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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
36th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION


JOURNALS

No. 240

Tuesday, June 8, 1999

10:00 a.m.



PRAYERS

DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Adams (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:

-- No. 361-2401 concerning the Canada Post Corporation. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-361-57D;

-- No. 361-2405 concerning health care services. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-361-66T;

-- Nos. 361-2411, 361-2412, 361-2413, 361-2414, 361-2415 and 361-2416 concerning the airline industry. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-361-107C;

-- No. 361-2428 concerning gun control. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-361-67EE;

-- No. 361-2430 concerning pornography. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-361-49M.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Ms. Whelan (Essex), from the Standing Committee on Industry, presented the 19th Report of the Committee (Research Funding -- Strengthening the Sources of Innovation). -- Sessional Paper No. 8510-361-189.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the government was requested by the Committee to table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 17, 18, 36, 53, 113, 115, 126 and 129 to 132) was tabled.

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Manley (Minister of Industry), seconded by Mr. Peterson (Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)), Bill C-85, An Act to implement the Agreement among the Government of Canada, Governments of Member States of the European Space Agency, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Russian Federation, and the Government of the United States of America concerning Cooperation on the Civil International Space Station and to make related amendments to other Acts, 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 Mr. Schmidt (Kelowna), one concerning pornography (No. 361-2551);

-- by Mr. Robinson (Burnaby -- Douglas), one concerning the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (No. 361-2552) and one concerning the former Yugoslavia (No. 361-2553);

-- by Mr. Lavigne (Verdun -- Saint-Henri), one concerning the former Yugoslavia (No. 361-2554);

-- by Mr. White (Langley -- Abbotsford), one concerning pornography (No. 361-2555);

-- by Mr. Lincoln (Lac-Saint-Louis), one concerning pesticides (No. 361-2556) and one concerning gasoline additives (No. 361-2557);

-- by Mr. Obhrai (Calgary East), one concerning marriage (No. 361-2558);

-- by Mr. Adams (Peterborough), one concerning child poverty (No. 361-2559);

-- by Mr. Hill (Macleod), one concerning pornography (No. 361-2560);

-- by Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), one concerning human rights in Indonesia (No. 361-2561);

-- by Mr. Martin (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca), one concerning pornography (No. 361-2562);

-- by Mr. McNally (Dewdney -- Alouette), two concerning pornography (Nos. 361-2563 and 361-2564);

-- by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), four concerning pornography (Nos. 361-2565 to 361-2568), one concerning the Divorce Act (No. 361-2569) and one concerning marriage (No. 361-2570);

-- by Mr. Ramsay (Crowfoot), one concerning pornography (No. 361-2571);

-- by Mrs. Desjarlais (Churchill), six concerning aboriginal affairs (Nos. 361-2572 to 361-2577).

Questions on Order Paper

Mr. Adams (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answer to question Q-240 on the Order Paper.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

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

Mr. Lowther (Calgary Centre), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), moved, -- That, in the opinion of this House, it is necessary, in light of public debate around recent court decisions, to state that marriage is and should remain the union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others, and that Parliament will take all necessary steps to preserve this definition of marriage in Canada.

Debate arose thereon.

Ms. McLellan (Minister of Justice), seconded by Ms. Catterall (Ottawa West -- Nepean), moved the following amendment, -- That the motion be amended by adding after the word "steps" the following:

"within the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Canada"

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.

PRESENTING PETITIONS

By unanimous consent, a petition certified correct by the Clerk of Petitions was presented as follows:

-- by Mr. Bonwick (Simcoe -- Grey), concerning pornography (No. 361-2578).

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Lowther (Calgary Centre), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), in relation to the Business of Supply;

And of the amendment of Ms. McLellan (Minister of Justice), seconded by Ms. Catterall (Ottawa West -- Nepean).

The debate continued.

MOTIONS

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, -- That eight members of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food be authorized to travel to Paris, Brussels and Strasbourg, from October 9 to 16, 1999, in order to conduct some pre-World Trade Organization consultations on Agriculture with their European counterparts and that two staff members do accompany the Committee.


By unanimous consent, it was ordered, -- That Monique Hébert, Research Officer of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, be authorized to travel to Toronto, Ontario, from June 21 to 23, 1999, for the purpose of participating in the Conference on " Tactical Briefing on the New Canadian Environmental Protection Act (Bill C-32, An Act respecting pollution prevention and the protection of the environment and human health in order to contribute to sustainable development)".


By unanimous consent, it was ordered, -- That, pursuant to Standing Order 83.1, in relation to the pre-Budget consultations, the members of the Standing Committee on Finance be authorized to travel to Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Halifax and Quebec City during the fall of 1999, to hold regional conferences and that the necessary staff do accompany the Committee.


By unanimous consent, it was ordered, -- That five members of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and three staff persons be authorized to travel to Quebec City to attend the 20th Annual Conference of the Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees from August 29 to 31, 1999.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Lowther (Calgary Centre), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), in relation to the Business of Supply;

And of the amendment of Ms. McLellan (Minister of Justice), seconded by Ms. Catterall (Ottawa West -- Nepean).

The debate continued.

