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39th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 103 Monday, February 5, 2007 11:00 a.m.

Prayers

Board of Internal Economy

The Speaker informed the House that, pursuant to the Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act, S.C. 1997, c. 32, Mr. Moore (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics) had been appointed a member of the Board of Internal Economy to replace Mr. Hill (Secretary of State) as a representative of the government caucus, and Mr. Hill (Secretary of State) to replace Mrs. Skelton (Minister of National Revenue) as a representative of the Queen's Privy Council.

Private Members' Business

At 11:02 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), 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 Environment and Sustainable Development of Bill C-377, An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change.

Mr. Layton (Toronto—Danforth), seconded by Mr. Marston (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

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.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-31, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Public Service Employment Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1, 2 and 4 to 9).

Group No. 1

Motion No. 1 of Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre), seconded by Ms. Davies (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-31 be amended by deleting Clause 18.

Motion No. 2 of Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre), seconded by Ms. Davies (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-31 be amended by deleting Clause 21.

Motion No. 4 of Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre), seconded by Ms. Davies (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-31, in Clause 22, be amended by deleting lines 28 to 42 on page 10.

Motion No. 5 of Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre), seconded by Ms. Davies (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-31, in Clause 26, be amended by replacing lines 38 and 39 on page 11 and lines 1 to 18 on page 12 with the following:

“26. Subsection 161(6) of the Act is replaced”

Motion No. 6 of Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre), seconded by Ms. Davies (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-31, in Clause 28, be amended:

(a) by replacing line 32 on page 12 with the following:

“28. (1) Paragraph 162(f) of the Act is”

(b) by replacing lines 37 to 42 on page 12 and lines 1 to 11 on page 13 with the following:

“(2) Section 162 of the Act is amended by striking out the word “and” at the end of paragraph (i) and by adding the following after paragraph (i):”

Motion No. 7 of Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre), seconded by Ms. Davies (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-31, in Clause 30, be amended by replacing lines 25 to 43 on page 13 with the following:

“30. Section 169 of the Act is amended by”

Motion No. 8 of Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre), seconded by Ms. Davies (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-31 be amended by deleting Clause 33.

Motion No. 9 of Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre), seconded by Ms. Davies (Vancouver East), — That Bill C-31, in Clause 38, be amended by replacing lines 31 to 40 on page 15 and lines 1 to 6 on page 16 with the following:

“38. (1) Subsection 489(2) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a.1):

(a.2) contravenes subsection 161(7) (vouchee acting as voucher);

(2) Subsection 489(2) of the Act is”

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

The question was put on Motion No. 1 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 2 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division, which also applies to Motions Nos. 4 to 9, was deferred.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded divisions.

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded divisions were further deferred until Tuesday, February 6, 2007, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

The Order was read for the third reading of Bill C-26, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal interest rate).

Mr. Nicholson (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Baird (Minister of the Environment), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

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

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Copy of a letter from the Hon. Sandra Pupatello, Minister Responsible for Women's Issues for the Government of Ontario, addressed to the Hon. Bev Oda, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women, concerning a meeting of Provincial and Territorial Ministers. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-391-22.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Ms. Savoie (Victoria), seconded by Ms. Nash (Parkdale—High Park), Bill C-398, An Act to establish criteria and conditions in respect of funding for post-secondary education programs in order to ensure the quality, accessibility, public administration and accountability of those programs, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

Mr. Ménard (Hochelaga), seconded by Mr. Blais (Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine), moved, — That the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, presented on Monday, November 6, 2006, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 16)

Debate arose thereon.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until Tuesday, February 6, 2007, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning housing policy (No. 391-1120).

