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

Journals

No. 004
Friday, March 1, 1996
10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Government Orders

Mr. Gray (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Eggleton (Minister for International Trade), moved, — That, in order to facilitate the conduct of the business of the House in the Second Session of the Thirty-fifth Parliament, this House order as follows:

That, during the first thirty sitting days of the Second Session of the Thirty-fifth Parliament, whenever a Minister of the Crown, when proposing a motion for first reading of a bill states that the said bill is in the same form as a Government bill was at the time of prorogation of the First Session, and, whenever any Private Member, when proposing a motion for first reading of a public bill states that the said bill is in the same form as a private member’s public bill that he or she introduced in the First Session, if the Speaker is satisfied that the said bill is in the same form as at prorogation, the said bill shall be deemed to have been considered and approved at all stages completed at the time of prorogation and shall stand, if necessary, on the Order Paper, or, as the case may be, referred to committee, at the same stage and under the same legislative procedural process at which it stood at the time of prorogation;
Provided that any evidence adduced by any committee with regard to any bill in the First Session of the Thirty- fifth Parliament that is affected by this Order shall be deemed to have been laid upon the Table, and, as the case may be, referred to the appropriate committee;
Provided that, if this Order is applied to any bill, the consideration of which had been completed in the House of Commons, but which was before the Senate at the time of prorogation, the said bill shall be deemed to have been introduced, completed at all stages and passed by the House of Commons in the present session; and
That, for the remainder of the calendar year 1996, Standing Order 81 shall be amended as follows:
  1. Section (4) is suspended and the following substituted therefor:
     
    (4)
    The Main Estimates for the year ending March 31, 1997 shall stand referred to standing committees up to and including June 21, 1996. Each such committee shall consider and shall report, or shall be deemed to have reported the same to the House not later than the said date, provided that:
    (a)
    not later than the third sitting day prior to June 21, 1996, the Leader of the Opposition may give notice during the time specified in Standing Order 54 of a motion to extend consideration of the main estimates of a named department or agency and the said motion shall be deemed adopted when called on “Motions” on the last sitting day prior to June 21, 1996;
    (b)
    on the sitting day immediately preceding the first allotted day in the supply period ending December 10, 1996, but, in any case not later than ten sitting days following the day on which any motion made pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section is adopted, and not later than the ordinary time of daily adjournment, the said committee shall report, or shall be deemed to have reported, the main estimates of the said department or agency; and
    (c)
    if the committee shall make a report, the Chairman or a member of the committee acting for the Chairman may so indicate, on a point of order, prior to the hours indicated in paragraph (b) of this section, and the House shall immediately revert to “Presenting Reports from Committees” for the purpose of receiving the said report.
  2. Section 14(a) shall be suspended and the following substituted therefor:
     
    (14)
    (a)
    Forty-eight hours’ written notice shall be given of motions to concur in interim supply, main estimates, supplementary or final estimates, to restore or reinstate any item in the estimates. Twenty-four hours’ written notice shall be given of an opposition motion on an allotted day or of a notice to oppose any item in the estimates, provided that for the consideration of the Main Estimates for the year ending March 31, 1997, forty-eight hours’ notice shall be given of a notice to oppose any item in the said estimates.
  3. Section (17) is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “ending”, the words “June 23”.
  4. Section (18) is amended by deleting the words “On the last allotted day in the period ending June 23” and by substituting therefor the words “On the first allotted day in the period ending December 10”. (Government Business No. 1)

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Bellehumeur, seconded by Mr. Laurin (Joliette), moved the following amendment, — That the motion be amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph, after the word “prorogation”, the following:

“except when a Member states on a point of order his or her opposition to the Bill whose reinstatement is being proposed, in which case first reading of the said Bill shall be moved and it shall be debated like any other new measure introduced in the House by the government”.

Debate arose thereon.

Oral Questions

Pursuant to Standing Order 30(5), the House proceeded to Oral Questions.

Daily Routine of Business

Tabling of Documents

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. 351-4017, 351-4123 and 351-4124 concerning Indian Affairs. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-1A;
  2. No. 351-4078 concerning Bell Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-6;
  3. No. 351-4086 concerning the establishment of a witness and informant protection program. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-7;
  4. No. 351-4092 concerning the government tendering process. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-8;
  5. No. 351-4105 concerning the mining industry. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-9;
  6. No. 351-4116 concerning landmines. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-3A.

