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House of Commons of Canada
35th Parliament, 1st Session
Journals
No. 004
Thursday, January 20, 1994
10:00 a.m.
Prayers
Daily Routine of Business
Presenting Reports from Inter-Parliamentary Delegations
Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mrs. Finestone (Mount Royal) presented the Report of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union respecting its participation at the 90th Inter-Parliamentary Conference held in Canberra, Australia, from September 13 to 18, 1993. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-351-60.
Introduction of Private Members’ Bills
Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Bellemare (Carleton–Gloucester), seconded by Mr. Bélair (Cochrane–Superior), Bill C–201, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (oath or solemn affirmation), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.
Presentation of Petitions
Pursuant to Standing Order 36, petitions certified correct by the Clerk of Petitions were presented as follows:
- by Mr. Duhamel (St. Boniface), one concerning the income tax system (No. 351-0004);
- by Mr. Thompson (Wild Rose), one concerning the official languages of Canada (No. 351-0005);
- by Mr. Mills (Broadview–Greenwood), one concerning violence in society (No. 351-0006);
- by Mr. Rideout (Moncton), one concerning Canadian Forces Bases (No. 351-0007) and two concerning the official languages of Canada (Nos. 351-0008 and 351-0009);
- by Mr. Proud (Hillsborough), one concerning material depicting violence (No. 351-0010);
- by Mr. DeVillers (Simcoe North), one concerning material depicting violence (No. 351-0011).
Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne
The House resumed debate on the motion of Mr. Jackson (Bruce–Grey), seconded by Mrs. Ringuette-Maltais (Madawaska–Victoria), — That the following Address be presented to His Excellency the Governor General of Canada: Excellency the Right
To His Excellency the Right Honourable Ramon John Hnatyshyn, a Member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Military Merit, One of Her Majesty’s Counsel learned in the law, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.
May it Please your Excellency:
We, Her Majesty’s most loyal and dutiful subjects, the House of Commons of Canada, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Excellency for the gracious Speech which your Excellency has addressed to both Houses of Parliament.
And on the amendment of Mr. Bouchard (Leader of the Opposition), seconded by Mr. Gauthier (Roberval), — That the following words be added to the Address:
“This House deplores the fact that Your Excellency’s advisers have shown themselves to be unconcerned about matters of extreme importance, such as the placing of public finances on a sounder footing and the cutting of fat from the federal administration; lack of vision in dealing with the economy, as made evident by the inadequacy of their proposed measures for promoting employment and by their perpetuation of the existing confusion in human resource programs; are ignorant of Québec’s legitimate political aspirations; and have presented to Parliament a program embodying an obvious willingness to dismantle the social security system and maintain an unfair tax system, thereby further undermining the financial wellbeing of a growing number of citizens.”
And on the sub-amendment of Mr. Manning (Calgary Southwest), seconded by Miss Grey (Beaver River), — That the amendment be amended by adding after the words “federal administration” the following:
“, particularly the need to restore public confidence in the ability of this House to control the federal deficit and overspending and to limit the Government’s spending in the fiscal year 1994-95 to less than $153 billion”.
Mid-day Interruption
At 1:00 p.m., the Speaker left the Chair until 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(2).
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.
Motions
By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That the eulogy given by His Excellency the Governor General for the funeral of the Honourable Steve Paproski be printed as an appendix to the House of Commons Debates.
Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne
Debate resumed on the motion of Mr. Jackson (Bruce–Grey), seconded by Mrs. Ringuette-Maltais (Madawaska–Victoria).
And on the amendment of Mr. Bouchard (Leader of the Opposition), seconded by Mr. Gauthier (Roberval).
And on the sub-amendment of Mr. Manning (Calgary Southwest), seconded by Mrs. Grey (Beaver River).
At 5:45 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 50(5), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.
