HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
35th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION
JOURNALS
No. 122
Tuesday, February 4, 1997
10:00 a.m.
PRAYERS
VACANCY
The Speaker informed the House that a vacancy had
occurred in the representation in the House of Commons, for
the Electoral District of Jonquière, in the Province of
Québec, by reason of the death of Mr. André Caron, and
that, pursuant to subsection 28(1) of the Parliament of
Canada Act, the Speaker had addressed, on Monday, February
3, 1997, his warrant to the Chief Electoral Officer for the
issue of a writ for the election of a member to fill the
vacancy.
DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS
Tabling of Documents
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Zed (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:
(1) No. 352-1328 concerning sexual orientation. -- Sessional
Paper No. 8545-352-45P;
(2) No. 352-1329 concerning profits from crime. -- Sessional
Paper No. 8545-352-97K;
(3) No. 352-1332 concerning the Federal Public Service. -- Sessional
Paper No. 8545-352-139;
(4) Nos. 352-1333 and 352-1344 concerning impaired driving. -- Sessional
Paper No. 8545-352-73O;
(5) No. 352-1334 concerning corporal punishment. -- Sessional
Paper No. 8545-352-49E;
(6) Nos. 352-1348, 352-1353 and 352-1355 concerning the
highway system. -- Sessional
Paper No. 8545-352-137A;
(7) Nos. 352-1349 and 352-1354 concerning taxes on books. -- Sessional
Paper No. 8545-352-129C;
(8) Nos. 352-1350 and 352-1356 concerning the Young
Offenders Act. -- Sessional
Paper No. 8545-352-25O;
(9) No. 352-1358 concerning the sexual abuse of children. -- Sessional
Paper No. 8545-352-83A;
(10) No. 352-1364 concerning the income tax system. -- Sessional
Paper No. 8545-352-28DD.
Presenting Reports from Inter-parliamentary Delegations
Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mr. Speller (Haldimand -- Norfolk)
presented the report of the Canadian branch of the Commonwealth
Parliamentary
Association (CPA) which visited Australia
from November 16 to 28,
1996. -- Sessional Paper No. 8565-352-53E.
Presenting Reports from Committees
Mr. Zed (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the
Government in the House of Commons), from the Standing
Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 50th
Report of the Committee, which was as follows:
The Committee recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, the
following changes in membership of Standing Committees:
Finance
Pomerleau for Rocheleau
Transport
Crête for Caron
The Committee recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, that
the following Member be added to the list of Associate Members of the
Standing Committee on Finance:
Rocheleau
The Committee further recommends, that where a Member is appointed as
permanent member to a Committee in accordance with this report and to which
he was previously appointed Associate Member, that the name of the Member
be struck from the list of Associate Members of the said Committee.
A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Issue
No. 3, which includes this Report) was tabled.
Motions
By unanimous consent, it was ordered, -- That the 50th
Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House
Affairs, presented earlier today, be concurred in.
Presenting Petitions
Pursuant to Standing Order 36, petitions certified correct by the Clerk
of Petitions were presented as follows:
-- by Mr. Patry (Pierrefonds -- Dollard), one concerning national unity (No.
352-1563);
-- by Mrs. Barnes (London West), two concerning the highway system (Nos.
352-1564 and 352-1565) and one concerning taxes on books (No. 352-1566);
-- by Mr. Szabo (Mississauga South), one concerning police and firefighters'
death benefits (No. 352-1567), one concerning the income tax system (No.
352-1568) and one concerning alcoholic beverages (No. 352-1569).
GOVERNMENT ORDERS
The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-23,
An Act to establish the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and to make
consequential amendments to other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee
on Natural Resources with amendments.
Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1 (5), the Speaker selected
and grouped for debate the following motions:
Group No. 1 -- Motion No. 1.
Group No. 2 -- Motions Nos. 3 and 6.
Group No. 3 -- Motions Nos. 4 and 5.
Group No. 4 -- Motions Nos. 7 and 8.
Group No. 5 -- Motion No. 9.
Group No. 6 -- Motions Nos. 10 to 15.
Group No. 7 -- Motions Nos. 16 and 17.
Group No. 8 -- Motions Nos. 18 and 19.
Group No. 1
Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane), seconded by Mr. Deshaies
(Abitibi), moved Motion No. 1, -- That Bill C-23, in Clause 2,
be amended by replacing lines 5 and 6 on page 2 with the
following:
````Minister'' means the Minister of the Environment or such
member of the Queen's''
Debate arose on the motion in Group No. 1.
The question was put on Motion No. 1 and, pursuant to Standing Order
76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.
Group No. 2
Mr. Ringma (Nanaimo -- Cowichan), seconded by Mr. Stinson
(Okanagan -- Shuswap), moved Motion No. 3, -- That Bill C-23, in
Clause 3, be amended by
(a) replacing lines 15 and 16 on page 4 with the following:
``substances, prescribed equipment and prescribed
information;'';
(b) replacing line 22 on page 4 with the following:
``weapons and nuclear explosive devices; and'';
(c) adding after line 22 on page 4 the following:
``(c) the education of the public on the health, safety and
environmental effects associated with the development,
production or use of nuclear energy in Canada.''
Mr. Ringma (Nanaimo -- Cowichan), seconded by Mr. Stinson
(Okanagan -- Shuswap), moved Motion No. 6, -- That Bill C-23, in
Clause 9, be amended by
(a) replacing lines 23 to 28 on page 5 with the following:
``(ii) prevent unreasonable risk to national security
associated with the development, production, possession or
use,
(iii) achieve conformity with measures of control and
international obligations to which Canada has agreed,'';
(b) adding after line 36 on page 5 the following:
``(c) to inform the public as to the health, safety and
environmental effects associated with nuclear activities in
Canada; and''
Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 2.
The question was put on Motion No. 3 and, pursuant to Standing Order
76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.
The question was put on Motion No. 6 and, pursuant to Standing Order
76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.
Group No. 3
Mr. Solomon (Regina -- Lumsden), seconded by Mr. Nunez
(Bourassa), moved Motion No. 4, -- That Bill C-23 be amended by
deleting Clause 6.
Mr. Solomon (Regina -- Lumsden), seconded by Mr. Nunez
(Bourassa), moved Motion No. 5, -- That Bill C-23 be amended by
deleting Clause 7.
Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 3.
The question was put on Motion No. 4 and, pursuant to Standing Order
76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.
The question was put on Motion No. 5 and, pursuant to Standing Order
76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.
Group No. 4
Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane), seconded by Mr. Deshaies
(Abitibi), moved Motion No. 7, -- That Bill C-23, in Clause 10,
be amended by replacing line 2 on page 6 with the following:
``more than seven permanent members, among whom there shall
be at least one representative of an organization generally
recognized for at least five years for its work in
environmental protection and a representative of the nuclear
industry, to be''
Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane), seconded by Mr. Deshaies
(Abitibi), moved Motion No. 8, -- That Bill C-23, in Clause 10,
be amended by replacing line 3 on page 6 with the following:
``appointed by the Governor in Council following approval by
resolution of the Senate and the House of Commons.''
Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 4.
The question was put on Motion No. 7 and, pursuant to Standing Order
76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.
The question was put on Motion No. 8 and, pursuant to Standing Order
76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.
Group No. 5
Mr. Solomon (Regina -- Lumsden), seconded by Mr. Nunez
(Bourassa), moved Motion No. 9, -- That Bill C-23, in Clause
33, be amended by replacing lines 15 to 17 on page 19 with
the following:
``33. While exercising any authority under the Act, an
inspector shall make all reasonable efforts to be
accompanied by a member of a health and safety committee or
an environment committee whose sphere of activity is
affected by the authority exercised by the inspector, and
the inspector may also be accompanied by any other person
chosen by the inspector.''
Debate arose on the motion in Group No. 5.
The question was put on Motion No. 9 and, pursuant to Standing Order
76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.
Group No. 6
Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane), seconded by Mr. Deshaies
(Abitibi), moved Motion No. 10, -- That Bill C-23, in Clause
44, be amended by
(a) replacing lines 21 to 23 on page 27 with the following:
``44. (1) The Commission may, with the approval of the
Governor in Council and subject to subsections (1.1) and
(1.2), make regulations''; and
(b) adding after line 25 on page 30 the following:
``(1.1) In making a regulation under subsection (1), the
Commission shall have regard to the principle that persons
subject to the regulation should not be required to bear
costs that are unreasonable in comparison with the
anticipated benefits.
