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House of Commons of Canada
35th Parliament, 2nd Session

Journals

No. 150
Monday, April 7, 1997
11:00 a.m.

Prayers

Private Members’ Business

At 11:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members’ Business.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs of Bill C–369, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (gaming and betting).

Mr. Guimond (Beauport–Montmorency–Orléans), seconded by Mrs. Gagnon (Québec), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 96(1), the Order was dropped from the Order Paper.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice), seconded by Ms. Blondin-Andrew (Secretary of State (Training and Youth)), — That Bill C–46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (production of records in sexual offence proceedings), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.

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.

Daily Routine of Business

Tabling of Documents

The Speaker laid upon the Table, — Report of the Parliamentary Librarian for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-3A.

Mr. Zed (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) laid upon the Table, — Amendments to the Federal Elections Fees Tariff, pursuant to the Canada Elections Act, R. S. 1985, c. E–2, sbs. 198(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-466A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs)

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

  1. P.C. 1997-331, P.C. 1997-358 and P.C. 1997-359. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-352-3J. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage);
  2. P.C. 1997-337, P.C. 1997-338, P.C. 1997-339, P.C. 1997-340, P.C. 1997-341, P.C. 1997-342, P.C. 1997-343, P.C. 1997-344, P.C. 1997-345, P.C. 1997-373, P.C. 1997-374 and P.C. 1997-375. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-352-14K. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration);
  3. P.C. 1997-332, P.C. 1997-346 and P.C. 1997-361. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-352-8L. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade);
  4. P.C. 1997-333, P.C. 1997-334, P.C. 1997-350, P.C. 1997-368 and P.C. 1997-372. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-352-16J. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development);
  5. P.C. 1997-364. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-352-1F. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development);
  6. P.C. 1997-418, P.C. 1997-427, P.C. 1997-428, P.C. 1997-429, P.C. 1997-430 and P.C. 1997-431. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-352-2E. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food);
  7. P.C. 1997-417. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-352-10K. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans);
  8. P.C. 1997-365 and P.C. 1997-366. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-352-4H. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations);
  9. P.C. 1997-360. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-352-18H. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Health);
  10. P.C. 1997-349. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-352-22I. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Industry);
  11. P.C. 1997-363, P.C. 1997-432 and P.C. 1997-433. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-352-5M. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs).

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Zed (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 the following petitions:

  1. Nos. 352-921, 352-1035, 352-1051 and 352-1181 concerning small businesses. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-150;
  2. Nos. 352-1071, 352-1072 and 352-1394 concerning the Senate. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-36G;
  3. Nos. 352-1518 and 352-1618 concerning immigration. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-63D;
  4. Nos. 352-1560, 352-1566, 352-1650, 352-1653, 352-1654, 352-1655, 352-1658, 352-1675, 352-1679 and 352-1680 concerning taxes on books. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-129H;
  5. Nos. 352-1571, 352-1575, 352-1580, 352-1584, 352-1586, 352-1587, 352-1588, 352-1591, 352-1593, 352-1598, 352-1599, 352-1602, 352-1603, 352-1614, 352-1617, 352-1620, 352-1621, 352-1622, 352-1623, 352-1633, 352-1641, 352-1642, 352-1643, 352-1644, 352-1645, 352-1647, 352-1648, 352-1651, 352-1660, 352-1668, 352-1669, 352-1670, 352-1672, 352-1673, 352-1674, 352-1677, 352-1678, 352-1681, 352-1686, 352-1692 and 352-1693 concerning the highway system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-137F;
  6. No. 352-1581 concerning the unemployment insurance program. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-37H;
  7. Nos. 352-1626, 352-1627 and 352-1697 concerning the tax system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-24U;
  8. No. 352-1628 concerning the Canada-United States tax convention. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-88F;
  9. Nos. 352-1632, 352-1637, 352-1646, 352-1649, 352-1652, 352-1661, 352-1662, 352-1667, 352-1671, 352-1676, 352-1682 and 352-1687 concerning the tax on gasoline. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-44X.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Guimond (Beauport–Montmorency–Orléans), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 5th Report of the Committee (Chapter 14 of November 1996 Report of the Auditor General of Canada). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-352-89.

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 and Evidence (Issues Nos. 2 and 3, which includes this Report) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members’ Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mrs. Ur (Lambton–Middlesex), seconded by Mr. Bryden (Hamilton–Wentworth), Bill C–395, An Act to amend the Bank Act (consumers’ protection), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

By unanimous consent, Mr. Zed (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Kilger (Stormont–Dundas), moved, — That the following change be made to the membership of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs: Mr. Pomerleau for Mrs. Dalphond-Guiral.