The question was put on the sub-amendment and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division — Vote No 1)
Yeas — Pour
Members — Députés
Abbott — Ablonczy — Benoit — Breitkreuz (Yellowhead) — Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville) — Bridgman — Brown (Calgary Southeast) — Chatters — Cummins — Duncan — Epp — Forseth — Frazer — Gilmour — Gouk — Grey (Beaver River) — Grubel — Hanger — Hanrahan — Harper (Calgary West) — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harris — Hart — Hayes — Hermanson — Hill (Macleod) — Hill (Prince George–Peace River) — Hoeppner — Jennings — Johnston — Kerpan — Manning — Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca) — Mayfield — McClelland (Edmonton Southwest) — Meredith — Mills (Red Deer) — Morrison — Penson — Ramsay — Ringma — Schmidt — Scott (Skeena) — Silye — Solberg — Speaker — Stinson — Strahl — Thompson — White (Fraser Valley West) — White (North Vancouver) — Williams — 52
Nays — Contre
Members — Députés
Adams — Alcock — Allmand — Althouse — Anawak — Anderson — Arseneault — Assadourian — Augustine — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bachand — Baker — Bakopanos — Barnes — Beaumier — Bellehumeur — Bellemare — Berger — Bergeron — Bernier (Gaspé) — Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead) — Bertrand — Bethel — Bevilacqua — Bhaduria — Blondin-Andrew — Bodnar — Bonin — Bouchard — Boudria — Brien — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Brushett — Bryden — Bélair — Bélisle — Caccia — Calder — Campbell — Cannis — Canuel — Caron — Catterall — Chamberlain — Chan — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Chrétien (Saint-Maurice) — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Collins — Comuzzi — Copps — Cowling — Crawford — Culbert — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Debien — de Jong — de Savoye — Deshaies — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Discepola — Dromisky — Dubé — Duceppe — Duhamel — Dumas — Dupuy — Easter — Eggleton — English — Fewchuk — Fillion — Finestone — Finlay — Fontana — Fry — Gaffney — Gagliano — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gauthier (Roberval) — Gerrard — Godfrey — Godin Goodale — Graham — Gray (Windsor West) — Grose — Guarnieri — Guay — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Harvard — Hickey — Hopkins — Hubbard — Ianno — Iftody — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Jordan — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft — Sloan — Lalonde — Landry — Langlois — Lastewka — Laurin — Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul) — Lee — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Leroux (Shefford) — Lincoln — Loney — Loubier — MacAulay — MacDonald — MacLaren (Etobicoke North) — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Maheu — Malhi — Maloney — Manley — Marchand — Marchi — Marleau — Massé — McCormick — McGuire — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mercier — Mifflin — Milliken — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Ménard — Nault — Nunez — Nunziata — O’Brien — O’Reilly — Pagtakhan — Parrish — Paré — Patry — Payne — PericPeters — Peterson — Phinney — Picard (Drummond) — Pillitteri — Plamondon — Pomerleau — Proud — Péloquin — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Riis — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Rocheleau — Rock — Rompkey — Sauvageau — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Serré — Shepherd — Sheridan — Simmons — Skoke — Solomon — Speller — St. Denis — Steckle — Stewart (Brant) — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Telegdi — Terrana — Thalheimer — Tobin — Torsney — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Tremblay (Rosemont) — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Volpe — Walker — Wayne — Wells — Whelan — Wood — Young — Zed — 214
Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »
Assad — Asselin — Cauchon — Crête — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Guimond — Karygiannis — Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry) — Leblanc (Longueuil) — Lefebvre — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Ouellet — St-Laurent — Wappel
Returns and Reports Deposited with the Clerk of the House
The following papers having been deposited with the Clerk of the House were laid upon the Table pursuant to Standing Order 32(1):
By Mr. Eggleton (President of the Treasury Board) — Report on Crown Corporations and Other Corporate Interests of Canada for the year 1992-93, pursuant to subsections 151(1) and 152(1) of the Financial Administration Act, Chapter F–11, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. — Sessional Paper No. 856-351-476. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts)
By Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance) — Report on the Actuarial Examination of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Dependants) Pension Fund as at March 31, 1993, pursuant to section 56(3) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Continuation Act, Chapter R–10, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-351-230. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)
By Ms McLellan (Minister of Natural Resources) — Report of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, together with the Auditor General’s Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1993, pursuant to subsection 150(1) of the Financial Administration Act, Chapter F–11, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-351-62. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Energy, Mines and Resources)
By Ms McLellan (Minister of Natural Resources), — Statement of Operations on the Canadian Ownership Account for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1993, pursuant to subsection 71(5) of the Energy Administration Act, Chapter E–6, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-351-449. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Energy, Mines and Resources)
By Ms. McLellan (Minister of Natural Resources), — Reports of the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board required by the Access to Information and Privacy Acts for the period ended March 31, 1993, pursuant to subsections 72(2) of the Access to Information Act, Chapter A–1, and the Privacy Act, Chapter P–21, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. — Sessional Paper No. 8561-351-556. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Solicitor General)
By Ms. McLellan (Minister of Natural Resources) — Report of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, together with the Auditors’ Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1993, pursuant to subsection 30(3) of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, Chapter 28, Statutes of Canada, 1988. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-351-586. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Energy, Mines and Resources)
By Ms. McLellan (Minister of Natural Resources) — Reports of the National Energy Board required by the Access to Information and Privacy Acts for the period ended March 31, 1993, pursuant to subsections 72(2) of the Access to Information Act, Chapter A–1, and the Privacy Act, Chapter P–21, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. — Sessional Paper No. 8561-351-689. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Solicitor General)
By Ms. McLellan (Minister of Natural Resources) — Reports of the Atomic Energy Control Board required by the Access to Information and Privacy Acts for the period ended March 31, 1993, pursuant to subsections 72(2) of the Access to Information Act, Chapter A–1, and the Privacy Act, Chapter P–21, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. — Sessional Paper No. 8561-351-707. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and the Solicitor General)
By Mr. Ouellet (Minister of Foreign Affairs) — Report of the International Development Research Centre, together with the Auditor General’s Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1993, pursuant to subsection 22(2) of the International Development Research Centre Act, Chapter I–19, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-351-365. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on External Affairs and International Trade)
Adjournment
At 6:24 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).