PRAYERS

NATIONAL ANTHEM

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

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 a Ways and Means motion for a Budget presentation on Monday, February 28, 2000, at 4:00 p.m.

DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS

Tabling of Documents

The Speaker laid upon the Table, -- Book entitled "House of Commons Procedure and Practice", Edition 2000, edited by Mr. Robert Marleau and Mr. Camille Montpetit. -- Sessional Paper No. 8527-362-10.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lee (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) laid upon the Table, -- Orders in Council approving certain appointments made by the Governor General in Council, pursuant to Standing Order 110(1), as follows:

-- P.C. 2000-53, P.C. 2000-54, P.C. 2000-55, P.C. 2000-56, P.C. 2000-57, P.C. 2000-65, P.C. 2000-66, P.C. 2000-67 and P.C. 2000- 103. -- Sessional Paper No. 8540-362-14-06. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration)

-- P.C. 2000-71 and P.C. 2000-72. -- Sessional Paper No. 8540-362- 9-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

-- P.C. 2000-1, P.C. 2000-2, P.C. 2000-3, P.C. 2000-4, P.C. 2000- 60, P.C. 2000-61, P.C. 2000-62 and P.C. 2000-101. -- Sessional Paper No. 8540-362-8-06. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade)

-- P.C. 2000-73. -- Sessional Paper No. 8540-362-18-05. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

-- P.C. 2000-74, P.C. 2000-75, P.C. 2000-76 and P.C. 2000-77. -- Sessional Paper No. 8540-362-16-06. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

-- P.C. 2000-68, P.C. 2000-69 and P.C. 2000-70. -- Sessional Paper No. 8540-362-22-06. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Industry)

-- P.C. 2000-52, P.C. 2000-63 and P.C. 2000-64. -- Sessional Paper No. 8540-362-5-05. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs)

-- P.C. 2000-102. -- Sessional Paper No. 8540-362-24-05. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Transport)

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lee (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. 362-0180 concerning the diversion of water to the United States. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-362-58-01;

-- Nos. 362-0132 and 362-0195 concerning the income tax system. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-362-15-07;

-- No. 362-0218 concerning wharfs and harbours. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-362-51-02;

-- Nos. 362-0401 and 362-0427 concerning the Canada Post Corporation. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-362-6-04;

-- No. 362-0402 concerning the public pension system. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-362-37-03;

-- Nos. 362-0404 and 362-0405 concerning the tax system. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-362-17-06;

-- No. 362-0423 concerning Old Age Security benefits. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-362-53-02.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Lee (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 15th Report of the Committee, which was as follows:

The Committee recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 107, that the following Member be appointed as Associate Member of the Liaison Committee:

Norman Doyle

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings was tabled.

Mr. Lee (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 16th Report of the Committee, which was as follows:

The Committee recommends, pursuant to Standing Order 113(1), that the list of members for the Legislative Committee on Bill C-20, An Act to give effect to the requirement for clarity as set out in the opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Quebec Secession Reference, be as follows:

Reg Alcock Rahim Jaffer
André Bachand Val Meredith
Michel Bellehumeur Dennis Mills
Bill Blaikie Bernard Patry
Raymond Bonin Karen Redman
Irwin Cotler Andy Scott
Claude Drouin Daniel Turp
Grant Hill

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings was tabled.

Pursuant to Standing Order 113(1), the Report was deemed adopted.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Caccia (Davenport), seconded by Ms. Augustine (Etobicoke -- Lakeshore), Bill C-421, An Act to amend the Export Development Act, 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. Vellacott (Wanuskewin), seconded by Mr. Steckle (Huron -- Bruce), Bill C-422, An Act to amend the Criminal Code to prohibit coercion in medical procedures that offend a person's religion or belief that human life is inviolable, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

Mr. Solberg (Medicine Hat), seconded by Mr. Scott (Skeena), moved, -- That the First Report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented on Monday, November 15, 1999, be concurred in.

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Lee (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Kilger (Stormont-Dundas -- Charlottenburgh), moved, -- That the House do now proceed to the Orders of the Day.

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

(Division--Vote N^o 665)

YEAS-POUR

Members--Députés

-- Adams -- Alcock -- Anderson -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Axworthy -- Bakopanos -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bennett -- Bertrand -- Bevilacqua -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bonin -- Boudria -- Bradshaw -- Brown -- Bryden -- Bulte -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Calder -- Caplan -- Carroll -- Catterall -- Cauchon -- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Charbonneau -- Clouthier -- Collenette -- Comuzzi -- Copps -- Cotler -- Cullen -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Drouin -- Duhamel -- Easter -- Eggleton -- Finlay -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gagliano -- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Gray --  (Windsor West) -- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harvard -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Jackson -- Jennings -- Karetak-Lindell -- Keyes -- Kilger --  (Stormont -- Dundas -- Charlottenburgh) -- Kilgour --  (Edmonton Southeast) -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka -- Lavigne -- Lee -- Leung -- Limoges -- Lincoln -- Longfield -- MacAulay -- Mahoney -- Malhi -- Maloney -- Manley -- Marleau -- Martin --  (LaSalle -- Émard) -- Matthews -- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKay --  (Scarborough East) -- McLellan --  (Edmonton West) -- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Mifflin -- Mills --  (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murray -- Myers -- Nault -- Normand -- O'Brien --  (Labrador) -- O'Brien --  (London -- Fanshawe) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Patry -- Peric -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Pickard --  (Chatham -- Kent Essex) -- Pillitteri -- Proud -- Provenzano -- Redman -- Reed -- Richardson -- Robillard -- Rock -- Saada -- Scott --  (Fredericton) -- Sekora -- Sgro -- Shepherd -- Speller -- St-Julien -- Steckle -- Stewart --  (Brant) -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thibeault -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Wappel -- Whelan -- Wilfert -- Wood -- 133

