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40th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION

Journals No. 112 Wednesday, November 18, 2009 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

laid upon the Table, — Document entitled "House of Commons Procedure and Practice", Second Edition, 2009, edited by Ms. Audrey O'Brien and Mr. Marc Bosc. — Sessional Paper No. 8527-402-14.

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) concerning its participation at the Bilateral parliamentary visit to Nicosia, Cyprus, and Valetta, Malta, from March 14 to 22, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-402-53-07.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) concerning its participation at the 40th Conference of the British Islands and Mediterranean Region, held in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, from June 15 to 19, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-402-53-08.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) concerning its participation at the 34th Regional Conference of the Caribbean, the Americas and the Atlantic, held in Georgetown, Guyana, from July 12 to 16, 2009. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-402-53-09.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), from the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, presented the 12th Report of the Committee (government response to the 11th Report). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-155.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 36) was tabled.

Mr. Sweet (Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale), from the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, presented the Second Report of the Committee (Bill C-201, An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act (deletion of deduction from annuity), with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-156.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 31 to 33) was tabled.

Mr. Preston (Elgin—Middlesex—London), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 24th Report of the Committee (items to remain votable). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-157.

Pursuant to Standing Order 91.1(2), the report was deemed concurred in.

Mr. Weston (Saint John), from the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, presented the Eighth Report of the Committee (amendments to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Convention). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-402-158.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 44) was tabled.

Motions

Ms. Bourgeois (Terrebonne—Blainville), seconded by Mr. Cardin (Sherbrooke), moved, — That the Seventh Report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, presented on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 13)

Debate arose thereon.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Private Members' Business

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Albrecht (Kitchener—Conestoga), seconded by Mrs. Block (Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar), — That, in the opinion of the House, for greater certainty, the government should take steps to ensure that counselling a person to commit suicide or aiding or abetting a person to commit suicide is an offence under section 241 of the Criminal Code, regardless of the means used to counsel or aid or abet including via telecommunications, the Internet or a computer system. (Private Members' Business M-388)
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 129 -- Vote n^o 129)
YEAS: 230, NAYS: 0
YEAS -- POUR Abbott Ablonczy Aglukkaq Albrecht Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Ambrose Anders Anderson André Andrews Angus Ashfield Ashton Atamanenko Bachand Bains Baird Beaudin Bélanger Bellavance Bevilacqua Bezan Bigras Blackburn Blais Blaney Block Bonsant Bouchard Boucher Boughen Bourgeois Braid Brison Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Bruinooge Brunelle Byrne Cadman Calandra Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Cannis Cardin Carrie Casson Charlton Chong Christopherson Coderre Comartin Cotler Crombie Crowder Cummins Cuzner Davidson Davies (Vancouver East) DeBellefeuille Dechert Del Mastro Demers Desnoyers Devolin Dewar Dhaliwal Dion Dorion Dosanjh Dryden Duceppe Dufour Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dykstra Easter Eyking Faille Fast Finley Flaherty Fletcher Folco Foote Galipeau Gallant Godin Goldring Goodale Goodyear Gourde Gravelle Guay Guergis Guimond (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord) Hall Findlay Harris (St. John's East) Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hiebert Hoback Hoeppner Holder Hughes Hyer Jean Jennings Julian Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kennedy Kent Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Laforest Laframboise Lake Lauzon Lavallée Layton Lebel LeBlanc Lee Lemieux Leslie Lessard Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) Malhi Malo Maloway Mark Marston Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen Mayes McCallum McGuinty McLeod McTeague Mendes Menzies Merrifield Miller Minna Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Mulcair Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Murray Nadeau Nicholson O'Connor O'Neill-Gordon Ouellet Paquette Paradis Patry Pearson Petit Plamondon Pomerleau Preston Proulx Rae Rafferty Raitt Rajotte Rathgeber Regan Reid Richards Ritz Rodriguez Rota Roy Savage Saxton Scarpaleggia Scheer Schellenberger Sgro Shea Shipley Siksay Silva Simson Smith Sorenson St-Cyr Stoffer Storseth Strahl Sweet Szabo Thi Lac Thibeault Thompson Tilson Toews Tonks Trost Trudeau Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Vincent Volpe Wallace Warawa Warkentin Wasylycia-Leis Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wong Woodworth Wrzesnewskyj Yelich Young Zarac Total: -- 230
NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun


Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. André (Berthier—Maskinongé), seconded by Mr. Lévesque (Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou), — That Bill C-395, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (labour dispute), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 130 -- Vote n^o 130)
YEAS: 119, NAYS: 114
YEAS -- POUR André Andrews Angus Ashton Atamanenko Bachand Bains Beaudin Bélanger Bellavance Bevilacqua Bigras Blais Bonsant Bouchard Bourgeois Brison Brunelle Byrne Cannis Cardin Charlton Christopherson Coderre Comartin Cotler Crombie Crowder Cuzner Davies (Vancouver East) DeBellefeuille Demers Desnoyers Dewar Dhaliwal Dion Dorion Dosanjh Dryden Duceppe Dufour Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Easter Eyking Faille Folco Foote Godin Goodale Gravelle Guay Guimond (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques) Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord) Hall Findlay Harris (St. John's East) Hughes Hyer Jennings Julian Kennedy Laforest Laframboise Lavallée Layton LeBlanc Lee Leslie Lessard Malhi Malo Maloway Marston Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen McCallum McGuinty McTeague Mendes Minna Mulcair Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Murray Nadeau Ouellet Paquette Patry Pearson Plamondon Pomerleau Proulx Rae Rafferty Regan Rodriguez Rota Roy Savage Scarpaleggia Sgro Siksay Silva Simson St-Cyr Stoffer Szabo Thi Lac Thibeault Tonks Trudeau Vincent Volpe Wasylycia-Leis Wrzesnewskyj Zarac Total: -- 119
NAYS -- CONTRE Abbott Ablonczy Aglukkaq Albrecht Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Ambrose Anders Anderson Arthur Ashfield Baird Bernier Bezan Blackburn Blaney Block Boucher Boughen Braid Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Bruinooge Cadman Calandra Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Carrie Casson Chong Cummins Davidson Dechert Del Mastro Devolin Dykstra Fast Finley Flaherty Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Goldring Goodyear Gourde Guergis Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hiebert Hoback Hoeppner Holder Jean Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kent Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Lebel Lemieux Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) Mark Mayes McLeod Menzies Merrifield Miller Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson O'Connor O'Neill-Gordon Paradis Petit Preston Raitt Rajotte Rathgeber Reid Richards Richardson Ritz Saxton Scheer Schellenberger Shea Shipley Smith Sorenson Storseth Strahl Sweet Thompson Tilson Toews Trost Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Verner Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wong Woodworth Yelich Young Total: -- 114
Accordingly, Bill C-395, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (labour dispute), was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

Private Members' Business

At 6:17 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Fast (Abbotsford), seconded by Mr. Warawa (Langley), — That, in the opinion of the House, the government should direct the Canada Border Services Agency to change the name of the Huntingdon Port of Entry to “Abbotsford-Huntingdon Port of Entry”. (Private Members' Business M-391)

The debate continued.

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

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 — Reports of Status of Women Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, 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. 8561-402-675-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2009-2013 and of the Operating and Capital Budgets for 2009 of VIA Rail Canada Inc., pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-402-803-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:35 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 38(1), the question “That this House do now adjourn” was deemed to have been proposed.

After debate, the question was deemed to have been adopted.

Accordingly, at 7:05 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).