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House of Commons of Canada
35th Parliament, 1st Session

Journals

No. 166
Tuesday, March 14, 1995
10:00 a.m.

Prayers

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 response, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to petition No. 351-1805 concerning material depicting violence. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-2S.

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 petitions Nos. 351-1811, 351-1812, 351-1822, 351-1824 to 351-1826, 351-1828, 351-1830, 351-1882, 351-1885, 351-1891, 351-1892, 351-1896, 351-1899, 351-1900, 351-1908 and 351-1923 concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-3M.

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 response, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to petition No. 351-1806 concerning the parole system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-10Q.

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 petitions Nos. 351-1800, 351-1815, 351-1816, 351-1897 and 351-1925 concerning abortion. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-351-30U.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Peterson (Willowdale), from the Standing Committee on Finance, presented the 13th Report of the Committee (Bill C–73, An Act to provide borrowing authority for the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 1995, without amendment). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-351-86.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence (Issue No. 102, 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. Peterson (Willowdale), two concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (Nos. 351-2418 and 351-2419);
  • by Mr. Ménard (Hochelaga–Maisonneuve), one concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (No. 351-2420);
  • by Ms. Meredith (Surrey–White Rock–South Langley), one concerning the parole system (No. 351-2421);
  • by Mr. Hart (Okanagan–Similkameen–Merritt), seven concerning government spending (Nos. 351-2422 to 351-2428) and four concerning gun control (Nos. 351-2429 to 351-2432);
  • by Mr. Abbott (Kootenay East), one concerning euthanasia (No. 351-2433);
  • by Mr. Taylor (The Battlefords–Meadow Lake), one concerning a pardon for Mr. Robert Latimer (No. 351-2434) and one concerning social policies (No. 351-2435);
  • by Mrs. Ablonczy (Calgary North), one concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (No. 351-2436) and one concerning euthanasia (No. 351-2437);
  • by Mr. O’Brien (London–Middlesex), one concerning sentences in the Criminal Code (No. 351-2438).

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–92 on the Order Paper.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Gray (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Solicitor General of Canada), — That this House approves in general the budgetary policy of the Government; (Ways and Means Proceedings No. 20)

And of the amendment of Mr. Loubier (Saint-Hyacinthe–Bagot), seconded by Mr. Brien (Témiscamingue), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following:

“the House of Commons reject the government’s Budget which systematically off-loads the federal government’s financial problems onto the provinces; makes no provision whatsoever to ease the tax burden of the middle class while preserving tax loopholes for wealthy Canadians and large corporations; and completely disregards the pressing needs of the unemployed and the most disadvantaged who will bear the full brunt of additional cuts to social programs.”

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.

Ways and Means

Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance) laid upon the Table, — Notice of Ways and Means motion relating to certain measures announced in the February 1995 Budget. (Ways and Means Proceedings No. 25) — Sessional Paper No. 8570-351-25.

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

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Gray (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Solicitor General of Canada); (Ways and Means Proceedings No. 20)

And of the amendment of Mr. Loubier (Saint-Hyacinthe–Bagot), seconded by Mr. Brien (Témiscamingue).

The debate continued.

At 6:15 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 84(5), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

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

(Division — Vote No 166)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Asselin — Axworthy (Saskatoon–Clark’s Crossing) — Bellehumeur — Bergeron — Bernier (Gaspé) — Blaikie — Bouchard — Brien — Bélisle — Canuel — Caron — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Crête — Debien — de Jong — de Savoye — Deshaies — Dubé — Duceppe — Dumas — Fillion — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier (Roberval) — Godin — Guay — Jacob — Lalonde — Landry — Langlois — Laurin — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — Lebel — Leblanc (Longueuil) — Lefebvre — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Ménard — Nunez — Paré — Plamondon — Pomerleau — Riis — Robinson — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — St-Laurent — Taylor — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Tremblay (Rosemont) — Venne — 50

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Abbott — Ablonczy — Adams — Alcock — Anawak — Anderson — Arseneault — Assad — Assadourian — Augustine — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Baker — Bakopanos — Bellemare — Benoit — Bernier (Beauce) — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Bridgman — Brown (Calgary Southeast) — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Brushett — Bryden — Bélair — Bélanger — Calder — Campbell — Cannis — Catterall — Cauchon — Chamberlain — Chatters — Chrétien (Saint-Maurice) — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Crawford — Culbert — Cummins — DeVillers — Dingwall — Discepola — Dromisky — Duhamel — Dupuy — Easter — Eggleton — English — Epp — Fewchuk — Finestone — Finlay — Flis — Fontana — Frazer — Fry — Gagliano — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gerrard — Gilmour — Godfrey — Goodale — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Grose — Grubel — Guarnieri — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harb — Harper (Calgary West) — Harper (Churchill) — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harris — Hart — Hayes — Hermanson — Hickey — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hoeppner — Hopkins — Ianno — Iftody — Irwin — Jackson — Jennings — Johnston — Jordan — Karygiannis — Kerpan — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — MacAulay — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Malhi — Maloney — Manley — Marchi — Marleau — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Massé — Mayfield — McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McTeague — Meredith — Mifflin — Milliken — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Morrison — Murphy — Murray — Nault — Nunziata — O’Brien — O’Reilly — Ouellet — Paradis — Parrish — Payne — Penson — Peric — Peters — Peterson — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robillard — Rompkey — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Shepherd — Silye — Simmons — Skoke — Solberg — Speaker — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Stewart (Northumberland) — Stinson — Szabo — Telegdi — Thalheimer — Thompson — Torsney — Ur — Valeri — Volpe — Walker — Wells — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams — Young — Zed — 182

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Bachand — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Comuzzi — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Guimond — Hubbard — Keyes — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — MacDonald — MacLaren — Mercier — Patry — Picard (Drummond) — Robichaud — Terrana — Wayne — Wood

Proceedings on Adjournment Motion

At 6:45 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), the following papers, deposited with the Clerk of the House, were laid upon the Table:

By Mr. Gray (Solicitor General of Canada) — Report on the Use of Electronic Surveillance for the year 1992, pursuant to subsection 195(4) of the Criminal Code, Chapter C–46, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-351-510A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs)

By Mr. MacLaren (Minister for International Trade) — Summaries of the Corporate Plan 1995 to 1999 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets 1995 of the Export Development Corporation, pursuant to subsection 125(4) of the Financial Administration Act, Chapter F–11, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. — Sessional Paper No. 8562-351-851A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade)

By Mr. Young (Minister of Transport) — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 1995 to 1999 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 1995 of Marine Atlantic Inc., pursuant to subsection 125(4) of the Financial Administration Act, Chapter F–11, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. — Sessional Paper No. 8562-351-846A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport)

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

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

  • by Mrs. Brown (Calgary Southeast), one concerning the parole system (No. 351-2439);
  • by Mr. Bernier (Beauce), one concerning the Canadian Human Rights Act (No. 351-2440), one concerning abortion (No. 351-2441) and one concerning euthanasia (No. 351-2442).

Adjournment

At 7:05 p.m., the House adjourned until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).