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39th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 7 Wednesday, October 24, 2007 2:00 p.m.

Prayers

National Anthem

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

By unanimous consent laid upon the Table, notwithstanding Standing Order 28 or usual practice of the House, — A House of Commons calendar for the year 2008. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-392-4.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That the House of Commons proposed calendar for 2008, tabled earlier today, be adopted.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning the income tax system (No. 392-0034);

— by , one concerning Canadian heritage (No. 392-0035);

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 392-0036);

— by , one concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (No. 392-0037);

— by , one concerning a national child care program (No. 392-0038).

— by , one concerning immigration (No. 392-0039);

— by , one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 392-0040).

Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Manning (Avalon), seconded by Mr. Lemieux (Parliamentary Secretary for Official Languages), — That the following Address be presented to Her Excellency the Governor General:

To Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY:

We, Her Majesty's most loyal and dutiful subjects, the House of Commons of Canada, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Excellency for the gracious Speech which Your Excellency has addressed to both Houses of Parliament.

The debate continued.

At 5:15 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 50(7), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 3 -- Vote n^o 3)
YEAS: 126, NAYS: 79
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Arthur Baird Batters Benoit Bernier Bezan Blackburn Blaney Boucher Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casey Casson Chong Clement Comuzzi Cummins Davidson Day Del Mastro Devolin Doyle Dykstra Emerson Epp Fast Finley Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Goldring Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guergis Hanger Harper 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 Lebel Lemieux Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacKenzie Manning Mark Mayes Menzies Merrifield Miller Mills Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Oda Pallister Paradis Petit Poilievre Prentice Preston Rajotte Reid Richardson Ritz Scheer Schellenberger Shipley Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest) Thompson (Wild Rose) Tilson Toews Trost Tweed Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Wallace Warkentin Watson Williams Yelich Total: -- 126
NAYS -- CONTRE André Angus Asselin Atamanenko Bachand Barbot Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bellavance Bevington Bigras Black Blaikie Blais Bonsant Bouchard Bourgeois Brunelle Cardin Carrier Charlton Chow Christopherson Comartin Crête Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Davies DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Dewar Duceppe Faille Freeman Gagnon Gaudet Godin Gravel Guay Guimond Julian Kotto Laforest Laframboise Lalonde Lavallée Layton Lemay Lessard Lévesque Lussier Malo Marston Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen McDonough Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Mourani Mulcair Nadeau Nash Ouellet Paquette Perron Picard Plamondon Priddy Roy Siksay St-Cyr St-Hilaire Stoffer Thi Lac Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Vincent Wasylycia-Leis Total: -- 79

Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), seconded by Ms. Verner (Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages), moved, — That the Address be engrossed and presented to Her Excellency the Governor General by the Speaker.