(1.2) The Commission shall make no regulation under
subsection (1) that, in its opinion, will require persons
subject to the regulation to bear costs that are
unreasonable in comparison with the anticipated benefits.''
Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane), seconded by Mr. Deshaies
(Abitibi), moved Motion No. 11, -- That Bill C-23, in Clause
44, be amended by replacing lines 5 to 7 on page 29 with the
following:
``(i) prescribing the fees that may be charged for the
provision, by the Commission, of information, products and
services, following consultation with any parties who have
notified the Commission in writing of their desire to be
consulted in this matter;''
Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane), seconded by Mr. Deshaies
(Abitibi), moved Motion No. 12, -- That Bill C-23, in Clause
44, be amended by replacing lines 8 to 10 on page 29 with
the following:
(i) initial fees or the method of calculating the initial
fees that may be charged for a licence or class of licence,
and
(ii) after consultation with the licensees, the fees or the
method of calculating the fees that may be charged for
renewal of a licence or class of licence;''
Mr. Solomon (Regina -- Lumsden), seconded by Mr. Nunez
(Bourassa), moved Motion No. 13, -- That Bill C-23, in Clause
44, be amended by deleting lines 15 to 19 on page 30.
Mr. Solomon (Regina -- Lumsden), seconded by Mr. Nunez
(Bourassa), moved Motion No. 14, -- That Bill C-23, in Clause
44, be amended by replacing lines 14 to 17, on page 31 with
the following:
``(5) The Governor in Council may, subject to
affirmative resolution of the House of Commons, make
regulations generally as the Governor in Council considers
necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act.''
Ms. McLellan (Minister of Natural Resources), seconded
by Mrs. Cowling (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Natural Resources), moved Motion No. 15, -- That Bill C-23, in
Clause 44, be amended by adding after line 20 on page 32 the
following:
``(12) A copy of each regulation that the Commission
proposes to make under paragraphs (1)(i) or (1)(j) shall be
published in the Canada Gazette and a reasonable opportunity
shall be given to persons to make representations to the
Commission with respect thereto.''
Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 6.
The question was put on Motion No. 10 and, pursuant to Standing Order
76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.
The question was put on Motion No. 11 and, pursuant to Standing Order
76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.
The question was put on Motion No. 12 and, pursuant to Standing Order
76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.
The question was put on Motion No. 13 and, pursuant to Standing Order
76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.
The question was put on Motion No. 14 and, pursuant to Standing Order
76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.
The question was put on Motion No. 15 and, pursuant to Standing Order
76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.
Group No. 7
Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane), seconded by Mr. Deshaies
(Abitibi), moved Motion No. 16, -- That Bill C-23 be amended by
adding after line 12 on page 36 the following new Clause:
``51.1 No person shall be found guilty of an offence
under this Act or a regulation made thereunder if the person
establishes that he or she exercised all due diligence to
prevent its commission.''
Ms. McLellan (Minister of Natural Resources), seconded by
Mrs. Cowling (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Natural Resources), moved Motion No. 17, -- That Bill C-23 be
amended by adding after line 12 on page 36 the following:
``51.1 A person shall not be found to have contravened
any provision of this Act, other than section 50, if it is
established that the person exercised all due diligence to
prevent its commission.''
Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 7.
The question was put on Motion No. 16 and, pursuant to Standing Order
76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.
Group No. 8
Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane), seconded by Mr. Deshaies
(Abitibi), moved Motion No. 18, -- That Bill C-23, in Clause
72, be amended by replacing lines 33 to 37 on page 42 with
the following:
``72. The Commission shall, within four months after the
end of each fiscal year, submit to the Minister a report of
the activities of the Commission under this Act for that
fiscal year, incorporating any comments received from any
interested party regarding its internal management,
operations and business practices and stating how such
comments have affected the way it carries out its mandate,
and the Minister shall cause the''
Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane), seconded by Mr. Deshaies
(Abitibi), moved Motion No. 19, -- That Bill C-23, in Clause
72, be amended by replacing lines 33 to 40 on page 42 with
the following:
``72. The Commission shall, within four months after
the end of each fiscal year,
(a) hold public hearings, in accordance with the prescribed
rules of procedure, regarding its internal management,
operations and business partners during the fiscal year; and
(b) submit to the Minister a report of the activities of the
Commission under this Act, including the public hearings
held under paragraph (a), for that fiscal year, and
the Minister shall cause the report to be laid before each
House of Parliament on any of the first fifteen days on
which that House is sitting after receiving it.''
Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 8.
The question was put on Motion No. 18 and, pursuant to Standing Order
76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.
Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the House proceeded to the taking of
the deferred recorded divisions at report stage of Bill C-23, An Act to
establish the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and to make consequential
amendments to other Acts, as reported by the Standing Committee on Natural
Resources with amendments.
Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded divisions were further
deferred until later today at the expiry of the time provided for
Government Orders.
The Order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-53,
An Act to amend the Prisons and Reformatories Act, as reported by the Standing
Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs without amendment.
Mr. Peters (Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions))
for Mr. Gray (Solicitor General of Canada), seconded by Mrs. Stewart (Secretary
of State (Latin America and Africa)), moved, -- That the Bill be concurred in at
report stage.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to.
Accordingly, the Bill was concurred in at report stage.
Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(11), Mr. Peters (Secretary of State
(International Financial Institutions)) for Mr. Gray (Solicitor General of
Canada), seconded by Mrs. Stewart (Secretary of State (Latin America and
Africa)), moved, -- That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
Debate arose thereon.
The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to
Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until
later today, at the expiry of the time provided for
Government Orders.
The Order was read for the second reading and reference
to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs of
Bill C-46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (production of
records in sexual offence proceedings).
Mr. Rock (Minister of Justice), seconded by Ms.
Blondin-Andrew (Secretary of State (Training and Youth)),
moved, -- That the Bill be now read a second time and referred
to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs.
Debate arose thereon.
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 House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr.
Rock (Minister of Justice), seconded by Ms. Blondin-Andrew
(Secretary of State (Training and Youth)), -- That Bill C-46,
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (production of records in
sexual offence proceedings), be now read a second time and
referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal
Affairs.
The debate continued.
MOTIONS
By unanimous consent, Mr. Zed (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons),
seconded by Mr. Kirkby (Parliamentary Secretary to the
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada)),
moved, -- That, the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal
Affairs be the committee designated for the purposes of
section 36 of An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mental
disorder) and to amend the National Defence Act and the
Young Offenders Act in consequence thereof (Chapter 43,
Statutes of Canada, 1991);
And that the Standing Committee on
Industry be the committee designated for the purposes of
section 14 of the Patent Act Amendment Act 1992 (Chapter 2,
Statutes of Canada, 1993).
By unanimous consent, Mr. Zed (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons),
seconded by Mr. Kirkby (Parliamentary Secretary to the
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada)),
moved, -- That the Order of the House adopted December 12,
1996, concerning travel by the Standing Committee on Human
Rights and the Status of Disabled Persons be amended by
replacing the word ``February'' with the word ``March''.
GOVERNMENT ORDERS
The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr.
Rock (Minister of Justice), seconded by Ms. Blondin-Andrew
(Secretary of State (Training and Youth)), -- That Bill C-46,
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (production of records in
sexual offence proceedings), be now read a second time and
referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal
Affairs.
The debate continued.
At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the
taking of the deferred recorded divisions at report stage and second reading
of Bill C-60, An Act to establish the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and to
repeal and amend other Acts as a consequence as reported by the Standing
Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food with amendments.