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

Presenting Petitions

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

  • by Mr. Peric (Cambridge), one concerning euthanasia (No. 352-1972), two concerning the sexual exploitation of minors (Nos. 352-1973 and 352-1974) and two concerning housing policies (Nos. 352-1975 and 352-1976);
  • by Mr. Adams (Peterborough), one concerning housing policies (No. 352-1977);
  • by Mrs. Jennings (Mission–Coquitlam), six concerning taxes on books (Nos. 352-1978 to 352-1983) and one concerning the tax on gasoline (No. 352-1984);
  • by Ms. Augustine (Etobicoke–Lakeshore), one concerning taxes on books (No. 352-1985);
  • by Mr. Strahl (Fraser Valley East), one concerning abortion (No. 352-1986), two concerning the theft of a motor vehicle (Nos. 352-1987 and 352-1988), one concerning police dogs (No. 352-1989) and one concerning sex offenders (No. 352-1990);
  • by Mr. Riis (Kamloops), two concerning the highway system (Nos. 352-1991 and 352-1992), ten concerning the Canada Post Corporation (Nos. 352-1993 to 352-2002), one concerning taxes on books (No. 352-2003) and two concerning the nuclear industry (Nos. 352-2004 and 352-2005);
  • by Mr. Kirkby (Prince Albert–Churchill River), one concerning the highway system (No. 352-2006) and one concerning NATO (No. 352-2007);
  • by Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), one concerning police and firefighters’ death benefits (No. 352-2008), one concerning the income tax system (No. 352-2009) and one concerning alcoholic beverages (No. 352-2010);
  • by Ms. Catterall (Ottawa West), one concerning national unity (No. 352-2011).

Board of Internal Economy

The Speaker informed the House that, pursuant to the Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act, Chapter 42 (1st Supp.), Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Mr. Laurin (Joliette) has been appointed a Member of the Board of Internal Economy to replace Mrs. Dalphond-Guiral (Laval Centre).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice), seconded by Ms. Blondin-Andrew (Secretary of State (Training and Youth)), — That Bill C–46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (production of records in sexual offence proceedings), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.

The debate continued.

Interruption

At 4:57 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:21 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice), seconded by Ms. Blondin-Andrew (Secretary of State (Training and Youth)), — That Bill C–46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (production of records in sexual offence proceedings), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.

The debate continued.

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

Accordingly, the Bill was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C–27, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital mutilation), as reported by the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs with amendments.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1 (5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motion:

Group No. 1 — Motion No. 1.

Group No. 1

Mrs. Gagnon (Québec), seconded by Mr. Rocheleau (Trois- Rivières), moved Motion No. 1, — That Bill C–27, in Clause 1, be amended by deleting lines 20 to 29 on page 3 and lines 1 to 7 on page 4.

Debate arose on the motion in Group No. 1.

At 6:30 p.m., pursuant to Order made Friday, March 21, 1997, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred division on 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. 15)

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

(Division — Vote No 281)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Adams — Alcock — Anderson — Arseneault — Assadourian — Augustine — Baker — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bélair — Bélanger — Bellemare — Bertrand — Bevilacqua — Bodnar — Bonin — Boudria — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Brushett — Bryden — Byrne — Calder — Campbell — Catterall — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Cowling — Cullen — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dingwall — Dion — Discepola — Dupuy — Easter — English — Fewchuk — Finlay — Flis — Fontana — Fry — Gagliano — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Godfrey — Graham — Guarnieri — Harvard — Hickey — Hubbard — Irwin — Jackson — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Malhi — Manley — Marleau — Massé — McGuire — McKinnon — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mifflin — Milliken — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peters — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Shepherd — Sheridan — Simmons — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Thalheimer — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Verran — Wells — Whelan — Young — Zed --117

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Abbott — Axworthy (Saskatoon–Clark’s Crossing) — Bachand — Bellehumeur — Benoit — Bhaduria — Brien — Chatters — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Cummins — de Savoye — Deshaies — Duceppe — Epp — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Guay — Guimond — Hanger — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harris — Hayes — Hermanson — Jacob — Johnston — Kerpan — Landry — Laurin — Marchand — Mercier — Mills (Red Deer) — Nunez — Paré — Picard (Drummond) — Ramsay — Ringma — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Solberg — Stinson — Strahl — Taylor — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --48