At 6:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 81(18), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the amendment and it was agreed to.

Pursuant to Standing Order 81(18), the House resumed consideration of the motion, as amended, of Mr. Lowther (Calgary Centre), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), -- That, in the opinion of this House, it is necessary, in light of public debate around recent court decisions, to state that marriage is and should remain the union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others, and that Parliament will take all necessary steps within the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Canada to preserve this definition of marriage in Canada.

The question was put on the main motion, as amended, and pursuant to Standing Order 81(18), the recorded division was deferred until the conclusion of consideration of motions relating to the Main Estimates.


Mr. Boudria (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) for Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mrs. Bradshaw (Minister of Labour), moved Motion No. 1, -- That Vote 1, in the amount of $30,051,000, under PARLIAMENT -- Senate -- Program expenditures, in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000 (less the amount voted in Interim Supply), be concurred in.

Debate arose thereon.

At 10:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 81(18), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.


Pursuant to Order made Thursday, June 3, 1999, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Scott (Skeena), seconded by Mr. Stinson (Okanagan -- Shuswap), -- That this House recognize that there is significant public concern in British Columbia with respect to how modern treaties and Aboriginal self-government initiatives may affect individual rights, including Aboriginal people; and given the recent controversies, such as the Musqueam Leaseholders controversy and the Kamloops Indian Band's intention to ban trade unions, this House urge the Government of Canada to refer the Nisga'a Treaty Agreement to the Supreme Court of Canada and ask for a judicial ruling clarifying:

    (a) whether the terms of the Nisga'a Final Agreement constitute an amendment to Canada's Constitution, and
    (b) whether the self-government provisions of the agreement could be used to usurp, diminish or subrogate the individual rights of Nisga'a people as defined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms;

And, further, that all activity leading to the introduction of legislation to ratify the Nisga'a Final Agreement in the House of Commons be held in abeyance pending judicial clarification.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment of Mr. Hill (Prince George -- Peace River), seconded by Mr. McNally (Dewdney -- Alouette), -- That the motion be amended by adding before the word ``urge'' the following:

    ``strongly''

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



(Division--Vote No 546)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Anders -- Bailey -- Breitkreuz --  (Yellowhead) -- Breitkreuz --  (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Cadman -- Casson -- Chatters -- Duncan -- Epp -- Forseth -- Gilmour -- Gouk -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Hanger -- Hart -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hilstrom -- Hoeppner -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Kerpan -- Konrad -- Lowther -- Lunn -- Manning -- Mark -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Mayfield -- McNally -- Meredith -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Morrison -- Nunziata -- Obhrai -- Pankiw -- Penson -- Ramsay -- Reynolds -- Ritz -- Schmidt -- Scott --  (Skeena) -- Solberg -- Stinson -- Strahl -- Thompson --  (Wild Rose) -- Vellacott -- White --  (Langley -- Abbotsford) -- White --  (North Vancouver) -- Williams -- 54

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alarie -- Alcock -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Asselin -- Augustine -- Bachand --  (Richmond -- Arthabaska) -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellehumeur -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bergeron -- Bernier --  (Bonaventure -- Gaspé -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine -- Pabok) -- Bernier --  (Tobique -- Mactaquac) -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Bigras -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Borotsik -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brison -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Calder -- Cannis -- Canuel -- Caplan -- Cardin -- Carroll -- Casey -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Charbonneau -- Chrétien --  (Frontenac -- Mégantic) -- Chrétien --  (Saint-Maurice) -- Coderre -- Collenette -- Comuzzi -- Crête -- Cullen -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Davies -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Desjarlais -- Desrochers -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dockrill -- Doyle -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Dubé --  (Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) -- Dubé --  (Madawaska -- Restigouche) -- Duceppe -- Duhamel -- Dumas -- Earle -- Easter -- Eggleton -- Finestone -- Finlay -- Folco -- Fontana -- Fournier -- Gagliano -- Gagnon -- Gallaway -- Gauthier -- Girard-Bujold -- Godfrey -- Godin --  (Acadie -- Bathurst) -- Godin --  (Châteauguay) -- Goodale -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Guay -- Harb -- Harvard -- Harvey -- Herron -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jones -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Keyes -- Kilger --  (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Laliberte -- Lalonde -- Lastewka -- Lavigne -- Lebel -- Lee -- Leung -- Lill -- Limoges --  (Windsor -- St. Clair) -- Lincoln -- Longfield -- Loubier -- MacAulay -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Mancini -- Manley -- Marceau -- Marchand -- Marchi -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- Massé -- Matthews -- McCormick -- McDonough -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan --  (Edmonton West) -- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Milliken -- Mills --  (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Mitchell -- Muise -- Murray -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- Nystrom -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Perron -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Pillitteri -- Plamondon -- Power -- Pratt -- Price -- Proctor -- Proud -- Provenzano -- Redman -- Reed -- Richardson -- Riis -- Robillard -- Robinson -- Rock -- Saada -- Sauvageau -- Scott --  (Fredericton) -- Sekora -- Serré -- Solomon -- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart --  (Brant) -- Stewart --  (Northumberland) -- St-Hilaire -- St-Jacques -- St-Julien -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibeault -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Torsney -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean) -- Turp -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Vautour -- Venne -- Volpe -- Wappel -- Wasylycia-Leis -- Wayne -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- Wood -- 219

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Anderson -- Axworthy --  (Winnipeg South Centre) -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Barnes -- Clouthier -- Guimond -- Laurin -- Mifflin -- Rocheleau -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Mitis)

Pursuant to Standing Order 81(18), the House proceeded to the putting of the question on the main motion of Mr. Scott (Skeena), seconded by Mr. Stinson (Okanagan -- Shuswap).

