HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
35th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION
JOURNALS
No. 151
Tuesday, April 8, 1997
10:00 a.m.
PRAYERS
DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS
Tabling of Documents
The Speaker laid upon the Table, -- Report of the Commissioner of Official
Languages for the year 1996, pursuant to the Official Languages Act, R. S.
1985, c. 31 (4th supp.), s. 66. -- Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-301B.
(Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing
Joint Committee on Official Languages)
Presenting Reports from Committees
Mr. Bonin (Nickel Belt), from the Standing Committee on
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, presented the
7th Report of the Committee (Bill C-79, An Act to permit
certain modifications in the application of the Indian Act
to bands that desire them, with amendments). -- Sessional Paper
No. 8510-352-90.
A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Issue
No. 5 which includes this Report) was tabled.
Mr. Peterson (Willowdale), from the Standing Committee
on Finance, presented the 9th Report of the Committee (Bill
C-82, An Act to amend certain laws relating to financial
institutions, with amendments). -- Sessional Paper No. 8510-
352-91.
A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Issue
No. 11 which includes this Report) was tabled.
Introduction of Private Members' Bills
Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion
of Mr. Axworthy (Saskatoon -- Clark's Crossing), seconded by
Mr. Taylor (The Battlefords -- Meadow Lake), Bill C-396, An
Act to restrict the use of the Internet to distribute
pornographic material involving children, 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. Dromisky (Thunder Bay -- Atikokan), seconded by Mr.
Jackson (Bruce -- Grey), Bill C-397, An Act to amend the
Immigration Act (reimbursement), was introduced, read the
first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second
reading at the next sitting of the House.
Presenting Petitions
Pursuant to Standing Order 36, petitions certified correct by the Clerk
of Petitions were presented as follows:
-- by Mrs. Ablonczy (Calgary North), one concerning sex offenders (No.
352-2015);
-- by Mr. Axworthy (Saskatoon -- Clark's Crossing), one concerning the nuclear
industry (No. 352-2016), one concerning the highway system (No. 352-2017)
and one concerning the appointment of justices (No. 352-2018);
-- by Mr. Lee (Scarborough -- Rouge River), one concerning housing policies
(No. 352-2019).
GOVERNMENT ORDERS
The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-27, An Act to
amend the Criminal Code (child prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal
harassment and female genital mutilation), as reported by the Standing
Committee
on Justice and Legal Affairs with amendments;
And of Motion No. 1.
Motion No. 1 of Mrs. Gagnon (Québec), seconded by Mr.
Rocheleau (Trois-Rivières), -- That Bill C-27, in Clause 1, be
amended by deleting lines 20 to 29 on page 3 and lines 1 to
7 on page 4.
The debate continued on Motion No. 1.
The question was put on Motion No. 1 and, by unanimous consent, the
recorded division was deferred until the expiry of the time provided for
Government Orders this day.
INTERRUPTION
At 10:48 a.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 10:58 a.m., the sitting resumed.
GOVERNMENT ORDERS
The Order was read for the consideration at report
stage of Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and
certain other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on
Justice and Legal Affairs without amendment.
By unanimous consent, Mr. Kirkby (Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr.
Kilger (Stormont -- Dundas), moved Motion No. 1, -- That Bill C-17
be amended by adding after line 15 on page 48 the
following:
``107.1 Paragraph 742.1(b) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
(b) is satisfied that serving the sentence in the community
would not endanger the safety of the community and would be
consistent with the fundamental purpose and principles of
sentencing set out in sections 718 to 718.2'',
By unanimous consent, Mr. Kirkby (Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr.
Kilger (Stormont -- Dundas), moved Motion No. 2, -- That Bill C-17
be amended by adding after line 13 on page 66 the
following:
``An Act to amend the Criminal Code (judicial review of parole
ineligibility) and another Act
139.1 Section 8 of An Act to amend the Criminal Code
(judicial review of parole ineligibility) and another Act is
replaced by the following:
8. Paragraph 745.63(1)(d) of the Criminal Code, as
enacted by section 2 of this Act, applies in respect of
hearings held after the coming into force of this section
with respect to applications for judicial review in respect
of crimes committed before or after the coming into force of
this section.''
