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41st PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 193 Thursday, December 6, 2012 10:00 a.m.

Prayers

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

laid upon the Table, — Special Report of the Information Commissioner entitled "Report Cards 2011-2012", pursuant to the Access to Information Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1, s. 39. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-411-734-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Document entitled "Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement" for the period of April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011. — Sessional Paper No. 8525-411-41.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Report of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, pursuant to the Terms and Conditions of Employment of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime SOR/2007-54, sbs. 7(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-411-1007-03.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Document entitled "Government Response to the 2010-11 Annual Report of the Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime". — Sessional Paper No. 8525-411-42.

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. 411-2259 concerning navigable waters. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-68-11;

— No. 411-2266 concerning climate change. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-34-20;

— No. 411-2360 concerning international agreements. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-121-03;

— No. 411-2367 concerning Old Age Security benefits. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-74-21;

— No. 411-2378 concerning hazardous products. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-411-24-11.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake), from the Standing Committee on National Defence, presented the Fifth Report of the Committee, "The State of Readiness of the Canadian Forces". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-411-159.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee requested that the government table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 7, 10, 11, 13 to 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24 to 31, 33, 34, 43, 44, 47, 49, 51, 52 and 56) was tabled.

Mr. Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound), from the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, presented the Fifth Report of the Committee (Supplementary Estimates (B), 2012-13 — Vote 60b under FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE and Votes 1b, 5b, 30b, 45b, 50b and 60b under TRANSPORT). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-411-160.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 54) was tabled.

Mr. Preston (Elgin—Middlesex—London), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 34th Report of the Committee (Supplementary Estimates (B), 2012-13 — Vote 5b under PARLIAMENT). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-411-161.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 53 and 54) was tabled.

First Reading of Senate Public Bills

Pursuant to Standing Order 69(2), on motion of Mr. Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) for Mr. Baird (Minister of Foreign Affairs), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State), Bill S-10, An Act to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions, was read the first time and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.

Motions

Mr. Harris (St. John's East), seconded by Ms. Turmel (Hull—Aylmer), moved, — That the Seventh Report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, presented on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 8)

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons), seconded by Mr. Albrecht (Kitchener—Conestoga), moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 577 -- Vote n^o 577)
YEAS: 178, NAYS: 85
YEAS -- POUR Adams Adler Albas Albrecht Alexander Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac) Allison Ambler Ambrose Anders Anderson Andrews Aspin Baird Bateman Bélanger Benoit Bergen Bernier Bezan Blaney Block Boughen Braid Breitkreuz Brison Brown (Leeds—Grenville) Brown (Newmarket—Aurora) Brown (Barrie) Butt Byrne Calandra Calkins Cannan Carmichael Carrie Casey Chisu Chong Clarke Clement Coderre Cotler Cuzner Daniel Davidson Del Mastro Devolin Dion Dreeshen Duncan (Vancouver Island North) Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dykstra Easter Eyking Fantino Fast Findlay (Delta—Richmond East) Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Flaherty Fletcher Foote Galipeau Gallant Garneau Gill Glover Goguen Goodale Goodyear Gourde Grewal Harper Harris (Cariboo—Prince George) Hawn Hayes Hiebert Holder Hsu Hyer James Jean Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission) Karygiannis Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's) Kerr Komarnicki Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings) Lake Lamoureux Lauzon Lebel LeBlanc (Beauséjour) Leef Leitch Lemieux Leung Lizon Lobb Lukiwski Lunney MacAulay MacKay (Central Nova) MacKenzie Mayes McCallum McColeman McGuinty McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood) McLeod Menegakis Menzies Merrifield Miller Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam) Moore (Fundy Royal) Nicholson Norlock Obhrai O'Connor Oliver O'Neill Gordon Opitz Paradis Payne Penashue Poilievre Preston Rae Raitt Rajotte Rathgeber Reid Rempel Richards Rickford Saxton Scarpaleggia Schellenberger Seeback Sgro Shea Shipley Shory Simms (Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor) Smith Sopuck Sorenson Stanton St-Denis Storseth Strahl Sweet Tilson Toet Toews Trost Trottier Truppe Tweed Uppal Valcourt Valeriote Van Kesteren Van Loan Vellacott Wallace Warawa Warkentin Watson Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country) Weston (Saint John) Wilks Williamson Woodworth Young (Oakville) Young (Vancouver South) Zimmer Total: -- 178
NAYS -- CONTRE Allen (Welland) Angus Ashton Atamanenko Aubin Ayala Benskin Bevington Blanchette Blanchette-Lamothe Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Caron Cash Charlton Chicoine Choquette Chow Christopherson Côté Crowder Cullen Davies (Vancouver Kingsway) Davies (Vancouver East) Day Dewar Dionne Labelle Donnelly Doré Lefebvre Dubé Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona) Dusseault Fortin Freeman Garrison Genest Genest-Jourdain Giguère Gravelle Groguhé Harris (Scarborough Southwest) Harris (St. John's East) Hassainia Hughes Jacob Julian Kellway Lapointe Larose Latendresse Laverdière LeBlanc (LaSalle—Émard) Liu Marston Martin Mathyssen May Michaud Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue) Morin (Laurentides—Labelle) Morin (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot) Mulcair Nantel Nash Nicholls Nunez-Melo Papillon Patry Péclet Perreault Pilon Quach Raynault Rousseau Sandhu Scott Sims (Newton—North Delta) Sitsabaiesan Stewart Stoffer Sullivan Thibeault Toone Tremblay Turmel Total: -- 85
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning youth (No. 411-2630);

