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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
35TH PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION


JOURNALS

No. 270

Monday, December 4, 1995

11:00 a.m.



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.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs of Bill C-234, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (facsimile advertising).

Mr. de Savoye (Portneuf), seconded by Mr. Landry (Lotbinière), moved, -- That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.

Debate arose thereon.

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

INTERRUPTION

At 11:44 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:00 noon, the sitting resumed.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

Mr. Collenette (Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veterans Affairs), seconded by Mr. Young (Minister of Transport), moved, -- That this House take note and welcome the recent Dayton peace agreement and the international community's continued efforts to bring enduring peace and security to the Balkans, and Canadian support of these efforts by participation in a multinational military Implementation Force (IFOR) under NATO command. (Government Business No. 27)

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.

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. 351-3783 concerning immigration. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-14J;

(2) No. 351-3919 concerning the Criminal Code of Canada. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-142G;

(3) Nos. 351-3921, 351-3958 and 351-3993 concerning the mining industry. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-72K;

(4) No. 351-3943 concerning government licences and permits. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-157.


Mr. English (Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs) for Mr. Massé (President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs) laid upon the Table, -- Auditor's Report and Financial Statement of the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, pursuant to section 13(2) of the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board Act, Chapter 3, Statutes of Canada, 1989. -- Sessional Paper No. 8560-351-499E. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport)

Presenting Petitions

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

-- by Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), one concerning sexual assault (No. 351-4100), one concerning alcoholic beverages (No. 351-4101) and one concerning young offenders (No. 351-4102);

-- by Mr. Iftody (Provencher), one . concerning abortion (No. 351-4103) and one concerning euthanasia (No. 351-4104);

-- by Mr. Deshaies (Abitibi), one concerning the mining industry (No. 351-4105);

-- by Ms. Cohen (Windsor -- St. Clair), one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 351-4106) and one concerning euthanasia (No. 351-4107);

-- by Mr. Steckle (Huron -- Bruce), two concerning abortion (Nos. 351-4108 and 351-4109).

Questions on Order Paper

Mr. Milliken (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-192 and Q-205 on the Order Paper.


Pursuant to, Standing Order 39(7), the following question was made an Order of the House for Return:

    Q-144 -- Mr. Stinson (Okanagan -- Shuswap) -- For each of the fiscal years 1992-93 and 1993-94, which groups received the ten largest amounts in federal grants for multiculturalism, and what were the amounts?

Mr. Milliken (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the Return to this Order. -- Sessional Paper No. 8555-351-144.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Collenette (Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veterans Affairs), seconded by Mr. Young (Minister of Transport). (Government Business No. 27)

The debate continued.

MOTIONS

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, -- That the House continue to sit until no later than 9:00 p.m. for the purpose of considering Government Business No. 27;

Provided that, during debate thereon, the Chair shall not accept any dilatory motions or quorum calls and that no other motion shall be debated.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

At 6:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Massé (President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs), -- That Bill C-110, An Act respecting constitutional amendments, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.

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



(Division--Vote No 388)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Allmand -- Anderson -- Arseneault -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre/Sud-Centre) -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bertrand -- Bethel -- Bevilacqua -- Bhaduria -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bodnar -- Bonin -- Boudria -- Brown (Oakville -- Milton) -- Brushett -- Bryden -- Caccia -- Calder -- Campbell -- Cannis -- Catterall -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Clancy -- Cohen -- Collenette -- Collins -- Cowling -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Discepola -- Duhamel -- Dupuy -- Easter -- Eggleton -- English -- Finestone -- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gaffney Gagnon (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine) -- Gallaway -- Gerrard -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Graham -- Gray (Windsor West/Ouest) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harper (Churchill) -- Harvard -- Hopkins -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jordan -- Keyes -- Kirkby -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka -- LeBlanc (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso) -- Lee -- Lincoln -- Loney -- MacDonald -- MacLellan (Cape/Cap-Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Manley -- Marchi -- Martin (LaSalle-Émard) -- Massé -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKinnon -- McLellan (Edmonton Northwest/ Nord-Ouest) -- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Mifflin -- Milliken -- Mills (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Murray -- Nault -- O'Brien -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Parrish -- Patry -- Payne -- Peric -- Peters -- Peterson -- Phinney -- Pickard (Essex -- Kent) -- Pillitteri -- Proud -- Reed -- Richardson -- Rideout -- Ringuette-Maltais -- Rock -- Scott (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury) -- Serré -- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- Skoke -- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart (Brant) -- Stewart (Northumberland) -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Terrana -- Thalheimer -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Verran -- Volpe -- Walker -- Wells -- Whelan -- Wood -- Young -- Zed -- 145

