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40th PARLIAMENT, 3rd SESSION

Journals No. 48 Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

laid upon the Table, — Report of the Commissioner of Official Languages for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, pursuant to the Official Languages Act, R.S. 1985, c. 31 (4th supp.), s. 66. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-403-301-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(f), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Official Languages)

Pursuant to Standing Order 79(3), the Speaker read the following Message from Her Excellency the Governor General, presented by Mr. Day (President of the Treasury Board):

Message on Estimates

Her Excellency the Governor General hereby transmits to the House of Commons the Supplementary Estimates (A) of sums required to defray expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2011 and, in accordance with section 54 of the Constitution Act, 1867, recommends those Estimates to the House of Commons.

Mr. Day (President of the Treasury Board) laid upon the Table, — Document entitled "Supplementary Estimates (A), 2010-11". — Sessional Paper No. 8520-403-98.

Pursuant to Standing Order 81(5), the Supplementary Estimates (A) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, were deemed referred to the several Standing Committees of the House as follows:

(1) to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development

Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Votes 1a, 10a, 20a and 25a

(2) to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food

Agriculture and Agri-Food, Votes 5a, 30a, 35a and 40a

(3) to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage

Canadian Heritage, Votes 1a, 5a, 10a, 50a and 55a

(4) to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration

Citizenship and Immigration, Votes 1a and 5a

(5) to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development

Environment, Votes 1a, 5a, 10a, 15a and 25a

(6) to the Standing Committee on Finance

Canada Revenue Agency, Vote 1a

Finance, Votes 1a and 5a

(7) to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans

Fisheries and Oceans, Votes 1a, 5a and 10a

(8) to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development

Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Votes 1a, 5a, 10a, 25a and 35a

(9) to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates

Privy Council, Vote 1a

Public Works and Government Services, Votes 1a, 5a and 7a

Treasury Board, Votes 1a, 10a and 30a

(10) to the Standing Committee on Health

Health, Votes 1a, 5a, 10a, 25a, 40a and 50a

(11) to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities

Human Resources and Skills Development, Votes 1a and 5a

(12) to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Vote 1a

Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Vote 5a

Industry, Votes 1a, 5a, 10a, 35a, 60a, 65a, 70a and 95a

Western Economic Diversification, Vote 5a

(13) to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

Justice, Votes 1a, 5a and 35a

(14) to the Standing Committee on National Defence

National Defence, Votes 1a, 5a and 10a

(15) to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources

Natural Resources, Votes 1a, 5a, 15a and 25a

(16) to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Votes 1a, 5a, 10a, 15a, 20a, 35a, 40a, 45a, 50a, 55a, 65a and 70a

(17) to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities

Transport, Votes 1a, 25a, 40a, 50a, 60a, 70a and 80a

(18) to the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs, Vote 1a

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lukiwski (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. 403-0286 concerning the Employment Insurance Program. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-1-03;

— No. 403-0289 concerning the pension system. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-68-01;

— No. 403-0292 concerning climate change. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-11-02;

— Nos. 403-0307, 403-0313, 403-0314 and 403-0323 concerning immigration. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-32-02;

— No. 403-0309 concerning the situation in Colombia. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-5-03;

— No. 403-0315 concerning suicide prevention. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-12-03;

— No. 403-0317 concerning the Criminal Code of Canada. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-23-03.

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Hill (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) for Mr. Clement (Minister of Industry), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State), Bill C-28, An Act to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on electronic means of carrying out commercial activities, and to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act, the Competition Act, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Telecommunications Act, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Recommendation

(Pursuant to Standing Order 79(2))

Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy by regulating certain activities that discourage reliance on electronic means of carrying out commercial activities, and to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act, the Competition Act, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and the Telecommunications Act”.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Hill (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) for Mr. Clement (Minister of Industry), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State), Bill C-29, An Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Statements by Ministers

Pursuant to Standing Order 33(1), Mr. Hill (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) made a statement.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning the income tax system (No. 403-0557);

— by , five concerning gun control (Nos. 403-0558 to 403-0562);

— by , one concerning the Employment Insurance Program (No. 403-0563) and one concerning foreign aid (No. 403-0564);

— by , two concerning funding aid (Nos. 403-0565 and 403-0566);

— by , one concerning immigration (No. 403-0567).

Questions on the Order Paper

Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the answers to questions Q-174 and Q-191 on the Order Paper.

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the supplementary return to the following question made into an Order for Return:

Q-143 — — With regard to violence against women and the Office of the Coordinator of the Status of Women, since 2006: (a) how many programs have been approved by the Department of Justice and the Office of the Coordinator of the Status of Women to address this issue; (b) how much has been allocated to those projects; (c) what are the priorities of each project approved; (d) how many programs have been denied funding; (e) what is the total funding that would have gone to denied programs; (f) what were the parameters of each project that had been denied; (g) what were the reasons given for each project's denial; (h) what initiatives have been introduced government-wide addressing violence against women; (i) what specific bills have been introduced that address violence against women; (j) what departmental initiatives have been introduced by the Office of the Coordinator of the Status of Women to combat violence against women; (k) what specific bills have been introduced by the Department; (l) what gender-based analysis has been done on all government initiatives addressing violence against women; (m) what gender-based analysis has been done on all government bills concerning violence against women; and (n) what gender-based analysis has been done on all bills put forward by the Department of Justice? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-403-143-01.