Group No. 3
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 1 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Landry
(Lotbinière), -- That Bill C-60, in the preamble, be amended by adding after line
21 on page 1 the following:
``AND WHEREAS the Government of Canada promises to respect
the legislative authority of the provinces;''
The question was put on Motion No. 1 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS-POUR
Members--Députés
-- Ablonczy -- Asselin -- Bachand -- Benoit -- Bergeron
-- Bernier -- (Gaspé)
-- Bernier -- (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead)
-- Breitkreuz -- (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Canuel -- Chatters
-- Chrétien -- (Frontenac) -- Crête -- Cummins
-- Dalphond-Guiral -- Daviault -- de Savoye -- Dubé
-- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Duncan -- Epp -- Forseth -- Frazer
-- Gagnon -- (Québec) -- Gauthier -- Godin
-- Grey -- (Beaver River) -- Grubel -- Guay -- Guimond
-- Hanger -- Harper -- (Simcoe Centre) -- Hill -- (Macleod)
-- Hill -- (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Jacob
-- Johnston -- Landry -- Langlois -- Laurin
-- Lavigne -- (Beauharnois -- Salaberry) -- Lebel
-- Leroux -- (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux -- (Shefford)
-- Loubier -- Manning -- Marchand
-- McClelland -- (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest) -- Ménard
-- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills -- (Red Deer) -- Nunez
-- Paré -- Picard -- (Drummond) -- Pomerleau -- Ramsay
-- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Solberg -- Speaker
-- Stinson -- Strahl -- Thompson -- Tremblay -- (Lac-Saint-Jean)
-- Tremblay -- (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay -- (Rosemont)
-- Venne -- Williams -- 69
NAYS-CONTRE
Members--Députés
-- Adams -- Alcock -- Allmand -- Anderson -- Arseneault
-- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bélair
-- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bethel -- Bevilacqua -- Bhaduria
-- Blaikie -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bodnar -- Bonin
-- Brown -- (Oakville -- Milton) -- Brushett -- Bryden
-- Byrne -- Caccia -- Campbell -- Cannis -- Catterall
-- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Chrétien -- (Saint-Maurice)
-- Clancy -- Cohen -- Collenette -- Collins -- Comuzzi
-- Copps -- Cowling -- Crawford -- Culbert -- Cullen
-- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dromisky
-- Duhamel -- Dupuy -- Easter -- Eggleton -- English
-- Fewchuk -- Finestone -- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana
-- Fry -- Gaffney -- Gagliano
-- Gagnon -- (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
-- Gallaway -- Gerrard -- Goodale -- Graham -- Grose
-- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harper -- (Churchill) -- Harvard
-- Hopkins -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jackson
-- Jordan -- Keyes -- Kilger -- (Stormont -- Dundas)
-- Kirkby -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka
-- Lavigne -- (Verdun -- Saint-Paul)
-- LeBlanc -- (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso)
-- Lee -- Lincoln -- Loney -- MacAulay -- MacDonald
-- MacLellan -- (Cape/Cap-Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Malhi
-- Maloney -- Manley -- Marchi -- Marleau -- Massé -- McCormick
-- McKinnon -- McLaughlin
-- McLellan -- (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest) -- McTeague
-- McWhinney -- Mills -- (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna
-- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Murray -- Nault -- Nunziata
-- O'Brien -- (Labrador) -- O'Brien -- (London -- Middlesex)
-- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric
-- Peters -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney
-- Pickard -- (Essex -- Kent) -- Pillitteri -- Proud
-- Reed -- Regan -- Richardson -- Rideout -- Robichaud
-- Robillard -- Robinson -- Rock
-- Scott -- (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury) -- Serré
-- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- Skoke -- Solomon
-- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart -- (Northumberland)
-- Szabo -- Taylor -- Telegdi -- Thalheimer -- Torsney
-- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Walker -- Wappel
-- Wells -- Whelan -- Wood -- Young -- Zed -- 157
Paired Members--Députés Pairés
-- Anawak -- Bélisle -- Bellehumeur -- Boudria -- Brien
-- Calder -- Deshaies -- Dingwall -- Fillion -- Godfrey
-- Hickey -- Lalonde -- Lefebvre -- Mifflin -- Murphy
-- St-Laurent
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 13 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Landry
(Lotbinière), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 11, be amended by adding after line
27 on page 4 the following:
``(4.1) Notwithstanding subsection (4), where the
Minister proposes to establish any policy or standard under
that subsection, the Minister shall consult each province
before establishing that policy or standard with a view to
obtaining the agreement of the provinces to the proposed
policy or standard.
(4.2) Where, after being consulted under subsection
(4.1), a province advises the Minister that it disagrees
with the proposed policy or standard and the Minister then
establishes that policy or standard, the policy or standard
shall not be applicable to the province where the province
also advises the Minister that it does not wish that policy
or standard to apply to the province.''
The question was put on Motion No. 13 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS-POUR
Members--Députés
-- Asselin -- Bachand -- Bergeron -- Bernier -- (Gaspé)
-- Bernier -- (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Canuel
-- Chrétien -- (Frontenac) -- Crête -- Dalphond-Guiral
-- Daviault -- de Savoye -- Dubé -- Duceppe -- Dumas
-- Gagnon -- (Québec) -- Gauthier -- Godin -- Guay
-- Guimond -- Jacob -- Landry -- Langlois -- Laurin
-- Lavigne -- (Beauharnois -- Salaberry) -- Lebel
-- Leroux -- (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux -- (Shefford)
-- Loubier -- Marchand -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Nunez
-- Paré -- Picard -- (Drummond) -- Pomerleau -- Rocheleau
-- Sauvageau -- Tremblay -- (Lac-Saint-Jean)
-- Tremblay -- (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay -- (Rosemont)
-- Venne -- 41
NAYS-CONTRE
Members--Députés
-- Ablonczy -- Adams -- Alcock -- Allmand -- Anderson
-- Arseneault -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Barnes
-- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Benoit
-- Bethel -- Bevilacqua -- Bhaduria -- Blaikie -- Blondin-Andrew
-- Bodnar -- Bonin -- Breitkreuz -- (Yorkton -- Melville)
-- Brown -- (Oakville -- Milton) -- Brushett -- Bryden
-- Byrne -- Caccia -- Campbell -- Cannis -- Catterall
-- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Chatters -- Chrétien -- (Saint-Maurice)
-- Clancy -- Cohen -- Collenette -- Collins -- Comuzzi
-- Copps -- Cowling -- Crawford -- Culbert -- Cullen
-- Cummins -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola
-- Dromisky -- Duhamel -- Duncan -- Dupuy -- Easter
-- Eggleton -- English -- Epp -- Fewchuk -- Finestone
-- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana -- Forseth -- Frazer -- Fry
-- Gaffney -- Gagliano
-- Gagnon -- (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
-- Gallaway -- Gerrard -- Goodale -- Graham
-- Grey -- (Beaver River) -- Grose -- Grubel -- Guarnieri
-- Hanger -- Harb -- Harper -- (Churchill)
-- Harper -- (Simcoe Centre) -- Harvard -- Hill -- (Macleod)
-- Hill -- (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hopkins
-- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jackson -- Johnston
-- Jordan -- Keyes -- Kilger -- (Stormont -- Dundas)
-- Kirkby -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka
-- Lavigne -- (Verdun -- Saint-Paul)
-- LeBlanc -- (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso)
-- Lee -- Lincoln -- Loney -- MacAulay -- MacDonald
-- MacLellan -- (Cape/Cap-Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Malhi
-- Maloney -- Manley -- Manning -- Marchi -- Marleau
-- Massé -- McClelland -- (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest)
-- McCormick -- McKinnon -- McLaughlin
-- McLellan -- (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest) -- McTeague
-- McWhinney -- Meredith -- Mills -- (Broadview -- Greenwood)
-- Mills -- (Red Deer) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy
-- Murray -- Nault -- Nunziata -- O'Brien -- (Labrador)
-- O'Brien -- (London -- Middlesex) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan
-- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Peters -- Peterson -- Pettigrew
-- Phinney -- Pickard -- (Essex -- Kent) -- Pillitteri
-- Proud -- Ramsay -- Reed -- Regan -- Richardson -- Rideout
-- Robichaud -- Robillard -- Robinson -- Rock -- Schmidt
-- Scott -- (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury) -- Serré
-- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- Skoke -- Solberg
-- Solomon -- Speaker -- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle
-- Stewart -- (Northumberland) -- Stinson -- Strahl
-- Szabo -- Taylor -- Telegdi -- Thalheimer -- Thompson
-- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Walker
-- Wappel -- Wells -- Whelan -- Williams -- Wood -- Young
-- Zed -- 185
Paired Members--Députés Pairés
-- Anawak -- Bélisle -- Bellehumeur -- Boudria -- Brien
-- Calder -- Deshaies -- Dingwall -- Fillion -- Godfrey
-- Hickey -- Lalonde -- Lefebvre -- Mifflin -- Murphy
-- St-Laurent
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 22 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Landry
(Lotbinière), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 20, be amended by replacing lines 28
to 30 on page 6 with the following:
``20. The Minister may enter''
The question was put on Motion No. 22 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 41, NAYS: 185. (See list under Division No. 206)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 23 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Landry
(Lotbinière), -- That Bill C-60 be amended by adding after line 35 on page 6 the
following new Clause:
``20.1 No agreement entered into by the Minister under
section 20 shall infringe upon any power that the province
may exercise over the inspection of food or a related matter
pursuant to section 92 of the Constitution Act, 1867.''