— by , two concerning the criminal justice system (Nos. 411-2631 and 411-2632);

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 411-2633);

— by , one concerning human rights in Pakistan (No. 411-2634);

— by , one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 411-2635);

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 411-2636);

— by , three concerning budget measures (Nos. 411-2637 to 411-2639) and twenty-two concerning funding aid (Nos. 411-2640 to 411-2661);

— by , one concerning Canada's railways (No. 411-2662) and one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 411-2663);

— by , one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 411-2664) and one concerning abortion (No. 411-2665);

— by , one concerning the protection of the environment (No. 411-2666) and one concerning Old Age Security benefits (No. 411-2667);

— by , one concerning funding aid (No. 411-2668);

— by , one concerning abortion (No. 411-2669);

— by , one concerning transportation (No. 411-2670);

— by , one concerning the fishing industry (No. 411-2671) and two concerning foreign aid (Nos. 411-2672 and 411-2673);

— by , five concerning the Canadian Coast Guard (Nos. 411-2674 to 411-2678);

— by , one concerning rural communities (No. 411-2679);

— by , one concerning environmental assessment and review (No. 411-2680) and one concerning international agreements (No. 411-2681).

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-995 to Q-998, Q-1000, Q-1012, Q-1013 and Q-1015 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 on November 30, 2012:

Q-984 — — With regard to Canadian missions abroad (embassies, consulates and delegations within international and regional organizations) and for each of these missions and for fiscal years 2005-2006 to 2012-2013, inclusively: (a) how many positions were related to culture; (b) what were the titles of these positions; (c) where were they located in the mission’s hierarchy; (d) what were the duties of these positions; (e) how many artistic or cultural projects received support from the people occupying these positions; (f) what form of support did these projects receive; (g) to what art form are these projects linked; (h) how many Canadian works of art were on display in the rooms of the mission; (i) how many public activities promoting Canadian culture took place and what were these activities; (j) how many private activities promoting Canadian culture took place and what were these activities; and (k) how much of the mission’s budget was allocated to cultural activities or programs, (i) what were the names of these programs, (ii) how much funding was allocated to each of these programs? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-984-01.