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Assad — Asselin — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bélisle — Bergeron — Canuel — Collins — Comuzzi — Crawford — Crête — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Debien — Dubé — Duhamel — Dumas — Easter — Eggleton — Fillion — Finestone — Gaffney — Godin — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Hopkins — Iftody — Lalonde — Lebel — Lefebvre — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Marchi — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Ménard — Pomerleau — Rock — Serré — Sheridan — Stewart (Brant) — Tremblay (Rosemont) — Walker

Private Members’ Business

Pursuant to Order made Wednesday, March 12, 1997, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Mills (Red Deer), seconded by Mr. Frazer (Saanich–Gulf Islands), — That, in the opinion of this House, all proposed peacekeeping or peace enforcement commitments involving more than 100 Canadian personnel should be put to a free vote in the House for approval or rejection. (Private Members’ Business M–31)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment of Mr. Brien (Témiscamingue), seconded by Mr. Leroux (Shefford), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “all” and substituting the following:

“projects of military commitments abroad involving Canadian troops must, as soon as possible, be the subject of a vote in the House in order to recommend their approval or rejection to the government.”

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

(Division — Vote No 282)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Abbott — Axworthy (Saskatoon–Clark’s Crossing) — Bachand — Bellehumeur — Benoit — Brien — Chatters — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Cummins — de Savoye — Deshaies — Duceppe — Epp — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Guay — Guimond — Hanger — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harris — Hayes — Hermanson — Jacob — Johnston — Kerpan — Landry — Laurin — Marchand — Mercier — Mills (Red Deer) — Nunez — Paré — Picard (Drummond) — Ramsay — Ringma — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Schmidt — Solberg — Stinson — Strahl — Taylor — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --47

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Adams — Alcock — Anderson — Arseneault — Assadourian — Augustine — Baker — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bélair — Bélanger — Bellemare — Bevilacqua — Bhaduria — Bodnar — Boudria — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Brushett — Bryden — Byrne — Calder — Campbell — Catterall — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Cowling — Cullen — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dingwall — Dion — Discepola — Dupuy — Easter — English — Fewchuk — Finlay — Flis — Fontana — Fry — Gagliano — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Godfrey — Graham — Guarnieri — Harvard — Hickey — Hubbard — Irwin — Jackson — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Malhi — Manley — Marleau — McCormick — McGuire — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Milliken — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Shepherd — Sheridan — Simmons — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Verran — Wells — Whelan — Young — Zed --112

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Assad — Asselin — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bélisle — Bergeron — Canuel — Collins — Comuzzi — Crawford — Crête — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Debien — Dubé — Duhamel — Dumas — Easter — Eggleton — Fillion — Finestone — Gaffney — Godin — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Hopkins — Iftody — Lalonde — Lebel — Lefebvre — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Marchi — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Ménard — Pomerleau — Rock — Serré — Sheridan — Stewart (Brant) — Tremblay (Rosemont) — Walker

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

(Division — Vote No 283)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Abbott — Axworthy (Saskatoon–Clark’s Crossing) — Benoit — Chatters — Cummins — Epp — Hanger — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harris — Hayes — Hermanson — Johnston — Kerpan — Mills (Red Deer) — Ramsay — Ringma — Schmidt — Solberg — Stinson — Strahl — Taylor — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --23

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Adams — Alcock — Anderson — Arseneault — Assadourian — Augustine — Bachand — Baker — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bélair — Bélanger — Bellehumeur — Bellemare — Bevilacqua — Bhaduria — Bodnar — Boudria — Brien — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Brushett — Bryden — Byrne — Calder — Campbell — Catterall — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Cowling — Cullen — de Savoye — Deshaies — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dion — Discepola — Duceppe — Dupuy — Easter — English — Fewchuk — Finlay — Flis — Fontana — Fry — Gagliano — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gauthier — Godfrey — Graham — Guarnieri — Guay — Guimond — Harvard — Hickey — Hubbard — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Landry — Lastewka — Laurin — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Malhi — Manley — Marchand — Marleau — McCormick — McGuire — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Mercier — Milliken — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Murray — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Paradis — Paré — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Shepherd — Sheridan — Simmons — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Wells — Whelan — Young — Zed --135

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Assad — Asselin — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bélisle — Bergeron — Canuel — Collins — Comuzzi — Crawford — Crête — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Debien — Dubé — Duhamel — Dumas — Easter — Eggleton — Fillion — Finestone — Gaffney — Godin — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Hopkins — Iftody — Lalonde — Lebel — Lefebvre — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Marchi — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Ménard — Pomerleau — Rock — Serré — Sheridan — Stewart (Brant) — Tremblay (Rosemont) — Walker