Debate arose on Motion No. 1.
The question was put on Motion No. 1 and it was agreed
to on division.
Debate arose on Motion No. 2.
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
The Order was read for consideration of a Ways and Means motion to amend
the Income Tax Act, the Income Tax Application Rules and another Act
related to the Income Tax Act (Sessional Paper No. 8570-352-23), notice of
which was laid upon the Table on Monday, March 3, 1997. (Ways and Means
Proceedings No. 19)
Mr. Massé (President of the Treasury Board) for Mr. Peters (Secretary of
State (International Financial Institutions)), seconded by Mr. Gray (Leader of
the Government in the House of Commons), moved, -- That the motion be concurred
in.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following
division:
YEAS-POUR
Members--Députés
-- Adams -- Alcock -- Anderson -- Arseneault -- Assad
-- Augustine -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Bélair
-- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bernier -- (Beauce)
-- Blondin-Andrew -- Bodnar -- Boudria
-- Brown -- (Oakville -- Milton) -- Bryden -- Calder
-- Campbell -- Cannis -- Catterall -- Cohen -- Collenette
-- Cowling -- Crawford -- Cullen -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal
-- Dingwall -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dupuy -- Easter
-- Fewchuk -- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana -- Gagliano
-- Gagnon -- (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
-- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Graham
-- Gray -- (Windsor West/Ouest) -- Guarnieri
-- Harper -- (Churchill) -- Harvard -- Hickey -- Hubbard
-- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jackson -- Keyes
-- Kilger -- (Stormont -- Dundas) -- Kirkby -- Knutson
-- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka -- Lavigne -- (Verdun -- Saint-Paul)
-- LeBlanc -- (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso)
-- Lee -- Lincoln -- Loney -- Maloney -- Manley -- Massé
-- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKinnon
-- McLellan -- (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest) -- McTeague
-- McWhinney -- Mifflin -- Mills -- (Broadview -- Greenwood)
-- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Murray -- Nault
-- O'Brien -- (Labrador) -- O'Brien -- (London -- Middlesex)
-- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peters -- Peterson
-- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Pickard -- (Essex -- Kent)
-- Pillitteri -- Proud -- Reed -- Regan -- Richardson
-- Rideout -- Robichaud -- Rock
-- Scott -- (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury) -- Shepherd
-- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart -- (Northumberland)
-- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Terrana -- Thalheimer -- Ur -- Valeri
-- Vanclief -- Verran -- Volpe -- Walker -- Wappel -- Wells
-- Whelan -- Young -- 117
NAYS-CONTRE
Members--Députés
-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Axworthy -- (Saskatoon -- Clark's Crossing)
-- Bellehumeur -- Benoit
-- Bernier -- (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Bridgman
-- Brien -- Canuel -- Chatters -- Chrétien -- (Frontenac)
-- Cummins -- Daviault -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Deshaies
-- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Epp -- Forseth -- Gagnon -- (Québec)
-- Gilmour -- Godin -- Grey -- (Beaver River) -- Guay
-- Guimond -- Hanger -- Hanrahan -- Harper -- (Simcoe Centre)
-- Harris -- Hayes -- Hermanson -- Hill -- (Macleod)
-- Hill -- (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hoeppner
-- Jacob -- Jennings -- Johnston -- Lalonde -- Landry
-- Langlois -- Laurin -- Leblanc -- (Longueuil)
-- Leroux -- (Shefford) -- Loubier -- Marchand
-- Martin -- (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Mayfield
-- McClelland -- (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest) -- Ménard
-- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills -- (Red Deer) -- Nunez
-- Nunziata -- Paré -- Penson -- Picard -- (Drummond)
-- Plamondon -- Pomerleau -- Ramsay -- Riis -- Ringma
-- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Scott -- (Skeena)
-- Silye -- Solberg -- Speaker -- Stinson -- Strahl
-- Tremblay -- (Lac-Saint-Jean)
-- Tremblay -- (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay -- (Rosemont)
-- Venne -- White -- (North Vancouver) -- Williams -- 78
Paired Members--Députés Pairés
-- Asselin -- Axworthy -- (Winnipeg South Centre/Sud-Centre)
-- Bachand -- Bergeron -- Bonin -- Caccia -- Cauchon
-- Comuzzi -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Dubé -- Eggleton
-- Fillion -- Fry -- Gauthier -- Lefebvre
