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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
37th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

JOURNALS

No. 131

Wednesday, October 1, 2003

2:00 p.m.

Prayers

National Anthem

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.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, immediately following the adoption of this Order, Mr. Assadourian (Brampton Centre) be permitted to propose a motion and that, after a representative of each party has spoken to the motion for not more than one minute each, the question shall be put and the motion deemed adopted.

Pursuant to Order made earlier today, it was resolved, — That this House unanimously call on the Government of Iran to exhume and return to Canada the body of the late Zahra Kazemi, the Iranian-Canadian photojournalist.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), the Speaker presented the report of a Parliamentary delegation that travelled to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia from May 17 to 23, 2003. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-372-75-4.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Cuzner (Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister) laid upon the Table, — Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions:

— Nos. 372-1872, 372-1873 and 372-1883 to 372-1894 concerning war on Iraq. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-372-83-03.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Williams (St. Albert) , from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 20th Report of the Committee (Chapter 6 of the April 2003 Report of the Auditor General of Canada — Federal Government Support to First Nations — Housing on Reserves). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-372-129.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee requested that the government table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 27 and 36) was tabled.

Mr. Williams (St. Albert) , from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 21st Report of the Committee (Chapter 6 of the April 2003 Report of the Auditor General of Canada — Reform of the Classification and Job Evaluation in the Federal Public Service). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-372-130.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee requested that the government table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 35 and 37) was tabled.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That the membership of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be modified as follows:

Mrs. Judi Longfield for Mr. Guy St-Julien .

Presenting Petitions

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

— by Mr. Mills (Red Deer) , one concerning pornography (No. 372-2081), two concerning the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Nos. 372-2082 and 372-2083) and one concerning stem cell research (No. 372-2084);

— by Mr. Saada (Brossard—La Prairie) , one concerning the income tax system (No. 372-2085);

— by Mr. Hill (Prince George—Peace River) , one concerning marriage (No. 372-2086);

— by Mr. Steckle (Huron—Bruce) , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 372-2087) and one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 372-2088);

— by Mr. Ritz (Battlefords—Lloydminster) , one concerning federal government contracts (No. 372-2089), one concerning stem cell research (No. 372-2090), one concerning the income tax system (No. 372-2091) and one concerning pornography (No. 372-2092);

— by Mr. Kenney (Calgary Southeast) , one concerning marriage (No. 372-2093);

— by Mr. Grewal (Surrey Central) , five concerning marriage (Nos. 372-2094 to 372-2098);

— by Mr. Crête (Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques) , one concerning the income tax system (No. 372-2099);

— by Mrs. Ur (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex) , one concerning gasoline additives (No. 372-2100).

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Boudria (Minister of State and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) , seconded by Mr. Pagtakhan (Minister of Veterans Affairs) , — That Bill C-34, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Ethics Commissioner and Senate Ethics Officer) and other Acts in consequence, be now read a third time and do pass.

The debate continued.

Mr. Cuzner (Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister) , seconded by Mr. Saada (Brossard—La Prairie) , moved, — That this question be now put.

Debate arose thereon.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until later today, at 5:29 p.m.

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-36, An Act to establish the Library and Archives of Canada, to amend the Copyright Act and to amend certain Acts in consequence, as reported by the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage with amendments.

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

Group No. 1 — Motions Nos. 12, 17, 20, 21 and 23.

Group No. 1

Mr. Strahl (Fraser Valley) , seconded by Mr. Epp (Elk Island) , moved Motion No. 12, — That Bill C-36, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing lines 23 to 25 on page 4 with the following:

“it;

(j) carry out such other functions as the Governor in Council may specify; and

(k) transfer Communication Canada's Depository Services Program to the Library and Archives of Canada.”

Mr. Strahl (Fraser Valley) , seconded by Mr. Epp (Elk Island) , moved Motion No. 17, — That Bill C-36, in Clause 13, be amended by adding after line 39 on page 7 the following:

“(5) The Librarian and Archivist may review any record that the Minister claims to be of a personal and political nature to verify that it is of such character.”

Mr. Strahl (Fraser Valley) , seconded by Mr. Epp (Elk Island) , moved Motion No. 20, — That Bill C-36 be amended by deleting Clause 21.

Mr. Strahl (Fraser Valley) , seconded by Mr. Epp (Elk Island) , moved Motion No. 21, — That Bill C-36 be amended by deleting Clause 22.

Mr. Strahl (Fraser Valley) , seconded by Mr. Epp (Elk Island) , moved Motion No. 23, — That Bill C-36, in Clause 57, be amended by replacing line 23 on page 21 with the following:

“sections 53 and 54, come into force on”

Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 1.

The question was put on Motion No. 12 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 17 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 20 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division, which also applies to Motions Nos. 21 and 23, was deferred.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded divisions.

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded divisions were further deferred until later today, at 5:29 p.m.

Interruption

At 5:14 p.m., by unanimous consent, the sitting was suspended.

At 5:29 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Orders

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Boudria (Minister of State and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) , seconded by Mr. Pagtakhan (Minister of Veterans Affairs) , — That Bill C-34, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Ethics Commissioner and Senate Ethics Officer) and other Acts in consequence, be now read a third time and do pass.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Cuzner (Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister) , seconded by Mr. Saada (Brossard—La Prairie) , — That this question be now put.

