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Journals (No. 105)

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
37TH PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION


JOURNALS

No. 105

Tuesday, October 30, 2001

10:00 a.m.



PRAYERS

DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Nault (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) laid upon the Table, -- Document entitled ``Yukon Northern Affairs Program Devolution Transfer Agreement''. -- Sessional Paper No. 8525- 371-25.


Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Regan (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. 371-0399 and 371-0400 concerning Canada's railways. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-371-38-12.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Adams (Peterborough), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 34th Report of the Committee (extension of deadline for tabling its report on Private Members' Business). -- Sessional Paper No. 8510-371-81.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 31 and 32) was tabled.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, -- That the 34th Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented earlier today, be concurred in.

Presenting Petitions

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

-- by Mr. Adams (Peterborough), concerning health care services (No. 371-0422).

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

Mr. Tobin (Minister of Industry), seconded by Mr. Peterson (Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)), moved, --

WHEREAS section 43 of the Constitution Act, 1982 provides that an amendment to the Constitution of Canada may be made by proclamation issued by the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada where so authorized by resolutions of the Senate and House of Commons and of the legislative assembly of each province to which the amendment applies;

NOW THEREFORE the House of Commons resolves that an amendment to the Constitution of Canada be authorized to be made by proclamation issued by Her Excellency the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada in accordance with the schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF CANADA

1. The Terms of Union of Newfoundland with Canada set out in the Schedule to the Newfoundland Act are amended by striking out the words ``Province of Newfoundland'' wherever they occur and substituting the words ``Province of Newfoundland and Labrador''.

2. Paragraph (g) of Term 33 of the Schedule to the Act is amended by striking out the word ``Newfoundland'' and substituting the words ``the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador''.

3. Term 38 of the Schedule to the Act is amended by striking out the words ``Newfoundland veterans'' wherever they occur and substituting the words ``Newfoundland and Labrador veterans''.

4. Term 42 of the Schedule to the Act is amended by striking out the words ``Newfoundland merchant seamen'' and ``Newfoundland merchant seaman'' wherever they occur and substituting the words ``Newfoundland and Labrador merchant seamen'' and ``Newfoundland and Labrador merchant seaman'', respectively.

5. Subsection (2) of Term 46 of the Schedule to the Act is amended by adding immediately after the word ``Newfoundland'' where it first occurs the words ``and Labrador''.

CITATION

6. This Amendment may be cited as the Constitution Amendment, [year of proclamation] (Newfoundland and Labrador). (Government Business No. 16)

Debate arose thereon.

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


The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-31, An Act to amend the Export Development Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade without amendment.

Mr. Pagtakhan (Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)) for Mr. Pettigrew (Minister for International Trade), seconded by Mr. Peterson (Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)), moved, -- That the Bill be concurred in at report stage.

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

Accordingly, the Bill was concurred in at report stage.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(11), Mr. Pagtakhan (Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)) for Mr. Pettigrew (Minister for International Trade), seconded by Mr. Peterson (Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)), 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.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Pettigrew (Minister for International Trade), seconded by Mr. Peterson (Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)), -- That Bill C-31, An Act to amend the Export Development Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until later this day, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

MOTIONS

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, -- That at the conclusion of the debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-31, An Act to amend the Export Development Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, the House shall proceed directly to Private Member's Business and that all recorded divisions deferred until the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders this day shall be taken up at 5:30 p.m. this day.


By unanimous consent, it was ordered, -- That ten members of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans be authorized to travel to British Columbia and the State of Washington, from November 19 to 24, 2001, to continue the Committee's studies on the Canadian Coast Guard's Marine Communication and Traffic Services and fisheries issues, and that the said group be composed of two Canadian Alliance members, one Bloc Québécois member, one New Democratic Party member, one Progressive Conservative/Democratic Representative Coalition member and five Liberal members and that the necessary staff do accompany the Committee.

PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS

At 4:46 p.m., pursuant to Order made earlier this day, the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

Ms. Bennett (St. Paul's), seconded by Mr. Richardson (Perth -- Middlesex), moved, -- That, in the opinion of this House, the government should recognize the month of May as Hepatitis C Awareness Month. (Private Members' Business M-303)

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 96(1), the Order was dropped from the Order Paper.

INTERRUPTION

At 5:27 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:30 p.m., the sitting resumed.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 45 and to Order made earlier this day, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Pettigrew (Minister for International Trade), seconded by Mr. MacAulay (Solicitor General of Canada), -- That Bill C-32, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica, 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:

YEAS 201, NAYS 48

(Division No. 157 -- Vote No 157)
YEAS -- POUR



(Division--Vote No 157)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Adams -- Alcock -- Allard -- Anders -- Anderson --  (Cypress Hills -- Grasslands) -- Anderson --  (Victoria) -- Assad -- Augustine -- Bachand --  (Richmond -- Arthabaska) -- Bagnell -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Benoit -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Binet -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Borotsik -- Boudria -- Breitkreuz -- Brison -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Burton -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Cadman -- Calder -- Cannis -- Caplan -- Carignan -- Carroll -- Casson -- Castonguay -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chatters -- Chrétien -- Clark -- Coderre -- Collenette -- Comuzzi -- Copps -- Cullen -- Cummins -- Cuzner -- Day -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Doyle -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Duncan -- Duplain -- Easter -- Eggleton -- Elley -- Epp -- Eyking -- Farrah -- Finlay -- Fitzpatrick -- Folco -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gallant -- Godfrey -- Goldring -- Goodale -- Graham -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harris -- Harvard -- Harvey -- Hearn -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hinton -- Ianno -- Jackson -- Jaffer -- Jennings -- Johnston -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Keyes -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Laliberte -- LeBlanc -- Lee -- Leung -- Lincoln -- Longfield -- Lunn --  (Saanich -- Gulf Islands) -- Lunney --  (Nanaimo -- Alberni) -- MacAulay -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Macklin -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Marcil -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan -- McNally -- McTeague -- Meredith -- Merrifield -- Mitchell -- Moore -- Murphy -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Obhrai -- Owen -- Pagtakhan -- Pallister -- Pankiw -- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Penson -- Peric -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Pillitteri -- Pratt -- Proulx -- Rajotte -- Redman -- Reed --  (Halton) -- Regan -- Reid --  (Lanark -- Carleton) -- Reynolds -- Richardson -- Ritz -- Robillard -- Saada -- Savoy -- Scherrer -- Schmidt -- Scott -- Serré -- Sgro -- Shepherd -- Skelton -- Solberg -- Sorenson -- Speller -- Spencer -- St. Denis -- St-Jacques -- St-Julien -- Steckle -- Stewart -- Stinson -- Strahl -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibault --  (West Nova) -- Thibeault --  (Saint-Lambert) -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Tirabassi -- Toews -- Tonks -- Torsney -- Ur -- Vanclief -- Vellacott -- Volpe -- Wappel -- Whelan -- White --  (North Vancouver) -- Wilfert -- Williams -- Wood -- 201

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Bellehumeur -- Bergeron -- Bigras -- Blaikie -- Bourgeois -- Brien -- Cardin -- Comartin -- Crête -- Davies -- Desjarlais -- Dubé -- Duceppe -- Fournier -- Gagnon --  (Champlain) -- Gagnon --  (Québec) -- Gauthier -- Godin -- Guay -- Guimond -- Herron -- Laframboise -- Lalonde -- Lanctôt -- Lebel -- Lill -- Loubier -- Marceau -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- McDonough -- Ménard -- Nystrom -- Paquette -- Perron -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Plamondon -- Proctor -- Robinson -- Rocheleau -- Roy -- Sauvageau -- St-Hilaire -- Stoffer -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean -- Saguenay) -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Neigette-et-la Mitis) -- Venne -- Wayne -- 48