-- Leroux -- (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- MacAulay -- Maloney
-- Payne
The Order was read for consideration of a Ways and
Means motion to implement certain provisions of the budget
tabled in Parliament on February 18, 1997 (Sessional Paper
No. 8570-352-24), notice of which was laid upon the Table on
Friday, March 21, 1997. (Ways and Means Proceedings No. 20)
Mr. Peters (Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)),
seconded by Mr. Gray (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons),
moved, -- That the motion be concurred in.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following
division:
YEAS-POUR
Members--Députés
-- Adams -- Alcock -- Anderson -- Arseneault -- Assad
-- Augustine -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Bélair
-- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bernier -- (Beauce)
-- Blondin-Andrew -- Bodnar -- Boudria
-- Brown -- (Oakville -- Milton) -- Brushett -- Bryden
-- Calder -- Campbell -- Cannis -- Catterall -- Cohen
-- Collenette -- Cowling -- Crawford -- Cullen -- DeVillers
-- Dhaliwal -- Dingwall -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dupuy
-- Easter -- Fewchuk -- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana -- Gagliano
-- Gagnon -- (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
-- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Graham -- Guarnieri
-- Harper -- (Churchill) -- Harvard -- Hickey -- Hubbard
-- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jackson -- Keyes
-- Kilger -- (Stormont -- Dundas) -- Kirkby -- Knutson
-- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka -- Lavigne -- (Verdun -- Saint-Paul)
-- LeBlanc -- (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso)
-- Lee -- Lincoln -- Loney -- Maloney -- Manley -- Massé
-- McCormick -- McGuire -- McKinnon
-- McLellan -- (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest) -- McTeague
-- McWhinney -- Mifflin -- Mills -- (Broadview -- Greenwood)
-- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Murray -- Nault
-- O'Brien -- (Labrador) -- O'Brien -- (London -- Middlesex)
-- Paradis -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peters -- Peterson
-- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Pickard -- (Essex -- Kent)
-- Pillitteri -- Proud -- Reed -- Regan -- Richardson
-- Rideout -- Robichaud -- Rock
-- Scott -- (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury) -- Shepherd
-- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart -- (Northumberland)
-- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Terrana -- Thalheimer -- Ur -- Valeri
-- Vanclief -- Verran -- Volpe -- Walker -- Wappel -- Wells
-- Whelan -- Young -- 117
NAYS-CONTRE
Members--Députés
-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Axworthy -- (Saskatoon -- Clark's Crossing)
-- Bellehumeur -- Benoit
-- Bernier -- (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Bridgman
-- Brien -- Canuel -- Chatters -- Chrétien -- (Frontenac)
-- Cummins -- Daviault -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Deshaies
-- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Epp -- Forseth -- Gagnon -- (Québec)
-- Gilmour -- Godin -- Grey -- (Beaver River) -- Guay
-- Guimond -- Hanger -- Hanrahan -- Harper -- (Simcoe Centre)
-- Harris -- Hayes -- Hermanson -- Hill -- (Macleod)
-- Hill -- (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hoeppner
-- Jacob -- Jennings -- Johnston -- Lalonde -- Landry
-- Langlois -- Laurin -- Leblanc -- (Longueuil)
-- Leroux -- (Shefford) -- Loubier -- Marchand
-- Martin -- (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca) -- Mayfield
-- McClelland -- (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest) -- Ménard
-- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills -- (Red Deer) -- Nunez
-- Paré -- Penson -- Picard -- (Drummond) -- Plamondon
-- Pomerleau -- Ramsay -- Riis -- Ringma -- Rocheleau
-- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Scott -- (Skeena) -- Silye
-- Solberg -- Speaker -- Stinson -- Strahl
-- Tremblay -- (Lac-Saint-Jean)
-- Tremblay -- (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay -- (Rosemont)
-- Venne -- White -- (North Vancouver) -- Williams -- 77
Paired Members--Députés Pairés
-- Asselin -- Axworthy -- (Winnipeg South Centre/Sud-Centre)
-- Bachand -- Bergeron -- Bonin -- Caccia -- Cauchon
-- Comuzzi -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Dubé -- Eggleton
-- Fillion -- Fry -- Gauthier -- Lefebvre
-- Leroux -- (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- MacAulay -- Maloney
-- Payne
By unanimous consent, the House proceeded to the taking
of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 1 of Mrs.
