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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
37th PARLIAMENT, 3rd SESSION


JOURNALS

No. 3

Wednesday, February 4, 2004

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.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Pettigrew (Minister of Health) laid upon the Table, — Document entitled “Accountability at Health Canada”. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-373-02.


Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Saada (Minister responsible for Democratic Reform) laid upon the Table, — Document entitled “Ethics, Responsibility, Accountability: An Action Plan for Democratic Reform”. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-373-03.

Statements by Ministers

Pursuant to Standing Order 33(1), Mr. Saada (Minister responsible for Democratic Reform) made a statement.

Presenting Reports from Inter-parliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. Robinson (Burnaby—Douglas) presented the report of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (OSCE) to the Fall meetings of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA), held in Rome, Italy, from October 9 to 11, 2003. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-373-61-01.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by Mr. Schmidt (Kelowna) , four concerning marriage (Nos. 373-0022 to 373-0025);

— by Mr. Peric (Cambridge) , one concerning the Canada Labour Code (No. 373-0026);

— by Mr. Thompson (Wild Rose) , six concerning marriage (Nos. 373-0027 to 373-0032);

— by Mrs. Yelich (Blackstrap) , five concerning marriage (Nos. 373-0033 to 373-0037), one concerning mad cow disease (No. 373-0038) and one concerning sexual assault (No. 373-0039);

— by Mr. Robinson (Burnaby—Douglas) , one concerning marriage (No. 373-0040) and one concerning the National Missile Defence Program (No. 373-0041);

— by Mr. Vellacott (Saskatoon—Wanuskewin) , one concerning pornography (No. 373-0042);

— by Mr. Cummins (Delta—South Richmond) , one concerning the Canadian Armed Forces (No. 373-0043) and one concerning marriage (No. 373-0044).

Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Jobin (Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) , seconded by Mrs. Redman (Kitchener Centre) , — That the following Address be presented to Her Excellency the Governor General:

To Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY:

We, Her Majesty's most loyal and dutiful subjects, the House of Commons of Canada, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Excellency for the gracious Speech which Your Excellency has addressed to both Houses of Parliament;

And of the amendment of Mr. Hill (Macleod) , seconded by Mrs. Wayne (Saint John) , — That the motion be amended by adding the following:

“and this House regrets that the Speech from the Throne is an advance copy of the Liberal Election Platform, filled with empty rhetoric and promises, that does nothing to address the very real problems facing Canadians.”;

And of the subamendment of Mr. Duceppe (Laurier—Sainte-Marie) , seconded by Ms. Picard (Drummond) , — That the amendment be amended by adding after the word “Canadians” the following:

“and that this House notes that the Speech from the Throne denies the existence of a Quebec nation and Quebec values and reiterates the federal government’s desire to intensify its intrusions into areas of jurisdiction exclusive to Quebec and the provinces.”.

The debate continued.

At 5:43 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 50(5), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

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

(Division No. 1 -- Vote no 1)