The question was put on Motion No. 23 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 41, NAYS: 185. (See list under Division No. 206)
Group No. 4
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 5 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Loubier
(Saint-Hyacinthe -- Bagot), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 9, be amended by
replacing lines 4 to 6 on page 3 with the following:
``9. (1) The Governor in Council shall, by order,
direct that the head office of the Agency be in the location
in Canada recommended by the committee referred to in
section 9.1.
(2) The Governor in Council may, by order, direct that
the head office of the agency be in a location other than
the one recommended pursuant to section 9.1 but shall not
make any such order unless
(a) the Governor in Council has provided the committee
referred to in section 9.2 with all the reasons for such a
change; and
(b) the committee has approved the change.
9.1 Such committee of the House of Commons as is
designated or established to consider agricultural matters
shall recommend, for the purposes of section 9, the location
in Canada of the head office of the Agency .
9.2 Such committee of the House of Commons as is
designated or established to consider agricultural matters
shall, after studying the reasons for the change provided to
the committee pursuant to paragraph 9(2)(a), either approve
or refuse to approve, for the purposes of subsection 9(2),
any change in the location of the head office of the
Agency.''
The question was put on Motion No. 5 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS-POUR
Members--Députés
-- Asselin -- Bachand -- Bergeron -- Bernier -- (Gaspé)
-- Bernier -- (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Blaikie
-- Canuel -- Chrétien -- (Frontenac) -- Crête
-- Dalphond-Guiral -- Daviault -- de Savoye -- Dubé
-- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Gagnon -- (Québec) -- Gauthier
-- Godin -- Guay -- Guimond -- Jacob -- Landry -- Langlois
-- Laurin -- Lavigne -- (Beauharnois -- Salaberry)
-- Lebel -- Leroux -- (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux -- (Shefford)
-- Loubier -- Marchand -- McLaughlin -- Ménard -- Mercier
-- Nunez -- Paré -- Picard -- (Drummond) -- Pomerleau
-- Robinson -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Solomon -- Taylor
-- Tremblay -- (Lac-Saint-Jean)
-- Tremblay -- (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay -- (Rosemont)
-- Venne -- 46
NAYS-CONTRE
Members--Députés
-- Ablonczy -- Adams -- Alcock -- Allmand -- Anderson
-- Arseneault -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Barnes
-- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Benoit
-- Bethel -- Bevilacqua -- Bhaduria -- Blondin-Andrew
-- Bodnar -- Bonin -- Breitkreuz -- (Yorkton -- Melville)
-- Brown -- (Oakville -- Milton) -- Brushett -- Bryden
-- Byrne -- Caccia -- Campbell -- Cannis -- Catterall
-- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Chatters -- Chrétien -- (Saint-Maurice)
-- Clancy -- Cohen -- Collenette -- Collins -- Comuzzi
-- Copps -- Cowling -- Crawford -- Culbert -- Cullen
-- Cummins -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola
-- Dromisky -- Duhamel -- Duncan -- Dupuy -- Easter
-- Eggleton -- English -- Epp -- Fewchuk -- Finestone
-- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana -- Forseth -- Frazer -- Fry
-- Gaffney -- Gagliano
-- Gagnon -- (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
-- Gallaway -- Gerrard -- Goodale -- Graham
-- Grey -- (Beaver River) -- Grose -- Grubel -- Guarnieri
-- Hanger -- Harb -- Harper -- (Churchill)
-- Harper -- (Simcoe Centre) -- Harvard -- Hill -- (Macleod)
-- Hill -- (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hopkins
-- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jackson -- Johnston
-- Jordan -- Keyes -- Kilger -- (Stormont -- Dundas)
-- Kirkby -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka
-- Lavigne -- (Verdun -- Saint-Paul)
-- LeBlanc -- (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso)
-- Lee -- Lincoln -- Loney -- MacAulay -- MacDonald
-- MacLellan -- (Cape/Cap-Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Malhi
-- Maloney -- Manley -- Manning -- Marchi -- Marleau
-- Massé -- McClelland -- (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest)
-- McCormick -- McKinnon
-- McLellan -- (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest) -- McTeague
-- McWhinney -- Meredith -- Mills -- (Broadview -- Greenwood)
-- Mills -- (Red Deer) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy
-- Murray -- Nault -- Nunziata -- O'Brien -- (Labrador)
-- O'Brien -- (London -- Middlesex) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan
-- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Peters -- Peterson -- Pettigrew
-- Phinney -- Pickard -- (Essex -- Kent) -- Pillitteri
-- Proud -- Ramsay -- Reed -- Regan -- Richardson -- Rideout
-- Robichaud -- Robillard -- Rock -- Schmidt
-- Scott -- (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury) -- Serré
-- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- Skoke -- Solberg
-- Speaker -- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle
-- Stewart -- (Northumberland) -- Stinson -- Strahl
-- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thalheimer -- Thompson -- Torsney
-- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Walker -- Wappel
-- Wells -- Whelan -- Williams -- Wood -- Young -- Zed -- 180
Paired Members--Députés Pairés
-- Anawak -- Bélisle -- Bellehumeur -- Boudria -- Brien
-- Calder -- Deshaies -- Dingwall -- Fillion -- Godfrey
-- Hickey -- Lalonde -- Lefebvre -- Mifflin -- Murphy
-- St-Laurent
Group No. 5
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 3 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Landry
(Lotbinière), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 5, be amended by
(a) replacing line 20 on page 2 with the following:
``5. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Governor in Council
shall appoint a''
(b) adding after line 24 on page 2 the following:
``(2) The Governor in Council shall ensure that persons
appointed to the positions referred to in subsection (1)
have a comprehensive knowledge and a broad experience of the
areas dealt with by the Agency.''