Gagnon (Québec), seconded by Mr. Rocheleau (Trois-Rivières), -- That
Bill C-27, in Clause 1, be amended by deleting lines
20 to 29 on page 3 and lines 1 to 7 on page 4.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following
division:
YEAS-POUR
Members--Députés
-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Axworthy -- (Saskatoon -- Clark's Crossing)
-- Bellehumeur -- Benoit -- Bernier -- (Beauce)
-- Bernier -- (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Bridgman
-- Brien -- Canuel -- Chatters -- Chrétien -- (Frontenac)
-- Cummins -- Daviault -- de Savoye -- Debien -- Deshaies
-- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Epp -- Forseth -- Gagnon -- (Québec)
-- Gilmour -- Godin -- Grey -- (Beaver River) -- Guay
-- Guimond -- Hanger -- Hanrahan -- Harper -- (Simcoe Centre)
-- Harris -- Hayes -- Hermanson -- Hill -- (Macleod)
-- Hill -- (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hoeppner
-- Jacob -- Jennings -- Johnston -- Lalonde -- Landry
-- Langlois -- Laurin -- Leroux -- (Shefford) -- Loubier
-- Marchand -- Martin -- (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca)
-- Mayfield -- McClelland -- (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest)
-- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills -- (Red Deer)
-- Nunez -- Paré -- Penson -- Picard -- (Drummond)
-- Plamondon -- Pomerleau -- Ramsay -- Riis -- Ringma
-- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Scott -- (Skeena)
-- Silye -- Solberg -- Speaker -- Stinson -- Strahl
-- Tremblay -- (Lac-Saint-Jean)
-- Tremblay -- (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay -- (Rosemont)
-- Venne -- White -- (North Vancouver) -- Williams -- 77
NAYS-CONTRE
Members--Députés
-- Adams -- Alcock -- Anderson -- Arseneault -- Assad
-- Augustine -- Baker -- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Bélair
-- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bodnar
-- Boudria -- Brown -- (Oakville -- Milton) -- Brushett
-- Bryden -- Calder -- Campbell -- Cannis -- Catterall
-- Cohen -- Collenette -- Cowling -- Crawford -- Cullen
-- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dingwall -- Dion -- Discepola
-- Dupuy -- Easter -- Fewchuk -- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana
-- Gagliano -- Gagnon -- (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
-- Gallaway -- Godfrey -- Goodale -- Graham -- Guarnieri
-- Harper -- (Churchill) -- Harvard -- Hickey -- Hubbard
-- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jackson -- Keyes
-- Kilger -- (Stormont -- Dundas) -- Kirkby -- Knutson
-- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka -- Lavigne -- (Verdun -- Saint-Paul)
-- LeBlanc -- (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso)
-- Leblanc -- (Longueuil) -- Lee -- Lincoln -- Loney
-- Maloney -- Manley -- Massé -- McCormick -- McGuire
-- McKinnon -- McLellan -- (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest)
-- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Mifflin
-- Mills -- (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell
-- Murphy -- Murray -- Nault -- O'Brien -- (Labrador)
-- O'Brien -- (London -- Middlesex) -- Paradis -- Parrish
-- Patry -- Peters -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney
-- Pickard -- (Essex -- Kent) -- Pillitteri -- Proud
-- Reed -- Regan -- Richardson -- Rideout -- Robichaud
-- Rock -- Scott -- (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury)
-- Shepherd -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart -- (Northumberland)
-- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Terrana -- Thalheimer -- Ur -- Valeri
-- Vanclief -- Verran -- Volpe -- Walker -- Wappel -- Wells