Pursuant to Order made Tuesday, March 18, 1997, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Miss Grey (Beaver River), seconded by Mrs. Ablonczy (Calgary North), — That, in the opinion of this House, the government should return the word “Canadian” among questions of ethnic origin on the Canadian Census. (Private Members’ Business M–277)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment of Mr. Langlois (Bellechasse), seconded by Mrs. Venne (Saint-Hubert), — That the motion be amended by replacing all the words after the word “should” with the following:

“include “Canadian”, “Quebecker”, “English-Canadian”, “French-Canadian” and “Acadian” among questions of ethnic origin on the Canadian Census.”

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

(Division — Vote No 284)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Bachand — Brien — Chrétien (Frontenac) — de Savoye — Deshaies — Duceppe — Gagnon (Québec) — Gauthier — Guay — Guimond — Jacob — Landry — Laurin — Marchand — Mercier — Nunez — Paré — Picard (Drummond) — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Venne --23

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Abbott — Adams — Alcock — Anderson — Assadourian — Augustine — Axworthy (Saskatoon–Clark’s Crossing) — Baker — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bélair — Bélanger — Bellemare — Benoit — Bhaduria — Bodnar — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Brushett — Bryden — Byrne — Calder — Campbell — Catterall — Chatters — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Cowling — Cullen — Cummins — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Discepola — Dupuy — Easter — English — Epp — Fewchuk — Finlay — Flis — Fontana — Fry — Gagliano — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gallaway — Godfrey — Graham — Guarnieri — Hanger — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harris — Hayes — Hermanson — Hickey — Hubbard — Jackson — Johnston — Karygiannis — Kerpan — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont-Dundas) — Kirkby — Kraft Sloan — Lastewka — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Manley — Marleau — McGuire — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McTeague — McWhinney — Milliken — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Mills (Red Deer) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Paradis — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Ramsay — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Ringma — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Schmidt — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Shepherd — Sheridan — Simmons — Solberg — Steckle — Stewart (Northumberland) — Stinson — Strahl — Szabo — Taylor — Vanclief — Whelan — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --116)

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Assad — Asselin — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bélisle — Bergeron — Canuel — Collins — Comuzzi — Crawford — Crête — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Debien — Dubé — Duhamel — Dumas — Easter — Eggleton — Fillion — Finestone — Gaffney — Godin — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Hopkins — Iftody — Lalonde — Lebel — Lefebvre — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Marchi — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Ménard — Pomerleau — Rock — Serré — Sheridan — Stewart (Brant) — Tremblay (Rosemont) — Walker

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

(Division — Vote No 285)

Yeas — Pour

Members — Députés

Abbott — Axworthy (Saskatoon–Clark’s Crossing) — Benoit — Chatters — Cummins — Epp — Hanger — Harper (Simcoe Centre) — Harris — Hayes — Hermanson — Johnston — Kerpan — Mills (Red Deer) — Ramsay — Ringma — Schmidt — Solberg — Steckle — Stinson — Strahl — Taylor — White (Fraser Valley West) — Williams --24

Nays — Contre

Members — Députés

Adams — Alcock — Anderson — Arseneault — Assadourian — Augustine — Bachand — Baker — Bakopanos — Barnes — Bélair — Bélanger — Bellemare — Bevilacqua — Bhaduria — Bodnar — Boudria — Brien — Brown (Oakville–Milton) — Brushett — Bryden — Byrne — Calder — Campbell — Catterall — Chrétien (Frontenac) — Clancy — Cohen — Collenette — Cowling — Cullen — de Savoye — Deshaies — DeVillers — Dhaliwal — Dion — Discepola — Duceppe — Dupuy — Easter — English — Fewchuk — Finlay — Flis — Fontana — Fry — Gagliano — Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine) — Gagnon (Québec) — Gallaway — Gauthier — Godfrey — Graham — Guarnieri — Guay — Guimond — Hickey — Hubbard — Irwin — Jackson — Jacob — Karygiannis — Keyes — Kilger (Stormont–Dundas) — Kirkby — Knutson — Kraft Sloan — Landry — Lastewka — Laurin — LeBlanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso) — Lee — Lincoln — Loney — MacLellan (Cape Breton–The Sydneys) — Malhi — Manley — Marchand — Marleau — McCormick — McGuire — McLellan (Edmonton Northwest) — McWhinney — Mercier — Milliken — Mills (Broadview–Greenwood) — Minna — Mitchell — Murphy — Nunez — O’Brien (London–Middlesex) — O’Reilly — Paradis — Paré — Parrish — Patry — Peric — Peterson — Pettigrew — Phinney — Picard (Drummond) — Pickard (Essex–Kent) — Pillitteri — Proud — Reed — Regan — Richardson — Rideout — Ringuette-Maltais — Robichaud — Robillard — Rocheleau — Sauvageau — Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury) — Sheridan — Simmons — Stewart (Northumberland) — Szabo — Tremblay (Lac Saint-Jean) — Tremblay (Rimouski–Témiscouata) — Ur — Valeri — Vanclief — Venne — Verran — Wells — Whelan — Young --128

