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39th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 169 Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Mr. Blackburn (Minister of Labour) laid upon the Table, — Notice of a Ways and Means motion to introduce an Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, the Wage Earner Protection Program Act and chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005. (Ways and Means No. 21) — Sessional Paper No. 8570-391-28.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), at the request of Mr. Blackburn (Minister of Labour), an Order of the Day was designated for the consideration of this Ways and Means motion.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Certificate of Nomination and biographical notes of Christiane Ouimet, the nominee for the position of Public Sector Integrity Commissioner, pursuant to Standing Order 111.1(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-4-20. (Pursuant to Standing Order 111.1(1), referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Certificate of Nomination and biographical notes of Mary Elizabeth Dawson, the nominee for the position of Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, pursuant to Standing Order 111.1(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-25-06. (Pursuant to Standing Order 111.1(1), referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform) laid upon the Table, — Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions:

— Nos. 391-1463, 391-1464 and 391-1468 concerning immigration. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-3-29;

— Nos. 391-1465 and 391-1519 concerning the issuing of visas. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-49-11;

— No. 391-1557 concerning passports. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-94-03.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Holland (Ajax—Pickering), seconded by Mr. Silva (Davenport), Bill C-455, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (duty to provide assistance), 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. Atamanenko (British Columbia Southern Interior), seconded by Ms. Priddy (Surrey North), Bill C-456, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (mandatory labelling for genetically modified foods), 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. Pallister (Portage—Lisgar), seconded by Mr. Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake), Bill C-457, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (interest rates on debts owed) and to make a consequential amendment to the Income Tax Regulations, 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 , twelve concerning cruelty to animals (Nos. 391-1671 to 391-1682), one concerning the Extradition Act (No. 391-1683) and one concerning AIDS (No. 391-1684);

— by , two concerning federal programs (Nos. 391-1685 and 391-1686);

— by , one concerning world games (No. 391-1687);

— by , one concerning the income tax system (No. 391-1688);

— by , one concerning housing policy (No. 391-1689), one concerning international trade (No. 391-1690) and one concerning the Canada Labour Code (No. 391-1691);

— by , one concerning cruelty to animals (No. 391-1692);

— by , one concerning the income tax system (No. 391-1693).

Government Orders

Notice having been given at a previous sitting under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), seconded by Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), moved, — That, in relation to Bill C-52, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007, not more than one further sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration of the third reading stage of the Bill; and

That, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Business on the day allotted to the consideration of the third reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the Bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.

Pursuant to Standing Order 67.1, the House proceeded to the question period regarding the moving of the time allocation motion.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 200 -- Vote n^o 200)
YEAS: 156, NAYS: 101
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Ambrose Anders Anderson Arthur Asselin Bachand Baird Barbot Batters Bellavance Bernier Bezan Bigras Blackburn Blais Blaney Bonsant Bouchard Boucher Bourgeois Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Brunelle Calkins Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Carrier Casson Chong Clement Cummins Davidson Day DeBellefeuille Del Mastro Demers Deschamps Devolin Doyle Duceppe Dykstra Emerson Epp Faille Fast Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Freeman Gagnon Galipeau Gallant Gaudet Goldring Goodyear Gourde Gravel Grewal Guay Guimond Hanger Harper Harris Harvey Hawn Hearn Hiebert Hill Hinton Jean Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Khan Komarnicki Kotto Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Laforest Laframboise Lake Lalonde Lauzon Lavallée Lemay Lessard Lévesque Lukiwski Lunn Lunney Lussier MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Manning Mark Mayes Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Miller Mills Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nadeau Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Oda Ouellet Pallister Paquette Perron Petit Picard Plamondon Poilievre Prentice Preston Rajotte Reid Richardson Ritz Roy Scheer Schellenberger Shipley Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson St-Cyr St-Hilaire Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest) Tilson Toews Trost Tweed Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Vincent Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Williams Yelich Total: -- 156
NAYS -- CONTRE Alghabra Angus Atamanenko Bagnell Barnes Bélanger Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bell (North Vancouver) Bevilacqua Bevington Black Bonin Brison Casey Chan Charlton Chow Christopherson Coderre Comartin Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cullen (Etobicoke North) Cuzner D'Amours Davies Dewar Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Dosanjh Dryden Eyking Folco Godfrey Godin Goodale Graham Guarnieri Holland Hubbard Ignatieff Jennings Julian Kadis Karygiannis Layton LeBlanc Lee MacAulay Marleau Marston Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Matthews McCallum McDonough McGuinty McGuire McTeague Merasty Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Nash Neville Owen Pacetti Patry Pearson Priddy Proulx Redman Regan Robillard Rodriguez Rota Russell Savage Savoie Scarpaleggia Scott Sgro Siksay Silva Simard Simms St. Amand St. Denis Stoffer Szabo Telegdi Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Thibault (West Nova) Tonks Turner Volpe Wappel Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wilson Wrzesnewskyj Total: -- 101
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Allison André Benoit Cardin Crête Finley Gauthier Guergis Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Malo