-- Whelan -- Young -- 117
Paired Members--Députés Pairés
-- Asselin -- Axworthy -- (Winnipeg South Centre/Sud-Centre)
-- Bachand -- Bergeron -- Bonin -- Caccia -- Cauchon
-- Comuzzi -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Dubé -- Eggleton
-- Fillion -- Fry -- Gauthier -- Lefebvre
-- Leroux -- (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- MacAulay -- Maloney
-- Payne
Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Dingwall (Minister of
Health), moved, -- That Bill C-27, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (child
prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and female genital
mutilation), as amended, be concurred in at report stage.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following
division:
YEAS-POUR
Members--Députés
-- Abbott -- Ablonczy -- Adams -- Alcock -- Anderson
-- Arseneault -- Assad -- Augustine
-- Axworthy -- (Saskatoon -- Clark's Crossing) -- Baker
-- Bakopanos -- Barnes -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellehumeur
-- Bellemare -- Benoit
-- Bernier -- (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead)
-- Blondin-Andrew -- Bodnar -- Boudria -- Bridgman -- Brien
-- Brown -- (Oakville -- Milton) -- Brushett -- Bryden
-- Calder -- Campbell -- Cannis -- Canuel -- Catterall
-- Chatters -- Chrétien -- (Frontenac) -- Cohen -- Collenette
-- Cowling -- Crawford -- Cullen -- Cummins -- Daviault
-- de Savoye -- Debien -- Deshaies -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal
-- Dingwall -- Dion -- Discepola -- Duceppe -- Dumas
-- Dupuy -- Easter -- Epp -- Fewchuk -- Finlay -- Flis
-- Fontana -- Forseth -- Gagliano
-- Gagnon -- (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
-- Gagnon -- (Québec) -- Gallaway -- Gilmour -- Godfrey
-- Godin -- Goodale -- Graham -- Grey -- (Beaver River)
-- Guarnieri -- Guay -- Guimond -- Hanger -- Hanrahan
-- Harper -- (Churchill) -- Harper -- (Simcoe Centre)
-- Harris -- Harvard -- Hayes -- Hermanson -- Hickey
-- Hill -- (Macleod) -- Hill -- (Prince George -- Peace River)
-- Hoeppner -- Hubbard -- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jackson
-- Jacob -- Jennings -- Johnston -- Keyes
-- Kilger -- (Stormont -- Dundas) -- Kirkby -- Knutson
-- Kraft Sloan -- Lalonde -- Landry -- Langlois -- Lastewka
-- Laurin -- Lavigne -- (Verdun -- Saint-Paul)
-- LeBlanc -- (Cape/Cap Breton Highlands -- Canso)
-- Leblanc -- (Longueuil) -- Lee -- Leroux -- (Shefford)
-- Lincoln -- Loney -- Loubier -- Maloney -- Manley
-- Marchand -- Martin -- (Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca)
-- Massé -- Mayfield
-- McClelland -- (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest) -- McCormick
-- McGuire -- McKinnon
-- McLellan -- (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest) -- McTeague
-- McWhinney -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mifflin
-- Mills -- (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Mills -- (Red Deer)
-- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Murray -- Nault -- Nunez
-- O'Brien -- (Labrador) -- O'Brien -- (London -- Middlesex)
-- Paradis -- Paré -- Parrish -- Patry -- Penson -- Peters
-- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Picard -- (Drummond)
-- Pickard -- (Essex -- Kent) -- Pillitteri -- Plamondon
-- Pomerleau -- Proud -- Ramsay -- Reed -- Regan -- Richardson
-- Rideout -- Riis -- Ringma -- Robichaud -- Rocheleau
-- Rock -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt
-- Scott -- (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury) -- Scott -- (Skeena)
-- Shepherd -- Silye -- Solberg -- Speaker -- St. Denis
-- Steckle -- Stewart -- (Northumberland) -- Stinson