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



(Division--Vote No 547)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Anders -- Bailey -- Breitkreuz --  (Yellowhead) -- Breitkreuz --  (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Cadman -- Casson -- Chatters -- Duncan -- Epp -- Forseth -- Gilmour -- Gouk -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Hanger -- Hart -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hilstrom -- Hoeppner -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Kerpan -- Konrad -- Lowther -- Lunn -- Manning -- Mark -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Mayfield -- McNally -- Meredith -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Morrison -- Nunziata -- Obhrai -- Pankiw -- Penson -- Ramsay -- Reynolds -- Ritz -- Schmidt -- Scott --  (Skeena) -- Solberg -- Stinson -- Strahl -- Thompson --  (Wild Rose) -- Vellacott -- White --  (Langley -- Abbotsford) -- White --  (North Vancouver) -- Williams -- 54

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alarie -- Alcock -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Asselin -- Augustine -- Bachand --  (Richmond -- Arthabaska) -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellehumeur -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bergeron -- Bernier --  (Bonaventure -- Gaspé -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine -- Pabok) -- Bernier --  (Tobique -- Mactaquac) -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Bigras -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Borotsik -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brison -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Calder -- Cannis -- Canuel -- Caplan -- Cardin -- Carroll -- Casey -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Charbonneau -- Chrétien --  (Frontenac -- Mégantic) -- Chrétien --  (Saint-Maurice) -- Coderre -- Collenette -- Comuzzi -- Crête -- Cullen -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Davies -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Desjarlais -- Desrochers -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dockrill -- Doyle -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Dubé --  (Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) -- Dubé --  (Madawaska -- Restigouche) -- Duceppe -- Duhamel -- Dumas -- Earle -- Easter -- Eggleton -- Finestone -- Finlay -- Folco -- Fontana -- Fournier -- Gagliano -- Gagnon -- Gallaway -- Gauthier -- Girard-Bujold -- Godfrey -- Godin --  (Acadie -- Bathurst) -- Godin --  (Châteauguay) -- Goodale -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Guay -- Harb -- Hardy -- Harvard -- Harvey -- Herron -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jones -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Keyes -- Kilger --  (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Laliberte -- Lalonde -- Lastewka -- Lavigne -- Lebel -- Lee -- Leung -- Lill -- Limoges --  (Windsor -- St. Clair) -- Lincoln -- Longfield -- Loubier -- MacAulay -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Mancini -- Manley -- Marceau -- Marchand -- Marchi -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- Massé -- Matthews -- McCormick -- McDonough -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan --  (Edmonton West) -- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Milliken -- Mills --  (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Mitchell -- Muise -- Murray -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- Nystrom -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Perron -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Pillitteri -- Plamondon -- Power -- Pratt -- Price -- Proctor -- Proud -- Provenzano -- Redman -- Reed -- Richardson -- Riis -- Robillard -- Robinson -- Rock -- Saada -- Sauvageau -- Scott --  (Fredericton) -- Sekora -- Serré -- Solomon -- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart --  (Brant) -- Stewart --  (Northumberland) -- St-Hilaire -- St-Jacques -- St-Julien -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibeault -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Torsney -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean) -- Turp -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Vautour -- Venne -- Volpe -- Wappel -- Wasylycia-Leis -- Wayne -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- Wood -- 220

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Anderson -- Axworthy --  (Winnipeg South Centre) -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Barnes -- Clouthier -- Guimond -- Laurin -- Mifflin -- Rocheleau -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Mitis)


Pursuant to Standing Order 81(18), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the main motion, as amended, of Mr. Lowther (Calgary Centre), seconded by Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton -- Melville), -- That, in the opinion of this House, it is necessary, in light of public debate around recent court decisions, to state that marriage is and should remain the union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others, and that Parliament will take all necessary steps within the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Canada to preserve this definition of marriage in Canada.