The question was put on Motion No. 3 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS-POUR
Members--Députés
-- Ablonczy -- Asselin -- Bachand -- Benoit -- Bergeron
-- Bernier -- (Gaspé)
-- Bernier -- (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Blaikie
-- Breitkreuz -- (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Canuel -- Chatters
-- Chrétien -- (Frontenac) -- Crête -- Cummins
-- Dalphond-Guiral -- Daviault -- de Savoye -- Dubé
-- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Duncan -- Epp -- Forseth -- Frazer
-- Gagnon -- (Québec) -- Gauthier -- Godin
-- Grey -- (Beaver River) -- Grubel -- Guay -- Guimond
-- Hanger -- Harper -- (Simcoe Centre) -- Hill -- (Macleod)
-- Hill -- (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Jacob
-- Johnston -- Landry -- Langlois -- Laurin
-- Lavigne -- (Beauharnois -- Salaberry) -- Lebel
-- Leroux -- (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux -- (Shefford)
-- Loubier -- Manning -- Marchand
-- McClelland -- (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest) -- McLaughlin
-- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills -- (Red Deer)
-- Nunez -- Nunziata -- Paré -- Picard -- (Drummond)
-- Pomerleau -- Ramsay -- Robinson -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau
-- Schmidt -- Solberg -- Solomon -- Speaker -- Stinson
-- Strahl -- Taylor -- Thompson -- Tremblay -- (Lac-Saint-Jean)
-- Tremblay -- (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay -- (Rosemont)
-- Venne -- Williams -- 75
NAYS-CONTRE
Members--Députés
-- Adams -- Alcock -- Allmand -- Anderson -- Arseneault
-- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bélair
-- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bethel -- Bevilacqua -- Bhaduria
-- Blondin-Andrew -- Bodnar -- Bonin -- Brown -- (Oakville -- Milton)
-- Brushett -- Bryden -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Campbell
-- Cannis -- Catterall -- Chamberlain -- Chan
-- Chrétien -- (Saint-Maurice) -- Clancy -- Cohen
-- Collenette -- Collins -- Comuzzi -- Copps -- Cowling
-- Crawford -- Culbert -- Cullen -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal
-- Dion -- Discepola -- Dromisky -- Duhamel -- Dupuy
-- Easter -- Eggleton -- English -- Fewchuk -- Finestone
-- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gaffney -- Gagliano
-- Gagnon -- (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
-- Gallaway -- Gerrard -- Goodale -- Graham -- Grose
-- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harper -- (Churchill) -- Harvard
-- Hopkins -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jackson
-- Jordan -- Keyes -- Kilger -- (Stormont -- Dundas)
-- Kirkby -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka
-- Lavigne -- (Verdun -- Saint-Paul)
-- LeBlanc -- (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso)
-- Lee -- Lincoln -- Loney -- MacAulay -- MacDonald
-- MacLellan -- (Cape/Cap-Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Malhi
-- Maloney -- Manley -- Marchi -- Marleau -- Massé -- McCormick
-- McKinnon -- McLellan -- (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest)
-- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Mills -- (Broadview -- Greenwood)
-- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Murray -- Nault
-- O'Brien -- (Labrador) -- O'Brien -- (London -- Middlesex)
-- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric
-- Peters -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney
-- Pickard -- (Essex -- Kent) -- Pillitteri -- Proud
-- Reed -- Regan -- Richardson -- Rideout -- Robichaud
-- Robillard -- Rock -- Scott -- (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury)
-- Serré -- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- Skoke
-- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart -- (Northumberland)
-- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thalheimer -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri
-- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Walker -- Wappel -- Wells -- Whelan
-- Wood -- Young -- Zed -- 151
Paired Members--Députés Pairés
-- Anawak -- Bélisle -- Bellehumeur -- Boudria -- Brien
-- Calder -- Deshaies -- Dingwall -- Fillion -- Godfrey
-- Hickey -- Lalonde -- Lefebvre -- Mifflin -- Murphy
-- St-Laurent
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 4 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Landry
(Lotbinière), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing line 24 on
page 2 with the following:
``may be renewed for one further term.''
The question was put on Motion No. 4 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 41, NAYS: 185. (See list under Division No. 206)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 6 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Landry
(Lotbinière), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 10, be amended by adding after line
11 on page 3 the following:
``(1.1) Notwithstanding subsection (1), no person may be
appointed by the Minister to an advisory board unless that
person has been recommended for such appointment pursuant to
subsection (1.3).
(1.2) Such committee of the House of Commons as is
designated or established to consider agricultural matters
shall invite each province and the organizations in that
province representing agricultural interests to submit to
the committee the names of candidates residing in that
province for appointment to an advisory board.
(1.3) Subject to subsection (1.1), the committee
referred to in subsection (1.2) shall, for the purposes of
subsection (1), recommend from among the candidates the
persons it deems most suitable to be appointed to the
advisory board.
(1.4) The committee shall recommend persons under
subsection (1.2) from each province and the percentage of
candidates recommended from a province shall be equal to the
percentage that the population of that province represents
of the total population of Canada.''
The question was put on Motion No. 6 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 41, NAYS: 185. (See list under Division No. 206)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 7 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Landry
(Lotbinière), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 10, be amended by replacing line 14
on page 3 with the following:
``Agency that such committee of the House of Commons as is
designated or established to consider agricultural matters
submits to it.''
The question was put on Motion No. 7 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 69, NAYS: 157. (See list under Division No. 205)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 8 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Landry
(Lotbinière), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 10, be amended by adding after line 14
on page 3 the following:
``(2.1) On any matter within the responsibilities of the
Agency, the board may advise
(a) a provincial government;
(b) a union representing some or all of the employees of the
Agency; and
(c) a person from the agriculture, fisheries, food
processing, food distribution and public health sectors.''
The question was put on Motion No. 8 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 46, NAYS: 180. (See list under Division No. 207)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 9 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Landry
(Lotbinière), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 10, be amended by deleting lines 15
to 21 on page 3.
The question was put on Motion No. 9 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 41, NAYS: 185. (See list under Division No. 206)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 10 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Landry
(Lotbinière), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 10, be amended by adding after line
21 on page 3 the following:
``(3.1) The Minister shall appoint at least one
representative of a union representing some or all of the
employees of the Agency to the board.''
The question was put on Motion No. 10 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 46, NAYS: 180. (See list under Division No. 207)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 11 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Landry
(Lotbinière), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 10, be amended by replacing lines 22
to 24 on page 3 with the following:
``(4) The Minister shall appoint as Chairperson of the
advisory board the person recommended for that position
pursuant to subsection (4.1).
(4.1) Such committee of the House of Commons as is
designated or established to consider agricultural matters
shall, for the purposes of subsection (4), recommend the
member of the advisory board that it deems most suitable as
Chairperson of the board.''
The question was put on Motion No. 11 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 75, NAYS: 151. (See list under Division No. 208)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 12 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Landry
(Lotbinière), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 10, be amended by replacing line 27
on page 3 with the following:
``pursuant to the recommendation made under subsection (5.1).
(5.1) Such committee of the House of Commons as is
designated or established to consider agricultural matters
shall, for the purposes of subsection (5), recommend the
amount that each member of the advisory board shall be paid
as fees for his or her services.''
The question was put on Motion No. 12 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 75, NAYS: 151. (See list under Division No. 208)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 21 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Landry
(Lotbinière), -- That Bill C-60 be amended by adding after line 44 on page 5 the
following new Clause:
``17.1 The Agency shall, once every year, provide to
such committee of the House of Commons as is designated or
established to consider agricultural matters a detailed
report respecting all actions taken in that year by the
Agency in the exercise of its powers under section 17.''
The question was put on Motion No. 21 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 75, NAYS: 151. (See list under Division No. 208)
Group No. 6
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 14 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête (Kamouraska --
Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 12, be amended by replacing lines
28 and 29 on page 4 with the following:
``12. Notwithstanding that the Agency is a separate
employer under the Public Service Staff Relations Act,
(a) section 7 and subsection 69(3) of that Act do not apply
to the Agency; and
(b) for the purposes of paragraph 92(1)(b) of that Act, the
Agency is deemed to be designated pursuant to subsection
92(4) of that Act. ''
The question was put on Motion No. 14 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 46, NAYS: 180. (See list under Division No. 207)
Accordingly, Motion No. 17 was also negatived on the same division.
The House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 15 of
Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête (Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-
Loup), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 12, be amended by replacing lines 28 and 29
on page 4 with the following:
``12. The Agency is deemed to be included in the
definition of ``federal undertaking'' in section 2 of the
Canada Labour Code and that Act applies, with such
modifications as the circumstances require, to the Agency
and its employees.''
The question was put on Motion No. 15 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 46, NAYS: 180. (See list under Division No. 207)
The House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 16 of
Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête (Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-
Loup), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 13, be amended by replacing lines 30 to 34
on page 4 with the following:
``13. The employees of the Agency shall be appointed
pursuant to the Public Service Employment Act.''
The question was put on Motion No. 16 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 46, NAYS: 180. (See list under Division No. 207)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 18 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête (Kamouraska --
Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 13, be amended by adding after
line 31 on page 4 the following:
``(1.1) One year after the Agency is established, the
President shall provide, for study, to such committee of the
House of Commons as is designated or established to consider
agricultural matters, a detailed report respecting the
criteria used in making appointments under subsection (1).''
The question was put on Motion No. 18 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 75, NAYS: 151. (See list under Division No. 208)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 36 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête (Kamouraska --
Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 93, be amended by replacing lines
23 to 27 on page 29 with the following:
``93. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act, or any
provision of this Act, or any provision of any Act enacted
or amended by this Act, comes into force on a day or days to
be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
(2) The Governor in Council shall not make the order
referred to in subsection (1) unless it has been advised by
the Minister that the Minister has prepared a Code of
Conduct and Ethics to govern the appointment of employees by
the Agency.''
