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


JOURNALS

No. 170

Wednesday, April 17, 2002

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

The Speaker laid upon the Table, — Form prescribed by the Chief Electoral Officer entitled "Political Party Financial Transactions Return", pursuant to the Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000, c. 9, s. 552. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-371-567-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs)


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, — Orders in Council concerning certain appointments made by the Governor General in Council, pursuant to Standing Order 110(1), as follows:

— P.C. 2002-449, P.C. 2002-450, P.C. 2002-451, P.C. 2002-452, P.C. 2002-453, P.C. 2002-454, P.C. 2002-455, P.C. 2002-456 and P.C. 2002-457. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-371-1-15. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Development and Natural Resources)

— P.C. 2002-390, P.C. 2002-391 and P.C. 2002-392. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-371-2-12. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— P.C. 2002-378, P.C. 2002-379, P.C. 2002-380 and P.C. 2002-488. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-371-3-21. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

— P.C. 2002-375, P.C. 2002-376 and P.C. 2002-377. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-371-14-22. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration)

— P.C. 2002-382, P.C. 2002-383, P.C. 2002-384, P.C. 2002-385, P.C. 2002-386 and P.C. 2002-387. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-371-8-20. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade)

— P.C. 2002-381. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-371-5-13. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs)

— P.C. 2002-495 and P.C. 2002-496. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-371-24-23. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Transport and Government Operations)


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. 371-0518 concerning post-secondary education. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-371-69-03;

— No. 371-0527 concerning the situation in the Middle East. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-371-22-07;

— Nos. 371-0542, 371-0550, 371-0551, 371-0553, 371-0554, 371-0561, 371-0576, 371-0577 and 371-0593 concerning health care services. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-371-3-37;

— No. 371-0574 concerning human rights in Nigeria. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-371-94-01;

— Nos. 371-0575 and 371-0592 concerning aboriginal affairs. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-371-77-02;

— No. 371-0581 concerning China. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-371-36-16;

— No. 371-0582 concerning the Canada Post Corporation. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-371-23-15;

— No. 371-0583 concerning the fishing industry. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-371-87-02.

Statements by Ministers

Pursuant to Standing Order 33(1), Mr. Chrétien (Prime Minister) made a statement.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Cuzner (Bras d'Or--Cape Breton) , from the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented the Third Report of the Committee (Bill S-22, An Act to provide for the recognition of the Canadian horse as the national horse of Canada, without amendment). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-371-141.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 48) was tabled.


Mr. Adams (Peterborough) , from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 51st Report of the Committee, which was as follows:

The Committee recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, the following changes in the membership of Standing Committees:

Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Development and Natural Resources

Inky Mark for Gerald Keddy

Canadian Heritage

Loyola Hearn for Grant McNally

Industry, Science and Technology

Scott Brison for Chuck Strahl

Transport and Government Operations

Norm Doyle for Val Meredith

The Committee recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, the following changes in the membership of Standing Joint Committees:

Library of Parliament

Rick Borotsik for Jay Hill

Scrutiny of Regulations

Greg Thompson for Jim Pankiw

The Committee further recommends that where a Member is appointed as permanent member to a committee in accordance with this report and to which he was previously appointed Associate Member, the name of the Member be struck from the list of Associate Members of the said committee.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings was tabled.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the 51st Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented earlier today, be concurred in.


By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, in relation to its study on the Canadian broadcasting system, the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage be authorized to travel to Iqaluit, Whitehorse, and Yellowknife from May 26 to May 31, 2002, and that the necessary staff do accompany the Committee.


By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, in relation to its study on long-term care for veterans, the Sub-Committee on Veteran Affairs of the Standing Committee on National Defence and Veteran Affairs be authorized to travel to Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que., on April 18, 2002, and Toronto on May 1 and 2, 2002, and that the necessary staff do accompany the Committee.


By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, in relation to its study on aquaculture, the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans be authorized to travel in one group to Vancouver and Port McNeil, B.C., from April 20 to April 26, 2002, and that the necessary staff do accompany the Committee.