The question was put on the main motion, as amended, and it was agreed to on the following division:



(Division--Vote No 548)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Adams -- Alcock -- Anders -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Asselin -- Augustine -- Bailey -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Bélair -- Bellemare -- Bernier --  (Tobique -- Mactaquac) -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Borotsik -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Breitkreuz --  (Yellowhead) -- Breitkreuz --  (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Brown -- Bryden -- Byrne -- Cadman -- Calder -- Cannis -- Canuel -- Caplan -- Cardin -- Casey -- Casson -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Charbonneau -- Chatters -- Chrétien --  (Frontenac -- Mégantic) -- Chrétien --  (Saint-Maurice) -- Coderre -- Collenette -- Comuzzi -- Cullen -- Desjarlais -- Desrochers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola -- Doyle -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Dubé --  (Madawaska -- Restigouche) -- Duhamel -- Duncan -- Easter -- Eggleton -- Epp -- Fontana -- Forseth -- Fournier -- Gagliano -- Gallaway -- Gauthier -- Gilmour -- Godin --  (Châteauguay) -- Goodale -- Gouk -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Hanger -- Harb -- Hart -- Harvard -- Herron -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hilstrom -- Hoeppner -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Jackson -- Jaffer -- Jennings -- Johnston -- Jones -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Kerpan -- Keyes -- Kilger --  (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Konrad -- Lastewka -- Lavigne -- Lebel -- Lee -- Leung -- Limoges --  (Windsor -- St. Clair) -- Lincoln -- Longfield -- Lowther -- Lunn -- MacAulay -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Manley -- Manning -- Marchand -- Marchi -- Mark -- Marleau -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Massé -- Matthews -- Mayfield -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan --  (Edmonton West) -- McNally -- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills --  (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Mitchell -- Morrison -- Muise -- Murray -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- Nunziata -- Obhrai -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Pankiw -- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Penson -- Peric -- Perron -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Pillitteri -- Power -- Pratt -- Proud -- Provenzano -- Ramsay -- Redman -- Reed -- Reynolds -- Richardson -- Riis -- Ritz -- Robillard -- Rock -- Saada -- Schmidt -- Scott --  (Fredericton) -- Scott --  (Skeena) -- Sekora -- Serré -- Solberg -- Solomon -- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart --  (Brant) -- Stewart --  (Northumberland) -- Stinson -- St-Julien -- Strahl -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibeault -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Thompson --  (Wild Rose) -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Vellacott -- Venne -- Volpe -- Wappel -- Wayne -- Whelan -- White --  (Langley -- Abbotsford) -- White --  (North Vancouver) -- Wilfert -- Williams -- Wood -- 216

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Alarie -- Bachand --  (Richmond -- Arthabaska) -- Beaumier -- Bélanger -- Bellehumeur -- Bennett -- Bergeron -- Bernier --  (Bonaventure -- Gaspé -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine -- Pabok) -- Bigras -- Brison -- Caccia -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Davies -- de Savoye -- Debien -- DeVillers -- Dockrill -- Dubé --  (Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) -- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Earle -- Finestone -- Finlay -- Folco -- Gagnon -- Girard-Bujold -- Godin --  (Acadie -- Bathurst) -- Graham -- Guay -- Hardy -- Harvey -- Kraft Sloan -- Laliberte -- Lalonde -- Lill -- Loubier -- Mancini -- Marceau -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- McDonough -- Ménard -- Nystrom -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Plamondon -- Price -- Proctor -- Robinson -- Sauvageau -- St-Hilaire -- St-Jacques -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean) -- Turp -- Vautour -- Wasylycia-Leis -- 55

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Anderson -- Axworthy --  (Winnipeg South Centre) -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Barnes -- Clouthier -- Guimond -- Laurin -- Mifflin -- Rocheleau -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Mitis)


The House resumed consideration on Motion No. 1 of Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mrs. Bradshaw (Minister of Labour), -- That Vote 1, in the amount of $30,051,000, under PARLIAMENT -- Senate -- Program expenditures, in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000 (less the amount voted in Interim Supply), be concurred in.

The question was put on Motion No. 1 and it was agreed to on the following division:



(Division--Vote No 549)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Bachand --  (Richmond -- Arthabaska) -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bernier --  (Tobique -- Mactaquac) -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Borotsik -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brison -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Calder -- Cannis -- Caplan -- Carroll -- Casey -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Charbonneau -- Chrétien --  (Saint-Maurice) -- Coderre -- Collenette -- Comuzzi -- Cullen -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola -- Doyle -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Dubé --  (Madawaska -- Restigouche) -- Duhamel -- Easter -- Eggleton -- Finestone -- Finlay -- Folco -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harvard -- Harvey -- Herron -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jones -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Keyes -- Kilger --  (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka -- Lavigne -- Lee -- Leung -- Limoges --  (Windsor -- St. Clair) -- Lincoln -- MacAulay -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Manley -- Marchi -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Massé -- Matthews -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan --  (Edmonton West) -- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Milliken -- Mills --  (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Muise -- Murray -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Pillitteri -- Power -- Pratt -- Price -- Proud -- Provenzano -- Redman -- Reed -- Richardson -- Robillard -- Rock -- Saada -- Scott --  (Fredericton) -- Sekora -- Serré -- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart --  (Brant) -- Stewart --  (Northumberland) -- St-Jacques -- St-Julien -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibeault -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Wappel -- Wayne -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- Wood -- 164