The question was put on Motion No. 36 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 46, NAYS: 180. (See list under Division No. 207)
Group No. 7
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 19 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête
(Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 16, be amended by
replacing lines 30 to 34 on page 5 with the following:
``16. Notwithstanding section 9 of the Department of
Public Works and Government Services Act, the Agency may,
with the approval of the Minister,''
The question was put on Motion No. 19 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 41, NAYS: 185. (See list under Division No. 206)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 20 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête
(Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-60 be amended by adding after
line 37 on page 5 the following new Clause:
``16.1 (1) Notwithstanding section 16, the Agency shall
not procure goods and services, including legal services,
from outside the public service of Canada unless the Agency
has satisfied itself that such goods and services are not
available within the public service of Canada.
(2) Notwithstanding section 16, where goods and
services, including legal services, are to be procured from
outside the public service of Canada, the Agency shall,
before procuring those services, call for bids for those
services from the private sector.''
The question was put on Motion No. 20 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 46, NAYS: 180. (See list under Division No. 207)
Group No. 8
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 24 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête
(Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 22, be amended
by replacing lines 4 to 8 on page 7 with the following:
``corporate business plan, for study, to such committee of
the House of Commons as is designated or established to
consider agricultural matters for study by that committee.
(1.1) After studying the corporate business plan, the
committee referred to in subsection (1) shall either approve
or reject the plan.
(1.2) Where the corporate business plan is approved,
the committee shall advise the Minister of the approval and
the Minister shall table a copy of the plan in the House of
Commons for approval by that House on any of the first
fifteen days on which that House is sitting after the
Minister is advised of the committee's approval.
(1.3) Where a corporate business plan is laid before
the House of Commons under subsection (1.2) and rejected by
that House, the Agency shall not implement that plan.''
The question was put on Motion No. 24 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 75, NAYS: 151. (See list under Division No. 208)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 25 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête
(Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 22, be amended
by adding after line 8 on page 7 the following:
``(1.1) Before submitting its plan to the minister, the
Agency shall consult
(a) any person from the agriculture, fisheries, food
processing, food distribution and public health sectors whom
the Agency considers appropriate to consult;
(b) any government of a province that has advised, in
writing, the Agency of its wish to be consulted; and
(c) the unions representing some or all of the employees of
the Agency.''
The question was put on Motion No. 25 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 75, NAYS: 151. (See list under Division No. 208)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 26 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête
(Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 23, be amended by replacing line
40 on page 7 with the following:
``detailed statement of the assessment by''
The question was put on Motion No. 26 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 75, NAYS: 151. (See list under Division No. 208)
Group No. 9
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 27 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête
(Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 24, be amended by replacing lines
6 to 9 on page 8 with the following:
``24.(1) Subject to the regulations, the Minister may,
on January 1, 2000, fix the fees to be paid for a service or
the use of a facility provided by the Agency.''
The question was put on Motion No. 27 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 46, NAYS: 180. (See list under Division No. 207)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 28 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête
(Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 26, be amended by replacing lines
17 to 20 on page 8 with the following:
``26. (1) Before fixing a fee under section 24 or 25,
the Minister shall consult with the advisory board and may
consult with any persons or organizations that the Minister
considers to be interested in the matter.''
The question was put on Motion No. 28 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 75, NAYS: 151. (See list under Division No. 208)
The House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion No. 29 of
Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête
(Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 26, be amended by replacing lines 19 and 20 on page
8 with the following:
``persons or organizations that have an interest in the
matter or that have expressed an interest in the matter to
the Minister.''
The question was put on Motion No. 29 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 75, NAYS: 151. (See list under Division No. 208)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 30 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête
(Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 27, be amended by replacing lines
29 and 30 on page 8 with the following:
``27. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the
Treasury Board may make regulations for the purposes of
sections 24 to 26.
(2) Every regulation the Treasury Board proposes to
make under subsection (1) shall be sent by that Board for
study and approval to such committee of the House of Commons
as is designated or established to consider agricultural
matters.
(3) Where, after studying a proposed regulation
referred to it under subsection (2), the committee rejects
that regulation, that regulation may not be made by the
Treasury Board.''
The question was put on Motion No. 30 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 75, NAYS: 151. (See list under Division No. 208)
Group No. 10
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 31 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête
(Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 31, be amended
(a) by replacing line 29 on page 9 with the following:
``31. (1) The Agency must keep books of account''
(b) by adding the following after line 31 on page 9:
``(2) One year after the Agency is established, the
Agency shall make available for inspection its books of
account and records for that year.''
The question was put on Motion No. 31 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 75, NAYS: 151. (See list under Division No. 208)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 32 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête
(Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-60, in Clause 32, be amended by replacing lines
40 to 42 on page 9 with the following:
``(c) provide a report to the President, the Minister and
such committee of the House of Commons as is designated or
established to consider agricultural matters on the audit,
opinion and assessment.''
The question was put on Motion No. 32 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 75, NAYS: 151. (See list under Division No. 208)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 33 of Mr. Chrétien (Frontenac), seconded by Mr. Crête
(Kamouraska -- Rivière-du-Loup), -- That Bill C-60 be amended by adding after line 42 on page 9
the following new Clause:
``32.1 Before providing the report under paragraph
32(c), the Auditor General of Canada shall consult
(a) any person from the agriculture, fisheries, food
processing, food distribution and public health sectors whom
the Minister considers appropriate to consult; and
(b) any government of a province that has advised the
Auditor General of Canada, in writing, of its wish to be
consulted.''
The question was put on Motion No. 33 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 46, NAYS: 180. (See list under Division No. 207)
Group No. 11
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on
Motion No. 34 of Mr. Goodale (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food), seconded
by Mr. Pickard (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and
Agri-Food) -- That Bill C-60 be amended by adding before line 1 on page 10 the
following:
``32.1 The provisions made by any Appropriation Act for
the fiscal year in which this section comes into force or a
subsequent fiscal year, based on the Estimates for that
year, to defray the charges and expenses of the public
service of Canada within the Departments of Agriculture and
Agri-Food, Fisheries and Oceans and Health in relation to
any matter for which the Agency is responsible by virtue of
Section 11 are deemed to be an amount appropriated for
defraying the charges and expenses of the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency in such amount as the Treasury Board may,
on the recommendations of the Ministers of Agriculture and
Agri-Food, Fisheries and Oceans and Health, determine.''
The question was put on Motion No. 34 and it was agreed to on the
following division:
YEAS-POUR
Members--Députés
-- Adams -- Alcock -- Allmand -- Anderson -- Arseneault
-- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bélair
-- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bethel -- Bevilacqua -- Bhaduria
-- Blaikie -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bodnar -- Bonin
-- Brown -- (Oakville -- Milton) -- Brushett -- Bryden
-- Byrne -- Caccia -- Campbell -- Cannis -- Catterall
-- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Chrétien -- (Saint-Maurice)
-- Clancy -- Cohen -- Collenette -- Collins -- Comuzzi
-- Copps -- Cowling -- Crawford -- Culbert -- Cullen
-- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dromisky
-- Duhamel -- Dupuy -- Easter -- Eggleton -- English
-- Fewchuk -- Finestone -- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana
-- Fry -- Gaffney -- Gagliano
-- Gagnon -- (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
-- Gallaway -- Gerrard -- Goodale -- Graham -- Grose
-- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harper -- (Churchill) -- Harvard
-- Hopkins -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jackson
-- Jordan -- Keyes -- Kilger -- (Stormont -- Dundas)
-- Kirkby -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka
-- Lavigne -- (Verdun -- Saint-Paul)
-- LeBlanc -- (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso)
-- Lee -- Lincoln -- Loney -- MacAulay -- MacDonald
-- MacLellan -- (Cape/Cap-Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Malhi
-- Maloney -- Manley -- Marchi -- Marleau -- Massé -- McCormick
-- McKinnon -- McLaughlin
-- McLellan -- (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest) -- McTeague
-- McWhinney -- Mills -- (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna
-- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Murray -- Nault -- Nunziata
-- O'Brien -- (Labrador) -- O'Brien -- (London-Middlesex)
-- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric
-- Peters -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney
-- Pickard -- (Essex -- Kent) -- Pillitteri -- Proud
-- Reed -- Regan -- Richardson -- Rideout -- Robichaud
-- Robillard -- Robinson -- Rock
-- Scott -- (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury) -- Serré
-- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- Skoke -- Solomon
-- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart -- (Northumberland)
-- Szabo -- Taylor -- Telegdi -- Thalheimer -- Torsney
-- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Walker -- Wappel
-- Wells -- Whelan -- Wood -- Young -- Zed -- 157
NAYS-CONTRE
Members--Députés
-- Ablonczy -- Asselin -- Bachand -- Benoit -- Bergeron
-- Bernier -- (Gaspé)
-- Bernier -- (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead)
-- Breitkreuz -- (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Canuel -- Chatters
-- Chrétien -- (Frontenac) -- Crête -- Cummins
-- Dalphond-Guiral -- Daviault -- de Savoye -- Dubé
-- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Duncan -- Epp -- Forseth -- Frazer
-- Gagnon -- (Québec) -- Gauthier -- Godin
-- Grey -- (Beaver River) -- Grubel -- Guay -- Guimond
-- Hanger -- Harper -- (Simcoe Centre) -- Hill -- (Macleod)
-- Hill -- (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Jacob
-- Johnston -- Landry -- Langlois -- Laurin
-- Lavigne -- (Beauharnois -- Salaberry) -- Lebel
-- Leroux -- (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux -- (Shefford)
-- Loubier -- Manning -- Marchand
-- McClelland -- (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest) -- Ménard
-- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills -- (Red Deer) -- Nunez
-- Paré -- Picard -- (Drummond) -- Pomerleau -- Ramsay
-- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Solberg -- Speaker
-- Stinson -- Strahl -- Thompson -- Tremblay -- (Lac-Saint-Jean)
-- Tremblay -- (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay -- (Rosemont)
-- Venne -- Williams -- 69
Paired Members--Députés Pairés
-- Anawak -- Bélisle -- Bellehumeur -- Boudria -- Brien
-- Calder -- Deshaies -- Dingwall -- Fillion -- Godfrey
-- Hickey -- Lalonde -- Lefebvre -- Mifflin -- Murphy
-- St-Laurent
Mr. Goodale (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food), seconded by Mr.