YEAS: 36, NAYS: 199

YEAS -- POUR
Bachand (Saint-Jean)
Bergeron
Bigras
Clark
Comartin
Crête
Desjarlais
Duceppe
Gagnon (Québec)
Gagnon (Champlain)
Gaudet
Gauthier
Godin
Guay
Guimond
Laframboise
Lalonde
Lill
Loubier
Marceau
Martin (Winnipeg Centre)
Masse
Ménard
Nystrom
Paquette
Perron
Picard (Drummond)
Plamondon
Proctor
Rocheleau
Roy
Sauvageau
St-Hilaire
Stoffer
Tremblay
Wasylycia-Leis -- 36
NAYS -- CONTRE
Ablonczy
Adams
Alcock
Allard
Anderson (Victoria)
Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands)
Assadourian
Augustine
Bagnell
Bakopanos
Barnes (London West)
Barnes (Gander—Grand Falls)
Barrette
Beaumier
Bélair
Bélanger
Bellemare
Bennett
Bertrand
Bevilacqua
Binet
Blondin-Andrew
Bonin
Bonwick
Borotsik
Boudria
Bradshaw
Breitkreuz
Brison
Brown
Bryden
Bulte
Burton
Byrne
Caccia
Calder
Caplan
Carroll
Casey
Casson
Castonguay
Catterall
Coderre
Collenette
Comuzzi
Cotler
Cullen
Cummins
Cuzner
DeVillers
Dion
Discepola
Doyle
Dromisky
Drouin
Duncan
Duplain
Easter
Efford
Eggleton
Elley
Epp
Eyking
Farrah
Fitzpatrick
Fontana
Frulla
Fry
Gallaway
Godfrey
Goodale
Graham
Grey
Guarnieri
Hanger
Harvard
Harvey
Hearn
Herron
Hill (Macleod)
Hill (Prince George--Peace River)
Hinton
Hubbard
Jackson
Jaffer
Jennings
Jobin
Johnston
Jordan
Karetak-Lindell
Karygiannis
Keddy (South Shore)
Keyes
Kilger (Stormont--Dundas--Charlottenburgh)
Kilgour (Edmonton Southeast)
Knutson
Kraft Sloan
Laliberte
Lanctôt
Lastewka
LeBlanc
Lee
Leung
Lincoln
Longfield
Lunn (Saanich—Gulf Islands)
Lunney (Nanaimo—Alberni)
MacAulay
MacKay (Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough)
Macklin
Mahoney
Malhi
Manley
Marcil
Marleau
Martin (LaSalle--Émard)
Matthews
McCallum
McCormick
McGuire
McKay (Scarborough East)
McLellan
McNally
McTeague
Merrifield
Mills (Red Deer)
Mills (Toronto--Danforth)
Minna
Mitchell
Moore
Murphy
Myers
Nault
Neville
O'Brien (London--Fanshawe)
O'Reilly
Owen
Pacetti
Pagtakhan
Paradis
Patry
Penson
Peric
Peschisolido
Peterson
Pettigrew
Phinney
Pickard (Chatham--Kent Essex)
Pillitteri
Pratt
Price
Proulx
Provenzano
Rajotte
Redman
Reed (Halton)
Regan
Ritz
Robillard
Saada
Savoy
Schellenberger
Scherrer
Schmidt
Scott
Serré
Sgro
Shepherd
Simard
Skelton
Solberg
Sorenson
Speller
St-Jacques
St-Julien
St. Denis
Steckle
Stewart
Strahl
Telegdi
Thibault (West Nova)
Thibeault (Saint-Lambert)
Thompson (Wild Rose)
Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest)
Tirabassi
Toews
Tonks
Torsney
Ur
Valeri
Vanclief
Vellacott
Volpe
Wappel
Wayne
Wilfert
Williams
Wood
Yelich -- 199
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS
Asselin
Bourgeois
Cardin
Charbonneau
Dalphond-Guiral
Desrochers
Finlay
Folco
Fournier
Gagnon (Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay)
Girard-Bujold
Ianno
Maloney
Parrish
Szabo
Whelan

Private Members' Business

At 6:16 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

Mr. Hearn (St. John's West) , seconded by Mr. MacKay (Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough) , moved, — That, in the opinion of this House, the government should take immediate action to extend custodial management over the Nose and Tail of the Grand Banks and of the Flemish Cap. (Private Members' Business M-136)

Debate arose thereon.

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

Government Orders

At 7:16 p.m., pursuant to Order made Tuesday, February 3, 2004, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the following motion, — That this Committee take note of bovine spongiform encephalopathy. (Government Business No. 1)

At 11:16 p.m., the Committee rose.

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 Mr. Fitzpatrick (Prince Albert) , thirty-nine concerning marriage (Nos. 373-0045 to 373-0083) and one concerning pornography (No. 373-0084);

— by Mrs. Yelich (Blackstrap) , one concerning the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (No. 373-0085).

Adjournment

At 11:16 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).