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

(Division No. 225 -- Vote n^o 225)
YEAS: 129, NAYS: 98

YEAS -- POUR
Alcock Allard Assadourian Augustine Bagnell Bakopanos Barnes (London West) Barrette Bélanger Bellemare Bertrand Bevilacqua Binet Blondin-Andrew Bonin Boudria Bradshaw Bryden Byrne Calder Cannis Caplan Carignan Carroll Castonguay Catterall Cauchon Charbonneau Chrétien Coderre Comuzzi Copps Cotler	Cullen Cuzner DeVillers Dhaliwal Dion Discepola Dromisky Drouin Duplain Easter Eggleton Eyking Farrah Finlay Folco Fontana Fry Gallaway Goodale Grose Harvard Harvey Hubbard Jackson Jennings Jobin Jordan Karetak-Lindell Keyes Kilgour (Edmonton Southeast) Knutson Kraft Sloan	Lastewka LeBlanc Lee Leung Lincoln Longfield MacAulay Macklin Mahoney Malhi Maloney Manley Marleau Matthews McCallum McCormick McGuire McKay (Scarborough East) McLellan Minna Mitchell Murphy Myers Nault Neville Normand O'Brien (Labrador) O'Brien (London--Fanshawe) O'Reilly Pacetti Pagtakhan Patry	Peric Pettigrew Pillitteri Pratt Proulx Provenzano Redman Reed (Halton) Robillard Rock Saada Savoy Scherrer Scott Sgro Shepherd Simard St-Jacques St. Denis Steckle Stewart Szabo Telegdi Thibault (West Nova) Thibeault (Saint-Lambert) Tonks Ur Valeri Vanclief Wappel Whelan Wood -- 129

NAYS -- CONTRE
Ablonczy Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands) Bachand (Saint-Jean) Bailey Barnes (Gander—Grand Falls) Benoit Bergeron Breitkreuz Brison Burton Cadman Cardin Casey Casson Chatters Clark Crête Cummins Dalphond-Guiral Davies Day Desjarlais Desrochers Doyle Duceppe	Duncan Elley Epp Fitzpatrick Forseth Gallant Gaudet Gauthier Girard-Bujold Godin Goldring Grewal Grey Guay Guimond Hanger Hearn Herron Hill (Macleod) Hill (Prince George--Peace River) Hilstrom Hinton Jaffer Johnston Keddy (South Shore)	Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Laframboise Lalonde Lanctôt Lebel Lill Loubier Lunney (Nanaimo—Alberni) Marceau Mark Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca) Mayfield McDonough McNally Merrifield Mills (Red Deer) Moore Nystrom Obhrai Paquette Perron Picard (Drummond) Plamondon	Proctor Rajotte Ritz Rocheleau Roy Sauvageau Schellenberger Schmidt Skelton Solberg Sorenson Spencer St-Hilaire Stinson Stoffer Strahl Thompson (Wild Rose) Toews Venne Wasylycia-Leis Wayne White (Langley--Abbotsford) Williams Yelich -- 98

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS
Adams Anderson (Victoria) Asselin Bennett Bigras	Bourgeois Brown Fournier Gagnon (Champlain) Gagnon (Québec)	Gagnon (Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay) Godfrey Graham Marcil	Martin (LaSalle--Émard) Ménard Mills (Toronto--Danforth) Tremblay

Pursuant to Standing Order 61(2), the House proceeded to the putting of the question on the motion of Mr. Boudria (Minister of State and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) , seconded by Mr. Pagtakhan (Minister of Veterans Affairs) , — That Bill C-34, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Ethics Commissioner and Senate Ethics Officer) and other Acts in consequence, be now read a third time and do pass.

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

(Division No. 226 -- Vote n^o 226)
YEAS: 176, NAYS: 51

YEAS -- POUR
Alcock Allard Assadourian Augustine Bachand (Saint-Jean) Bagnell Bakopanos Barnes (London West) Barnes (Gander—Grand Falls) Barrette Bélanger Bellemare Bergeron Bertrand Bevilacqua Binet Blondin-Andrew Bonin Boudria Bradshaw Brison Bryden Byrne Calder Cannis Caplan Cardin Carignan Carroll Casey Castonguay Catterall Cauchon Charbonneau Chrétien Clark Coderre Comuzzi Copps Cotler Crête Cullen Cuzner Dalphond-Guiral	Davies Desjarlais Desrochers DeVillers Dhaliwal Dion Discepola Doyle Dromisky Drouin Duceppe Duplain Easter Eggleton Eyking Farrah Finlay Folco Fontana Fry Gallaway Gaudet Gauthier Girard-Bujold Godin Goodale Grose Guay Guimond Harvard Harvey Hearn Herron Hubbard Jackson Jennings Jobin Jordan Karetak-Lindell Keddy (South Shore) Keyes Kilgour (Edmonton Southeast) Knutson Kraft Sloan	Laframboise Lalonde Lanctôt Lastewka Lebel LeBlanc Lee Leung Lill Lincoln Longfield Loubier MacAulay Macklin Mahoney Malhi Maloney Manley Marceau Mark Marleau Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Matthews McCallum McCormick McDonough McGuire McKay (Scarborough East) McLellan Minna Mitchell Murphy Myers Nault Neville Normand Nystrom O'Brien (Labrador) O'Brien (London--Fanshawe) O'Reilly Pacetti Pagtakhan Paquette Patry	Peric Perron Pettigrew Picard (Drummond) Pillitteri Plamondon Pratt Proctor Proulx Provenzano Redman Reed (Halton) Robillard Rocheleau Rock Roy Saada Sauvageau Savoy Schellenberger Scherrer Scott Sgro Shepherd Simard St-Hilaire St-Jacques St. Denis Steckle Stewart Stoffer Szabo Telegdi Thibault (West Nova) Thibeault (Saint-Lambert) Tonks Ur Valeri Vanclief Wappel Wasylycia-Leis Wayne Whelan Wood -- 176