Pursuant to Standing Order 39(7), Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) presented the returns to the following questions made into Orders for Return:

Q-173 — — With respect to Agent Orange and Canadian veterans trying to obtain fair compensation for their exposure to Agent Orange spraying at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown: (a) what is the total amount of money spent by all federal departments and agencies, excluding the Department of Justice, for the time period of July 1, 2005, to March 4, 2010, in its defence against the Canadian veterans' Agent Orange class action lawsuit; (b) what is the total amount of money the government has spent to hire outside legal counsel for the time period of July 1, 2005, to March 4, 2010, in its defence against the Canadian veterans' Agent Orange class action lawsuit; and (c) what is the total amount of money spent, including all costs associated with the work of Department of Justice officials, for the time period of January 1, 2009, to March 4, 2010, in its defence against the Canadian veterans' Agent Orange class action lawsuit? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-403-173.

Q-175 — — With regard to all government advertising to promote the Government of Canada and budget initiatives, such as Canada’s Economic Action plan, from January 1, 2006 to March 30, 2010: (a) how much has been spent on an annual basis on combined advertising, by department and budgetary initiative; (b) by how much did the government’s overall advertising budget increase or decrease during that period; (c) was any completed advertising audited or rejected for not adhering to Treasury Board rules and, if so, (i) what advertising, (ii) what was the total value of rejected or audited advertising; (d) what advertising was related to tax relief and what was its total cost by year; (e) what companies received contracts to complete this advertising work and what is the total cost, by department and budgetary initiative, on an annual basis; (f) how much has been spent per province on an annual basis; and (g) what contracts were awarded without tender and what is the total amount, by department and budgetary initiative, on an annual basis? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-403-175.

Q-187 — — With regard to inflation for post-secondary students in Canada for each of the last ten years: (a) what was the rate; (b) does this include the rising cost of tuition, weighted accordingly; (c) does it factor in low-wage types of work; (d) does it factor in the lack of benefits and the loss of benefits (e.g., the loss of Ontario Health Insurance Plan coverage for optical and other medical benefits); and (e) does it factor in the changing costs of debt (e.g., student debt with interest payable, increased credit card debt carrying higher interest rates)? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-403-187.

Government Orders

The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-3, An Act to promote gender equity in Indian registration by responding to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia decision in McIvor v. Canada (Registrar of Indian and Northern Affairs), as reported by the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development with amendments.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:

Group No. 1 — Motions Nos. 1 and 2.

Group No. 1

Ms. Oda (Minister of International Cooperation) for Mr. Strahl (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency), seconded by Mr. Blackburn (Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of State (Agriculture)), moved Motion No. 1, — That Bill C-3, in Clause 3.1, be amended by

(a) replacing line 10 on page 3 with the following:

“3.1 (1) The Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development shall cause to be laid”

(b) replacing lines 13 to 15 on page 3 with the following:

“force, a report on the provisions and implementation of this Act.”

“review of any provision of this Act.”

“9. For greater certainty, no person or body has a right to claim or receive any compensation, damages or indemnity from Her Majesty in right of Canada, any employee or agent of Her Majesty, or a council of a band, for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith in the exercise of their powers or the performance of their duties, only because

(a) a person was not registered, or did not have their name entered in a Band List, immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force; and

(b) one of the person’s parents is entitled to be registered under paragraph 6(1)(c.1) of the Indian Act, as enacted by subsection 2(3).”

Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 1.

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.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, during the debates on May 27 and May 31, 2010 on the Business of Supply pursuant to Standing Order 81(4), no quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for unanimous consent shall be received by the Chair and, within each 15-minute period, each party may allocate time to one or more of its Members for speeches or for questions and answers, provided that, in the case of questions and answers, the Minister's answer approximately reflect the time taken by the question, and provided that, in the case of speeches, Members of the party to which the period is allocated may speak one after the other.

Government Orders

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities of Bill C-20, An Act to amend the National Capital Act and other Acts.

Mr. Flaherty (Minister of Finance) for Mr. Baird (Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities), seconded by Mr. Van Loan (Minister of International Trade), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

Debate arose thereon.

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

Accordingly, Bill C-20, An Act to amend the National Capital Act and other Acts, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Fletcher (Minister of State (Democratic Reform)), seconded by Mrs. Yelich (Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification)), — That Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (Senate term limits), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

The debate continued.

Private Members' Business

At 6:13 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 Citizenship and Immigration of Bill C-440, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (war resisters).

Mr. Kennedy (Parkdale—High Park), seconded by Mr. Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the Order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on 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 — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2010-2011 to 2014-2015 and of the Capital and Operating Budgets for 2010-2011 of Defence Construction (1951) Limited, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-403-835-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— by — Summaries of the Corporate Plan for 2010-2011 to 2014-2015 and of the Capital and Operating Budgets for 2010-2011 of the Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation, pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-403-855-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

Adjournment

At 7:13 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).