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39th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 166 Thursday, June 7, 2007 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

laid upon the Table, — Report of the Auditor General of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, pursuant to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. P-21, sbs. 72(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8561-391-627-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Report of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade on Canada's state of trade for the year 2007. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-391-41.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior), seconded by Mr. Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore), Bill C-452, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (goods and services tax on school authorities), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Bell (North Vancouver), seconded by Mr. Brison (Kings—Hants), Bill C-453, An Act to establish the Canadian Motion Picture Industry Secretariat, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Gaudet (Montcalm), seconded by Ms. Brunelle (Trois-Rivières), Bill C-454, An Act to amend the Competition Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order, for the consideration of the supply period ending June 23, 2007, Standing Order 81(18)(c) shall be amended by replacing the word “10:00 p.m.” with the word “8:30 p.m.”

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 391-1644);

— by , one concerning the income tax system (No. 391-1645).

Business of Supply

The Order was read for the consideration of the Business of Supply.

Mr. Russell (Labrador), seconded by Mr. Brison (Kings—Hants), moved, — That, in the opinion of the House, the government has failed to live up to verbal and written commitments made to Premiers by the Prime Minister during the last election campaign with respect to the Equalization Program and the Atlantic Accords.

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.

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Report on the Employment Equity Act (Labour) for the year 2006, pursuant to the Employment Equity Act, S.C. 1995, c. 44, s. 20. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-391-226-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Russell (Labrador), seconded by Mr. Brison (Kings—Hants), in relation to the Business of Supply.

The debate continued.

At 6:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 81(18), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 81(18), the recorded division was deferred until the conclusion of the consideration of motions relating to the Estimates.

Mr. Toews (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), moved, — That the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008, less the amounts voted in Interim Supply, be concurred in.

Debate arose thereon.

At 8:30 p.m., pursuant to Order made earlier today, the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.


Pursuant to Standing Order 81(18), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Russell (Labrador), seconded by Mr. Brison (Kings—Hants), — That, in the opinion of the House, the government has failed to live up to verbal and written commitments made to Premiers by the Prime Minister during the last election campaign with respect to the Equalization Program and the Atlantic Accords.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 199 -- Vote n^o 199)
YEAS: 149, NAYS: 111
YEAS -- POUR Alghabra Angus Asselin Atamanenko Bachand Barbot Barnes Beaumier Bélanger Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bell (North Vancouver) Bellavance Bennett Bevilacqua Bevington Bigras Black Blaikie Blais Bonin Bonsant Boshcoff Bouchard Bourgeois Brown (Oakville) Brunelle Byrne Carrier Casey Chamberlain Charlton Chow Christopherson Coderre Comartin Crête Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cullen (Etobicoke North) Cuzner D'Amours Davies DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Dewar Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Dosanjh Duceppe Easter Eyking Faille Folco Freeman Fry Gaudet Godfrey Godin Goodale Guarnieri Guay Guimond Holland Hubbard Ignatieff Jennings Julian Kadis Karetak-Lindell Karygiannis Kotto Laforest Laframboise Lalonde Lavallée Layton LeBlanc Lee Lemay Lessard Lévesque Lussier MacAulay Malhi Malo Maloney Marleau Marston Martin (LaSalle—Émard) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Matthews McCallum McDonough McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McTeague Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Nadeau Nash Neville Owen Pacetti Paquette Patry Pearson Perron Picard Plamondon Priddy Proulx Redman Regan Robillard Rota Roy Russell Savoie Scarpaleggia Scott Sgro Siksay Silva Simard Simms St-Cyr St-Hilaire St. Amand St. Denis Steckle Stoffer Szabo Telegdi Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Tonks Valley Vincent Volpe Wappel Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wilson Wrzesnewskyj Total: -- 149
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Ambrose Anders Anderson Batters Bernier Bezan Blackburn Blaney Boucher Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Calkins Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casson Chong Comuzzi Cummins Davidson Day Del Mastro Devolin Doyle Dykstra Emerson Epp Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Goldring Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guergis Hanger Harris Harvey Hawn Hearn Hiebert Hill Jaffer Jean Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Khan Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Manning Mark Mayes 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) Tilson Toews Trost Tweed Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Williams Yelich Total: -- 111

The House proceeded to the putting of the question on the motion of Mr. Toews (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), — That the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008, less the amounts voted in Interim Supply, be concurred in.

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

Pursuant to Standing Orders 81(21) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Toews (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), Bill C-60, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2008, was read the first time and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Toews (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole.

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

Accordingly, Bill C-60, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2008, was read the second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole.

The Committee considered the Bill and reported it without amendment.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(12), Mr. Toews (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), moved, — That the Bill be concurred in at report stage.

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

Accordingly, the Bill was concurred in at report stage.

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

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 — Report of the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology (including supplements I and II required by the Funding Agreement of March 31, 2005), together with the Auditors' Report, for the year 2006, pursuant to the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology Act, S.C. 2001, c. 23, sbs. 30(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-391-823-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)

— by — Summaries of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2007-2008 of the Canadian Museum of Nature, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-391-856-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

— by — Summaries of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2007-2008 of the Canada Science and Technology Museum Corporation, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-391-857-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

— by — Summaries of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2007-2008 of the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-391-858-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

— by — Summaries of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2007-2008 of the National Gallery of Canada and its affiliate, the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-391-859-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

— by — Reports of the Canadian Polar 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. 8561-391-325-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by — Reports of the Northwest Territories Water 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. 8561-391-730-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by — Reports of the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water 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. 8561-391-870-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 9:10 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 9:21 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).