Gagliano (Minister of Labour and Deputy Leader of the Government in the House
of Commons), moved, -- That Bill C-60, An Act to establish the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency and to repeal and amend other Acts as a consequence, as
amended, be concurred in at report stage with a further amendment
and read a second time.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the
following division:
YEAS-POUR
Members--Députés
-- Adams -- Alcock -- Allmand -- Anderson -- Arseneault
-- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bélair
-- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bethel -- Bevilacqua -- Bhaduria
-- Blondin-Andrew -- Bodnar -- Bonin -- Brown -- (Oakville -- Milton)
-- Brushett -- Bryden -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Campbell
-- Cannis -- Catterall -- Chamberlain -- Chan
-- Chrétien -- (Saint-Maurice) -- Clancy -- Cohen
-- Collenette -- Collins -- Comuzzi -- Copps -- Cowling
-- Crawford -- Culbert -- Cullen -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal
-- Dion -- Discepola -- Dromisky -- Duhamel -- Dupuy
-- Easter -- Eggleton -- English -- Fewchuk -- Finestone
-- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gaffney -- Gagliano
-- Gagnon -- (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
-- Gallaway -- Gerrard -- Goodale -- Graham -- Grose
-- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harper -- (Churchill) -- Harvard
-- Hopkins -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jackson
-- Jordan -- Keyes -- Kilger -- (Stormont -- Dundas)
-- Kirkby -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka
-- Lavigne -- (Verdun -- Saint-Paul)
-- LeBlanc -- (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso)
-- Lee -- Lincoln -- Loney -- MacAulay -- MacDonald
-- MacLellan -- (Cape/Cap-Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Malhi
-- Maloney -- Manley -- Marchi -- Marleau -- Massé -- McCormick
-- McKinnon -- McLellan -- (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest)
-- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Mills -- (Broadview -- Greenwood)
-- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Murray -- Nault -- Nunziata
-- O'Brien -- (Labrador) -- O'Brien -- (London -- Middlesex)
-- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric
-- Peters -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney
-- Pickard -- (Essex -- Kent) -- Pillitteri -- Proud
-- Reed -- Regan -- Richardson -- Rideout -- Robichaud
-- Robillard -- Rock -- Scott -- (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury)
-- Serré -- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- Skoke
-- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart -- (Northumberland)
-- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thalheimer -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri
-- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Walker -- Wappel -- Wells -- Whelan
-- Wood -- Young -- Zed -- 152
NAYS-CONTRE
Members--Députés
-- Ablonczy -- Asselin -- Bachand -- Benoit -- Bergeron
-- Bernier -- (Gaspé)
-- Bernier -- (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Blaikie
-- Breitkreuz -- (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Canuel -- Chatters
-- Chrétien -- (Frontenac) -- Crête -- Cummins
-- Dalphond-Guiral -- Daviault -- de Savoye -- Dubé
-- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Duncan -- Epp -- Forseth -- Frazer
-- Gagnon -- (Québec) -- Gauthier -- Godin
-- Grey -- (Beaver River) -- Grubel -- Guay -- Guimond
-- Hanger -- Harper -- (Simcoe Centre) -- Hill -- (Macleod)
-- Hill -- (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Jacob
-- Johnston -- Landry -- Langlois -- Laurin
-- Lavigne -- (Beauharnois -- Salaberry) -- Lebel
-- Leroux -- (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux -- (Shefford)
-- Loubier -- Manning -- Marchand
-- McClelland -- (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest) -- McLaughlin
-- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills -- (Red Deer)
-- Nunez -- Paré -- Picard -- (Drummond) -- Pomerleau
-- Ramsay -- Robinson -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt
-- Solberg -- Solomon -- Speaker -- Stinson -- Strahl
-- Taylor -- Thompson -- Tremblay -- (Lac-Saint-Jean)
-- Tremblay -- (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay -- (Rosemont)
-- Venne -- Williams -- 74
Paired Members--Députés Pairés
-- Anawak -- Bélisle -- Bellehumeur -- Boudria -- Brien
-- Calder -- Deshaies -- Dingwall -- Fillion -- Godfrey
-- Hickey -- Lalonde -- Lefebvre -- Mifflin -- Murphy
-- St-Laurent
Accordingly, the Bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage
with a further amendment, read the second time and ordered for a third reading
at the next sitting of the House.
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded divisions at
report stage of Bill C-23, An Act to establish the Canadian Nuclear Safety
Commission and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, as reported by
the Standing Committee on Natural Resources with amendments.
