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39th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals

No. 35

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

10:00 a.m.



Prayers
Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Day (Minister of Public Safety) laid upon the Table, — First Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182 entitled “The Families Remember”. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-392-9.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Hearn (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans) laid upon the Table, — Copy of Order in Council P.C. 2007-1892, dated December 10, 2007, concerning the Directive to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Regarding the Health of Canadians (SOR/JUS-610715), pursuant to the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, S.C. 1997, c. 9, sbs. 19(3). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-392-994-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas), seconded by Ms. Davies (Vancouver East), Bill C-493, An Act to eliminate racial and religious profiling, 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. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas), seconded by Ms. Davies (Vancouver East), Bill C-494, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression), 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, it was resolved, — That the House call on Manuel Marulanda, Leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC), to show compassion and immediately release Ms. Ingrid Betancourt in light of her critical state of health and the extreme despair in which she finds herself; and that the House declare its solidarity with all of the hostages detained in Columbia and its support for a humanitarian solution that will allow them to be released as soon as possible.


Ms. Crowder (Nanaimo—Cowichan), seconded by Mr. Martin (Sault Ste. Marie), moved, — That the First Report of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, presented on Monday, December 3, 2007, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 2)

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Bruinooge (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians), seconded by Mr. Menzies (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance), moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

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

(Division No. 25 -- Vote no 25)
YEAS: 225, NAYS: 28

YEAS -- POUR

Abbott
Ablonczy
Albrecht
Alghabra
Allen
Allison
Ambrose
Anders
Anderson
Arthur
Asselin
Bachand
Bagnell
Bains
Barnes
Batters
Bélanger
Bell (North Vancouver)
Bellavance
Bennett
Benoit
Bernier
Bezan
Blais
Blaney
Bonin
Bonsant
Boshcoff
Boucher
Bourgeois
Breitkreuz
Brison
Brown (Leeds—Grenville)
Brown (Barrie)
Bruinooge
Calkins
Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country)
Cannis
Cardin
Carrie
Carrier
Casson
Chong
Clement
Coderre
Comuzzi
Cotler
Cullen (Etobicoke North)
Cuzner
D'Amours
Davidson
Day
Del Mastro
Demers
Deschamps
Devolin

Dhaliwal
Dosanjh
Doyle
Dryden
Dykstra
Easter
Emerson
Epp
Eyking
Faille
Fast
Finley
Fitzpatrick
Flaherty
Fletcher
Folco
Freeman
Gagnon
Galipeau
Gallant
Gaudet
Godfrey
Goldring
Goodale
Goodyear
Gourde
Gravel
Grewal
Guay
Guergis
Guimond
Hanger
Harper
Harris
Harvey
Hawn
Hearn
Hiebert
Hill
Holland
Hubbard
Ignatieff
Jaffer
Jean
Kadis
Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission)
Karygiannis
Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's)
Keeper
Kenney (Calgary Southeast)
Komarnicki
Kotto
Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings)
Laforest
Laframboise
Lake

Lauzon
Lavallée
LeBlanc
Lee
Lemay
Lemieux
Lessard
Lukiwski
Lunn
Lunney
Lussier
MacAulay
MacKay (Central Nova)
MacKenzie
Malhi
Malo
Maloney
Manning
Mark
Marleau
Matthews
Mayes
McGuire
McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood)
McTeague
Ménard (Hochelaga)
Menzies
Merrifield
Miller
Mills
Minna
Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam)
Moore (Fundy Royal)
Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe)
Murphy (Charlottetown)
Nadeau
Neville
Nicholson
Norlock
O'Connor
Obhrai
Oda
Ouellet
Pacetti
Pallister
Paquette
Paradis
Perron
Petit
Picard
Plamondon
Poilievre
Prentice
Preston
Proulx
Rajotte

Ratansi
Redman
Regan
Reid
Richardson
Ritz
Robillard
Rodriguez
Rota
Roy
Russell
Savage
Scarpaleggia
Scheer
Schellenberger
Shipley
Silva
Simard
Simms
Skelton
Smith
Solberg
Sorenson
St-Cyr
St. Amand
St. Denis
Stanton
Steckle
Storseth
Strahl
Sweet
Szabo
Telegdi
Temelkovski
Thi Lac
Thibault (West Nova)
Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest)
Thompson (Wild Rose)
Tilson
Toews
Tonks
Trost
Tweed
Valley
Van Kesteren
Van Loan
Vellacott
Verner
Vincent
Wallace
Warawa
Warkentin
Watson
Williams
Wrzesnewskyj
Yelich
Zed