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Alarie -- Anders -- Asselin -- Bailey -- Bellehumeur -- Bergeron -- Bernier --  (Bonaventure -- Gaspé -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine -- Pabok) -- Bigras -- Breitkreuz --  (Yellowhead) -- Breitkreuz --  (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Cadman -- Canuel -- Cardin -- Casson -- Chatters -- Chrétien --  (Frontenac -- Mégantic) -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Davies -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Desjarlais -- Desrochers -- Dockrill -- Dubé --  (Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) -- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Duncan -- Earle -- Epp -- Forseth -- Fournier -- Gagnon -- Gallaway -- Gauthier -- Gilmour -- Girard-Bujold -- Godin --  (Acadie -- Bathurst) -- Godin --  (Châteauguay) -- Gouk -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Guay -- Hanger -- Hardy -- Hart -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hilstrom -- Hoeppner -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Kerpan -- Konrad -- Laliberte -- Lalonde -- Lebel -- Lill -- Loubier -- Lowther -- Lunn -- Mancini -- Manning -- Marceau -- Marchand -- Mark -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- Mayfield -- McDonough -- McNally -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Morrison -- Nunziata -- Nystrom -- Obhrai -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- Pankiw -- Penson -- Perron -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Plamondon -- Proctor -- Ramsay -- Reynolds -- Riis -- Ritz -- Robinson -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Scott --  (Skeena) -- Solberg -- Solomon -- St-Hilaire -- Stinson -- Strahl -- Thompson --  (Wild Rose) -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean) -- Turp -- Vautour -- Vellacott -- Venne -- Wasylycia-Leis -- White --  (Langley -- Abbotsford) -- White --  (North Vancouver) -- Williams -- 112

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Anderson -- Axworthy --  (Winnipeg South Centre) -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Barnes -- Clouthier -- Guimond -- Laurin -- Mifflin -- Rocheleau -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Mitis)

Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), moved Motion No. 2, -- That Vote 90, in the amount of $59,170,000, under CANADIAN HERITAGE -- National Film Board -- Revolving Fund, in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000 (less the amount voted in Interim Supply), be concurred in.

The question was put on Motion No. 2 and it was agreed to on the following division:



(Division--Vote No 550)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Calder -- Cannis -- Caplan -- Carroll -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Charbonneau -- Chrétien --  (Saint-Maurice) -- Coderre -- Collenette -- Comuzzi -- Cullen -- Davies -- Desjarlais -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dockrill -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Duhamel -- Earle -- Easter -- Eggleton -- Finestone -- Finlay -- Folco -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Godin --  (Acadie -- Bathurst) -- Goodale -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Hardy -- Harvard -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Keyes -- Kilger --  (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Laliberte -- Lastewka -- Lavigne -- Lee -- Leung -- Lill -- Limoges --  (Windsor -- St. Clair) -- Lincoln -- MacAulay -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Mancini -- Manley -- Marchi -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- Massé -- McCormick -- McDonough -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan --  (Edmonton West) -- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Milliken -- Mills --  (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murray -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- Nystrom -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Pillitteri -- Pratt -- Proctor -- Proud -- Provenzano -- Redman -- Reed -- Richardson -- Riis -- Robillard -- Robinson -- Rock -- Saada -- Scott --  (Fredericton) -- Sekora -- Serré -- Solomon -- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart --  (Brant) -- Stewart --  (Northumberland) -- St-Julien -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibeault -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Vautour -- Volpe -- Wappel -- Wasylycia-Leis -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- Wood -- 165

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Alarie -- Anders -- Asselin -- Bachand --  (Richmond -- Arthabaska) -- Bailey -- Bellehumeur -- Bergeron -- Bernier --  (Bonaventure -- Gaspé -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine -- Pabok) -- Bernier --  (Tobique -- Mactaquac) -- Bigras -- Borotsik -- Breitkreuz --  (Yellowhead) -- Breitkreuz --  (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Brison -- Cadman -- Canuel -- Cardin -- Casey -- Casson -- Chatters -- Chrétien --  (Frontenac -- Mégantic) -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Desrochers -- Doyle -- Dubé --  (Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) -- Dubé --  (Madawaska -- Restigouche) -- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Duncan -- Epp -- Forseth -- Fournier -- Gagnon -- Gauthier -- Gilmour -- Girard-Bujold -- Godin --  (Châteauguay) -- Gouk -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Guay -- Hanger -- Hart -- Harvey -- Herron -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hilstrom -- Hoeppner -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Jones -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Kerpan -- Konrad -- Lalonde -- Lebel -- Loubier -- Lowther -- Lunn -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Manning -- Marceau -- Marchand -- Mark -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Matthews -- Mayfield -- McNally -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Morrison -- Muise -- Nunziata -- Obhrai -- Pankiw -- Penson -- Perron -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Plamondon -- Power -- Price -- Ramsay -- Reynolds -- Ritz -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Scott --  (Skeena) -- Solberg -- St-Hilaire -- Stinson -- St-Jacques -- Strahl -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Thompson --  (Wild Rose) -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean) -- Turp -- Vellacott -- Venne -- Wayne -- White --  (Langley -- Abbotsford) -- White --  (North Vancouver) -- Williams -- 111

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Anderson -- Axworthy --  (Winnipeg South Centre) -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Barnes -- Clouthier -- Guimond -- Laurin -- Mifflin -- Rocheleau -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Mitis)

Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), moved Motion No. 3, -- That Vote 1, in the amount of $1,520,010,000, under PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES CANADA -- Operating expenditures, in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000 (less the amount voted in Interim Supply), be concurred in.

