PRAYERS

PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS

At 11:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

Mr. Guimond (Beauport -- Montmorency -- Orléans), seconded by Mr. Nunez (Bourassa), moved, -- That, in the opinion of this House, the government should oblige all railway companies that receive National Transportation Agency authorization to abandon branch lines or sections under the National Transportation Act, 1987, to offer such branch lines or sections for public sale before abandoning them. (Private Members' Business M-494)

Debate arose thereon.

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

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Marleau (Minister of Health), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Secretary of State (Parliamentary Affairs) and Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), -- That Bill C-95, An Act to establish the Department of Health and to amend and repeal certain Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health;

And of the amendment of Mrs. Picard (Drummond), seconded by Mr. Laurin (Joliette), -- That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word ``That'' and substituting the following:

``this House declines to give second reading to Bill C-95, An Act to establish the Department of Health and to amend and repeal certain Acts, because the principle of the Bill does not provide for including in the Minister's powers, duties and functions, the power to award full and entire financial compensation to any province wishing to exercise fully its jurisdiction over health.''

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.

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 the following petitions:

(1) No. 351-3878 concerning the income tax system.. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-24R;

(2) No. 351-3887 concerning the former Yugoslavia. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-32F;

(3) No. 351-3893 concerning radio and television programming. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-25M.

Presenting reports from committees

Mr. Caccia (Davenport), from the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, presented the 7th Report of the Committee (Bill C-83, An Act to amend the Auditor General Act, with amendments). -- Sessional Paper No. 8510-351-159.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Issue No. 83. which includes this Report) was tabled.

Presenting petitions

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

-- by Mr. Speaker (Lethbridge), one concerning euthanasia (No. 351-4038), one concerning abortion (No. 351-4039) and one concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (No. 351-4040);

-- by Ms. Meredith (Surrey-White Rock-South Langley), one concerning the Young Offenders Act (No. 351-4041);

-- by Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), one concerning the income tax system (No. 351-4042).

Questions on order paper

Mr. Milliken (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answer to question Q-195 on the Order Paper.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Marleau (Minister of Health), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Secretary of State (Parliamentary Affairs) and Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), -- That Bill C-95, An Act to establish the Department of Health and to amend and repeal certain Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health;

And of the amendment of Mrs. Picard (Drummond), seconded by Mr. Laurin (Joliette).

The debate continued.

The question was put on the amendment and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until later today, at 6:00 p.m.

The Order was read for the third reading of Bill C-94, An Act to regulate interprovincial trade in and the importation for commercial purposes of certain manganese-based substances.

Mr. Dupuy (Minister of Heritage) for Ms. Copps (Minister of the Environment), seconded by Mr. Anderson (Minister of National Revenue), moved, -- That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Debate arose thereon.

At 6:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Manley (Minister of Industry), seconded by Mr. Young (Minister of Transport), -- That Bill C-88, An Act to implement the Agreement on Internal Trade, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry.

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

(Division--Vote N^o 365)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock * 18Allmand -- Anawak -- Anderson -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bertrand -- Bethel -- Bhaduria -- Bodnar -- Bonin -- Boudria -- Brown (Oakville -- Milton) -- Brushett -- Bryden -- Caccia -- Calder -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Clancy -- Cohen -- Collenette -- Cowling -- Culbert -- DeVillers -- Dingwall -- Discepola -- Dromisky -- Duhamel -- Dupuy -- Easter -- English -- Fewchuk -- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gaffney -- Gagliano -- Gagnon (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine) -- Gallaway -- Gerrard -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Gray (Windsor West/Ouest) -- Guarnieri -- Harper (Churchill) -- Harvard -- Hopkins -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Irwin -- Jackson -- Keyes -- Kirkby -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka -- Lavigne (Verdun -- Saint-Paul) -- LeBlanc (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso) -- Lee -- Loney -- MacAulay -- MacDonald -- Maloney -- Marchi -- Massé -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKinnon -- McLellan (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest) -- McTeague -- Mifflin -- Milliken -- Mills (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Murray -- Nault -- O'Brien -- O'Reilly -- Ouellet -- Paradis -- Payne -- Peric -- Phinney -- Pickard (Essex -- Kent) -- Proud -- Reed -- Regan -- Ringuette-Maltais -- Robichaud -- Robillard -- Rock -- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- St. Denis -- Stewart (Brant) -- Szabo -- Terrana -- Tobin -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Verran -- Walker -- Wells -- Whelan -- Wood -- Young-121 ..PAIRED365 -- Beaumier -- Bélisle -- Bergeron -- Bernier (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bouchard -- Campbell -- Cannis -- Canuel -- Caron -- Chan -- Collins -- Crawford -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Debien -- Dhaliwal -- Dubé -- Dumas -- Finestone -- Gauthier -- Godfrey -- Grose -- Harb -- Jacob -- Jordan -- Langlois -- Laurin -- Lebel -- Leblanc (Longueuil) -- Lefebvre -- Leroux (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux (Shefford) -- Lincoln -- Maclaren -- MacLellan (Cape/Cap-Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Malhi -- Manley -- Marleau -- McWhinney -- Ménard -- O'Brien -- Paré -- Peters -- Pomerleau -- Rideout -- Scott (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury) -- St-Laurent -- Stewart (Northumberland) -- Thalheimer -- Tremblay (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay (Rosemont) -- Venne -- Verran