NAYS-CONTRE

Members--Députés

-- Anders -- Asselin -- Bachand --  (Richmond -- Arthabaska) -- Bellehumeur -- Benoit -- Bergeron -- Bernier --  (Bonaventure -- Gaspé -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine -- Pabok) -- Bigras -- Borotsik -- Brien -- Brison -- Cadman -- Canuel -- Cardin -- Casey -- Chatters -- Chrétien --  (Frontenac -- Mégantic) -- Crête -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Desjarlais -- Desrochers -- Dockrill -- Doyle -- Dubé --  (Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) -- Dubé --  (Madawaska -- Restigouche) -- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Epp -- Fournier -- Gauthier -- Girard-Bujold -- Godin --  (Acadie -- Bathurst) -- Godin --  (Châteauguay) -- Goldring -- Gouk -- Grewal -- Grey --  (Edmonton North) -- Gruending -- Guay -- Hardy -- Harvey -- Herron -- Hilstrom -- Hoeppner -- Jaffer -- Johnston -- Jones -- Keddy --  (South Shore) -- Konrad -- Lalonde -- Lebel -- Lill -- Lowther -- Lunn -- MacKay --  (Pictou -- Antigonish -- Guysborough) -- Marceau -- Marchand -- Mark -- Martin --  (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Martin --  (Winnipeg Centre) -- McNally -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Morrison -- Muise -- Nystrom -- Obhrai -- Pankiw -- Perron -- Picard --  (Drummond) -- Plamondon -- Price -- Proctor -- Reynolds -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Scott --  (Skeena) -- Solberg -- Solomon -- St-Hilaire -- Strahl -- Tremblay --  (Lac-Saint-Jean) -- Tremblay --  (Rimouski -- Mitis) -- Turp -- Vellacott -- Venne -- Wasylycia-Leis -- Wayne -- 90

MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

A message was received from the Senate informing this House that the Senate has passed the following Bill to which the concurrence of the House is desired:

S-10, An act to amend the National Defence Act, the DNA Identification Act and the Criminal Code

-- ORDERED: That a message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill S-10, An Act to amend the National Defence Act, the DNA Identification Act and the Criminal Code, without amendment.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The Order was read for the consideration of the amendments made by the Senate to Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act and to amend another Act in consequence.

Mr. Boudria (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) for Mr. MacAulay (Solicitor General of Canada), seconded by Mr. Collenette (Minister of Transport), moved, -- That the amendments made by the Senate to Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act and to amend another Act in consequence, be now read a second time and concurred in.

Debate arose thereon.

MOTIONS

Pursuant to Standing Order 26(1), Mr. Lowther (Calgary Centre), seconded by Mr. Epp (Elk Island), moved, -- That the House continue to sit beyond the ordinary hour of daily adjournment for the purpose of considering the amendments made by the Senate to Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act and to amend another Act in consequence.

The question was put on the motion and, more than 15 Members having risen to object, pursuant to Standing Order 26(2), the motion was deemed withdrawn.

NOTICE OF MOTION

Mr. Boudria (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) gave notice of the intention to move a motion at the next sitting of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 78(3), for the purpose of allotting a specified number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of the second reading of Bill C-20, An Act to give effect to the requirement for clarity as set out in the opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Quebec Secession Reference.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. MacAulay (Solicitor General of Canada), seconded by Mr. Collenette (Minister of Transport), -- That the amendments made by the Senate to Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act and to amend another Act in consequence, be now read a second time and concurred in.

The debate continued.

PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS

At 5:32 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Dubé (Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière), seconded by Mr. Perron (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles), -- That Bill C-213, An Act to promote shipbuilding, 1999, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

The debate continued.

Pursuant to Standing Order 93, 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 Ms. Bradshaw (Minister of Labour) -- Report of the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999, pursuant to the Status of the Artist Act, S. C. 1992, c. 33, s. 61. -- Sessional Paper No. 8560- 362-399-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

-- by Mr. Eggleton (Minister of National Defence) -- Report on the administration of the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999, pursuant to the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act, R.S. 1985, c. C-17, ss. 57 and 72. -- Sessional Paper No. 8560-362-92-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs)

PANEL OF CHAIRMEN

Pursuant to Standing Order 113(2), the Speaker appointed Mr. Milliken (Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole), from the Panel of Chairmen, Chairman of the Legislative Committee on Bill C-20, An Act to give effect to the requirement for clarity as set out in the opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Quebec Secession Reference.

PROCEEDINGS ON ADJOURNMENT MOTION

At 6:32 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.

ADJOURNMENT

At 6:37 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).