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39th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 70 Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Report of the Security Intelligence Review Committee for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, pursuant to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act, R.S. 1985, c. C-23, s. 53. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-391-31-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Jean (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities) laid upon the Table, — Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions:

— No. 391-0311 concerning immigration. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-3-11;

— No. 391-0313 concerning the Canadian Armed Forces. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-46-03;

— No. 391-0321 concerning the income tax system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-6-05;

— No. 391-0340 concerning the Food and Drugs Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-21-03;

— Nos. 391-0417, 391-0418 and 391-0423 concerning the sexual exploitation of minors. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-10-06;

— No. 391-0420 concerning marriage. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-391-18-07.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), from the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations, presented the Third Report of the Committee (tabling of Statutory Instrument). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-391-85.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 5) was tabled.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning marriage (No. 391-0504);

— by , one concerning the automobile industry (No. 391-0505);

— by , one concerning the situation in Sudan (No. 391-0506).

Questions on the Order Paper

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Jean (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities) presented the return to the following question made into an Order for Return:

Q-4 — — With regard to the report “Empowering Canadian Farmers in the Marketplace”: (a) what have been the specific responses prepared by the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food to any or all of its recommendations; and (b) what have been the specific responses prepared by any other federal department or agency to any or all of the recommendations? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-391-4.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance), seconded by Mr. Toews (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada), — That Bill C-28, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on May 2, 2006, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

The debate continued.

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.

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Copy of documents regarding travel expenses of Mr. Mark Holland, Member of Parliament for Ajax—Pickering (English text only). — Sessional Paper No. 8530-391-18.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, in relation to its study on the vitality of official language minority communities, seven members of the Standing Committee on Official Languages be authorized to travel to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Moncton, New Brunswick, Sherbrooke, Québec, Toronto, Ontario, and Sudbury, Ontario, in November and December 2006, and that the necessary staff do accompany the Committee.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Minna (Beaches—East York), seconded by Ms. Keeper (Churchill), — That Bill C-298, An Act to add perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) to the Virtual Elimination List under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, November 1, 2006, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:18 p.m., by unanimous consent, the question “That this House do now adjourn” was deemed to have been proposed.

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

Adjournment

At 6:29 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).