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Ablonczy -- Althouse -- Asselin -- Axworthy (Saskatoon -- Clark's Crossing) -- Bachand -- Bélisle -- Bellehumeur -- Benoit -- Bergeron -- Bernier (Gaspé) -- Blaikie -- Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) -- Brien -- Brown (Calgary Southeast/Sud-Est) -- Caron -- Chatters -- Chrétien (Frontenac) -- Crête -- Cummins -- Dalphond-Guiral -- de Jong -- de Savoye -- Deshaies -- Dubé -- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Duncan -- Epp -- Fillion -- Gagnon (Québec) -- Gauthier -- Godin -- Grey (Beaver River) -- Grubel -- Guay -- Hanger -- Harper (Calgary West/Ouest) -- Harper (Simcoe Centre) -- Hart -- Hill (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hoeppner -- Jacob -- Lalonde -- Landry -- Langlois -- Laurin -- Lavigne (Beauharnois -- Salaberry) -- Lefebvre -- Leroux (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux (Shefford) -- Loubier -- Manning -- Marchand -- Martin (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- McClelland (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest) -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Sud-Ouest) -- Mills (Red Deer) -- Morrison -- Nunez -- Paré -- Picard (Drummond) -- Ramsay -- Ringma -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Solberg -- Solomon -- Speaker -- St-Laurent -- Stinson -- Strahl -- Taylor -- White (Fraser Valley West/Ouest) -- 76

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Bernier (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Bouchard -- Canuel -- Cauchon -- Copps -- Culbert -- Daviault -- Debien -- Dingwall -- Gagliano -- Graham -- Guimond -- Hickey -- Lavigne (Verdun -- Saint-Paul) -- Lebel -- Leblanc (Longueuil) -- MacAulay -- Maclaren -- Marleau -- Pomerleau -- Robichaud -- Tremblay (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay (Rosemont) -- Venne

Accordingly, the Bill was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.


Pursuant to Order made earlier today, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Collenette (Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veterans Affairs), seconded by Mr. Young (Minister of Transport). (Government Business No. 27)

The debate continued.

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. Eggleton (President of the Treasury Board) -- Actuarial Report (including Cost Certificate) on the Pension Plan for the Canadian Forces as at December 31, 1993, pursuant to subsection 9(1) of the Public Pensions Reporting Act, Chapter 13 (2nd Supp.), Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. -- Sessional Paper No. 8560-351-49. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

-- by Mr. Eggleton (President of the Treasury Board) -- Actuarial Report on the state of the Regular Force Death Benefit Account for the Canadian Forces as at December 31, 1990, pursuant to subsection 9(1) of the Public Pensions Reporting Act, Chapter 13 (2nd Supp.), Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. -- Sessional Paper No. 8560-351-395. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

-- by Mr. Eggleton (President of the Treasury Board) -- Actuarial Report on the state of the Regular Force Death Benefit Account for the Canadian Forces as at December 31, 1993, pursuant to subsection 9(1) of the Public Pensions Reporting Act, Chapter 13 (2nd Supp.), Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. -- Sessional Paper No. 8560-351-395A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

ADJOURNMENT

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