The question was put on Motion No. 3 and it was agreed to on the following division:



(Division--Vote No 551)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Calder -- Cannis -- Caplan -- Carroll -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Charbonneau -- Chrétien --  (Saint-Maurice) -- Coderre -- Collenette -- Comuzzi -- Cullen -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Duhamel -- Easter -- Eggleton -- Finestone -- Finlay -- Folco -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harvard -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Keyes -- Kilger --  (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka -- Lavigne -- Lee -- Leung -- Limoges --  (Windsor -- St. Clair) -- Lincoln -- MacAulay -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Manley -- Marchi -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Massé -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan --  (Edmonton West) -- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Milliken -- Mills --  (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murray -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- Nunziata -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Pillitteri -- Pratt -- Proud -- Provenzano -- Redman -- Reed -- Richardson -- Robillard -- Rock -- Saada -- Scott --  (Fredericton) -- Sekora -- Serré -- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart --  (Brant) -- Stewart --  (Northumberland) -- St-Julien -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibeault -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Wappel -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- Wood -- 148

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Alarie -- Anders -- Asselin -- Bachand --  (Richmond -- Arthabaska) -- Bailey -- Bellehumeur -- Bergeron -- Bernier --  (Bonaventure -- Gaspé -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine -- Pabok) -- Bernier --  (Tobique -- Mactaquac) -- Bigras -- Borotsik -- Breitkreuz --  (Yellowhead) -- Breitkreuz --  (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Brison -- Cadman -- Canuel -- Cardin -- Casey -- Casson -- Chatters -- Chrétien --  (Frontenac -- Mégantic) -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Davies -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Desjarlais -- Desrochers -- Dockrill -- Doyle -- Dubé --  (Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) -- Dubé --  (Madawaska -- Restigouche) -- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Duncan -- Earle -- Epp -- Forseth -- Fournier -- Gagnon -- Gauthier -- Gilmour -- Girard-Bujold -- Godin --  (Acadie -- Bathurst) -- Godin --  (Châteauguay) -- Gouk -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Guay -- Hanger -- Hardy -- Hart -- Harvey -- Herron -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hilstrom -- Hoeppner -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Jones -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Kerpan -- Konrad -- Laliberte -- Lalonde -- Lebel -- Lill -- Loubier -- Lowther -- Lunn -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Mancini -- Manning -- Marceau -- Marchand -- Mark -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- Matthews -- Mayfield -- McDonough -- McNally -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Morrison -- Muise -- Nystrom -- Obhrai -- Pankiw -- Penson -- Perron -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Plamondon -- Power -- Price -- Proctor -- Ramsay -- Reynolds -- Riis -- Ritz -- Robinson -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Scott --  (Skeena) -- Solberg -- Solomon -- St-Hilaire -- Stinson -- St-Jacques -- Strahl -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Thompson --  (Wild Rose) -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean) -- Turp -- Vautour -- Vellacott -- Venne -- Wasylycia-Leis -- Wayne -- White --  (Langley -- Abbotsford) -- White --  (North Vancouver) -- Williams -- 128

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Anderson -- Axworthy --  (Winnipeg South Centre) -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Barnes -- Clouthier -- Guimond -- Laurin -- Mifflin -- Rocheleau -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Mitis)

Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), moved Motion No. 4, -- That Vote 5, in the amount of $314,672,000, under PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES CANADA -- Capital expenditures, in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000 (less the amount voted in Interim Supply), be concurred in.

The question was put on Motion No. 4 and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division No. 552)
YEAS: 148, NAYS: 128. (See list under Division No. 551)

Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), moved Motion No. 5, -- That Vote 10, in the amount of $7,756,000, under PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES CANADA -- Old Port of Montreal Corporation Inc., in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000 (less the amount voted in Interim Supply), be concurred in.

The question was put on Motion No. 5 and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division No. 553)
YEAS: 148, NAYS: 128. (See list under Division No. 551)

Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), moved Motion No. 6, -- That Vote 15, in the amount of $3,045,000, under PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES CANADA -- Queens Quay West Land Corporation, in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000 (less the amount voted in Interim Supply), be concurred in.

The question was put on Motion No. 6 and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division No. 554)
YEAS: 148, NAYS: 128. (See list under Division No. 551)

Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), moved Motion No. 7, -- That Vote 25, in the amount of $1,888,685,000, under PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES CANADA -- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation -- Operating expenditures, in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000 (less the amount voted in Interim Supply), be concurred in.

The question was put on Motion No. 7 and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division No. 555)
YEAS: 148, NAYS: 128. (See list under Division No. 551)

Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), moved Motion No. 8, -- That Vote 30, in the amount of $142,100,000, under PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES CANADA -- Canada Post Corporation in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000 (less the amount voted in Interim Supply), be concurred in.

The question was put on Motion No. 8 and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division No. 556)
YEAS: 148, NAYS: 128. (See list under Division No. 551)

Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), moved, -- That the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2000, except any Vote disposed of earlier today and less the amounts voted in Interim Supply, be concurred in.