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-988 — — With regard to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, for each year between 2008 and 2012, on what dates were meetings held with the following individuals and what subjects were discussed: (a) President and Chief Executive Officer, CBC/Radio-Canada; (b) Chairman, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission; (c) Librarian and Archivist of Canada; (d) Chairperson, National Film Board; (e) Executive Director, Telefilm Canada; (f) Director and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Council for the Arts; (g) Chair, National Battlefields Commission; (h) Director, National Gallery of Canada; (i) Chairperson, National Gallery of Canada (j) President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Museum of Nature; (k) President, National Arts Centre; (l) Executive Chef, National Arts Centre; (m) President, Canadian Museum of Civilization; (n) Chairman, Canadian Museum of Civilization; (o) President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Museum for Human Rights; (p) Chairperson, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21; (q) Director, Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21; (r) Director, Canada Science and Technology Museum; and (s) Chair, Canada Science and Technology Museum? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-988.

Q-1003 — — With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO): (a) how many applications for License and Authorization for Port Activity and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Entry by a Foreign Vessel have been received from January 1, 2007, to October 19, 2012; and (b) what are the details for each application in (a), including (i) the name of the vessel, (ii) the type of vessel, (iii) the country and port of registry, (iv) the owner’s name, (v) the designated representative in Canada, (vi) the Canadian port for which access is requested, (vii) the reason for the visit to port or EEZ access, (viii) the area fished, (ix) the date of entry, (x) the actual date of departure, (xi) whether the application was approved, approved with conditions, or rejected? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-1003.

Q-1005 — — With regard to national historic sites and the response given by the government to Order Paper question No. 773 of the current session of Parliament which states, “The majority of national historic sites have maintained similar opening and closing dates for 2012; however, some sites opened on June 1 and closed on the Labour Day weekend”: (a) what is the exact number of national historic sites that have maintained similar opening and closing dates for 2012; (b) what is the exact number of national historic sites which opened on June 1 and closed on Labour Day weekend; and (c) for each individual historic site, what were the opening and closing dates in 2011 and in 2012? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-1005.

Q-1006 — — With regard to the ocean fertilization experiment conducted by the Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation in the Pacific Coast waters around Haida Gwaii during the summer of 2012: (a) when and how was the government made aware of the experiment; (b) what specific requests were made of the government and how did the government reply to those requests; (c) what impact does the government anticipate the experiment will have on the local marine ecosystem; and (d) is the experiment in violation or contravention of any international agreement or moratorium, including the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity or the London Convention on Dumping of Waste at Sea? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-1006.

Q-1010 — — With regard to the Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board: (a) what are the details of all costs associated with its establishment, operation and oversight, broken down by fiscal year, for each fiscal year since its establishment; and (b) what are the anticipated costs of the dissolution of the Board? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-1010.

Q-1016 — — With regard to Health Canada, what grants and contributions under $25,000 did it award from January 1, 2011, to the present, including the recipient’s name, the date, the amount and the description? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-1016.

Q-1022 — — With regard to FedNor, what grants and contributions under $25,000 did it award from January 1, 2011, to the present, including the recipient's name, the date, the amount and the description? — Sessional Paper No. 8555-411-1022.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. MacKay (Minister of National Defence), seconded by Mr. O'Connor (Minister of State), — That Bill C-15, An Act to amend the National Defence Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on National Defence;

And of the motion of , seconded by , — That this question be now put.

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.

Government Orders

And of the motion of , seconded by , — That this question be now put.

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 Mr. Chicoine (Châteauguay—Saint-Constant), seconded by Mr. Rousseau (Compton—Stanstead), — That Bill C-429, An Act to amend the Radiocommunication Act and the Telecommunications Act (antenna systems), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, December 12, 2012, immediately before the time provided for Private Members' Business.

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

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

— by , one concerning foreign aid (No. 411-2682) and one concerning the Criminal Code of Canada (No. 411-2683).

Adjournment Proceedings

At 6:06 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.

Accordingly, at 6:28 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).