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

JOURNALS

No. 145

Wednesday, February 20, 2002

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

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. 371-0491, 371-0513 and 371-0514 concerning alcoholic beverages. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-371-34-06;

— No. 371-0523 concerning health care services. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-371-3-34.

Statements by Ministers

Pursuant to Standing Order 33(1), Mr. Rock (Minister of Industry) made a statement.

Presenting Reports from Inter-parliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. Volpe (Eglinton--Lawrence) presented the Report of the Canada-China Legislative Association respecting its participation at the Fourth Bilateral Meeting held in Toronto, Quebec, Prince Edward Island and Montreal from October 19 to 27, 2001. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-371-68-02.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by Ms. Thibeault (Saint-Lambert) , concerning terrorism (No. 371-0578).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-5, An Act respecting the protection of wildlife species at risk in Canada, as reported by the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1, 12, 13, 28, 103 to 108, 111, 121 and 128).

Motion No. 1 of Mr. Casson (Lethbridge) , seconded by Mr. Mills (Red Deer) , — That Bill C-5, in the preamble, be amended by replacing lines 22 to 24 on page 2 with the following:

“landowners should be compensated for any financial or material losses to ensure that the costs of conserving species at risk are shared equitably by all Canadians,”

Motion No. 12 of Mr. Mills (Red Deer) , seconded by Mr. Casson (Lethbridge) , — That Bill C-5, in Clause 6, be amended by replacing line 5 on page 8 with the following:

“6. The purposes of this Act, to be pursued in a cost-effective manner, are to prevent”

Motion No. 13 of Mr. Casson (Lethbridge) , seconded by Mr. Mills (Red Deer) , — That Bill C-5, in Clause 6, be amended by replacing line 5 on page 8 with the following:

“6. The purposes of this Act, to be pursued in a manner consistent with the socio-economic interests of Canadians, are to prevent”

Motion No. 28 of Mr. Burton (Skeena) , seconded by Mr. Reid (Lanark--Carleton) , — That Bill C-5, in Clause 11, be amended by adding after line 29 on page 11 the following:

“(4) The agreement shall provide for fair and reasonable financial or material support, unless there is an agreement otherwise.”

Motion No. 103 of Mr. Reid (Lanark--Carleton) , seconded by Mr. Burton (Skeena) , — That Bill C-5, in Clause 64, be amended by replacing lines 13 to 15 on page 36 with the following:

“64.(1) The Minister shall, in accordance with the regulations, provide full, just and timely compensation to any person for losses”

Motion No. 104 of Mr. Casson (Lethbridge) , seconded by Mr. Mills (Red Deer) , — That Bill C-5, in Clause 64, be amended by replacing line 13 on page 36 with the following:

“64.(1) The Minister shall, in accordance”

Motion No. 105 of Mr. Burton (Skeena) , seconded by Mr. Reid (Lanark--Carleton) , — That Bill C-5, in Clause 64, be amended by replacing lines 14 and 15 on page 36 with the following:

“with the regulations, provide fair market value compensation to any person for losses”

Motion No. 106 of Mr. Burton (Skeena) , seconded by Mr. Reid (Lanark--Carleton) , — That Bill C-5, in Clause 64, be amended by replacing line 15 on page 36 with the following:

“able compensation to any person for loss of use or enjoyment of property”

Motion No. 107 of Mr. Casson (Lethbridge) , seconded by Mr. Mills (Red Deer) , — That Bill C-5, in Clause 64, be amended by replacing line 15 on page 36 with the following:

“able compensation to any person — including landowners, lessees and other persons affected by or having a legal interests in the property — for losses”

Motion No. 108 of Mr. Casson (Lethbridge) , seconded by Mr. Mills (Red Deer) , — That Bill C-5, in Clause 64, be amended by replacing lines 16 and 17 on page 36 with the following:

“suffered as a result of the application of”

Motion No. 111 of Mr. Reid (Lanark--Carleton) , seconded by Mr. Burton (Skeena) , — That Bill C-5, in Clause 64, be amended by replacing line 36 on page 36 with the following:

“sion of compensation, including rules for the recovery of reasonable legal and other costs arising as a result of the compensation claim.”

Motion No. 121 of Mr. Mills (Red Deer) , seconded by Mr. Casson (Lethbridge) , — That Bill C-5, in Clause 97, be amended by deleting lines 21 to 26 on page 56.

Motion No. 128 of Mr. Casson (Lethbridge) , seconded by Mr. Mills (Red Deer) , — That Bill C-5 be amended by adding after line 3 on page 69 the following new clause:

“124.1 The Minister shall, in all circumstances, advise the affected landowner, lessee or land user of the location of a wildlife species or its habitat.”

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 1.

The attention of the Speaker was drawn to the lack of a quorum and, fewer than 20 Members having been counted, pursuant to Standing Order 29(3), the bells were rung to call in the Members.

After one minute, a quorum was found.

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-5, An Act respecting the protection of wildlife species at risk in Canada, as reported by the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1, 12, 13, 28, 103 to 108, 111, 121 and 128).

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 1.

Private Members' Business

At 5:58 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

Mr. Gallaway (Sarnia--Lambton) , seconded by Ms. McLellan (Edmonton West) , moved, — That the Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs be instructed, in accordance with Standing Order 68(4)(b), to prepare and bring in a bill in order to provide for the establishment of November 11th as a national holiday to be known as Remembrance Day. (Private Members' Business M-298)

Debate arose thereon.

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

Messages from the Senate

A message was received from the Senate as follows:

— ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-37, An Act to facilitate the implementation of those provisions of first nations' claim settlements in the Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan that relate to the creation of reserves or the addition of land to existing reserves, and to make related amendments to the Manitoba Claim Settlements Implementation Act and the Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Act, without amendment.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:52 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 7:01 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).