Paired Members — Députés « Pairés »

Assad — Asselin — Axworthy (Winnipeg South Centre) — Bélisle — Bergeron — Canuel — Collins — Comuzzi — Crawford — Crête — Dalphond-Guiral — Daviault — Debien — Dubé — Duhamel — Dumas — Easter — Eggleton — Fillion — Finestone — Gaffney — Godin — Harb — Harper (Churchill) — Hopkins — Iftody — Lalonde — Lebel — Lefebvre — Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe) — Leroux (Shefford) — Loubier — Marchi — Martin (LaSalle–Émard) — Ménard — Pomerleau — Rock — Serré — Sheridan — Stewart (Brant) — Tremblay (Rosemont) — Walker

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 Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport) — Report of the Atlantic Pilotage Authority, together with the Auditor General’s Report, for the year 1996, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R. S. 1985, c. F–ll, sbs. 150(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-415A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport)

by Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport) — Report of the Laurentian Pilotage Authority, together with the Auditor General’s Report, for the year 1996, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R. S. 1985, c. F–ll, sbs. 150(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-416A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport)

by Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport) — Report of the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority, Ltd., together with the Auditor General’s Report, for the year 1996, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R. S. 1985, c. F–ll, sbs. 150(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-417A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport)

by Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport) — Report of the Pacific Pilotage Authority, together with the Auditor General’s Report, for the year 1996, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R. S. 1985, c. F–ll, sbs. 150(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-418A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport)

by Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport) — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 1997 to 2001 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 1997 of the Atlantic Pilotage Authority, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R. S. 1985, c. F–11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-352-842A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport)

by Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport) — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 1997 to 2001 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 1997 of the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority, Ltd., pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R. S. 1985, c. F–11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-352-843A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport)

by Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport) — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 1997 to 2001 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 1997 of the Laurentian Pilotage Authority, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R. S. 1985, c. F–11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-352-844A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport)

by Mr. Anderson (Minister of Transport) — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 1997 to 2001 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 1997 of the Pacific Pilotage Authority, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R. S. 1985, c. F–11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-352-845A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport)

by Mr. Manley (Minister of Industry) — Report on the Operations of the Small Businesses Loans Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996, pursuant to the Small Businesses Loans Act, R.S. 1985, c. S–11, s. 11. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-240A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry)

by Mr. Marchi (Minister of Environment) — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the Report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, “Biotechnology Regulation in Canada: A Matter of Public Confidence" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-352-51), presented to the House on Friday, November 8, 1996. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-352-51.

by Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance) — Reports of the Bank of Canada for the period ended December 31, 1996, 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. 8561-352-684B. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs)

by Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance) — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 1997 to 2001 and the Capital Budget for 1997 of the Canada Development Investment Corporation, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F–11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-352-831A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

by Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board) — Report on the Administration of the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996, pursuant to the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act, R. S. 1985, c. M–5, s. 41. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-173A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations)

by Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board) — Report on the Administration of the Public Service Superannuation Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996, pursuant to the Public Service Superannuation Act, R. S. 1985, c. P–36, s. 46. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-220A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations)

by Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board) — Report on the Administration of the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996, pursuant to the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act, R. S. 1985, c. S–24, s. 12. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-366A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations)

by Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice) — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the 3rd Report of the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations (No. 59), (Sessional Paper No. 8510-352-46), presented to the House on Wednesday, October 30, 1996. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-352-46.

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. Bakopanos (Saint-Denis), one concerning the highway system (No. 352-2012) and one concerning national unity (No. 352-2013);
  • by Mrs. Stewart (Northumberland), one concerning abortion (No. 352-2014).

Adjournment

At 7:31 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).