NAYS -- CONTRE
Ablonczy Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands) Bailey Benoit Breitkreuz Burton Cadman Casson Chatters Cummins Day Duncan Elley	Epp Fitzpatrick Forseth Gallant Goldring Grewal Grey Hanger Hill (Macleod) Hill (Prince George--Peace River) Hilstrom Hinton Jaffer	Johnston Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Lunney (Nanaimo—Alberni) Martin (Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca) Mayfield McNally Merrifield Mills (Red Deer) Moore Obhrai Rajotte Ritz Schmidt	Skelton Solberg Sorenson Spencer Stinson Strahl Thompson (Wild Rose) Toews Venne White (Langley--Abbotsford) Williams Yelich -- 51

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS
Adams Anderson (Victoria) Asselin Bennett Bigras	Bourgeois Brown Fournier Gagnon (Québec) Gagnon (Champlain)	Gagnon (Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay) Godfrey Graham Marcil	Martin (LaSalle--Émard) Ménard Mills (Toronto--Danforth) Tremblay

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

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded divisions at report stage of Bill C-36, An Act to establish the Library and Archives of Canada, to amend the Copyright Act and to amend certain Acts in consequence, as reported by the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage with amendments.

Group No. 1

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 12 of Mr. Strahl (Fraser Valley) , seconded by Mr. Epp (Elk Island) , — That Bill C-36, in Clause 8, be amended by replacing lines 23 to 25 on page 4 with the following:

“it;

(j) carry out such other functions as the Governor in Council may specify; and

(k) transfer Communication Canada's Depository Services Program to the Library and Archives of Canada.”

The question was put on Motion No. 12 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division No. 227 -- Vote n^o 227)
YEAS: 91, NAYS: 134

YEAS -- POUR
Ablonczy Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands) Bachand (Saint-Jean) Bailey Barnes (Gander—Grand Falls) Bélanger Benoit Bergeron Breitkreuz Brison Burton Cadman Cardin Casey Casson Chatters Clark Crête Cummins Dalphond-Guiral Day Desrochers Doyle	Duceppe Duncan Elley Epp Fitzpatrick Forseth Gallant Gaudet Gauthier Girard-Bujold Goldring Grewal Grey Guay Guimond Hanger Hearn Herron Hill (Macleod) Hill (Prince George--Peace River) Hilstrom Hinton Jaffer	Johnston Keddy (South Shore) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Laframboise Lalonde Lanctôt Lebel Loubier Lunney (Nanaimo—Alberni) Marceau Mark Martin (Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca) Matthews Mayfield McNally Merrifield Mills (Red Deer) Moore O'Brien (Labrador) Obhrai Paquette Perron Picard (Drummond)	Plamondon Rajotte Ritz Rocheleau Roy Sauvageau Schellenberger Schmidt Skelton Solberg Sorenson Spencer St-Hilaire Stinson Strahl Thompson (Wild Rose) Toews Venne Wayne White (Langley--Abbotsford) Williams Yelich -- 91

NAYS -- CONTRE
Alcock Allard Assadourian Augustine Bagnell Bakopanos Barnes (London West) Barrette Bellemare Bertrand Bevilacqua Binet Blondin-Andrew Bonin Bradshaw Bryden Byrne Calder Cannis Caplan Carignan Carroll Castonguay Catterall Cauchon Charbonneau Chrétien Coderre Comuzzi Copps Cotler Cullen Cuzner Davies	Desjarlais DeVillers Dhaliwal Dion Discepola Dromisky Drouin Duplain Easter Eggleton Eyking Farrah Finlay Folco Fontana Fry Gallaway Godin Goodale Grose Harvard Harvey Hubbard Jackson Jennings Jobin Jordan Karetak-Lindell Keyes Kilgour (Edmonton Southeast) Knutson Kraft Sloan Lastewka LeBlanc	Lee Lill Lincoln Longfield MacAulay Macklin Mahoney Malhi Maloney Manley Marleau Martin (Winnipeg Centre) McCallum McCormick McDonough McGuire McKay (Scarborough East) McLellan Minna Mitchell Murphy Myers Nault Neville Normand Nystrom O'Brien (London--Fanshawe) O'Reilly Pacetti Pagtakhan Patry Peric Pettigrew	Pillitteri Pratt Proctor Proulx Provenzano Redman Reed (Halton) Robillard Rock Saada Savoy Scherrer Scott Sgro Shepherd Simard St-Jacques St. Denis Steckle Stewart Stoffer Szabo Telegdi Thibault (West Nova) Thibeault (Saint-Lambert) Tonks Ur Valeri Vanclief Wappel Wasylycia-Leis Whelan Wood -- 134

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS
Adams Anderson (Victoria) Asselin Bennett Bigras	Bourgeois Brown Fournier Gagnon (Québec) Gagnon (Champlain)	Gagnon (Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay) Godfrey Graham Marcil	Martin (LaSalle--Émard) Ménard Mills (Toronto--Danforth) Tremblay

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 17 of Mr. Strahl (Fraser Valley) , seconded by Mr. Epp (Elk Island) , — That Bill C-36, in Clause 13, be amended by adding after line 39 on page 7 the following:

“(5) The Librarian and Archivist may review any record that the Minister claims to be of a personal and political nature to verify that it is of such character.”