Mr. Reynolds (West Vancouver--Sunshine Coast) , seconded by Mr. Hill (Prince George--Peace River) , moved, — That the Third Report of the Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs, presented on Wednesday, November 7, 2001, be concurred in.

Debate arose thereon.

Private Members' Business

Pursuant to Order made Wednesday, April 10, 2002, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Martin (Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca) , seconded by Mr. Gouk (Kootenay--Boundary--Okanagan) , — That Bill C-344, An Act to amend the Contraventions Act and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (marihuana), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the amendment of Mr. Maloney (Erie--Lincoln) , seconded by Mr. McGuire (Egmont) , — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word ''That'' and substituting the following:

    “Bill C-344, An Act to amend the Contraventions Act and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (marihuana), be not now read a second time but that the Order be discharged, the Bill withdrawn, and the subject-matter thereof referred to the Special Committee on non-medical use of drugs.”.

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

+

(Division No. 272 -- Vote no 272)

YEAS: 111, NAYS: 88

YEAS -- POUR
Adams
Alcock
Anderson (Victoria)
Assadourian
Bagnell
Barnes
Bélanger
Bertrand
Bevilacqua
Binet
Blondin-Andrew
Bonin
Boudria
Bradshaw
Brown
Bryden
Bulte
Byrne
Calder
Cannis
Caplan
Carroll
Castonguay
Catterall
Cauchon
Collenette
Comuzzi
Copps
Cotler
Cullen
Cuzner
DeVillers
Dion
Doyle
Dromisky
Drouin
Duplain
Easter
Eggleton
Eyking
Finlay
Godfrey
Goodale
Graham
Grose
Harb
Hubbard
Jackson
Jordan
Karetak-Lindell
Keyes
Lastewka
Leung
Longfield
MacAulay
Macklin
Malhi
Manley
Marcil
Marleau
Martin (LaSalle--Émard)
Matthews
McCallum
McCormick
McGuire
McKay (Scarborough East)
McLellan
Minna
Mitchell
Murphy
Myers
Nault
O'Brien (Labrador)
O'Brien (London--Fanshawe)
O'Reilly
Patry
Peric
Peschisolido
Peterson
Phinney
Pillitteri
Pratt
Proulx
Redman
Reed (Halton)
Regan
Richardson
Robillard
Rock
Saada
Scherrer
Scott
Sgro
Shepherd
Speller
St-Jacques
St-Julien
St. Denis
Steckle
Stewart
Szabo
Thibault (West Nova)
Thibeault (Saint-Lambert)
Tirabassi
Tonks
Ur
Valeri
Vanclief
Wayne
Whelan
Wood -- 111
NAYS -- CONTRE
Abbott
Anders
Anderson (Cypress Hills--Grasslands)
Asselin
Bachand (Saint-Jean)
Bailey
Benoit
Bergeron
Bigras
Blaikie
Borotsik
Bourgeois
Brien
Cadman
Cardin
Casey
Casson
Chatters
Clark
Comartin
Crête
Davies
Day
Desjarlais
Desrochers
Dubé
Duceppe
Duncan
Elley
Epp
Fitzpatrick
Gagnon (Champlain)
Gallant
Gauthier
Girard-Bujold
Godin
Goldring
Gouk
Grey
Guay
Hanger
Hearn
Herron
Hill (Prince George--Peace River)
Hilstrom
Ianno
Jaffer
Johnston
Kenney (Calgary Southeast)
Kraft Sloan
Laframboise
Lanctôt
Lebel
Lill
Lincoln
Loubier
MacKay (Pictou--Antigonish--Guysborough)
Marceau
Martin (Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca)
McDonough
McTeague
Meredith
Merrifield
Mills (Red Deer)
Moore
Nystrom
Obhrai
Pallister
Pankiw
Picard (Drummond)
Proctor
Rajotte
Ritz
Robinson
Rocheleau
Roy
Schmidt
Skelton
Spencer
St-Hilaire
Stoffer
Strahl
Telegdi
Toews
Vellacott
Wappel
Wasylycia-Leis
Williams -- 88
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS
Bellehumeur
Bellemare
Bonwick
Charbonneau
Dalphond-Guiral
Dhaliwal
Fontana
Fournier
Guimond
Jennings
Kilgour (Edmonton Southeast)
Maloney
Ménard
Neville
Owen
Paquette
Perron
Pettigrew
Plamondon
Sauvageau
Torsney
Tremblay (Lac-Saint-Jean--Saguenay)
Tremblay (Rimouski-Neigette-et-la Mitis)
Venne

