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40th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 88 Thursday, October 1, 2009 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

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 Special Parliamentary Dialogue held prior to the Fifth Summit of Heads of States and Governments of the Americas, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on April 16 and 17, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-402-74-06.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mrs. Jennings (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine), seconded by Ms. Foote (Random—Burin—St. George's), Bill C-451, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mischief), 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. Vincent (Shefford), seconded by Ms. Bonsant (Compton—Stanstead), Bill C-452, An Act to amend the Competition Act (inquiry into industry sector), 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 , one concerning transportation (No. 402-0990) and one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 402-0991);

— by , three concerning suicide prevention (Nos. 402-0992 to 402-0994);

— by , two concerning the Canada Post Corporation (Nos. 402-0995 and 402-0996) and one concerning the fishing industry (No. 402-0997);

— by , one concerning human rights in India (No. 402-0998).

Business of Supply

The Order was read for the consideration of the Business of Supply.

Mr. Ignatieff (Etobicoke—Lakeshore), seconded by Mrs. Jennings (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine), moved, — That this House has lost confidence in the government.

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.

Business of Supply

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Ignatieff (Etobicoke—Lakeshore), seconded by Mrs. Jennings (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine), in relation to the Business of Supply.

The debate continued.

At 5:15 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 81(16), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 110 -- Vote n^o 110)
YEAS: 117, NAYS: 144
YEAS -- POUR André Andrews Asselin Bachand Bagnell Bains Beaudin Bélanger Bellavance Bennett Bevilacqua Bigras Blais Bonsant Bouchard Bourgeois Brison Brunelle Byrne Cannis Cardin Coady Cotler Crombie Cuzner D'Amours DeBellefeuille Demers Deschamps Desnoyers Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Dorion Dosanjh Dryden Duceppe Dufour Duncan (Etobicoke North) Easter Eyking Faille Folco Foote Freeman Fry Gagnon Garneau Gaudet Goodale Guarnieri Guay Guimond (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord) Hall Findlay Holland Ignatieff Jennings Kania Karygiannis Kennedy Laforest Laframboise Lalonde Lavallée Lee Lemay Lessard Lévesque MacAulay Malhi Malo Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McTeague Ménard Mendes Minna Mourani Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Nadeau Neville Oliphant Ouellet Pacetti Paillé Paquette Patry Pearson Plamondon Pomerleau Proulx Rae Ratansi Regan Rodriguez Rota Roy Russell Savage Scarpaleggia Sgro Silva Simms Simson Szabo Tonks Trudeau Valeriote Vincent Volpe Wilfert Wrzesnewskyj Zarac Total: -- 117
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Aglukkaq Albrecht Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Arthur 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 Cummins Davidson Day Dechert Del Mastro Devolin Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Dykstra Fast Finley Flaherty Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Glover Goldring Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guergis 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 Mark Mayes McColeman McLeod Menzies Merrifield Miller Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock O'Connor O'Neill-Gordon Obhrai Oda Paradis Payne Petit Poilievre Prentice Preston Raitt Rajotte Rathgeber Reid Richards Richardson Rickford Ritz Saxton Scheer Schellenberger Shea Shipley Shory Smith Sorenson Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Thompson Tilson Toews Trost Tweed Uppal Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wong Woodworth Yelich Young Total: -- 144

Private Members' Business

At 5:43 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

Mrs. Simson (Scarborough Southwest), seconded by Mrs. Jennings (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine), moved, — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should support the development and adoption of a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare at the United Nations as well as at all relevant international organizations and forums. (Private Members' Business M-354)

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton—Melville), seconded by Mr. Lake (Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont), moved the following amendment, — That the motion be amended by:

(a) adding, after the word “support”, the words “, in principle,”; and

(b) deleting the words “and adoption” and “at the United Nations as well as”.

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the Order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

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 — Orders in Council approving certain appointments made by the Governor General in Council, pursuant to Standing Order 110(1), as follows:

— P.C. 2009-1452. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-1-07. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development)

— P.C. 2009-1574. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-2-06. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— P.C. 2009-1451, P.C. 2009-1516 and P.C. 2009-1562. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-3-09. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

— P.C. 2009-1507 to P.C. 2009-1515. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-14-10. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration)

— P.C. 2009-1519. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-7-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

— P.C. 2009-1453, P.C. 2009-1476, P.C. 2009-1477 and P.C. 2009-1572. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-9-08. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— P.C. 2009-1522. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-10-08. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans)

— P.C. 2009-1440, P.C. 2009-1444, P.C. 2009-1478 to P.C. 2009-1481 and P.C. 2009-1566 to P.C. 2009-1568. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-8-10. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)

— P.C. 2009-1449, P.C. 2009-1517, P.C. 2009-1570 and P.C. 2009-1575. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-4-08. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— P.C. 2009-1456. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-18-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

— P.C. 2009-1454, P.C. 2009-1485 to P.C. 2009-1506, P.C. 2009-1525 and P.C. 2009-1573. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-16-10. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

— P.C. 2009-1447 and P.C. 2009-1482. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-22-06. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— P.C. 2009-1483 and P.C. 2009-1484. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-28-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on International Trade)

— P.C. 2009-1518. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-13-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— P.C. 2009-1563 and P.C. 2009-1564. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-17-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on National Defence)

— P.C. 2009-1450. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-29-08. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)

— P.C. 2009-1524 and P.C. 2009-1571. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-30-08. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

— P.C. 2009-1445, P.C. 2009-1446, P.C. 2009-1455, P.C. 2009-1469 to P.C. 2009-1475, P.C. 2009-1559 and P.C. 2009-1560. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-24-08. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— P.C. 2009-1523. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-402-32-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs)

— by — Report of the Canada Lands Company Limited for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, pursuant to the Alternative Fuels Act, S.C. 1995, c. 20, s. 8. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-402-630-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:44 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 6:54 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).