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

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Private Members' Business

Pursuant to Standing Order 98(4), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. St. Denis (Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing), seconded by Mr. Wilson (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country), — That Bill C-287, An Act respecting a National Peacekeepers' Day, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 4 -- Vote n^o 4)
YEAS: 290, NAYS: 0
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Alghabra Allen Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson André Angus Arthur Asselin Atamanenko Bachand Bagnell Bains Baird Barbot Barnes Batters Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bell (North Vancouver) Bellavance Bennett Benoit Bernier Bevilacqua Bevington Bezan Bigras Black Blackburn Blaikie Blais Blaney Bonin Bonsant Boshcoff Bouchard Boucher Bourgeois Breitkreuz Brison Brown (Oakville) Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Brunelle Byrne Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannis Cannon (Pontiac) Cardin Carrie Carrier Casson Chan Charlton Chong Chow Christopherson Clement Coderre Comartin Comuzzi Cotler Crête Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cullen (Etobicoke North) Cummins Cuzner Davidson Davies Day DeBellefeuille Del Mastro Demers Deschamps Devolin Dewar Dhaliwal Dhalla Dosanjh Doyle Dryden Duceppe Dykstra Easter Emerson Epp Eyking Faille Fast Finley Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Folco Freeman Fry Gagnon Galipeau Gallant Gaudet Godfrey Godin Goldring Goodale Goodyear Gourde Gravel Grewal Guarnieri Guay Guergis Guimond Hanger Harper Harris Harvey Hawn Hearn Hiebert Hill Hinton Holland Hubbard Ignatieff Jaffer Jean Jennings Julian Kadis Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Karetak-Lindell Karygiannis Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Keeper Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Khan Komarnicki Kotto Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Laforest Laframboise Lake Lalonde Lauzon Lavallée Layton Lebel LeBlanc Lee Lemay Lemieux Lessard Lévesque Lukiwski Lunn Lunney Lussier MacAulay MacKenzie Malhi Malo Maloney Manning Mark Marleau Marston Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Mayes McCallum McDonough McGuinty McGuire McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McTeague Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Menzies Merrifield Miller Mills Minna Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Mourani Mulcair Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Nadeau Nash Neville Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Oda Ouellet Pacetti Pallister Paquette Paradis Patry Perron Petit Picard Plamondon Poilievre Prentice Preston Priddy Proulx Rajotte Ratansi Redman Regan Reid Richardson Ritz Robillard Rodriguez Rota Roy Russell Savage Scarpaleggia Scheer Schellenberger Scott Sgro Shipley Siksay Silva Simard Simms Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson St-Cyr St-Hilaire St. Amand St. Denis Stanton Steckle Stoffer Storseth Strahl Stronach Sweet Szabo Telegdi Temelkovski Thi Lac Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Thibault (West Nova) Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest) Thompson (Wild Rose) Tilson Toews Tonks Trost Turner Tweed Valley Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Vincent Volpe Wallace Warkentin Wasylycia-Leis Watson Wilfert Williams Wilson Wrzesnewskyj Yelich Zed Total: -- 290
NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, Bill C-287, An Act respecting a National Peacekeepers' Day, as amended, was concurred in at report stage and ordered for a third reading at the next sitting of the House.

Private Members' Business

At 5:55 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The Order was read for the third reading of Bill C-298, An Act to add perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its salts to the Virtual Elimination List under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.

Ms. Minna (Beaches—East York), seconded by Mr. Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 98(2), 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 — Reports of the Office of Infrastructure of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8561-392-876-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by — Report of the Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, pursuant to the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act, R.S. 1985, c. 24 (3rd Supp.), Part III, sbs. 45(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-392-538-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

— by — Report of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, pursuant to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Act, S.C. 2000, c. 6, sbs. 32(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-392-782-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

— by — Order amending Schedule I to the Hazardous Products Act (Flame Resistance Test Method), pursuant to the Hazardous Products Act, R.S. 1985, c. H-3, sbs. 7(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-392-846-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

— by — Report of the Pest Management Regulatory Agency on the administration and enforcement of the Pest Control Products Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, pursuant to the Pest Control Products Act, S.C. 2002, c. 28, sbs. 80(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-392-991-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

— by — Reports of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8561-392-602-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by — Reports of the Canadian Human Rights Commission for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8561-392-680-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(e), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

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

— P.C. 2007-1470. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-392-2-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— P.C. 2007-1400 and P.C. 2007-1401. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-392-14-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration)

— P.C. 2007-1338, P.C. 2007-1341 and P.C. 2007-1471. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-392-9-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— P.C. 2007-1311 to P.C. 2007-1313, P.C. 2007-1315, P.C. 2007-1339, P.C. 2007-1433 and P.C. 2007-1434. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-392-8-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)

— P.C. 2007-1325, P.C. 2007-1329 and P.C. 2007-1335. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-392-4-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— P.C. 2007-1389 to P.C. 2007-1393. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-392-18-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

— P.C. 2007-1403 to P.C. 2007-1432. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-392-16-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

— P.C. 2007-1316 and P.C. 2007-1467 to P.C. 2007-1469. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-392-13-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— P.C. 2007-1330 and P.C. 2007-1336. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-392-17-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on National Defence)

— P.C. 2007-1402. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-392-29-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)

— P.C. 2007-1340 and P.C. 2007-1394 to P.C. 2007-1399. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-392-30-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

— P.C. 2007-1334, P.C. 2007-1337, P.C. 2007-1383 and P.C. 2007-1385 to P.C. 2007-1388. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-392-24-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

Adjournment

At 6:55 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).