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39th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 48 Tuesday, September 19, 2006 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning immigration (No. 391-0311);

— by , one concerning the sexual exploitation of minors (No. 391-0312) and one concerning the Canadian Armed Forces (No. 391-0313);

— by , two concerning the issuing of visas (Nos. 391-0314 and 391-0315).

Questions on the Order Paper

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform) presented the return to the following question made into an Order for Return:

Q-71 — — With regard to the decision by the Minister of Natural Resources to discontinue or cancel the funding of certain programs, including EnerGuide for Houses Retrofit Incentive Program and EnerGuide for Low-Income Households Program, and initiatives relating to climate change, the reduction of pollution and the reduction of greenhouse gases: (a) for which of these programs and initiatives was funding cancelled or not renewed; (b) what current, statistical or empirical data, rationale and evidence can the Minister demonstrate to support the discontinuation or cancellation of the funding of these programs and initiatives; (c) what cost-benefit analysis, or financial estimates compiled for or by the Department of Natural Resources, relating to the discontinuation, cancellation or otherwise withdrawal of funding of these programs and initiatives, can the Minister provide; (d) what information was provided to the Minister or his staff by way of analysis prior to this decision; (e) what recommendations, pertinent to the decision to discontinue or cancel funding of these programs and initiatives, were made by the Department of Natural Resources to the Minister; and (f) what information, pertinent to the decision to discontinue or cancel funding of these programs and initiatives, was provided by other departments or the Privy Council Office to the Minister? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-391-71.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Nicholson (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), seconded by Ms. Verner (Minister of International Cooperation and Minister for la Francophonie and Official Languages), — That Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

The debate continued.

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

Accordingly, Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities of Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and the Railway Safety Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.

Mr. Cannon (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), seconded by Mr. Solberg (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

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.

Ways and Means

The Order was read for consideration of a Ways and Means motion to introduce an Act to impose a charge on the export of certain softwood lumber products to the United States and a charge on refunds of certain duty deposits paid to the United States, to authorize certain payments, to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and to amend other Acts as a consequence (Sessional Paper No. 8570-391-09), notice of which was laid upon the Table on Monday, September 18, 2006. (Ways and Means No. 6)

Mr. Emerson (Minister of International Trade), seconded by Mr. Nicholson (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), moved, — That the motion be concurred in.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 33 -- Vote n^o 33)
YEAS: 173, NAYS: 116
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Ablonczy Albrecht Allen Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson André Arthur Asselin Bachand Baird Barbot Batters Bellavance Benoit Bernier Bezan Bigras Blackburn Blais Blaney Bonsant Bouchard Boucher Bourgeois Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Brunelle Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannon (Pontiac) Cardin Carrie Carrier Casey Casson Chong Clement Comuzzi Crête Cummins Davidson Day DeBellefeuille Del Mastro Demers Deschamps Devolin Doyle Duceppe Dykstra Emerson Epp Faille Fast Finley Fitzpatrick Flaherty Fletcher Gagnon Galipeau Gallant Gaudet Gauthier Goldring Goodyear Gourde Grewal Guay Guergis Guimond Hanger Harper Harris Harvey Hawn Hearn Hiebert Hill Hinton Jaffer Jean Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Komarnicki Kotto Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Laforest Laframboise Lake Lauzon Lavallée Lemay Lemieux Lessard Lévesque Loubier Lukiwski Lunn Lunney Lussier MacKenzie Malo Manning Mark Mayes Ménard (Hochelaga) Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) Menzies Merrifield Miller Mills Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Mourani Nadeau Nicholson Norlock O'Connor Obhrai Oda Ouellet Pallister Paquette Paradis Perron Petit Picard Plamondon Poilievre Prentice Preston Rajotte Reid Richardson Ritz Roy Scheer Schellenberger Shipley Skelton Smith Solberg Sorenson St-Cyr St-Hilaire Stanton Storseth Strahl Sweet Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest) Thompson (Wild Rose) Tilson Toews Trost Turner Tweed Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Vincent Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Yelich Total: -- 173
NAYS -- CONTRE Alghabra Angus Atamanenko Bagnell Bains Barnes Bélanger Bell (Vancouver Island North) Bell (North Vancouver) Bennett Bevilacqua Bevington Black Blaikie Bonin Brison Brown (Oakville) Byrne Cannis Chamberlain Chan Charlton Chow Christopherson Coderre Comartin Cotler Crowder Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley) Cuzner D'Amours Davies Dewar Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Dosanjh Dryden Easter Eyking Folco Fontana Godfrey Godin Goodale Graham Hubbard Ignatieff Jennings Julian Kadis Karetak-Lindell Karygiannis Keeper Lapierre Layton LeBlanc Lee MacAulay Maloney Marleau Marston Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Matthews McCallum McDonough McGuinty McGuire McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McTeague Merasty Minna Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Nash Neville Owen Patry Peterson Priddy Proulx Ratansi Redman Regan Robillard Rodriguez Rota Russell Savage Savoie Scarpaleggia Sgro Siksay Silva Simard St. Amand St. Denis Steckle Stoffer Stronach Szabo Telegdi Temelkovski Thibault (West Nova) Tonks Valley Wappel Wasylycia-Leis Wilfert Wilson Wrzesnewskyj Zed Total: -- 116
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Freeman Lalonde MacKay (Central Nova) Williams

