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House of Commons of Canada
35th Parliament, 1st Session
Journals
No. 212
Tuesday, June 6, 1995
10:00 a.m.
Prayers
Daily Routine of Business
Tabling of Documents
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Milliken (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 petitions Nos. 351-2950, 351-2956 and 351-2961 concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-3CC.
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Milliken (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) laid upon the Table, — Government response, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to petition No. 351-2946 concerning the Young Offenders Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-9Y.
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Milliken (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) laid upon the Table, — Government response, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to petition No. 351-2948 concerning gun control. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-16V.
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Milliken (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) laid upon the Table, — Government response, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to petition No. 351-2962 concerning abortion. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-30LL.
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Milliken (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 petitions Nos. 351-2299, 351-2340, 351-2438, 351-2540, 351-2807, 351-2899 and 351-2913 concerning sentences in the Criminal Code. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-70E.
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Milliken (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) laid upon the Table, — Government response, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to petition No. 351-2951 concerning sexual orientation. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-111H.
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Milliken (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) laid upon the Table, — Government response, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to petition No. 351-2571 concerning child poverty. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-127.
Statements by Ministers
Pursuant to Standing Order 33(1), Mr. Chan (Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)) made a statement.
Introduction of Private Members’ Bills
Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Axworthy (Saskatoon–Clark’s Crossing), seconded by Mr. Taylor (The Battlefords–Meadow Lake), Bill C–330, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (review process and disclosure by prosecutor), 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 Mr. Richardson (Perth–Wellington–Waterloo), one concerning the Canadian Armed Forces (No. 351-3382), one concerning VIA Rail (No. 351-3383) and two concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (Nos. 351-3384 and 351-3385);
- by Mrs. Brown (Calgary Southeast), one concerning the parole system (No. 351-3386);
- by Mr. Gilmour (Comox–Alberni), two concerning sexual assault (Nos. 351-3387 and 351-3388);
- by Mr. White (Fraser Valley West), one concerning sexual orientation (No. 351-3389), one concerning abortion (No. 351-3390) and two concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (Nos. 351-3391 and 351-3392);
- by Mr. Valeri (Lincoln), one concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (No. 351-3393);
- by Mr. Morrison (Swift Current–Maple Creek–Assiniboia), one concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (No. 351-3394) and one concerning hormone use in livestock (No. 351-3395);
- by Mr. Hill (Macleod), one concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (No. 351-3396).
Government Orders
The Order was read for the third reading of Bill C–76, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 1995.
Mr. Gagliano (Secretary of State (Parliamentary Affairs) and Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) for Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Chan (Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)), 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. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Chan (Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)), — That Bill C–76, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 1995, be now read a third time and do pass.
The debate continued.
At 5:27 p.m., pursuant to Order made Monday, June 5, 1995, under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division — Vote No 243)
Yeas — Pour
Members — Députés
Adams — Alcock — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bakopanos — Barnes — Beaumier — Bellemare — Bernier (Beauce) — Bertrand — Bevilacqua — Bhaduria — Blondin-Andrew — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Brushett — Bryden — Bélair — Bélanger — Calder — Campbell — Cannis — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Clancy — Cohen — Collins — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dingwall — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Dupuy — Easter — Eggleton — Fewchuk — Finestone — Finlay — Flis — Gagliano — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Gerrard — Godfrey — Goodale — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Guarnieri — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Ianno — Irwin — Jackson — Jordan — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — MacAulay — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Malhi — Maloney — Manley — Marchi — Marleau — Massé — McCormick — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mifflin — Milliken — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Nault — Nunziata — O’Brien — O’Reilly — Ouellet — Pagtakhan — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peters — Peterson — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Robillard — Rock — Rompkey — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Shepherd — Sheridan — Simmons — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Szabo — Terrana — Thalheimer — Tobin — Torsney — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Walker — Wappel — Whelan — Wood — Zed — 141
Nays — Contre
Members — Députés
Abbott — Ablonczy — Allmand — Althouse — Benoit — Bergeron — Blaikie — Bouchard — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Bridgman — Brien — Brown (Calgary Southeast) — Canuel — Caron — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Debien — de Jong — Deshaies — Dubé — Duceppe — Dumas — Duncan — Epp — Fillion — Frazer — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier (Roberval) — Gilmour — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Guimond — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harper (Calgary West) — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Hart — Hayes — Hermanson — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Jacob — Jennings — Kerpan — Lalonde — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — Lebel — Loubier — Manning — Marchand — Mercier — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Morrison — Nunez — Paré — Penson — Plamondon — Pomerleau — Ramsay — Riis — Ringma — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Solberg — Solomon — Speaker — St-Laurent — Strahl — Taylor — Thompson — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Tremblay (Rosemont) — Wayne — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — 85
Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »
Asselin — Bachand — Bellehumeur — Bernier (Gaspé) — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Bélisle — Cauchon — Dhaliwal — Fry — Gaffney — Godin — Guay — Hubbard — Lefebvre — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Leroux (Shefford) — MacDonald — Maheu — McGuire — Ménard — Payne — Picard (Drummond) — Robichaud — Skoke — Stewart (Northumberland) — Verran — Wells — de Savoye
Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.
Private Members’ Business
At 5:58 p.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 Justice and Legal Affairs of Bill C–277, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (genital mutilation of female persons).
Mrs. Gagnon (Québec), seconded by Mr. Langlois (Bellechasse), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.
Debate arose thereon.
Pursuant to Standing Order 93, the time provided for consideration of Private Members’ Business expired and the Order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.
Proceedings on Adjournment Motion
At 7:00 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.
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. Dingwall (Minister of Public Works) — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 1995-96 to 1999-2000 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 1995-96 of the Canada Lands Company Limited, pursuant to subsection 125(4) of the Financial Administration Act, Chapter F–11, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. — Sessional Paper No. 8562-351-840A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations)
by Mr. Dingwall (Minister of Public Works) — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 1995-96 to 1996-97 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 1995-96 of the Canada Lands Company Limited and its subsidiary, the Old Port of Montreal Corporation Inc., pursuant to subsection 125(4) of the Financial Administration Act, Chapter F–11, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. — Sessional Paper No. 8562-351-852A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5) permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations)
by Mr. Dupuy (Minister of Canadian Heritage) — Summaries of Corporate Plan for 1995-96 to 1999-2000 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 1995-96 of the National Capital Commission, pursuant to subsection 125(4) of the Financial Administration Act, Chapter F–11, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. — Sessional Paper No. 8562-351-821A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)
by Mr. MacLaren (Minister for International Trade) — Report of the Northern Pipeline Agency for the period ended March 31, 1995, pursuant to subsection 72(2) of the Access to Information Act, Chapter A–1, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. — Sessional Paper No. 8561-351-720A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs)
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 Mrs. Chamberlain (Guelph–Wellington), concerning hormone use in livestock (No. 351-3397).
Adjournment
At 7:19 p.m., the House adjourned until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).