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Ablonczy -- Althouse -- Asselin -- Bachand -- Bellehumeur -- Benoit -- Bernier (Gaspé) -- Blaikie -- Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Bridgman -- Brien -- Chatters -- Chrétien (Frontenac) -- Cummins -- de Savoye -- Deshaies -- Duceppe -- Epp -- Fillion -- Frazer -- Gagnon (Québec) -- Gilmour -- Gouk -- Grey (Beaver River) -- Guay -- Guimond -- Hanger -- Hanrahan -- Harper (Simcoe Centre) -- Hart -- Hill (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Jennings -- Johnston -- Lalonde -- Landry -- Lavigne (Beauharnois -- Salaberry) -- Marchand -- McClelland (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest) -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Morrison -- Nunez -- Penson -- Picard (Drummond) -- Ramsay -- Ringma -- Robinson -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Silye -- Solberg -- Speaker -- Stinson -- Thompson -- White (Fraser Valley West/Ouest) -- Williams -- 57

Accordingly, the Bill was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry.

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Dingwall (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Secretary of State (Parliamentary Affairs) and Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), -- That Bill C-108, An Act to amend the National Housing Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment of Mr.. White (North Vancouver), seconded by Mr. Morrison (Swift Current-Maple Creek-Assiniboia), -- That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word ``That'' and substituting the following:

``this House declines to give second reading to Bill C-108, An Act to amend the National Housing Act, because the principle of the Bill does not address the issue of transferring the responsibility of Housing from the Federal Government to the Provinces.''

The question was put on the-amendment and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division--Vote N^o 366)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Ablonczy -- Benoit -- Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Bridgman -- Chatters -- Cummins -- Epp -- Frazer -- Gilmour -- Gouk -- Grey (Beaver River) -- Hanger -- Hanrahan -- Harper (Simcoe Centre) -- Hart -- Hill (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Jennings -- Johnston -- McClelland (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest) -- Meredith -- Morrison -- Penson -- Ramsay -- Ringma -- Schmidt -- Silye -- Solberg -- Speaker -- Stinson -- Thompson -- White (Fraser Valley West/Ouest) -- Williams-32

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Allmand -- Althouse -- Anawak -- Anderson -- Assadourian -- Asselin -- Augustine -- Bachand -- Baker -- Bakopan^os -- Barnes -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellehumeur -- Bellemare -- Bernier (Gaspé) -- Bertrand -- Bethel -- Bhaduria -- Blaikie -- Bodnar -- Bonin -- Boudria -- Brien -- Brown (Oakville -- Milton) -- Brushett -- Bryden -- Caccia -- Calder -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chrétien (Frontenac) -- Clancy -- Cohen -- Collenette -- Cowling -- Culbert -- de Savoye -- Deshaies -- DeVillers -- Dingwall -- Discepola -- Dromisky -- Duceppe -- Duhamel -- Dupuy -- Easter -- English -- Fewchuk -- Fillion -- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gaffney -- Gagliano -- Gagnon (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine) -- Gagnon (Québec) -- Gallaway -- Gerrard -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Gray (Windsor West/Ouest) -- Guarnieri -- Guay -- Guimond -- Harper (Churchill) -- Harvard -- Hopkins -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Irwin -- Jackson -- Keyes -- Kirkby -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lalonde -- Landry Lastewka -- Lavigne (Beauharnois -- Salaberry) -- Lavigne (Verdun -- Saint-Paul) -- LeBlanc (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso) -- Lee -- Loney -- MacAulay -- MacDonald -- Maloney -- Marchand -- Marchi -- Massé -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKinnon -- McLellan (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest) -- McTeague -- Mercier -- Mifflin -- Milliken -- Mills (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Murray -- Nault -- Nunez -- O'Brien -- O'Reilly -- Ouellet -- Paradis -- Payne -- Peric -- Phinney -- Picard (Drummond) -- Pickard (Essex -- Kent) -- Proud -- Reed -- Regan -- Ringuette-Maltais -- Robichaud -- Robillard -- Robinson -- Rocheleau -- Rock -- Sauvageau -- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- St. Denis -- Stewart (Brant) -- Szabo -- Terrana -- Tobin -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Verran -- Walker Wells -- Whelan -- Wood -- Young -- 146

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Beaumier -- Bélisle -- Bergeron -- Bernier (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bouchard -- Campbell -- Cannis -- Canuel -- Caron -- Chan -- Collins -- Crawford -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Debien -- Dhaliwal -- Dubé -- Dumas -- Finestone -- Gauthier -- Godfrey -- Grose -- Harb -- Jacob -- Jordan -- Langlois -- Laurin -- Lebel -- Leblanc (Longueuil) -- Lefebvre -- Leroux (Richmond-Wolfe) -- Leroux (Shefford) -- Lincoln -- Maclaren -- MacLellan (Cape/Cap-Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Malhi -- Manley -- Marleau -- McWhinney -- Ménard -- O'Brien -- Paré -- Peters -- Pomerleau -- Rideout -- Scott (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury) -- St-Laurent -- Stewart (Northumberland) -- Thalheimer -- Tremblay (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay (Rosemont) -- Venne -- Verran

