The Clerk informed the House of the unavoidable absence of the Speaker.

Whereupon, Mr. McClelland (Edmonton Southwest), Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole, took the Chair, pursuant to Standing Order 8.

PRAYERS

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-19, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (Part I) and the Corporations and Labour Unions Returns Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities with an amendment;

And of the motions in Group No. 2 (Motions Nos. 6 to 8 and 30).

Group No. 2

Motion No. 6 of Mr. Rocheleau (Trois-Rivières), seconded Mr. Bellehumeur (Berthier -- Montcalm), -- That Bill C-19 be amended by deleting Clause 6.

Motion No. 7 of Mr. Johnston (Wetaskiwin), seconded by Mrs. Ablonczy (Calgary -- Nose Hill), -- That Bill C-19, in Clause 13, be amended by replacing lines 22 to 24 on page 14 with the following:

``13. Subsections 29(1) and (2) of the Act are replaced by the following:

29.(1) The Board shall, for the purpose of satisfying itself as to whether employees in a unit wish to have a particular trade union represent them as their bargaining agent, order that a representation vote be taken among the employees in the unit where it is satisfied that at least thirty-five per cent of the employees in the unit are members of the trade unit applying for certification.

(2) Any person who was not an employee''

Motion No. 8 of Mr. Rocheleau (Trois-Rivières), seconded by Mr. Bellehumeur (Berthier -- Montcalm), -- That Bill C-19, in Clause 16, be amended by replacing lines 3 to 9 on page 16 with the following:

``(4.1) On application by one or more employers of employees in the bargaining unit, the Board may revoke the appointment of the employer representative and appoint a new representative.''

Motion No. 30 of Mr. Johnston (Wetaskiwin), seconded by Mrs. Ablonczy (Calgary -- Nose Hill), -- That Bill C-19 be amended by deleting Clause 46.

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 2.

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. Adams (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) laid upon the Table, -- Orders in Council approving certain appointments made by the Governor General in Council, pursuant to Standing Order 110(1), as follows:

-- P.C. 1998-763 and P.C. 1998-764. -- Sessional Paper No. 8540-361-18H. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

-- P.C. 1998-727, P.C. 1998-728, P.C. 1998-729, P.C. 1998-730, P.C. 1998-731, P.C. 1998-732, P.C. 1998-733, P.C. 1998-734, P.C. 1998-735, P.C. 1998-736, P.C. 1998-737, P.C. 1998-738, P.C. 1998- 739, P.C. 1998-740, P.C. 1998-741, P.C. 1998-742, P.C. 1998-743, P.C. 1998-744, P.C. 1998-745, P.C. 1998-746, P.C. 1998-747, P.C. 1998-748, P.C. 1998-749, P.C. 1998-750, P.C. 1998-751, P.C. 1998- 752 and P.C. 1998-753. -- Sessional Paper No. 8540-361-16L. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

-- P.C. 1998-719 and P.C. 1998-765. -- Sessional Paper No. 8540-361-13L. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

-- P.C. 1998-720, P.C. 1998-721, P.C. 1998-722, P.C. 1998-723, P.C. 1998-724 and P.C. 1998-725. -- Sessional Paper No. 8540-361-24O. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Transport)

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

-- Nos. 361-0589 and 361-0590 concerning the highway system. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-361-11H;

-- Nos. 361-0597, 361-0644 and 361-0692 concerning police and firefighters' death benefits. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-361-14F;

-- No. 361-0685 concerning housing policy. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-361-1D.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Patry (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) laid upon the Table, -- Annual Report of the Implementation Committee on the Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1997. -- Sessional Paper No. 8525-361-9.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Patry (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) laid upon the Table, -- Annual Report of the Implementation Committee on the Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement Agreement for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1997. -- Sessional Paper No. 8525-361-10.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Bevilacqua (Vaughan -- King -- Aurora), from the Standing Committee on Finance, presented the 4th Report of the Committee (Bill C-36, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 24, 1998, without amendment). -- Sessional Paper No. 8510-361-60.

Presenting Petitions

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

-- by Mr. O'Reilly (Victoria -- Haliburton), concerning taxes on books (No. 361-0882).

Questions on Order Paper

Mr. Adams (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answer to question Q-80 on the Order Paper.

GOVERNMENT ORDERS

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-19, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (Part I) and the Corporations and Labour Unions Returns Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities with an amendment;

And of the motions in Group No. 2 (Motions Nos. 6 to 8 and 30).

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 2.

The question was put on Motions Nos. 6 to 8 and 30 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded divisions were deferred.

Group No. 3

Mr. Johnston (Wetaskiwin), seconded by M. Gilmour (Nanaimo -- Alberni), moved Motion No. 9, -- That Bill C-19, in Clause 24, be amended by replacing lines 32 to 45 on page 19 and lines 1 to 4 on page 20 with the following:

``47.3 (1) In this section, ``previous contractor'' means an employer who, under the terms of a contract or other arrangement that is no longer in force, provided pre- board security screening services to another employer, or to a person acting on behalf of that other employer, in an industry referred to in paragraph (e) of the definition ``federal work, undertaking or business'' in section 2.''

Mr. Johnston (Wetaskiwin), seconded by Mr. Gilmour (Nanaimo -- Alberni), moved Motion No. 28, -- That Bill C-19, in Clause 45, be amended

(a) by replacing line 25 on page 35 with the following:

"tion 24(4) or 34(6), section 37, 50 or 69,"

(b) by replacing line 32 on page 35 with the following:

"subsection 24(4), paragraph"

Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 3 (Motions Nos. 9 and 28).

PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS

At 1:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

Mr. Borotsik (Brandon -- Souris), seconded by M. Dubé (Madawaska -- Restigouche), moved, -- That, in the opinion of this House, the government should apply a portion of tax dollars raised on fuel sales to the maintenance of the rural road system in Canada. (Private Members' Business M-323)

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 96(1), the Order was dropped from the Order Paper.

RETURNS AND REPORTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), a paper deposited with the Clerk of the House was laid upon the Table as follows:

-- by Mr. Collenette (Minister of Transport) -- Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the 4th Report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, "Chapter 19 of the Auditor General's Report of April and October 1997" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-361-33), presented to the House on Thursday, December 11, 1997. -- Sessional Paper No. 8512-361-33.

ADJOURNMENT

At 2:28 p.m., the Acting Speaker adjourned the House until Monday at 11:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).