Total: -- 225

NAYS -- CONTRE

Angus
Atamanenko
Bell (Vancouver Island North)
Bevington
Black
Charlton
Chow

Christopherson
Comartin
Crowder
Davies
Dewar
Godin
Julian

Layton
Marston
Martin (Winnipeg Centre)
Martin (Sault Ste. Marie)
Masse
Mathyssen
McDonough

Mulcair
Nash
Priddy
Siksay
Stoffer
Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques)
Wasylycia-Leis

Total: -- 28


Presenting Petitions

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

— by Mr. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas), one concerning student loans (No. 392-0189) and one concerning banks (No. 392-0190);
— by Mr. Silva (Davenport), one concerning gun control (No. 392-0191) and one concerning the Canada Labour Code (No. 392-0192);
— by Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 392-0193).
Government Orders

The Order was read for the third reading of Bill C-28, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007 and to implement certain provisions of the economic statement tabled in Parliament on October 30, 2007.

Mr. Emerson (Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics) for Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Hill (Secretary of State), moved, — That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

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.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Hill (Secretary of State), — That Bill C-28, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007 and to implement certain provisions of the economic statement tabled in Parliament on October 30, 2007, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

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:

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Hill (Secretary of State), — That Bill C-28, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007 and to implement certain provisions of the economic statement tabled in Parliament on October 30, 2007, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:30 p.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 Environment and Sustainable Development of Bill C-474, An Act to require the development and implementation of a National Sustainable Development Strategy, the reporting of progress against a standard set of environmental indicators and the appointment of an independent Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development accountable to Parliament, and to adopt specific goals with respect to sustainable development in Canada, and to make consequential amendments to another Act.

Mr. Godfrey (Don Valley West), seconded by Mr. Bagnell (Yukon), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

Debate arose thereon.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practices of the House, the House revert to Introduction of Government Bills; the bill on notice entitled “An Act to permit the resumption and continuation of the generation of the National Research Universal Reactor at Chalk River” be introduced now; and that the title in the English text be amended by replacing the word “generation” with the word “operation”.

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1) and to Order made earlier today, on motion of Mr. Lunn (Minister of Natural Resources), seconded by Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), Bill C-38, An Act to permit the resumption and continuation of the operation of the National Research Universal Reactor at Chalk River, was introduced, read the first time and ordered to be printed.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practices of the House, the House shall sit beyond the ordinary hour of daily adjournment for the purpose of considering C-38, An Act to permit the resumption and continuation of the operation of the National Research Universal Reactor at Chalk River, and shall not be adjourned before such proceedings have been completed except pursuant to a motion to adjourn proposed by a Minister of the Crown; the said bill may be read twice or thrice in one sitting; when the House convenes this evening on Bill C-38, it shall be deemed to have been read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole; and the Committee of the Whole shall be authorized to hear the following witnesses: Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Cassie J. Doyle; Deputy Minister of Health, Morris Rosenberg; Assistant Deputy Minister of Health, Meena Ballantyne; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and President, Candu Reactor Division, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), Ken Petrunik; Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer and President, Research and Technology Division, AECL, David F. Torgerson; former Chief Engineer of AECL, David Meneley; former Manager of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station and Site Vice President of Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, Robert Strickert; President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Linda J. Keen.

Private Members' Business

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Godfrey (Don Valley West), seconded by Mr. Bagnell (Yukon), — That Bill C-474, An Act to require the development and implementation of a National Sustainable Development Strategy, the reporting of progress against a standard set of environmental indicators and the appointment of an independent Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development accountable to Parliament, and to adopt specific goals with respect to sustainable development in Canada, and to make consequential amendments to another Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

The debate continued.

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the Order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

Interruption

At 6:35 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 7:34 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Government Orders

Pursuant to Order made earlier today, Bill C-38, An Act to permit the resumption and continuation of the operation of the National Research Universal Reactor at Chalk River, was deemed read the second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole.

Pursuant to Order made earlier today, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the Bill.

The Committee considered the Bill and reported it with the following amendment:

New Clause

Add, after line 4 on page 2, the following new Clause:
“2. For greater certainty, nothing into this Act derogates from the authority of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission in respect of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, except for the specific licence conditions mentioned in subsection 1(1).”.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(12), Mr. Lunn (Minister of Natural Resources), seconded by Mr. Clement (Minister of Health and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario), moved, — That the Bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

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

Accordingly, the Bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage.

Pursuant to Order made earlier today, Mr. Lunn (Minister of Natural Resources), seconded by Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform), 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 division.

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

Adjournment

At 11:35 p.m., pursuant to Order made earlier today, the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).