The question was put on Motion No. 17 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division No. 228 -- Vote n^o 228)
YEAS: 54, NAYS: 171

YEAS -- POUR
Ablonczy Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands) Bailey Benoit Breitkreuz Burton Cadman Casson Chatters Cummins Day Duncan Elley Epp	Fitzpatrick Forseth Gallant Goldring Grewal Grey Hanger Hill (Macleod) Hill (Prince George--Peace River) Hilstrom Hinton Jaffer Johnston Kenney (Calgary Southeast)	Lebel Lunney (Nanaimo—Alberni) Martin (Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca) Matthews Mayfield McNally Merrifield Mills (Red Deer) Moore O'Brien (Labrador) Obhrai Rajotte Ritz	Schmidt Skelton Solberg Sorenson Spencer Stinson Strahl Thompson (Wild Rose) Toews Venne White (Langley--Abbotsford) Williams Yelich -- 54

NAYS -- CONTRE
Alcock Allard Assadourian Augustine Bachand (Saint-Jean) Bagnell Bakopanos Barnes (Gander—Grand Falls) Barnes (London West) Barrette Bélanger Bellemare Bergeron Bertrand Bevilacqua Binet Blondin-Andrew Bonin Bradshaw Brison Bryden Byrne Calder Cannis Caplan Cardin Carignan Carroll Casey Castonguay Catterall Cauchon Charbonneau Chrétien Clark Coderre Comuzzi Copps Cotler Crête Cullen Cuzner Dalphond-Guiral	Davies Desjarlais Desrochers DeVillers Dhaliwal Dion Discepola Doyle Dromisky Drouin Duceppe Duplain Easter Eggleton Eyking Farrah Finlay Folco Fontana Fry Gallaway Gaudet Gauthier Girard-Bujold Godin Goodale Grose Guay Guimond Harvard Harvey Hearn Herron Hubbard Jackson Jennings Jobin Jordan Karetak-Lindell Keddy (South Shore) Keyes Kilgour (Edmonton Southeast) Knutson	Kraft Sloan Laframboise Lalonde Lanctôt Lastewka LeBlanc Lee Lill Lincoln Longfield Loubier MacAulay Macklin Mahoney Malhi Maloney Manley Marceau Mark Marleau Martin (Winnipeg Centre) McCallum McCormick McDonough McGuire McKay (Scarborough East) McLellan Minna Mitchell Murphy Myers Nault Neville Normand Nystrom O'Brien (London--Fanshawe) O'Reilly Pacetti Pagtakhan Paquette Patry Peric Perron	Pettigrew Picard (Drummond) Pillitteri Plamondon Pratt Proctor Proulx Provenzano Redman Reed (Halton) Robillard Rocheleau Rock Roy Saada Sauvageau Savoy Schellenberger Scherrer Scott Sgro Shepherd Simard St-Hilaire St-Jacques St. Denis Steckle Stewart Stoffer Szabo Telegdi Thibault (West Nova) Thibeault (Saint-Lambert) Tonks Ur Valeri Vanclief Wappel Wasylycia-Leis Wayne Whelan Wood -- 171

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS
Adams Anderson (Victoria) Asselin Bennett Bigras	Bourgeois Brown Fournier Gagnon (Québec) Gagnon (Champlain)	Gagnon (Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay) Godfrey Graham Marcil	Martin (LaSalle--Émard) Ménard Mills (Toronto--Danforth) Tremblay

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 20 of Mr. Strahl (Fraser Valley) , seconded by Mr. Epp (Elk Island) , — That Bill C-36 be amended by deleting Clause 21.

The question was put on Motion No. 20 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division No. 229 -- Vote n^o 229)
YEAS: 91, NAYS: 134
(See list under Division No. 227)

Accordingly, Motions Nos. 21 and 23 were also negatived on the same division.

Ms. Copps (Minister of Canadian Heritage) , seconded by Mr. Boudria (Minister of State and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) , 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 the following division:

(Division No. 230 -- Vote n^o 230)
YEAS: 146, NAYS: 79

YEAS -- POUR
Alcock Allard Assadourian Augustine Bagnell Bakopanos Barnes (London West) Barnes (Gander—Grand Falls) Barrette Bellemare Bertrand Bevilacqua Binet Blondin-Andrew Bonin Bradshaw Brison Bryden Byrne Calder Cannis Caplan Carignan Carroll Casey Castonguay Catterall Cauchon Charbonneau Chrétien Clark Coderre Comuzzi Copps Cotler Cullen Cuzner	Davies Desjarlais DeVillers Dhaliwal Dion Discepola Doyle Dromisky Drouin Duplain Easter Eggleton Eyking Farrah Finlay Folco Fontana Fry Gallaway Godin Goodale Grose Harvard Harvey Hearn Herron Hubbard Jackson Jennings Jobin Jordan Karetak-Lindell Keddy (South Shore) Keyes Kilgour (Edmonton Southeast) Knutson Kraft Sloan	Lastewka Lebel LeBlanc Lee Lill Lincoln Longfield MacAulay Macklin Mahoney Malhi Maloney Manley Mark Marleau Martin (Winnipeg Centre) McCallum McCormick McDonough McGuire McKay (Scarborough East) McLellan Minna Mitchell Murphy Myers Nault Neville Normand Nystrom O'Brien (London--Fanshawe) O'Reilly Pacetti Pagtakhan Patry Peric	Pettigrew Pillitteri Pratt Proctor Proulx Provenzano Redman Reed (Halton) Robillard Rock Saada Savoy Schellenberger Scherrer Scott Sgro Shepherd Simard St-Jacques St. Denis Steckle Stewart Stoffer Szabo Telegdi Thibault (West Nova) Thibeault (Saint-Lambert) Tonks Ur Valeri Vanclief Wappel Wasylycia-Leis Wayne Whelan Wood -- 146