Notice of Motion

Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Labour and Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) gave notice of intention to move at the next sitting of the House, pursuant to Standing Order 57, that, in relation to the consideration of Government Business No. 1, the debate not be further adjourned.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Zed (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 1st Report of the Committee which was as follows:

The Committee recommends pursuant to Standing Order 104 and 114, that the list of members and associate members for Standing Committees of this House be as follows:

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development

Members

Anawak
Bachand
Bonin
Bridgman
DeVilliers
Duman
Duncan
Finlay
Harper (Churchill)
Murphy
Patry
— 11 —

Associate Members

Harris

Agriculture and Agri-Food

Members

Assad
Breitkreuz (Yellowhead)
Calder
Chrétien (Frontenac)
Collins
Easter
Hermanson
Hoeppner
Landry
Lefebvre
McKinnon
Pickard (Essex–Kent)
Reed
Ur
Vanclief
— 15 —

Associate Members

Benoit
Chatters
Cummins
Kerpan
Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry)

Canadian Heritage

Members

Abbott
Anawak
Arsenault
Bélanger
Bertrand
Hanrahan
Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe)
Lincoln
Peric
Phinney
Plamondon
— 11 —

Associate Members

Brown (Calgary Southeast)
de Savoye
Marchand
Soloberg

Citizenship and Immigration

Members

Assadourian
Bakopanos
Collins
Dromisky
Gagnon (Québec)
Hanrahan
Meredith
Mills (Broadview–Greenwood)
Minna
Nunez
Terrana
— 11 —

Associate Members

Debien
Forseth
Hayes

Environment and Sustainable Development

Members

Adams
Asselin
Caccia
Fewchuk
Forseth
Guay
Kraft-Sloan
Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul)
Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca)
Payne
Steckle
— 11 —

Associate Members

Bridgman
Chatters
Cummins
Godin
Mills (Red Deer)
Stinson

Finance

Members

Benoit
Bélisle
Brushett
Campbell
Dhaliwal
Duhamel
Fewchuk
Grubel
Loubier
Peterson
Pillitteri
Pomerleau
Solberg
St. Denis
Whelan
— 15 —

Associate Members

Brown (Calgary Southeast)
Crête
Gouk
Harper (Calgary West)
Hoeppner
Johnston
Laurin
Rocheleau
Silye

Fisheries and Oceans

Members

Ablonczy
Bernier (Gaspé)
Canuel
Culbert
Dhaliwal
McGuire
McWhinney
Payne
Scott (Skeena)
Verran
Wells
— 11 —

Associate Members

Cummins

Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Members

Beaumier
Bergeron
Dupuy
English
Flis
Graham
Iftody
Lastewka
Leblanc (Cape Breton Highlands–Canso)
Mills (Red Deer)
Morrison
Paré
Penson
Sauvaqeau
Speller
— 15 —

Associate Members

Ablonczy
Benoit
Chatters
Debien
Frazer
Grubel
Leroux (Shefford)
Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca)
Meredith

Government Operations

Members

Bellemare
Bryden
Chamberlain
Crête
Fillion
Gilmour
Guarnieri
Harris
Harvard
Jackson
Rideout
— 11 —

Associate Members

Lebel
McClelland (Edmonton Southwest)
White (Fraser Valley West)
White(North Vancouver)
Williams

Health

Members

Daviault
Gaffney
Hayes
Hill (Macleod)
Murphy
Picard (Drummond)
Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury)
Sheridan
Simmons
Szabo
Volpe
— 11 —

Associate Members

Bridgman
Brown (Calgary Southeast)
Dumas
Lavigne (Beauharnois–Salaberry)
Martin (Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca)
Ménard

Human Resources Development

Members

Allmand
Augustine
Bevilacqua
Brown (Calgary Southeast)
Crête
Dubé
Jennings
Johnston
Lalonde
McCormick
Nault
O’Brien
Proud
Regan
Terrana
— 15 —

Associate Members

Ablonczy
Benoit
Gouk
Grubel
Ménard

Human Rights and the Status of Persons with Disabilities

Members

Bernier (Mégantic–Compton–Stanstead)
Brown (Calgary Southeast)
Finestone
Grose
MacLelland (Cape Breton–The Sydneys)
Malhi
Maloney
McClelland (Edmonton Southwest)
Ménard
Pagtakhan
Scott (Fredericton–York–Sunbury)
— 11 —

Associate Members

Hayes
Paré
Thompson

Industry

Members

Brien
Bodnar
Brown (Oakville–Milton)
Harper (Simcoe Centre)
Ianno
Leblanc (Longueuil)
Mayfield
Ménard
Murray
Paradis
Schmidt
Shepherd
Skoke
Valeri
Walker
— 15 —

