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40th PARLIAMENT, 3rd SESSION

Journals No. 54 Wednesday, June 2, 2010 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

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 response, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petition:

— No. 403-0455 concerning gun control. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-403-28-08.

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-32, An Act to amend the Copyright Act, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Richardson (Calgary Centre), from the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented the Second Report of the Committee (Bill C-2, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Republic of Colombia, the Agreement on the Environment between Canada and the Republic of Colombia and the Agreement on Labour Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Colombia, with amendments). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-403-66.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 11 to 18 and 20) was tabled.

Mr. Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills), from the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, presented the Second Report of the Committee (extension of time, pursuant to Standing Order 97.1, to consider Bill C-309, An Act establishing the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Region of Northern Ontario). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-403-67.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 11) was tabled.

Pursuant to Standing Order 97.1(3), the motion to concur in the Report was deemed moved, the question deemed put and a recorded division was deemed requested and deferred until Wednesday, June 9, 2010, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 5)

Mr. Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills), from the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, presented the Third Report of the Committee (extension of time, pursuant to Standing Order 97.1, to consider Bill C-393, An Act to amend the Patent Act (drugs for international humanitarian purposes) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-403-68.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 11) was tabled.

Introduction of Private Members' Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Martin (Winnipeg Centre), seconded by Mr. Bevington (Western Arctic), Bill C-523, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (accessibility in transportation), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Stoffer (Sackville—Eastern Shore), seconded by Ms. Charlton (Hamilton Mountain), Bill C-524, An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act, the Judges Act, the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act, the Public Service Superannuation Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), seconded by Mrs. Hughes (Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing), moved, — That the First Report of the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 7)

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Kerr (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs), moved, — That the House do now proceed to the Orders of the Day.

The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 54 -- Vote n^o 54)
YEAS: 124, NAYS: 129
YEAS -- POUR Ablonczy Aglukkaq Albrecht Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambrose Anders Anderson Armstrong Ashfield Baird Benoit Bernier Bezan Blackburn Blaney Block Boucher Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Bruinooge Cadman Calandra Calkins Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country) Carrie Chong Clarke Cummins Davidson Del Mastro Devolin Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Dykstra Fast Finley Fletcher Galipeau Gallant Généreux Glover Goodyear Gourde Grewal Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hiebert Hill Hoback Hoeppner Holder Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kenney (Calgary Southeast) Kent Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lauzon Lebel Lemieux Lobb Lukiwski Lunn Lunney MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Mark Mayes McLeod Menzies Merrifield Miller Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock O'Connor O'Neill-Gordon Oda Paradis Payne Petit Poilievre Preston Raitt Rajotte Rathgeber Reid Richards Richardson Rickford Ritz Saxton Scheer Schellenberger Shea Shipley Shory Stanton Storseth Sweet Thompson Tilson Trost Tweed Uppal Van Kesteren Vellacott Verner Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wong Woodworth Yelich Young Total: -- 124
NAYS -- CONTRE Allen (Welland) André Andrews Angus Ashton Asselin Atamanenko Bagnell Bains Beaudin Bélanger Bellavance Bennett Bevington Bigras Blais Bonsant Bouchard Brison Brunelle Byrne Cannis Cardin Carrier Charlton Chow Christopherson Coady Comartin Cotler Crowder Cullen Cuzner D'Amours Davies (Vancouver East) Demers Deschamps Desnoyers Dhaliwal Dhalla Dion Donnelly Dorion Duceppe Dufour Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Easter Eyking Faille Folco Foote Gagnon Gaudet Godin Goodale Gravelle Guay Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord) Holland Hughes Hyer Jennings Julian Kania Karygiannis Kennedy Laforest Laframboise Lalonde Lavallée Layton Lemay Leslie Lessard Lévesque MacAulay Malhi Malo Maloway Marston Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca) Martin (Winnipeg Centre) Martin (Sault Ste. Marie) Masse Mathyssen McCallum McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) Ménard Mendes Minna Mourani Mulcair Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe) Murphy (Charlottetown) Murray Nadeau Neville Oliphant Ouellet Pacetti Paillé (Hochelaga) Paquette Patry Pearson Plamondon Pomerleau Proulx Rafferty Ratansi Regan Rodriguez Rota Savage Savoie Scarpaleggia Sgro Siksay Silva Simms St-Cyr Stoffer Szabo Tonks Valeriote Vincent Volpe Zarac Total: -- 129

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Julian (Burnaby—New Westminster), seconded by Mrs. Hughes (Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing), — That the First Report of the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 7)

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.

Mr. Rickford (Kenora), seconded by Mr. Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake), moved, — That, in the opinion of the House, in order to ensure the long-term ecological and economic vitality of the Lake of the Woods and Rainy River Basin, the governments of Canada and the United States should continue to foster trans-jurisdictional coordination and collaboration on science and management activities to enhance and restore water quality in the Lake of the Woods and Rainy River Basin, by referring the matter of Lake of the Woods water quality to the International Joint Commission for examination, reporting, and recommendations regarding the binational management of the international waters of the Lake of the Woods and Rainy River system and the International Joint Commission's potential role in this watershed, in line with the International Watersheds Initiative. (Private Members' Business M-519)

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.

Messages from the Senate

A Message was received from the Senate as follows:

— ORDERED: That a Message be sent to the House of Commons requesting that House to unite with the Senate for the following purpose:

That the Senate

a) recognize the danger posed by the proliferation of nuclear materials and technology to peace and security;

b) endorse the statement, signed by 500 members, officers and companions of the Order of Canada, underlining the importance of addressing the challenge of more intense nuclear proliferation and the progress of and opportunity for nuclear disarmament;

c) endorse the 2008 five point plan for nuclear disarmament of Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations and encourage the Government of Canada to engage in negotiations for a nuclear weapons convention as proposed by the United Nations Secretary-General;

d) support the recent initiatives for nuclear disarmament of President Obama of the United States of America;

e) commend the decision of the Government of Canada to participate in the landmark Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., in April, 2010 and encourage the Government of Canada to deploy a major world-wide Canadian diplomatic initiative in support of preventing nuclear proliferation and increasing the rate of nuclear disarmament.

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

— P.C. 2010-645 to P.C. 2010-649. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-403-1-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development)

— P.C. 2010-644. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-403-2-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— P.C. 2010-635. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-403-3-05. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage)

— P.C. 2010-631 to P.C. 2010-633. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-403-14-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration)

— P.C. 2010-642 and P.C. 2010-643. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-403-7-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

— P.C. 2010-630. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-403-9-05. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)

— P.C. 2010-562 to P.C. 2010-565, P.C. 2010-604 and P.C. 2010-605. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-403-8-05. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)

— P.C. 2010-607 to P.C. 2010-613. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-403-4-05. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— P.C. 2010-595 and P.C. 2010-614 to P.C. 2010-629. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-403-16-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

— P.C. 2010-606. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-403-22-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— P.C. 2010-639. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-403-13-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— P.C. 2010-634. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-403-17-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on National Defence)

— P.C. 2010-640 and P.C. 2010-641. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-403-29-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)

— P.C. 2010-650. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-403-30-03. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security)

— P.C. 2010-597 to P.C. 2010-603. — Sessional Paper No. 8540-403-24-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by — Climate Change Plan for 2010, pursuant to the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act, S.C. 2007, c. 30, sbs. 5(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-403-935-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:30 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 6:46 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).