NAYS -- CONTRE
Ablonczy Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands) Bachand (Saint-Jean) Bailey Bélanger Benoit Bergeron Breitkreuz Burton Cadman Cardin Casson Chatters Crête Cummins Dalphond-Guiral Day Desrochers Duceppe Duncan	Elley Epp Fitzpatrick Forseth Gallant Gaudet Gauthier Girard-Bujold Goldring Grewal Grey Guay Guimond Hanger Hill (Macleod) Hill (Prince George--Peace River) Hilstrom Hinton Jaffer Johnston	Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Laframboise Lalonde Lanctôt Loubier Lunney (Nanaimo—Alberni) Marceau Martin (Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca) Matthews Mayfield McNally Merrifield Mills (Red Deer) Moore O'Brien (Labrador) Obhrai Paquette Perron Picard (Drummond) Plamondon	Rajotte Ritz Rocheleau Roy Sauvageau Schmidt Skelton Solberg Sorenson Spencer St-Hilaire Stinson Strahl Thompson (Wild Rose) Toews Venne White (Langley--Abbotsford) Williams Yelich -- 79

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS
Adams Anderson (Victoria) Asselin Bennett Bigras	Bourgeois Brown Fournier Gagnon (Québec) Gagnon (Champlain)	Gagnon (Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay) Godfrey Graham Marcil	Martin (LaSalle--Émard) Ménard Mills (Toronto--Danforth) Tremblay

Accordingly, the Bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage and ordered for a third reading at the next sitting of the House.

Private Members' Business

Pursuant to Order made Thursday, September 25, 2003, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Godin (Acadie—Bathurst) , seconded by Mrs. Desjarlais (Churchill) , — That Bill C-406, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

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

(Division No. 231 -- Vote n^o 231)
YEAS: 57, NAYS: 160

YEAS -- POUR
Bachand (Saint-Jean) Barnes (Gander—Grand Falls) Bélanger Bergeron Cardin Castonguay Charbonneau Clark Crête Cuzner Dalphond-Guiral Davies Desjarlais Desrochers Doyle	Duceppe Eggleton Farrah Gaudet Gauthier Girard-Bujold Godin Grose Guay Guimond Hearn Laframboise Lalonde Lanctôt	LeBlanc Lill Loubier MacAulay Marceau Mark Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Matthews McDonough McGuire Minna Normand Nystrom O'Brien (Labrador)	Paquette Perron Picard (Drummond) Plamondon Proctor Rocheleau Roy Sauvageau Schellenberger Scott St-Hilaire Stoffer Wasylycia-Leis Wayne -- 57

NAYS -- CONTRE
Ablonczy Allard Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands) Assadourian Augustine Bagnell Bailey Barnes (London West) Barrette Bellemare Benoit Bertrand Bevilacqua Binet Blondin-Andrew Bonin Boudria Bradshaw Breitkreuz Brison Bryden Burton Byrne Cadman Calder Cannis Caplan Carignan Carroll Casey Casson Catterall Cauchon Chatters Coderre Comuzzi Copps Cotler Cullen Cummins	Day DeVillers Dhaliwal Dion Discepola Dromisky Drouin Duncan Duplain Easter Elley Epp Eyking Fitzpatrick Folco Fontana Forseth Fry Gallant Goldring Goodale Grewal Grey Hanger Harvard Harvey Herron Hill (Macleod) Hill (Prince George--Peace River) Hilstrom Hubbard Jackson Jaffer Jennings Jobin Johnston Jordan Keddy (South Shore) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Keyes	Kilgour (Edmonton Southeast) Knutson Kraft Sloan Lastewka Lebel Lee Longfield Lunney (Nanaimo—Alberni) Macklin Mahoney Malhi Maloney Manley Marleau Martin (Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca) Mayfield McCallum McCormick McKay (Scarborough East) McLellan McNally Merrifield Mills (Red Deer) Mitchell Moore Murphy Myers Nault Neville O'Brien (London--Fanshawe) O'Reilly Obhrai Pacetti Pagtakhan Patry Pettigrew Pillitteri Pratt Proulx Provenzano	Rajotte Redman Reed (Halton) Ritz Robillard Rock Saada Savoy Scherrer Schmidt Sgro Shepherd Simard Skelton Solberg Sorenson Spencer St-Jacques St. Denis Steckle Stewart Stinson Strahl Szabo Telegdi Thibault (West Nova) Thibeault (Saint-Lambert) Thompson (Wild Rose) Toews Tonks Ur Valeri Vanclief Venne Wappel Whelan White (Langley--Abbotsford) Williams Wood Yelich -- 160