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Cannon (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), seconded by Mr. Solberg (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), — That Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and the Railway Safety Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:45 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. McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood), seconded by Mr. Patry (Pierrefonds—Dollard), — That Bill C-293, An Act respecting the provision of development assistance abroad, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, September 20, 2006, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

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 — Reports of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, 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. 8561-391-562-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 35(2), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by — Reports of Parks Canada Agency for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, 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. 8561-391-616-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by — Reports of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, 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. 8561-391-693-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by — Report of the National Capital Commission for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, pursuant to the Alternative Fuels Act, S.C. 1995, c. 20, s. 8. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-391-160-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

— by — Report of the National Capital Commission, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R. S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-391-181-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by — Report of the Canadian Transportation Agency for the year ended December 31, 2005, pursuant to the Canada Transportation Act, S.C. 1996, c. 10, sbs. 42(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-391-282-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by — Report of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-391-824-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by — Reports of the Canada Lands Company Limited for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, 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. 8561-391-866-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by — Reports of the Queens Quay West Land Corporation for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, 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. 8561-391-908-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by — Reports of the Old Port of Montreal Corporation for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, 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. 8561-391-909-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2006-2010 and the Capital Budget for 2006 of the Canada Post Corporation, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-391-841-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2006-2007 to 2010-2011 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2006-2007 of the Parc Downsview Park Inc., pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-391-865-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by — Copy of Order in Council P.C. 2006-805 dated August 29, 2006, concerning the Regulations Amending the Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations, pursuant to the Employment Insurance Act, S.C. 1996, c. 23, sbs. 153(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-391-597-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

— by Mr. Nicholson (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform) — Orders in Council approving certain appointments made by the Governor General in Council, pursuant to Standing Order 110(1), as follows:

— P.C. 2006-689. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-2-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— P.C. 2006-646, P.C. 2006-678 to P.C. 2006-682 and P.C. 2006-706. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-3-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

— P.C. 2006-683 to P.C. 2006-688. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-14-05. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration)

— P.C. 2006-759 and P.C. 2006-760. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-7-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

— P.C. 2006-702, P.C. 2006-761 and P.C. 2006-762. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-10-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans)

— P.C. 2006-676, P.C. 2006-712, P.C. 2006-713, P.C. 2006-735 and P.C. 2006-785 to P.C. 2006-787. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-8-07. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)

— P.C. 2006-648, P.C. 2006-747 to P.C. 2006-749, P.C. 2006-752, P.C. 2006-757 and P.C. 2006-758. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-4-07. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— P.C. 2006-566, P.C. 2006-655 to P.C. 2006-658, P.C. 2006-765 and P.C. 2006-766. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-18-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

— P.C. 2006-659 to P.C. 2006-674, P.C. 2006-750 and P.C. 2006-751. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-16-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

— P.C. 2006-753 and P.C. 2006-754. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-22-06. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— P.C. 2006-677 and P.C. 2006-707. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-17-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on National Defence)

— P.C. 2006-714 to P.C. 2006-719, P.C. 2006-737 to P.C. 2006-739, P.C. 2006-755, P.C. 2006-756 and P.C. 2006-783. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-29-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)

— P.C. 2006-711 and P.C. 2006-740. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-31-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Official Languages)

— P.C. 2006-784. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-5-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs)

— P.C. 2006-544, P.C. 2006-649 to P.C. 2006-654, P.C. 2006-701, P.C. 2006-705, P.C. 2006-736, P.C. 2006-763, P.C. 2006-764 and P.C. 2006-771 to P.C. 2006-781. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-24-08. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— P.C. 2006-690 and P.C. 2006-691. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-391-32-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs)

— by — Reports of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, 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. 8561-391-855-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

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 , one concerning the sexual exploitation of minors (No. 391-0316) and one concerning immigration (No. 391-0317);

— by , one concerning the sexual exploitation of minors (No. 391-0318).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:34 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.

Accordingly, at 6:56 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).