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

(Division No. 557)
YEAS: 148, NAYS: 128. (See list under Division No. 551)


Pursuant to Standing Orders 81(21) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), Bill C-86, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial years ending March 31, 2000 and March 31, 2001, was read the first time and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), moved, -- That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole.

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

(Division No. 558)
YEAS: 148, NAYS: 128. (See list under Division No. 551)

Accordingly, the Bill was read the second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole.

The Committee considered the Bill and reported it without amendment.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(12), Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), moved, -- That the Bill be concurred in at report stage.

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



(Division--Vote No 559)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Calder -- Cannis -- Caplan -- Carroll -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Charbonneau -- Chrétien --  (Saint-Maurice) -- Coderre -- Collenette -- Comuzzi -- Cullen -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Duhamel -- Easter -- Eggleton -- Finestone -- Finlay -- Folco -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harvard -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Keyes -- Kilger --  (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka -- Lavigne -- Lee -- Leung -- Limoges --  (Windsor -- St. Clair) -- Lincoln -- MacAulay -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Manley -- Marchi -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Massé -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan --  (Edmonton West) -- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Milliken -- Mills --  (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murray -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- Nunziata -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Pillitteri -- Pratt -- Proud -- Provenzano -- Redman -- Reed -- Richardson -- Robillard -- Rock -- Saada -- Scott --  (Fredericton) -- Sekora -- Serré -- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart --  (Brant) -- Stewart --  (Northumberland) -- St-Julien -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibeault -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Wappel -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- Wood -- 148

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Alarie -- Anders -- Asselin -- Bailey -- Bellehumeur -- Bergeron -- Bernier --  (Tobique -- Mactaquac) -- Bigras -- Breitkreuz --  (Yellowhead) -- Breitkreuz --  (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Cadman -- Canuel -- Cardin -- Casey -- Casson -- Chatters -- Chrétien --  (Frontenac -- Mégantic) -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Davies -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Desjarlais -- Desrochers -- Dockrill -- Doyle -- Dubé --  (Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) -- Dubé --  (Madawaska -- Restigouche) -- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Duncan -- Earle -- Epp -- Forseth -- Fournier -- Gagnon -- Gauthier -- Gilmour -- Girard-Bujold -- Godin --  (Acadie -- Bathurst) -- Godin --  (Châteauguay) -- Gouk -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Guay -- Hanger -- Hardy -- Hart -- Harvey -- Herron -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hilstrom -- Hoeppner -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Jones -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Kerpan -- Konrad -- Laliberte -- Lalonde -- Lill -- Loubier -- Lunn -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Mancini -- Manning -- Marceau -- Marchand -- Mark -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- Matthews -- Mayfield -- McDonough -- McNally -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Morrison -- Muise -- Nystrom -- Obhrai -- Pankiw -- Penson -- Perron -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Plamondon -- Power -- Price -- Proctor -- Ramsay -- Reynolds -- Riis -- Ritz -- Robinson -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Scott --  (Skeena) -- Solberg -- Solomon -- St-Hilaire -- Stinson -- Strahl -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Thompson --  (Wild Rose) -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean) -- Turp -- Vautour -- Vellacott -- Venne -- Wasylycia-Leis -- Wayne -- White --  (Langley -- Abbotsford) -- White --  (North Vancouver) -- Williams -- 121

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Anderson -- Axworthy --  (Winnipeg South Centre) -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Barnes -- Clouthier -- Guimond -- Laurin -- Mifflin -- Rocheleau -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Mitis)

Accordingly, the Bill was concurred in at report stage.

Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board), seconded by Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Public Works and Government Services), moved, -- That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

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



(Division--Vote No 560)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Assad -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Bonwick -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Calder -- Cannis -- Caplan -- Carroll -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Charbonneau -- Chrétien --  (Saint-Maurice) -- Coderre -- Collenette -- Comuzzi -- Cullen -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dromisky -- Drouin -- Duhamel -- Easter -- Eggleton -- Finestone -- Finlay -- Folco -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Graham -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Grose -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harvard -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Jordan -- Karetak-Lindell -- Karygiannis -- Keyes -- Kilger --  (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka -- Lavigne -- Lee -- Leung -- Limoges --  (Windsor -- St. Clair) -- Lincoln -- Longfield -- MacAulay -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Manley -- Marchi -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Massé -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan --  (Edmonton West) -- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Mills --  (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murray -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- Nunziata -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Pillitteri -- Pratt -- Proud -- Provenzano -- Redman -- Reed -- Richardson -- Robillard -- Rock -- Saada -- Scott --  (Fredericton) -- Sekora -- Serré -- Shepherd -- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart --  (Brant) -- Stewart --  (Northumberland) -- St-Julien -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibeault -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Wappel -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- Wood -- 149