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS
Adams Anderson (Victoria) Asselin Bennett Bigras	Bourgeois Brown Fournier Gagnon (Québec) Gagnon (Champlain)	Gagnon (Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay) Godfrey Graham Marcil	Martin (LaSalle--Émard) Ménard Mills (Toronto--Danforth) Tremblay

Pursuant to Order made Thursday, September 25, 2003, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Cardin (Sherbrooke) , seconded by Mr. Laframboise (Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel) , — That, in the opinion of this House, the government should add “social condition” to the prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act. (Private Members' Business M-392)

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

(Division No. 232 -- Vote n^o 232)
YEAS: 50, NAYS: 168

YEAS -- POUR
Bachand (Saint-Jean) Bagnell Barnes (Gander—Grand Falls) Bergeron Brison Cardin Casey Clark Cotler Crête Dalphond-Guiral Davies Desrochers	Doyle Duceppe Fry Gaudet Gauthier Girard-Bujold Godin Guay Guimond Hearn Herron Keddy (South Shore) Laframboise	Lalonde Lanctôt Lill Loubier Marceau Mark Martin (Winnipeg Centre) McDonough Minna Nystrom Paquette Perron	Picard (Drummond) Plamondon Proctor Rocheleau Roy Sauvageau Scott St-Hilaire St-Jacques Stoffer Wasylycia-Leis Wayne -- 50

NAYS -- CONTRE
Ablonczy Alcock Allard Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands) Assadourian Augustine Bailey Bakopanos Barnes (London West) Barrette Bélanger Bellemare Benoit Bertrand Bevilacqua Binet Blondin-Andrew Bonin Boudria Bradshaw Breitkreuz Bryden Burton Byrne Cadman Calder Cannis Caplan Carignan Carroll Casson Castonguay Catterall Cauchon Charbonneau Chatters Coderre Comuzzi Copps Cullen Cummins Cuzner	Day DeVillers Dhaliwal Dion Discepola Dromisky Drouin Duncan Duplain Easter Eggleton Elley Epp Eyking Farrah Fitzpatrick Folco Fontana Forseth Gallant Gallaway Goldring Goodale Grewal Grey Grose Hanger Harvard Harvey Hill (Macleod) Hill (Prince George--Peace River) Hilstrom Hinton Hubbard Jackson Jaffer Jennings Jobin Johnston Jordan Karetak-Lindell Kenney (Calgary Southeast)	Keyes Kilgour (Edmonton Southeast) Knutson Kraft Sloan Lastewka Lebel LeBlanc Lee Lincoln Longfield Lunney (Nanaimo—Alberni) Macklin Mahoney Malhi Maloney Manley Marleau Martin (Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca) Matthews Mayfield McCallum McCormick McGuire McKay (Scarborough East) McLellan McNally Merrifield Mills (Red Deer) Mitchell Moore Murphy Myers Nault Neville O'Brien (Labrador) O'Brien (London--Fanshawe) O'Reilly Obhrai Pacetti Pagtakhan Patry Pettigrew	Pillitteri Pratt Proulx Provenzano Rajotte Redman Reed (Halton) Ritz Robillard Rock Saada Savoy Scherrer Schmidt Sgro Shepherd Simard Skelton Solberg Sorenson Spencer St. Denis Steckle Stewart Stinson Strahl Szabo Telegdi Thibault (West Nova) Thibeault (Saint-Lambert) Thompson (Wild Rose) Toews Tonks Ur Valeri Vanclief Wappel Whelan White (Langley--Abbotsford) Williams Wood Yelich -- 168

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS
Adams Anderson (Victoria) Asselin Bennett Bigras	Bourgeois Brown Fournier Gagnon (Québec) Gagnon (Champlain)	Gagnon (Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay) Godfrey Graham Marcil	Martin (LaSalle--Émard) Ménard Mills (Toronto--Danforth) Tremblay

Pursuant to Order made Friday, September 26, 2003, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Marceau (Charlesbourg—Jacques-Cartier) , seconded by Mr. Bachand (Saint-Jean) , — That the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights study the process by which judges are appointed to Courts of Appeal and to the Supreme Court of Canada. (Private Members' Business M-288)

By unanimous consent, the motion was agreed to.

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Venne (Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert) , seconded by Mr. Borotsik (Brandon—Souris) , — That, in the opinion of this House, the government should immediately suspend application of the Canadian Firearms Programme in order to hold a public inquiry into the reasons for the Programme’s extraordinary cost overruns, and to submit a structured and detailed strategic plan that would have to be approved in advance by this House; (Private Members' Business M-387)

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment of Mr. Lanctôt (Châteauguay) , seconded by Ms. St-Hilaire (Longueuil) , — That the motion be amended by deleting the word “suspend” and substituting the following:

“study the”.