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), — That Bill C-52, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007, be now read a third time and do pass;

And of the motion of , seconded by , — That this question be now put.

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

And of the motion of , seconded by , — That this question be now put.

The debate continued.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the 55th Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be deemed tabled and concurred in.

Accordingly, Mr. Goodyear (Cambridge), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 55th Report of the Committee, which was as follows:

The Committee recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, the following change to the list of members of the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament:


Glen Pearson for Joe Comuzzi

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 1) was tabled.

Government Orders

And of the motion of , seconded by , — That this question be now put.

The debate continued.

At 5:45 p.m., pursuant to Order made earlier today 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 No. 201 -- Vote n^o 201)
YEAS: 157, NAYS: 103
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Ambrose Anders Anderson Arthur Asselin Bachand Baird Barbot Batters Bellavance Bernier Bezan Bigras Blackburn Blais Bonsant Bouchard Boucher Bourgeois Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Brunelle Calkins Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Carrier Casson Chong Clement Cummins Davidson Day Del Mastro Demers Deschamps Devolin Doyle Duceppe Dykstra Emerson Epp Faille Fast Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Freeman Gagnon Galipeau Gallant Gaudet Goldring Goodyear Gourde Gravel Grewal Guay Guimond Hanger Harper Harris Harvey Hawn Hearn Hiebert Hill Hinton Jaffer Jean Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Khan Komarnicki Kotto Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Laforest Laframboise Lake Lalonde Lauzon Lavallée Lemay Lessard Lévesque Lukiwski Lunn Lussier MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Manning Mark Mayes Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Miller Mills Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Mourani Nadeau Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Oda Ouellet Pallister Paquette Paradis Perron Petit Picard Plamondon Poilievre Prentice Preston Rajotte Richardson Ritz Roy Scheer Schellenberger Shipley Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson St-Cyr St-Hilaire Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest) Thompson (Wild Rose) Tilson Toews Trost Tweed Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Vincent Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Williams Yelich Total: -- 157
NAYS -- CONTRE Alghabra Angus Atamanenko Bagnell Barnes Beaumier Bélanger Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bell (North Vancouver) Bevilacqua Bevington Black Blaikie Bonin Boshcoff Brison Brown (Oakville) Byrne Casey Chan Charlton Chow Christopherson Coderre Comartin Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cullen (Etobicoke North) Cuzner D'Amours Davies Dewar Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Dosanjh Dryden Eyking Folco Godfrey Goodale Guarnieri Holland Hubbard Ignatieff Jennings Julian Kadis Karygiannis Keeper Layton LeBlanc Lee MacAulay Malhi Marleau Marston Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Matthews McCallum McDonough McGuinty McGuire McTeague Merasty Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Nash Neville Owen Pacetti Patry Pearson Priddy Proulx Redman Regan Robillard Rodriguez Rota Russell Savage Savoie Scarpaleggia Scott Sgro Siksay Simard Simms St. Amand St. Denis Stoffer Szabo Telegdi Thibault (West Nova) Tonks Turner Volpe Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wilson Wrzesnewskyj Total: -- 103
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Allison André Benoit Cardin Crête Finley Gauthier Guergis Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Malo