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Alarie -- Anders -- Asselin -- Bachand --  (Richmond -- Arthabaska) -- Bailey -- Bellehumeur -- Bergeron -- Bernier --  (Bonaventure -- Gaspé -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine -- Pabok) -- Bernier --  (Tobique -- Mactaquac) -- Bigras -- Borotsik -- Breitkreuz --  (Yellowhead) -- Breitkreuz --  (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Brison -- Cadman -- Canuel -- Cardin -- Casey -- Casson -- Chatters -- Chrétien --  (Frontenac -- Mégantic) -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Davies -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Desjarlais -- Desrochers -- Dockrill -- Doyle -- Dubé --  (Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) -- Dubé --  (Madawaska -- Restigouche) -- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Duncan -- Earle -- Epp -- Forseth -- Fournier -- Gagnon -- Gauthier -- Gilmour -- Girard-Bujold -- Godin --  (Acadie -- Bathurst) -- Godin --  (Châteauguay) -- Gouk -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Guay -- Hanger -- Hardy -- Hart -- Harvey -- Herron -- Hill --  (Macleod) -- Hill --  (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hilstrom -- Hoeppner -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Jones -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Kenney --  (Calgary Southeast) -- Kerpan -- Konrad -- Laliberte -- Lalonde -- Lebel -- Lill -- Loubier -- Lowther -- Lunn -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Mancini -- Manning -- Marceau -- Marchand -- Mark -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- Matthews -- Mayfield -- McDonough -- McNally -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills --  (Red Deer) -- Morrison -- Muise -- Nystrom -- Obhrai -- Pankiw -- Penson -- Perron -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Plamondon -- Power -- Price -- Proctor -- Ramsay -- Reynolds -- Riis -- Ritz -- Robinson -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Scott --  (Skeena) -- Solberg -- Solomon -- St-Hilaire -- Stinson -- St-Jacques -- Strahl -- Thompson --  (New Brunswick Southwest) -- Thompson --  (Wild Rose) -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean) -- Turp -- Vautour -- Vellacott -- Venne -- Wasylycia-Leis -- Wayne -- White --  (Langley -- Abbotsford) -- White --  (North Vancouver) -- Williams -- 128

Paired Members--Députés Pairés

-- Anderson -- Axworthy --  (Winnipeg South Centre) -- Bachand --  (Saint-Jean) -- Barnes -- Clouthier -- Guimond -- Laurin -- Mifflin -- Rocheleau -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Mitis)

Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.

MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

A message was received from the Senate as follows:

-- ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-72, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, to implement measures that are consequential on changes to the Canada-U.S. Tax Convention (1980) and to amend the Income Tax Conventions Interpretation Act, the Old Age Security Act, the War Veterans Allowance Act and certain Acts related to the Income Tax Act, without amendment.

-- ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-55, An Act respecting advertising services supplied by foreign periodical publishers, with the following amendments:

    1. Page 1, Clause 2:
    (a) replace line 28 with the following:
      "ing in value more than half of the total value";
    Page 2, Clause 2:
    (b) replace lines 2 and 3 with the following:
      "(f) a non-profit organization in which more than half of its members are persons";
    (c) replace line 25 with the following:
      "officer and more than half of whose direc-";
    (d) replace line 33 with the following:
      "indirectly, in the aggregate more than half";
    (e) replace line 35 with the following:
      "shares representing more than half of the ";
    (f) replace lines 40 and 41 with the following:
      "ly, interests representing in value more than half of the total value of the assets.".
    2. Page 10: Add after line 40 the following:
      "20.1 The Governor in Council may make regulations defining, for the purpose of section 21.1, the expressions "revenues generated by the supply of advertising services directed at the Canadian market" and "revenues generated by the total supply of advertising services".".
    3. Page 11: Add after line 9 the following:
      "21.1 This Act does not apply to a foreign publisher who supplies advertising services directed at the Canadian market by means of an issue of a periodical, if the revenues generated by the supply of advertising services directed at the Canadian market represent, in comparison to the revenues generated by the total supply of advertising services, by means of any of those issues
      (a) during the period of 18 months beginning on the day on whichh this Act comes into force, not more than 12 per cent;
      (b) during the period of 18 months immediately following the period referred to in paragraph (a), not more than 15 per cent; and
      (c) after the period referred to in paragraph (b), not more than 18 per cent.
      21.2 (1) This Act does not apply to a foreign publisher who, after the coming into force of this Act, makes an investment in periodical publishing that has been prescribed under paragraph 15(a) of the Investment Canada Act as a specific type of business activity related to Canada's cultural heritage or national identity and that has been reviewed under Part IV of that Act by the Minister responsible for it and for which that Minister is satisfied or is deemed to have been satisfied that the investment is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.
      (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a foreign publisher referred to in that subsection who is subject to an order made under paragraph 40(2)(e) or (f) of the Investment Canada Act.
      (3) This Act applies to a foreign publisher referred to in subsection (1), other than in relation to the foreign publisher's investment referred to in that subsection.".

RETURNS AND REPORTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), a paper deposited with the Clerk of the House was laid upon the Table as follows:

-- by Mr. Collenette (Minister of Transport) -- Reports of the Pacific Pilotage Authority for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999, pursuant to the Access to Information Act and to the Privacy Act, R. S. 1985, c. A-1 and P-21, sbs. 72(2). -- Sessional Paper No. 8561-361-716B. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

ADJOURNMENT

At 11:38 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).