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41st PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 93 Friday, March 9, 2012 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Nicholson (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Fantino (Associate Minister of National Defence), — That the amendments made by the Senate to Bill C-10, An Act to enact the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act and to amend the State Immunity Act, the Criminal Code, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and other Acts, be now read a second time and concurred in.

The debate continued.

Mr. Harris (St. John's East), seconded by Mr. Sandhu (Surrey North), moved the following amendment, — That the motion be amended by deleting all of the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“a message be sent to the Senate to acquaint their Honours that the House disagrees with the amendments made by the Senate to Bill C-10, An Act to enact the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act and to amend the State Immunity Act, the Criminal Code, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and other Acts, because relying on the government to list states which support or engage in terrorism risks unnecessarily politicizing the process of obtaining justice for victims of terrorism.”.

Debate arose thereon.

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

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, on Thursday, April 5, 2012, the House shall meet at 10:00 a.m. and proceed to Government Orders; Members may make statements pursuant to Standing Order 31 at 11:00 a.m.; oral questions shall be taken up not later than 11:15 a.m.; the House shall proceed to the ordinary daily routine of business at 12 noon, followed by Government Orders; Private Members' Business shall be taken up at 1:30 p.m.; and the House shall, at 2:30 p.m., stand adjourned to the next sitting day.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning Old Age Security benefits (No. 411-0624);

— by , three concerning suicide prevention (Nos. 411-0625 to 411-0627);

— by , one concerning the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (No. 411-0628);

— by , one concerning climate change (No. 411-0629);

— by , one concerning poverty (No. 411-0630) and one concerning climate change (No. 411-0631);

— by , one concerning climate change (No. 411-0632), one concerning environmental assessment and review (No. 411-0633) and one concerning China (No. 411-0634);

— by , one concerning human trafficking (No. 411-0635).

Applications for Emergency Debate

Pursuant to Standing Order 52, Ms. Davies (Vancouver East) asked leave to move the adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter requiring urgent consideration, namely, drug shortages.

The Speaker decided that the matter was proper to be discussed and, pursuant to Standing Order 52(9), directed that it be considered on Monday, March 12, 2012, at the ordinary hour of daily adjournment

Government Orders

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

The debate continued.

At 1:15 p.m., pursuant to Order made Wednesday, March 7, 2012, under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the amendment and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until Monday, March 12, 2012, at the ordinary hour of daily adjournment.

Private Members' Business

At 1:20 p.m., by unanimous consent, the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-278, An Act respecting a day to increase public awareness about epilepsy, as reported by the Standing Committee on Health with amendments.

Mr. Regan (Halifax West), seconded by Ms. Duncan (Etobicoke North), moved, — That the Bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

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

Accordingly, the Bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage.

Pursuant to Standing Order 98(2), Mr. Regan (Halifax West), seconded by Ms. Duncan (Etobicoke North), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

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

Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed unanimously.

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 — Agreements for RCMP policing services made between Canada and the Municipality of Redcliff, Alberta, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, R.S. 1985, c. R-10, sbs. 20(5). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-411-475-22. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

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

— P.C. 2012-92. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-9-07. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— P.C. 2012-81. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-4-07. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— P.C. 2012-80. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-18-05. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

— P.C. 2012-88 to 2012-91. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-22-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— P.C. 2012-79. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-411-27-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament)

Adjournment

At 1:57 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until Monday at 11:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).