Pursuant to Standing Order 61(2), the House proceeded to the putting of the question on the motion of Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), — That Bill C-52, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007, 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:
(Division No. 202 -- Vote n^o 202)
YEAS: 158, NAYS: 103
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Ambrose Anders Anderson Arthur Asselin Bachand Baird Barbot Batters Bellavance Bernier Bezan Bigras Blackburn Blais Bonsant Bouchard Boucher Bourgeois Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Brunelle Calkins Cannon (Pontiac) Carrie Carrier Casson Chong Clement Cummins Davidson Day Del Mastro Demers Deschamps Devolin Doyle Duceppe Dykstra Emerson Epp Faille Fast Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Freeman Gagnon Galipeau Gallant Gaudet Goldring Goodyear Gourde Gravel Grewal Guay Guimond Hanger Harper Harris Harvey Hawn Hearn Hiebert Hill Hinton Jaffer Jean Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Khan Komarnicki Kotto Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Laforest Laframboise Lake Lalonde Lauzon Lavallée Lemay Lessard Lévesque Lukiwski Lunn Lussier MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Manning Mark Mayes Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Miller Mills Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Mourani Nadeau Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Oda Ouellet Pallister Paquette Paradis Perron Petit Picard Plamondon Poilievre Prentice Preston Rajotte Reid Richardson Ritz Roy Scheer Schellenberger Shipley Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson St-Cyr St-Hilaire Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest) Thompson (Wild Rose) Tilson Toews Trost Tweed Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Vincent Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Williams Yelich Total: -- 158
NAYS -- CONTRE Alghabra Angus Atamanenko Bagnell Barnes Beaumier Bélanger Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bell (North Vancouver) Bevilacqua Bevington Black Blaikie Bonin Boshcoff Brison Brown (Oakville) Byrne Casey Chan Charlton Chow Christopherson Coderre Comartin Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cullen (Etobicoke North) Cuzner D'Amours Davies Dewar Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Dosanjh Dryden Eyking Folco Godfrey Goodale Guarnieri Holland Hubbard Ignatieff Jennings Julian Kadis Karygiannis Keeper Layton LeBlanc Lee MacAulay Malhi Marleau Marston Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Matthews McCallum McDonough McGuinty McGuire McTeague Merasty Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Nash Neville Owen Pacetti Patry Pearson Priddy Proulx Redman Regan Robillard Rodriguez Rota Russell Savage Savoie Scarpaleggia Scott Sgro Siksay Simard Simms St. Amand St. Denis Stoffer Szabo Telegdi Thibault (West Nova) Tonks Turner Volpe Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wilson Wrzesnewskyj Total: -- 103
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Allison André Benoit Cardin Crête Finley Gauthier Guergis Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Malo
Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.

Private Members' Business

At 6:25 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's), seconded by Mr. Doyle (St. John's East), — That Bill S-220, An Act to protect heritage lighthouses, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, June 13, 2007, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

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-294, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (sports and recreation programs), without amendment.

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 Communications Security Establishment Commissioner for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, pursuant to the National Defence Act, S.C. 2001, c. 41, s. 102. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-391-792-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on National Defence)

— by — Reports of the National Defence and Canadian Forces Ombudsman 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) and s. 73. — Sessional Paper No. 8561-391-856-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, “No Higher Priority: Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education in Canada” (Sessional Paper No. 8510-391-157), presented to the House on Monday, February 12, 2007. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-391-157.

— by — Statutes of the Northwest Territories for March 2007, pursuant to the Northwest Territories Act, R.S. 1985, c. N-27, sbs. 21(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-391-388-05. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development)

— by — Reports of the Nunavut 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. 8561-391-869-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 7:01 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 7:22 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).