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

(Division No. 233 -- Vote n^o 233)
YEAS: 97, NAYS: 121

YEAS -- POUR
Ablonczy Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands) Bachand (Saint-Jean) Bagnell Bailey Benoit Bergeron Breitkreuz Burton Cadman Cardin Casson Chatters Comuzzi Crête Cummins Dalphond-Guiral Davies Day Desrochers Duceppe Duncan Elley Epp Fitzpatrick	Forseth Gallant Gallaway Gaudet Gauthier Girard-Bujold Godin Goldring Grewal Grey Guay Guimond Hanger Hill (Macleod) Hill (Prince George--Peace River) Hilstrom Hinton Jaffer Johnston Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Laframboise Lalonde Lanctôt Lebel	Lill Loubier Lunney (Nanaimo—Alberni) Marceau Martin (Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca) Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Mayfield McDonough McNally Merrifield Mills (Red Deer) Moore Nystrom O'Brien (Labrador) O'Brien (London--Fanshawe) O'Reilly Obhrai Paquette Peric Perron Picard (Drummond) Plamondon Proctor Rajotte	Ritz Rocheleau Roy Sauvageau Schmidt Skelton Solberg Sorenson Spencer St-Hilaire Steckle Stinson Stoffer Strahl Thompson (Wild Rose) Toews Ur Venne Wappel Wasylycia-Leis White (Langley--Abbotsford) Williams Wood Yelich -- 97

NAYS -- CONTRE
Allard Assadourian Augustine Bakopanos Barnes (Gander—Grand Falls) Barnes (London West) Barrette Bélanger Bellemare Bertrand Bevilacqua Binet Blondin-Andrew Bonin Boudria Bradshaw Brison Bryden Byrne Calder Cannis Caplan Carignan Carroll Casey Castonguay Catterall Cauchon Charbonneau Clark Coderre	Copps Cullen Cuzner DeVillers Dhaliwal Dion Discepola Doyle Dromisky Drouin Duplain Easter Eggleton Eyking Farrah Folco Fontana Fry Goodale Grose Harvard Harvey Hearn Herron Hubbard Jackson Jennings Jobin Jordan Karetak-Lindell	Keddy (South Shore) Keyes Kilgour (Edmonton Southeast) Knutson Kraft Sloan Lastewka LeBlanc Lee Lincoln Longfield MacAulay Macklin Mahoney Malhi Maloney Manley Mark Marleau Matthews McCallum McGuire McKay (Scarborough East) McLellan Minna Mitchell Murphy Myers Nault Neville Pacetti	Pagtakhan Patry Pettigrew Pillitteri Pratt Proulx Provenzano Redman Reed (Halton) Robillard Rock Saada Savoy Scherrer Scott Sgro Shepherd Simard St-Jacques St. Denis Stewart Szabo Telegdi Thibault (West Nova) Thibeault (Saint-Lambert) Tonks Valeri Vanclief Wayne Whelan -- 121

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS
Adams Anderson (Victoria) Asselin Bennett Bigras	Bourgeois Brown Fournier Gagnon (Québec) Gagnon (Champlain)	Gagnon (Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay) Godfrey Graham Marcil	Martin (LaSalle--Émard) Ménard Mills (Toronto--Danforth) Tremblay

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

(Division No. 234 -- Vote n^o 234)
YEAS: 77, NAYS: 142

YEAS -- POUR
Ablonczy Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands) Bagnell Bailey Barnes (Gander—Grand Falls) Benoit Breitkreuz Brison Burton Cadman Casey Casson Chatters Clark Comuzzi Cummins Day Desjarlais Desrochers Doyle	Duncan Elley Epp Fitzpatrick Forseth Gallant Gallaway Girard-Bujold Godin Goldring Grewal Grey Hanger Hearn Herron Hill (Macleod) Hill (Prince George--Peace River) Hilstrom Hinton	Jaffer Johnston Keddy (South Shore) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Lebel Lunney (Nanaimo—Alberni) Mark Martin (Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca) Mayfield McDonough McNally Merrifield Mills (Red Deer) Moore Nystrom O'Reilly Obhrai Plamondon Rajotte	Ritz Rocheleau Schmidt Skelton Solberg Sorenson Spencer Steckle Stinson Stoffer Strahl Thompson (Wild Rose) Toews Ur Venne Wayne White (Langley--Abbotsford) Williams Yelich -- 77

NAYS -- CONTRE
Alcock Allard Assadourian Augustine Bachand (Saint-Jean) Bakopanos Barnes (London West) Barrette Bélanger Bellemare Bergeron Bertrand Bevilacqua Binet Blondin-Andrew Bonin Boudria Bradshaw Bryden Byrne Calder Cannis Caplan Cardin Carignan Carroll Castonguay Catterall Cauchon Charbonneau Coderre Cotler Crête Cullen Cuzner Dalphond-Guiral	Davies DeVillers Dhaliwal Dion Discepola Dromisky Drouin Duceppe Duplain Easter Eggleton Eyking Farrah Folco Fontana Fry Gaudet Gauthier Goodale Grose Guay Guimond Harvard Harvey Hubbard Jackson Jennings Jobin Jordan Karetak-Lindell Keyes Kilgour (Edmonton Southeast) Knutson Kraft Sloan Laframboise Lalonde	Lanctôt Lastewka LeBlanc Lee Lill Lincoln Longfield Loubier MacAulay Macklin Mahoney Malhi Maloney Manley Marceau Marleau Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Matthews McCallum McGuire McKay (Scarborough East) McLellan Minna Mitchell Murphy Myers Nault Neville O'Brien (Labrador) O'Brien (London--Fanshawe) Pacetti Pagtakhan Paquette Patry Peric	Pettigrew Picard (Drummond) Pillitteri Pratt Proctor Proulx Provenzano Redman Reed (Halton) Robillard Rock Roy Saada Sauvageau Savoy Scherrer Scott Sgro Shepherd Simard St-Hilaire St-Jacques St. Denis Stewart Szabo Telegdi Thibault (West Nova) Thibeault (Saint-Lambert) Tonks Valeri Vanclief Wappel Wasylycia-Leis Whelan Wood -- 142