Associate Members

de Savoye
Hill (Prince George–Peace River)
Lebel
Rocheleau
Stinson

Justice and Legal Affairs

Members

Ablonczy
Bethel
Cohen
de Savoye
Discepola
Gallaway
Hanger
Kirkby
Knutson
Langlois
Milliken
Ramsay
Torsney
Venne
Wells
— 15 —

Associate Members

Breitkreuz (Yorkton–Melville)
Forseth
Gouk
Harper (Calgary West)
Hill (Prince George–Peace River)
Meredith
Mills (Red Deer)
St-Laurent
White (Fraser Valley West)

National Defence and Veterans Affairs

Members

Baker
Bertrand
Cannis
Clancy
Frazer
Hart
Jacob
Leroux (Shefford)
O’Reilly
Richardson
Wood
— 11 —

Associate Members

Bergeron
de Savoye
Ménard
Meredith
Ringma

Natural Resources

Members

Bélair
Canuel
Chatters
Cowling
Deshaies
Guay
Hickey
Iftody
MacDonald
Mitchell
Reed
Serré
Stinson
Strahl
Thalheimer
— 15 —

Associate Members

Abbott
Benoit
Hill (Prince George–Peace River)

Public Accounts

Members

Barnes
Bélisle
Crawford
Grose
Guimond
Hopkins
Hubbard
Paradis
Silye
Telegdi
Tremblay (Rosemont)
Williams
— 12 —

Associate Members

Abbott
Harper (Simcoe Centre)
Laurin
McClelland (Edomonton Southwest)

Transport

Members

Alcock
Caron
Chatters
Comuzzi
Fontana
Gouk
Hubbard
Jordan
Keyes
Lavigne (Verdun–Saint-Paul)
Mercier
— 11 —

Associate Members

Benoit
Harris
Hoeppner
Paré
Pursuant to Standing Order 104(3), the Committee further recommends that the list of members and associate members for Standing Joint Committees of this House be as follows:

Library of Parliament

Members

Adams
Gallaway
Karygiannis
Mayfield
Mercier
O’Brian
Skoke
— 7 —

Associate Members

White (North Vancouver)

Official Languages

Members

Allmand
Bellemare
Gagnon (Bonaventure–Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
Godfrey
Marchand
Ringma
Serré
— 7 —

Associate Members

Leroux (Richmond–Wolfe)
Silye

Scrutiny of Regulations

Members

Fillion
Harb
Knutson
Lebel
Lee
McTeague
Wappel
White (North Vancouver)
— 8 —
It is further recommended that a message be sent to the Senate to acquaint their Honours of the names of the members to serve on behalf of this House on the Standing Joint Committees.
A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence (Issue No. 1, which includes this Report) was tabled.

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Gagliano (Minister of Labour), seconded by Mr. Robichaud (Secretary of State (Agriculture and Agri-Food, Fisheries and Oceans)), Bill C–3, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (nuclear undertakings) and to make a related amendment to another Act, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Introduction of Private Members’ Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Hoeppner (Lisgar–Marquette), seconded by Mr. Morrison (Swift Current–Maple Creek–Assiniboia), Bill C–211, An Act to amend the Access to Information 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. Hoeppner (Lisgar–Marquette), seconded by Mr. Morrison (Swift Current–Maple Creek–Assiniboia), Bill C–212, An Act to amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act (audit), 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. Chatters (Athabasca), seven concerning the tax on gasoline (Nos. 352-0018 to 352-0024);
  • by Mr. Hill (Macleod), one concerning the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery (No. 352-0025) and one concerning the parole system (No. 352-0026);
  • by Mr. Crawford (Kent), one concerning the tax on gasoline (No. 352-0027);
  • by Mrs. Sheridan (Saskatoon–Humboldt), one concerning the tax on gasoline (No. 352-0028);
  • by Mr. Bodnar (Saskatoon–Dundurn), one concerning the tax on gasoline (No. 352-0029);
  • by Mr. Knutson (Elgin–Norfolk), one concerning the tax on gasoline (No. 352-0030) and one concerning sentences in the Criminal Code (No. 352-0031);
  • by Mr. Morrison (Swift Current–Maple Creek–Assiniboia), three concerning the tax on gasoline (Nos. 352-0032 to 352-0034).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Gray (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Eggleton (Minister for International Trade); (Government Business No. 1)

And of the amendment of Mr. Bellehumeur (Berthier–Montcalm), seconded by Mr. Laurin (Joliette).

The debate continued.

Adjournment

At 2:31 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until Monday at 11:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).