Questions on the Order Paper

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Anderson (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board) presented the supplementary return to the following question made into an Order for Return:

Q-121 — — With regard to each of the grants and contributions awarded by Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions since the beginning of the fiscal year 2004-2005: (a) which were the recipient organizations; (b) on what dates were they awarded; (c) what were the amounts of the grants and contributions; (d) what were the names of the programs being supported; (e) in what federal ridings were the recipient organizations located; and (f) what was the nature of the grants and contributions? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-391-121-01.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Nicholson (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Baird (Minister of the Environment), — That Bill C-26, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal interest rate), be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Business of Supply

Pursuant to Order made Thursday, February 1, 2007, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Dion (Saint-Laurent—Cartierville), seconded by Mr. Ignatieff (Etobicoke—Lakeshore), — That, in the opinion of this House:
(a) there is overwhelming scientific evidence that the world's climate is changing as a result of human activity and this poses the most serious ecological threat of our time;
(b) the government must reconfirm Canada’s commitment to honour the principles and targets of the Kyoto Protocol in their entirety;
(c) the government must create and publish a credible plan to reduce Canada's greenhouse gas emissions to meet Canada's Kyoto commitments;
(d) the government must establish a 'cap and trade' emission reductions system and regulations for industry; and
(e) the Canadian Environmental Protection Act is available immediately to launch the necessary action.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 98 -- Vote n^o 98)
YEAS: 161, NAYS: 115
YEAS -- POUR Alghabra André Angus Asselin Atamanenko Bachand Bagnell Bains Barnes Beaumier Bélanger Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bellavance Bennett Bevilacqua Bevington Bigras Black Blaikie Blais Bonin Bonsant Boshcoff Brison Brunelle Byrne Cannis Cardin Carrier Chamberlain Chan Charlton Chow Christopherson Coderre Comartin Comuzzi Cotler Crête Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cullen (Etobicoke North) Cuzner D'Amours Davies DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Dewar Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Dryden Duceppe Easter Faille Folco Freeman Gagnon Gaudet Gauthier Godfrey Godin Goodale Gravel Guarnieri Guay Guimond Holland Hubbard Ignatieff Jennings Julian Kadis Karetak-Lindell Karygiannis Keeper Kotto Laforest Laframboise Lalonde Lavallée Layton LeBlanc Lee Lemay Lessard Lévesque Lussier MacAulay Malhi Malo Maloney Marleau Marston Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Matthews McCallum McGuinty McGuire McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McTeague Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Merasty Minna Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Nadeau Nash Neville Ouellet Owen Pacetti Paquette Perron Peterson Picard Proulx Ratansi Redman Regan Robillard Rodriguez Rota Russell Savage Savoie Scarpaleggia Scott Sgro Siksay Silva Simard Simms St-Cyr St-Hilaire St. Amand St. Denis Steckle Stoffer Stronach Szabo Telegdi Temelkovski Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Thibault (West Nova) Tonks Turner Valley Vincent Volpe Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wilson Wrzesnewskyj Zed Total: -- 161
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Allison Ambrose Anderson Baird Batters Benoit Bernier Bezan Blackburn Blaney Boucher Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casson Chong Clement Davidson Day Del Mastro Devolin Doyle Dykstra Emerson Epp Fast Finley Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guergis Hanger Harris Harvey Hawn Hearn Hiebert Hill Hinton Jaffer Jean Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Khan Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Lemieux Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacKenzie Manning Mayes Menzies Merrifield Mills Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Oda Pallister Paradis Petit Poilievre Prentice Preston Rajotte Reid Richardson Ritz Scheer Schellenberger Shipley Skelton Smith Solberg Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest) Thompson (Wild Rose) Tilson Toews Trost Tweed Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Williams Yelich Total: -- 115
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Barbot Bouchard Bourgeois Casey Goldring Loubier MacKay (Central Nova) Mark Miller Mourani Obhrai Plamondon Roy Sorenson

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

— P.C. 2007-29. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-1-05. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development)

— P.C. 2007-20, P.C. 2007-26 and P.C. 2007-27. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-8-13. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)

— P.C. 2007-21. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-4-13. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— P.C. 2007-28. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-32-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 7:01 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.

Adjournment

At 7:12 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).