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Marleau (Minister of Health), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Secretary of State (Parliamentary Affairs) and Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), -- That Bill C-95, An Act to establish the Department of Health and to amend and repeal certain Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment of Mrs. Picard (Drummond), seconded by Mr. Laurin (Joliette), -- That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word ``That'' and substituting the following:

``this House declines to give second reading to Bill C-95, An Act to establish the Department of Health and to amend and repeal certain Acts, because the principle of the Bill does not provide for including in the Minister's powers, duties and functions, the power to award full and entire financial compensation to any province wishing to exercise fully its jurisdiction over health.''

The question was put on the amendment and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division--Vote N^o 367)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Ablonczy -- Asselin -- Bachand -- Bellehumeur -- Benoit -- Bernier (Gaspé) -- Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Bridgman -- Brien -- Chatters -- Chrétien (Frontenac) -- Cummins -- de Savoye -- Deshaies -- Duceppe -- Epp -- Fillion -- Frazer -- Gagnon (Québec) -- Gilmour -- Gouk -- Grey (Beaver River) -- Guay -- Guimond -- Hanger -- Hanrahan -- Harper (Simcoe Centre) -- Hart -- Hill (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Jennings -- Johnston -- Lalonde -- Landry -- Lavigne (Beauharnois-Salaberry) -- Marchand -- McClelland (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest) -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Morrison -- Nunez -- Penson -- Picard (Drummond) -- Ramsay -- Ringma -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Silye -- Solberg -- Speaker -- Stinson -- Thompson -- White (Fraser Valley West/Ouest) -- Williams-54 .367PAIRED -- Beaumier -- Bélisle -- Bergeron -- Bernier (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bouchard -- Campbell -- Cannis -- Canuel -- Caron -- Chan -- Collins -- Crawford -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Debien -- Dhaliwal -- Dubé -- Dumas -- Finestone -- Gauthier -- Godfrey -- Grose -- Harb -- Jacob -- Jordan -- Langlois -- Laurin -- Lebel -- Leblanc (Longueuil) -- Lefebvre -- Leroux (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux (Shefford) -- Lincoln -- Maclaren -- MacLellan (Cape/Cap-Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Malhi -- Manley -- Marleau -- McWhinney -- Ménard -- O'Brien -- Paré -- Peters -- Pomerleau -- Rideout -- Scott (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury) -- St-Laurent -- Stewart (Northumberland) -- Thalheimer -- Tremblay (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay (Rosemont) -- Venne -- Verran

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Allmand -- Althouse -- Anawak -- Anderson -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Baker -- Bakopan^os -- Barnes -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bertrand -- Bethel -- Bhaduria -- Blaikie -- Bodnar -- Bonin -- Boudria -- Brown (Oakville -- Milton) -- Brushett -- Bryden -- Caccia -- Calder -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Clancy -- Cohen -- Collenette -- Cowling -- Culbert -- DeVillers -- Dingwall -- Discepola -- Dromisky -- Duhamel -- Dupuy -- Easter -- English -- Fewchuk -- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gaffney -- Gagliano -- Gagnon (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine) -- Gallaway -- Gerrard -- Goodale -- Gray (Windsor West/Ouest) -- Guarnieri -- Harper (Churchill) -- Harvard -- Hopkins -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Irwin -- Jackson -- Karygiannis -- Keyes -- Kirkby -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka -- Lavigne (Verdun -- Saint-Paul) -- LeBlanc (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso) -- Lee -- Loney -- MacAulay -- MacDonald -- Maloney -- Marchi -- Massé -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKinnon -- McLellan (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest) -- McTeague -- Mifflin -- Milliken -- Mills (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Murray -- Nault -- O'Brien -- O 'Reilly -- Ouellet -- Paradis -- Payne -- Peric -- Phinney -- Pickard (Essex -- Kent) -- Proud -- Reed -- Regan -- Ringuette-Maltais -- Robichaud -- Robillard -- Robinson -- Rock -- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- St. Denis -- Stewart (Brant) -- Szabo -- Terrana -- Tobin -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Verran -- Walker -- Wells -- Whelan -- Wood -- Young -- 124

PROCEEDINGS ON ADJOURNMENT MOTION

At 6:31 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. Irwin (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development)-Report of the Canadian Polar Commission for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, pursuant to section 21(2) of the Canadian Polar Commission Act, Chapter 6, Statutes of Canada, 1991. -- Sessional Paper No. 8560-351-498B. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development)

-- by Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance)-Summaries of amendments to the Revised Corporate Plan for 1995-99 and the Revised Capital Budget for 1995 of the Canada Development Investment Corporation, pursuant to subsection 125(4) of the Financial Administration Act, Chapter F-11, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. -- Sessional Paper No. 8562-351-831C. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

ADJOURNMENT

At 6:39 p.m., the House adjourned until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).