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS
Adams Anderson (Victoria) Asselin Bennett Bigras	Bourgeois Brown Fournier Gagnon (Québec) Gagnon (Champlain)	Gagnon (Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay) Godfrey Graham Marcil	Martin (LaSalle--Émard) Ménard Mills (Toronto--Danforth) Tremblay

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton—Melville) , seconded by Mr. Casson (Lethbridge) , — That the Standing Committee on Health fully examine, study and report to Parliament on: (a) whether or not abortions are medically necessary for the purpose of maintaining health, preventing disease or diagnosing or treating an injury, illness or disability; and (b) the health risks for women undergoing abortions compared to women carrying their babies to full term. (Private Members' Business M-83)

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

(Division No. 235 -- Vote n^o 235)
YEAS: 66, NAYS: 139

YEAS -- POUR
Ablonczy Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands) Bailey Barnes (Gander—Grand Falls) Benoit Bonin Breitkreuz Burton Cadman Casson Chatters Comuzzi Cummins Day Doyle Duncan Elley	Epp Eyking Fitzpatrick Forseth Gallant Goldring Grewal Grey Hanger Hearn Hill (Prince George--Peace River) Hill (Macleod) Hilstrom Johnston Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Lebel Lincoln	Lunney (Nanaimo—Alberni) MacAulay Mayfield McGuire McNally Merrifield Mills (Red Deer) Murphy O'Brien (London--Fanshawe) O'Reilly Obhrai Peric Rajotte Ritz Schmidt Skelton	Solberg Sorenson Spencer Steckle Stinson Strahl Szabo Thompson (Wild Rose) Toews Ur Wappel Wayne White (Langley--Abbotsford) Williams Wood Yelich -- 66

NAYS -- CONTRE
Alcock Allard Assadourian Augustine Bachand (Saint-Jean) Bagnell Bakopanos Barnes (London West) Barrette Bélanger Bellemare Bergeron Bertrand Bevilacqua Binet Blondin-Andrew Boudria Bradshaw Brison Bryden Byrne Calder Caplan Cardin Carignan Casey Castonguay Catterall Cauchon Charbonneau Clark Coderre Cotler Crête Cullen	Cuzner Dalphond-Guiral Davies DeVillers Dhaliwal Dion Discepola Dromisky Drouin Duceppe Duplain Easter Eggleton Farrah Folco Fontana Fry Gaudet Gauthier Girard-Bujold Godin Goodale Grose Guay Guimond Harvard Harvey Herron Hubbard Jackson Jaffer Jennings Jobin Jordan Karetak-Lindell	Keddy (South Shore) Keyes Kilgour (Edmonton Southeast) Kraft Sloan Laframboise Lalonde Lanctôt Lastewka LeBlanc Lee Lill Loubier Macklin Mahoney Malhi Maloney Manley Marceau Mark Marleau Martin (Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca) Martin (Winnipeg Centre) McCallum McDonough McLellan Minna Mitchell Moore Myers Nault Neville Nystrom Pacetti Pagtakhan Paquette	Patry Perron Pettigrew Picard (Drummond) Pillitteri Plamondon Proctor Proulx Provenzano Redman Reed (Halton) Robillard Rocheleau Rock Roy Saada Sauvageau Scherrer Scott Sgro Shepherd Simard St-Hilaire St-Jacques St. Denis Stewart Stoffer Telegdi Thibault (West Nova) Thibeault (Saint-Lambert) Tonks Valeri Wasylycia-Leis Whelan -- 139

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS
Adams Anderson (Victoria) Asselin Bennett Bigras	Bourgeois Brown Fournier Gagnon (Québec) Gagnon (Champlain)	Gagnon (Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay) Godfrey Graham Marcil	Martin (LaSalle--Émard) Ménard Mills (Toronto--Danforth) Tremblay

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. Cauchon (Minister of Justice) — Reports of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, 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. 8561-372-860-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by Mr. Coderre (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) — Proposed regulation amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, dated September 2003, pursuant to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27, sbs. 5(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-372-790-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration)

— by Mr. Dhaliwal (Minister of Natural Resources) — Reports of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, 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. 8561-372-623-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by Mr. Manley (Minister of Finance) — Report of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Financial Institutions and Deposit Insurance System Amendment Act, R.S. 1985, c. 18 (3rd Supp.), s. 25. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-372-535-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by Mr. Manley (Minister of Finance) — Report of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal entitled “Request for Tariff Relief by Richlu Manufacturing Ltd. Regarding Certain Woven Fabrics of Cotton” dated September 9, 2003, pursuant to the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, S. C. 1988, c. 65, s. 54. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-372-572-05. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by Mr. Manley (Minister of Finance) — Reports of the Bank of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, 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. 8561-372-684-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by Ms. Robillard (President of the Treasury Board) — Report of the President of the Treasury Board on official languages in federal institutions for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Official Languages Act, R.S. 1985, c. 31 (4th Supp.), s. 48. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-372-570-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Official Languages)

— by Mr. Thibault (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans) — Report of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, together with the Auditor General's Report, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-372-294-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans)

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

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

— by Mr. St. Denis (Algoma—Manitoulin) , one concerning the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (No. 372-2101).

Adjournment

At 7:21 p.m., by unanimous consent, the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).