-- Strahl -- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Terrana -- Thalheimer
-- Tremblay -- (Lac-Saint-Jean)
-- Tremblay -- (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay -- (Rosemont)
-- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Venne -- Verran -- Volpe
-- Walker -- Wappel -- Wells -- Whelan
-- White -- (North Vancouver) -- Williams -- Young -- 193
NAYS-CONTRE
Members--Députés
-- 0
Paired Members--Députés Pairés
-- Asselin -- Axworthy -- (Winnipeg South Centre/Sud-Centre)
-- Bachand -- Bergeron -- Bonin -- Caccia -- Cauchon
-- Comuzzi -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Dubé -- Eggleton
-- Fillion -- Fry -- Gauthier -- Lefebvre
-- Leroux -- (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- MacAulay -- Maloney
-- Payne
Accordingly, the Bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage and
ordered for a third reading at the next sitting of the House.
MOTIONS
By unanimous consent, it was ordered, -- That any
recorded division requested with regard to Private Members'
Business M-267 on April 8, 1997, be deferred to the
conclusion of Government Orders on Wednesday, April 9, 1997.
GOVERNMENT ORDERS
The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill
C-17, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and certain other
Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on Justice and
Legal Affairs without amendment.
The debate continued on Motion No. 2.
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 Mrs.
Jennings (Mission -- Coquitlam), seconded by Mr. Martin
(Esquimalt -- Juan de Fuca), -- That the Standing Orders of the
House be amended by adding the following:
``97.1 A standing, special or legislative committee to
which a Private Member's public bill has been referred shall
in every case either report the bill to the House with or
without amendment or present to the House a report
containing a recommendation not to proceed further with the
bill and giving the reasons therefor.''; (Private Members'
Business M-267)
And of the amendment of Mrs. Tremblay (Rimouski --
Témiscouata), seconded by Mr. Paré (Louis-Hébert), -- That
the motion be amended by adding after the words ``in every
case'' the following:
``, within six months from the date of the bill's reference
to the committee,'';
And of the sub-amendment of Mr. Langlois (Bellechasse),
seconded by Mrs. Dalphond-Guiral (Laval Centre), -- That the
amendment be amended by replacing the words ``six months''
with the following:
``sixty sitting days''.
The debate continued.
The question was put on the sub-amendment and, pursuant to Order made earlier
today, a recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, April 9, 1997, at
the expiry of
the time provided for Government Orders.
RETURNS AND REPORTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), a paper deposited
with the Clerk of the House was laid upon the Table as
follows:
-- by Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance) -- Report of
the Canadian International Trade Tribunal entitled "Reference from the
Minister of Finance Pursuant to Section 19 of the Canadian International
Trade Tribunal Act Concerning Certain Warp-Knit Fabrics", dated
March 17, 1997, pursuant to the Canada -- United States Free Trade
Agreement Implementation Act, S. C. 1988, c. 65, s. 54. -- Sessional Paper
No. 8560-352-572EE. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently
referred to the Standing Committee on Finance)
PROCEEDINGS ON ADJOURNMENT MOTION
At 6:12 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.
ADJOURNMENT
At 6:18 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until
tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).