Pursuant to Standing Order 93, the House proceeded to the putting of the question on the motion, as amended, of Mr. Martin (Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca) , seconded by Mr. Gouk (Kootenay--Boundary--Okanagan) , — That Bill C-344, An Act to amend the Contraventions Act and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (marihuana), be not now read a second time but that the Order be discharged, the Bill withdrawn, and the subject-matter thereof referred to the Special Committee on non-medical use of drugs.

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

-

(Division No. 273 -- Vote no 273)

YEAS: 111, NAYS: 1

YEAS -- POUR
Adams
Alcock
Anderson (Victoria)
Assadourian
Bagnell
Barnes
Bélanger
Bertrand
Bevilacqua
Binet
Blondin-Andrew
Bonin
Boudria
Bradshaw
Brown
Bryden
Bulte
Byrne
Calder
Cannis
Caplan
Carroll
Castonguay
Catterall
Cauchon
Collenette
Comuzzi
Copps
Cotler
Cullen
Cuzner
DeVillers
Dion
Doyle
Dromisky
Drouin
Duplain
Easter
Eggleton
Eyking
Finlay
Godfrey
Goodale
Graham
Grose
Harb
Hubbard
Jackson
Jordan
Karetak-Lindell
Keyes
Lastewka
Leung
Longfield
MacAulay
Macklin
Malhi
Manley
Marcil
Marleau
Martin (LaSalle--Émard)
Matthews
McCallum
McCormick
McGuire
McKay (Scarborough East)
McLellan
Minna
Mitchell
Murphy
Myers
Nault
O'Brien (Labrador)
O'Brien (London--Fanshawe)
O'Reilly
Patry
Peric
Peschisolido
Peterson
Phinney
Pillitteri
Pratt
Proulx
Redman
Reed (Halton)
Regan
Richardson
Robillard
Rock
Saada
Scherrer
Scott
Sgro
Shepherd
Speller
St-Jacques
St-Julien
St. Denis
Steckle
Stewart
Szabo
Thibault (West Nova)
Thibeault (Saint-Lambert)
Tirabassi
Tonks
Ur
Valeri
Vanclief
Wayne
Whelan
Wood -- 111
NAYS -- CONTRE
Wappel -- 1
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS
Bellehumeur
Bellemare
Bonwick
Charbonneau
Dalphond-Guiral
Dhaliwal
Fontana
Fournier
Guimond
Jennings
Kilgour (Edmonton Southeast)
Maloney
Ménard
Neville
Owen
Paquette
Perron
Pettigrew
Plamondon
Sauvageau
Torsney
Tremblay (Lac-Saint-Jean--Saguenay)
Tremblay (Rimouski-Neigette-et-la Mitis)
Venne


At 6:56 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs of Bill C-388, An Act to regulate conflict of interest situations for ministers and to provide for a code of ethics for ministers.

Mr. Bergeron (Verchères--Les-Patriotes) , seconded by Mr. Brien (Témiscamingue) , moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

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), papers deposited with the Clerk of the House were laid upon the Table as follows:

— by Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance) — Report of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal entitled "Request for Tariff Relief by Beco Industries Ltd. regarding certain nylon and polyester-cotton fabrics", dated March 20, 2002, pursuant to the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 65, s. 54. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-371-572-09. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— by Mr. Rock (Minister of Industry) — Report of the Canadian Tourism Commission for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 150(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-371-87-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— by Mr. Rock (Minister of Industry) — Reports of the Canadian Tourism Commission for the period of April 1 to December 31, 2001, 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. 8561-371-861-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by Mr. Rock (Minister of Industry) — Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2002-06 of the Canadian Tourism Commission, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-371-861-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

Adjournment

At 7:56 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).