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Asselin -- Charbonneau -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Desrochers -- Fontana -- Girard-Bujold -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Valeri

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


Pursuant to Order made Monday, October 29, 2001, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Tremblay (Lac-Saint-Jean- Saguenay), seconded by Ms. Lalonde (Mercier), -- That this House call upon the government to review its international aid policy with a view to substantially increasing the funds available for Canadian humanitarian aid, particularly in the context of the military interventions in Afghanistan, and to increasing the level of its aid for development to 0.7% of GDP, as recommended by the United Nations.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:

YEAS 205, NAYS 44

(Division No. 158 -- Vote No 158)
YEAS -- POUR



(Division--Vote No 158)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Allard -- Anderson --  (Victoria) -- Assad -- Augustine -- Bachand --  (Richmond -- Arthabaska) -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Bagnell -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellehumeur -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bergeron -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Bigras -- Binet -- Blaikie -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Borotsik -- Boudria -- Bourgeois -- Brien -- Brison -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Calder -- Cannis -- Caplan -- Cardin -- Carignan -- Carroll -- Castonguay -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chrétien -- Clark -- Coderre -- Collenette -- Comartin -- Comuzzi -- Copps -- Crête -- Cullen -- Cuzner -- Davies -- Desjarlais -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Doyle -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Dubé -- Duceppe -- Duplain -- Easter -- Eggleton -- Eyking -- Farrah -- Finlay -- Folco -- Fournier -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gagnon --  (Champlain) -- Gagnon --  (Québec) -- Gauthier -- Godfrey -- Godin -- Goodale -- Graham -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Guarnieri -- Guay -- Guimond -- Harb -- Harvard -- Harvey -- Hearn -- Herron -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Ianno -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Keyes -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Laframboise -- Laliberte -- Lalonde -- Lanctôt -- Lebel -- LeBlanc -- Lee -- Leung -- Lill -- Lincoln -- Longfield -- Loubier -- Lunn --  (Saanich -- Gulf Islands) -- MacAulay -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Macklin -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Marceau -- Marcil -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- McCormick -- McDonough -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan -- McNally -- McTeague -- Ménard -- Meredith -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- Nystrom -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Owen -- Pagtakhan -- Pankiw -- Paquette -- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Perron -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Pillitteri -- Plamondon -- Pratt -- Proctor -- Proulx -- Redman -- Reed --  (Halton) -- Regan -- Richardson -- Robillard -- Robinson -- Rocheleau -- Roy -- Saada -- Sauvageau -- Savoy -- Scherrer -- Scott -- Serré -- Sgro -- Shepherd -- Speller -- St. Denis -- St-Hilaire -- St-Jacques -- St-Julien -- Steckle -- Stewart -- Stoffer -- Strahl -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibault --  (West Nova) -- Thibeault --  (Saint-Lambert) -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Tirabassi -- Tonks -- Torsney -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean -- Saguenay) -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Neigette-et-la Mitis) -- Ur -- Vanclief -- Venne -- Volpe -- Wappel -- Wayne -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- Wood -- 205

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Anders -- Anderson --  (Cypress Hills -- Grasslands) -- Benoit -- Breitkreuz -- Burton -- Cadman -- Casson -- Chatters -- Cummins -- Day -- Duncan -- Elley -- Epp -- Fitzpatrick -- Gallant -- Goldring -- Grewal -- Harris -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hinton -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Lunney --  (Nanaimo -- Alberni) -- Merrifield -- Moore -- Obhrai -- Pallister -- Penson -- Rajotte -- Reid --  (Lanark -- Carleton) -- Reynolds -- Ritz -- Schmidt -- Skelton -- Solberg -- Sorenson -- Spencer -- Stinson -- Toews -- Vellacott -- White --  (North Vancouver) -- Williams -- 44

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Asselin -- Charbonneau -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Desrochers -- Fontana -- Girard-Bujold -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Valeri


Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Pettigrew (Minister for International Trade), seconded by Mr. Peterson (Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)), -- That Bill C-31, An Act to amend the Export Development Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, 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:

YEAS 141, NAYS 108

(Division No. 159 -- Vote No 159)
YEAS -- POUR



(Division--Vote No 159)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Allard -- Anderson --  (Victoria) -- Assad -- Augustine -- Bagnell -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Binet -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Boudria -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Calder -- Cannis -- Caplan -- Carignan -- Carroll -- Castonguay -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chrétien -- Coderre -- Collenette -- Comuzzi -- Copps -- Cullen -- Cuzner -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Duplain -- Easter -- Eggleton -- Eyking -- Farrah -- Finlay -- Folco -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Graham -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harvard -- Harvey -- Ianno -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Keyes -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Laliberte -- LeBlanc -- Lee -- Leung -- Lincoln -- Longfield -- MacAulay -- Macklin -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Marcil -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan -- McTeague -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Owen -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Pillitteri -- Pratt -- Proulx -- Redman -- Reed --  (Halton) -- Regan -- Richardson -- Robillard -- Saada -- Savoy -- Scherrer -- Scott -- Serré -- Sgro -- Shepherd -- Speller -- St. Denis -- St-Jacques -- St-Julien -- Steckle -- Stewart -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibault --  (West Nova) -- Thibeault --  (Saint-Lambert) -- Tirabassi -- Tonks -- Torsney -- Ur -- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Wappel -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- Wood -- 141

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Anders -- Anderson --  (Cypress Hills -- Grasslands) -- Bachand --  (Richmond -- Arthabaska) -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Bellehumeur -- Benoit -- Bergeron -- Bigras -- Blaikie -- Borotsik -- Bourgeois -- Breitkreuz -- Brien -- Brison -- Burton -- Cadman -- Cardin -- Casson -- Chatters -- Clark -- Comartin -- Crête -- Cummins -- Davies -- Day -- Desjarlais -- Doyle -- Dubé -- Duceppe -- Duncan -- Elley -- Epp -- Fitzpatrick -- Fournier -- Gagnon --  (Champlain) -- Gagnon --  (Québec) -- Gallant -- Gauthier -- Godin -- Goldring -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Guay -- Guimond -- Harris -- Hearn -- Herron -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hinton -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Laframboise -- Lalonde -- Lanctôt -- Lebel -- Lill -- Loubier -- Lunn --  (Saanich -- Gulf Islands) -- Lunney --  (Nanaimo -- Alberni) -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Marceau -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- McDonough -- McNally -- Ménard -- Meredith -- Merrifield -- Moore -- Nystrom -- Obhrai -- Pallister -- Pankiw -- Paquette -- Penson -- Perron -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Plamondon -- Proctor -- Rajotte -- Reid --  (Lanark -- Carleton) -- Reynolds -- Ritz -- Robinson -- Rocheleau -- Roy -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Skelton -- Solberg -- Sorenson -- Spencer -- St-Hilaire -- Stinson -- Stoffer -- Strahl -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Toews -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean -- Saguenay) -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Neigette-et-la Mitis) -- Vellacott -- Venne -- Wayne -- White --  (North Vancouver) -- Williams -- 108

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Asselin -- Charbonneau -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Desrochers -- Fontana -- Girard-Bujold -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Valeri

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

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 Mr. Duhamel (Minister of Veterans Affairs) -- Reports of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001, 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. 8561-371-708-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

-- by Mr. Goodale (Minister of Natural Resources) -- Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2001-02 to 2005-06 and of the Capital and Operating Budgets for 2001-02 of the Cape Breton Development Corporation, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). -- Sessional Paper No. 8562-371-827-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Development and Natural Resources)

PETITIONS FILED WITH THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE

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

-- by Mr. Godfrey (Don Valley West), concerning China (No. 371-0423).

ADJOURNMENT PROCEEDINGS

At 6:08 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.

Accordingly, at 6:18 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).