, natural gas supply and disposition, conversion and emission factors and other assumptions that these business-as-usual GHG emissions projections are based upon? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-135.

Q-137 — — With regard to recommendation number seven of the Report of the Standing Committee on Health, tabled on June 17, 2010, titled “Promoting Innovative Solutions to Health Human Resources Challenges”: (a) what is the government’s position with respect to physiotherapy as a method to reduce health care spending while increasing the capacity of Canadian physicians; (b) what is the government’s position with respect to a pan-Canadian increase in direct access to physiotherapy services without gate-keeper consultation from physicians; (c) what is the Treasury Board’s position with respect to allowing employees of the federal public service and members of the federal client groups, including, First Nations and Inuit, RCMP, veterans, immigrants and refugees, federal inmates, and members of the Canadian Forces, to have direct access to physiotherapists, without gate-keeper consultation from physicians? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-137.

Government Orders

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:

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 1:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Health of Bill C-300, An Act respecting a Federal Framework for Suicide Prevention.

Mr. Albrecht (Kitchener—Conestoga), seconded by Mrs. Davidson (Sarnia—Lambton), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the Order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

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 — Report of the Public Service Labour Relations Board on the administration of Part I (Staff Relations) of the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, pursuant to the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, R.S. 1985, c. 33 (2nd Supp.), s. 84. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-411-515-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— by — Report of the Public Service Labour Relations Board on the administration of the Public Service Labour Relations Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, pursuant to the Public Service Labour Relations Act, S.C. 2003, c. 22, s. 2 "251(2)". — Sessional Paper No. 8560-411-920-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— by — Orders in Council approving certain appointments made by the Governor General in Council, pursuant to Standing Order 110(1), as follows:

— P.C. 2011-996 to P.C. 2011-1000. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-1-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development)

— P.C. 2011-1087. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-2-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— P.C. 2011-1067 to P.C. 2011-1070. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-3-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

— P.C. 2011-1029 to P.C. 2011-1039. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-14-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration)

— P.C. 2011-1040. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-7-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

— P.C. 2011-1027 and P.C. 2011-1028. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-9-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— P.C. 2011-983. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-10-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans)

— P.C. 2011-984 to P.C. 2011-989 and P.C. 2011-1159. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-8-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)

— P.C. 2011-991 to P.C. 2011-995. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-4-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— P.C. 2011-979 to P.C. 2011-982. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-18-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

— P.C. 2011-1002 to P.C. 2011-1026, P.C. 2011-1084 to P.C. 2011-1086 and P.C. 2011-1179. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-16-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

— P.C. 2011-1072 to P.C. 2011-1083. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-22-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— P.C. 2011-1154 and P.C. 2011-1155. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-29-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)

— P.C. 2011-1088. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-30-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

— P.C. 2011-1041 to P.C. 2011-1066. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-24-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— P.C. 2011-990. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-32-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs)

Adjournment

At 2:30 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until Monday at 11:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).