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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
37th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION


JOURNALS

No. 134

Tuesday, January 29, 2002

10:00 a.m.



Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

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

— No. 371-0471 concerning oil products. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-371-29-05;

— No. 371-0492 concerning the income tax system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-371-26-04.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Martin (Winnipeg Centre) , seconded by Mr. Keddy (South Shore) , Bill C-423, An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (unpaid wages to rank first in priority in distribution), was read the first time and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That the membership of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be modified as follows: Garry Breitkreuz to replace Richard Harris, and Randy White to replace John Reynolds; and that Richard Harris and John Reynolds be added to the list of associate members.

Presenting Petitions

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, a petition certified correct by the Clerk of Petitions was presented as follows:

— by Mr. Macklin (Northumberland) , concerning Canada's railways (No. 371-0541).

Questions on Order Paper

Mr. Regan (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-90, Q-91, Q-93, Q-96 and Q-98 on the Order Paper.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance) , seconded by Mr. Gray (Deputy Prime Minister) , — That this House approves in general the budgetary policy of the Government. (Ways and Means Proceedings No. 10)

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.

Ways and Means

Mr. McCallum (Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)) laid upon the Table, — Notice of a Ways and Means Motion to Implement Certain Provisions of the Budget Tabled in Parliament on December 10, 2001. (Ways and Means Proceedings No. 14) — Sessional Paper No. 8570-371-19.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), at the request of Mr. McCallum (Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)), an Order of the Day was designated for the consideration of this Ways and Means motion.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance) , seconded by Mr. Gray (Deputy Prime Minister) . (Ways and Means Proceedings No. 10)

The debate continued.

At 6:15 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 84(6), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

Interruption

At 6:18 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 6:21 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance) , seconded by Mr. Gray (Deputy Prime Minister) . (Ways and Means Proceedings No. 10)

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

(Division No. 217 — Vote No 217)

YEAS: 139, NAYS: 87

YEAS — POUR
Alcock
Allard
Anderson (Victoria)
Assadourian
Augustine
Bagnell
Baker
Bakopanos
Barnes
Beaumier
Bellemare
Bennett
Bevilacqua
Binet
Blondin-Andrew
Bonin
Boudria
Bradshaw
Brown
Bryden
Bulte
Byrne
Calder
Cannis
Caplan
Carignan
Carroll
Castonguay
Catterall
Cauchon
Chamberlain
Charbonneau
Coderre
Comuzzi
Copps
Cotler
Cullen
Cuzner
DeVillers
Dhaliwal
Dion
Discepola
Dromisky
Drouin
Duplain
Easter
Eggleton
Eyking
Farrah
Finlay
Fontana
Fry
Gallaway
Godfrey
Goodale
Grose
Guarnieri
Harb
Harvard
Harvey
Hubbard
Ianno
Jackson
Jennings
Jordan
Karetak-Lindell
Karygiannis
Keyes
Kilger (Stormont--Dundas--Charlottenburgh)
Kilgour (Edmonton Southeast)
Knutson
Lastewka
LeBlanc
Lee
Leung
Lincoln
Longfield
MacAulay
Macklin
Mahoney
Malhi
Maloney
Manley
Marcil
Martin (LaSalle--Émard)
Matthews
McCallum
McCormick
McGuire
McKay (Scarborough East)
McLellan
McTeague
Mitchell
Murphy
Myers
Nault
Neville
Normand
O'Brien (London--Fanshawe)
O'Reilly
Owen
Pagtakhan
Paradis
Parrish
Peric
Pettigrew
Phinney
Pickard (Chatham--Kent Essex)
Pratt
Proulx
Reed (Halton)
Regan
Richardson
Robillard
Saada
Savoy
Scherrer
Scott
Serré
Sgro
Speller
St-Julien
St. Denis
Steckle
Stewart
Szabo
Telegdi
Thibeault (Saint-Lambert)
Tirabassi
Tonks
Torsney
Ur
Valeri
Vanclief
Volpe
Wappel
Whelan
Wilfert
Wood -- 139
NAYS — CONTRE
Abbott
Anders
Anderson (Cypress Hills--Grasslands)
Asselin
Bailey
Bellehumeur
Bergeron
Borotsik
Bourgeois
Breitkreuz
Brien
Brison
Cadman
Cardin
Casey
Casson
Chatters
Clark
Dalphond-Guiral
Desjarlais
Desrochers
Doyle
Dubé
Duceppe
Duncan
Epp
Forseth
Fournier
Gagnon (Québec)
Gallant
Girard-Bujold
Godin
Goldring
Grewal
Grey (Edmonton North)
Guay
Guimond
Hanger
Hearn
Herron
Hill (Prince George--Peace River)
Hilstrom
Hinton
Jaffer
Johnston
Kenney (Calgary Southeast)
Laframboise
Lalonde
Lanctôt
Lebel
Lill
Loubier
Lunn (Saanich--Gulf Islands)
Lunney (Nanaimo--Alberni)
MacKay (Pictou--Antigonish--Guysborough)
Martin (Winnipeg Centre)
McDonough
McNally
Ménard
Meredith
Merrifield
Pallister
Perron
Picard (Drummond)
Plamondon
Proctor
Reid (Lanark--Carleton)
Reynolds
Ritz
Roy
Sauvageau
Schmidt
Skelton
Solberg
Spencer
St-Hilaire
Stoffer
Strahl
Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest)
Toews
Tremblay (Rimouski-Neigette-et-la Mitis)
Venne
Wasylycia-Leis
Wayne
White (Langley--Abbotsford)
Williams
Yelich -- 87
PAIRED — PAIRÉS
Bachand (Saint-Jean)
Bertrand
Bigras
Bonwick
Caccia
Collenette
Gagnon (Champlain)
Gauthier
Graham
Laliberte
Marceau
Marleau
Minna
Paquette
Rocheleau
Tremblay (Lac-Saint-Jean--Saguenay)

Adjournment

At 6:50 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).