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40th PARLIAMENT, 3rd SESSION

Journals No. 31 Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lukiwski (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:

— No. 403-0036 concerning foreign aid. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-51-01;

— Nos. 403-0044, 403-0045, 403-0048 and 403-0129 concerning the Employment Insurance Program. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-1-02;

— No. 403-0084 concerning gun control. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-28-03;

— No. 403-0085 concerning the Young Offenders Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-3-03;

— Nos. 403-0086, 403-0095 to 403-0098 and 403-0297 concerning funding aid. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-35-02;

— No. 403-0111 concerning foreign ownership. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-52-01;

— No. 403-0135 concerning the situation in Egypt. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-53-01.

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Hill (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) for Mr. Nicholson (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mrs. Yelich (Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification)), Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian parliamentary delegation of the Interparliamentary Forum of the Americas (FIPA) concerning its participation to the Organization of American States (OAS) and the 19th meeting of the FIPA Executive Committee held in Washington, D.C., on June 23 and 24, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-403-74-01.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian parliamentary delegation of the Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the Americas (FIPA) concerning its participation at the Sixth plenary Meeting of FIPA held in Ottawa, Ontario, from September 12 to 15, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-403-74-02.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting the visit of the Political Committee Sub-Committee on NATO Partnerships to Washington, D.C., from October 14 to 16, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-403-50-05.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mrs. Freeman (Châteauguay—Saint-Constant), seconded by Mr. St-Cyr (Jeanne-Le Ber), Bill C-516, An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (application for supplement, retroactive payments and other amendments), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

Ms. Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona), seconded by Mr. Dewar (Ottawa Centre), moved, — That it be an instruction to the Standing Committee on Finance that it have the power to divide Bill C-9, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 4, 2010 and other measures, into two or more pieces of legislation.

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Menzies (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State), moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 35 -- Vote n^o 35)
YEAS: 133, NAYS: 128
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Ablonczy Aglukkaq Albrecht Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Armstrong Ashfield Baird Benoit Bernier Bezan Blackburn Blaney Block Boucher Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Cadman Calandra Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Casson Chong Clarke Clement Davidson Day Dechert Del Mastro Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Dykstra Fast Finley Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Généreux Glover Goldring Goodyear Gourde Grewal Harper Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hiebert Hill Hoback Hoeppner Holder Jean Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kent Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Lebel Lemieux Lobb Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Mayes McColeman McLeod Menzies Merrifield Miller Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Nicholson Norlock O'Connor O'Neill-Gordon Obhrai Oda Paradis Payne Poilievre Prentice Preston Raitt Rajotte Rathgeber Reid Richards Richardson Rickford Saxton Scheer Schellenberger Shea Shipley Shory Smith Sorenson Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Tilson Toews Trost Tweed Uppal Van Kesteren Vellacott Wallace Warawa Warkentin Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wong Woodworth Yelich Young Total: -- 133
NAYS -- CONTRE Allen (Welland) André Andrews Angus Ashton Bachand Bagnell Bains Beaudin Bélanger Bennett Bevington Bigras Bonsant Bouchard Bourgeois Brison Brunelle Byrne Cannis Cardin Carrier Charlton Christopherson Coady Coderre Cotler Crombie Crowder Cullen Cuzner D'Amours Davies (Vancouver East) DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Desnoyers Dewar Donnelly Dorion Dosanjh Dryden Duceppe Dufour Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Eyking Folco Foote Gagnon Gaudet Godin Goodale Gravelle Guarnieri Guay Guimond (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord) Hall Findlay Harris (St. John's East) Holland Julian Kania Laforest Laframboise Lalonde Lavallée Lee Lemay Leslie Lessard Lévesque Malhi Malo Maloway Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McTeague Ménard Mendes Minna Mourani Mulcair Murphy (Charlottetown) Murray Nadeau Neville Oliphant Ouellet Pacetti Paillé (Hochelaga) Paquette Patry Pearson Plamondon Pomerleau Proulx Rae Rafferty Ratansi Regan Rodriguez Rota Russell Savage Savoie Sgro Siksay Silva Simms Simson St-Cyr Stoffer Szabo Thi Lac Thibeault Tonks Vincent Volpe Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wrzesnewskyj Zarac Total: -- 128

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning transportation (No. 403-0429);

— by , one concerning transportation (No. 403-0430) and one concerning foreign aid (No. 403-0431);

— by , one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 403-0432) and one concerning funding aid (No. 403-0433).

Questions on the Order Paper

Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-133 and Q-135 to Q-137 on the Order Paper.

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the return to the following question made into an Order for Return:

Q-97 — — With regard to the last ten appointments to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB): (a) how many individuals were considered for these positions; (b) how many were interviewed; (c) what is the process for vetting potential candidates for IRB appointments; and (d) what criteria are used to determine the appropriate candidate for these positions? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-403-97.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Toews (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State), — That Bill C-5, An Act to amend the International Transfer of Offenders Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

The debate continued.

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

At 3:00 p.m., pursuant to Order made Wednesday, April 21, 2010, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole in order to welcome Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

At 3:17 p.m., pursuant to Order made Wednesday, April 21, 2010, the Committee rose.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Nicholson (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Ashfield (Minister of National Revenue, Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway), — That Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Pacetti (Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel), seconded by Mr. Volpe (Eglinton—Lawrence), — That Bill C-302, An Act to recognize the injustice that was done to persons of Italian origin through their “enemy alien” designation and internment during the Second World War, and to provide for restitution and promote education on Italian-Canadian history, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 98(4), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, April 28, 2010, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

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 , one concerning cruelty to animals (No. 403-0434).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:14 p.m., by unanimous consent, 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 6:31 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).