Group No. 1
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded
division on Motion No. 1 of Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane),
seconded by Mr. Deshaies (Abitibi), -- That Bill C-23, in
Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 5 and 6 on page 2
with the following:
````Minister'' means the Minister of the Environment or such
member of the Queen's''
The question was put on Motion No. 1 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS-POUR
Members--Députés
-- Asselin -- Bachand -- Bergeron -- Bernier -- (Gaspé)
-- Bernier -- (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Blaikie
-- Canuel -- Chrétien -- (Frontenac) -- Crête
-- Dalphond-Guiral -- Daviault -- de Savoye -- Dubé
-- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Gagnon -- (Québec) -- Gauthier
-- Godin -- Guay -- Guimond -- Jacob -- Landry -- Langlois
-- Laurin -- Lavigne -- (Beauharnois -- Salaberry)
-- Lebel -- Leroux -- (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux -- (Shefford)
-- Loubier -- Marchand -- McLaughlin -- Ménard -- Mercier
-- Nunez -- Nunziata -- Paré -- Picard -- (Drummond)
-- Pomerleau -- Robinson -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau -- Solomon
-- Taylor -- Tremblay -- (Lac-Saint-Jean)
-- Tremblay -- (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay -- (Rosemont)
-- Venne -- 47
NAYS-CONTRE
Members--Députés
-- Ablonczy -- Adams -- Alcock -- Allmand -- Anderson
-- Arseneault -- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Barnes
-- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Benoit
-- Bethel -- Bevilacqua -- Bhaduria -- Blondin-Andrew
-- Bodnar -- Bonin -- Breitkreuz -- (Yorkton -- Melville)
-- Brown -- (Oakville -- Milton) -- Brushett -- Bryden
-- Byrne -- Caccia -- Campbell -- Cannis -- Catterall
-- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Chatters -- Chrétien -- (Saint-Maurice)
-- Clancy -- Cohen -- Collenette -- Collins -- Comuzzi
-- Copps -- Cowling -- Crawford -- Culbert -- Cullen
-- Cummins -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola
-- Dromisky -- Duhamel -- Duncan -- Dupuy -- Easter
-- Eggleton -- English -- Epp -- Fewchuk -- Finestone
-- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana -- Forseth -- Frazer -- Fry
-- Gaffney -- Gagliano
-- Gagnon -- (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
-- Gallaway -- Gerrard -- Goodale -- Graham
-- Grey -- (Beaver River) -- Grose -- Grubel -- Guarnieri
-- Hanger -- Harb -- Harper -- (Churchill)
-- Harper -- (Simcoe Centre) -- Harvard -- Hill -- (Macleod)
-- Hill -- (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hopkins
-- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jackson -- Johnston
-- Jordan -- Keyes -- Kilger -- (Stormont - Dundas)
-- Kirkby -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka
-- Lavigne -- (Verdun -- Saint-Paul)
-- LeBlanc -- (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso)
-- Lee -- Lincoln -- Loney -- MacAulay -- MacDonald
-- MacLellan -- (Cape/Cap-Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Malhi
-- Maloney -- Manley -- Manning -- Marchi -- Marleau
-- Massé -- McClelland -- (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest)
-- McCormick -- McKinnon
-- McLellan -- (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest) -- McTeague
-- McWhinney -- Meredith -- Mills -- (Broadview -- Greenwood)
-- Mills -- (Red Deer) -- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy
-- Murray -- Nault -- O'Brien -- (Labrador)
-- O'Brien -- (London -- Middlesex) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan
-- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Peters -- Peterson -- Pettigrew
-- Phinney -- Pickard -- (Essex -- Kent) -- Pillitteri
-- Proud -- Ramsay -- Reed -- Regan -- Richardson -- Rideout
-- Robichaud -- Robillard -- Rock -- Schmidt
-- Scott -- (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury) -- Serré
-- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- Skoke -- Solberg
-- Speaker -- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle
-- Stewart -- (Northumberland) -- Stinson -- Strahl
-- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thalheimer -- Thompson -- Torsney
-- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Walker -- Wappel
-- Wells -- Whelan -- Williams -- Wood -- Young -- Zed -- 179
Paired Members--Députés Pairés
-- Anawak -- Bélisle -- Bellehumeur -- Boudria -- Brien
-- Calder -- Deshaies -- Dingwall -- Fillion -- Godfrey
-- Hickey -- Lalonde -- Lefebvre -- Mifflin -- Murphy
-- St-Laurent
Group No. 2
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded
division on Motion No. 3 of Mr. Ringma (Nanaimo -- Cowichan),
seconded by Mr. Stinson (Okanagan -- Shuswap), -- That Bill C-23,
in Clause 3, be amended by
(a) replacing lines 15 and 16 on page 4 with the following:
``substances, prescribed equipment and prescribed
information;'';
(b) replacing line 22 on page 4 with the following:
``weapons and nuclear explosive devices; and'';
(c) adding after line 22 on page 4 the following:
``(c) the education of the public on the health, safety and
environmental effects associated with the development,
production or use of nuclear energy in Canada.''
The question was put on Motion No. 3 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS-POUR
Members--Députés
-- Ablonczy -- Asselin -- Bachand -- Benoit -- Bergeron
-- Bernier -- (Gaspé)
-- Bernier -- (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Bhaduria
-- Blaikie -- Breitkreuz -- (Yorkton -- Melville) -- Canuel
-- Chatters -- Chrétien -- (Frontenac) -- Crête -- Cummins
-- Dalphond-Guiral -- Daviault -- de Savoye -- Dubé
-- Duceppe -- Dumas -- Duncan -- Epp -- Forseth -- Frazer
-- Gagnon -- (Québec) -- Gauthier -- Godin
-- Grey -- (Beaver River) -- Grubel -- Guay -- Guimond
-- Hanger -- Harper -- (Simcoe Centre) -- Hill -- (Macleod)
-- Hill -- (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Jacob
-- Johnston -- Landry -- Langlois -- Laurin
-- Lavigne -- (Beauharnois -- Salaberry) -- Lebel
-- Leroux -- (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux -- (Shefford)
-- Loubier -- Manning -- Marchand
-- McClelland -- (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest) -- McLaughlin
-- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith -- Mills -- (Red Deer)
-- Nunez -- Nunziata -- Paré -- Picard -- (Drummond)
-- Pomerleau -- Ramsay -- Robinson -- Rocheleau -- Sauvageau
-- Schmidt -- Solberg -- Solomon -- Speaker -- Stinson
-- Strahl -- Taylor -- Thompson -- Tremblay -- (Lac-Saint-Jean)
-- Tremblay -- (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay -- (Rosemont)
-- Venne -- Williams -- 76
NAYS-CONTRE
Members--Députés
-- Adams -- Alcock -- Allmand -- Anderson -- Arseneault
-- Assadourian -- Augustine -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bélair
-- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bethel -- Bevilacqua
-- Blondin-Andrew -- Bodnar -- Bonin -- Brown -- (Oakville -- Milton)
-- Brushett -- Bryden -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Campbell
-- Cannis -- Catterall -- Chamberlain -- Chan
-- Chrétien -- (Saint-Maurice) -- Clancy -- Cohen
-- Collenette -- Collins -- Comuzzi -- Copps -- Cowling
-- Crawford -- Culbert -- Cullen -- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal
-- Dion -- Discepola -- Dromisky -- Duhamel -- Dupuy
-- Easter -- Eggleton -- English -- Fewchuk -- Finestone
-- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gaffney -- Gagliano
-- Gagnon -- (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
-- Gallaway -- Gerrard -- Goodale -- Graham -- Grose
-- Guarnieri -- Harb -- Harper -- (Churchill) -- Harvard
-- Hopkins -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jackson
-- Jordan -- Keyes -- Kilger -- (Stormont -- Dundas)
-- Kirkby -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Lastewka
-- Lavigne -- (Verdun -- Saint-Paul)
-- LeBlanc -- (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso)
-- Lee -- Lincoln -- Loney -- MacAulay -- MacDonald
-- MacLellan -- (Cape/Cap-Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Malhi
-- Maloney -- Manley -- Marchi -- Marleau -- Massé -- McCormick
-- McKinnon -- McLellan -- (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest)
-- McTeague -- McWhinney -- Mills -- (Broadview -- Greenwood)
-- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Murray -- Nault
-- O'Brien -- (Labrador) -- O'Brien -- (London -- Middlesex)
-- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric
-- Peters -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney
-- Pickard -- (Essex -- Kent) -- Pillitteri -- Proud
-- Reed -- Regan -- Richardson -- Rideout -- Robichaud
-- Robillard -- Rock -- Scott -- (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury)
-- Serré -- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- Skoke
-- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart -- (Northumberland)
-- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thalheimer -- Torsney -- Ur -- Valeri
-- Vanclief -- Volpe -- Walker -- Wappel -- Wells -- Whelan
-- Wood -- Young -- Zed -- 150
Paired Members--Députés Pairés
-- Anawak -- Bélisle -- Bellehumeur -- Boudria -- Brien
-- Calder -- Deshaies -- Dingwall -- Fillion -- Godfrey
-- Hickey -- Lalonde -- Lefebvre -- Mifflin -- Murphy
-- St-Laurent
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded
division on Motion No. 6 of Mr. Ringma (Nanaimo -- Cowichan),
seconded by Mr. Stinson (Okanagan -- Shuswap), -- That Bill C-23,
in Clause 9, be amended by
(a) replacing lines 23 to 28 on page 5 with the following:
``(ii) prevent unreasonable risk to national security
associated with the development, production, possession or
use,
(iii) achieve conformity with measures of control and
international obligations to which Canada has agreed,'';
(b) adding after line 36 on page 5 the following:
``(c) to inform the public as to the health, safety and
environmental effects associated with nuclear activities in
Canada; and''
The question was put on Motion No. 6 and it was agreed negatived on
the following division:
YEAS: 76, NAYS: 150. (See list under Division No. 212)
Group No. 3
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded
division on Motion No. 4 of Mr. Solomon (Regina -- Lumsden),
seconded by Mr. Nunez (Bourassa), -- That Bill C-23 be amended
by deleting Clause 6.
The question was put on Motion No. 4 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS-POUR
Members--Députés
-- Bhaduria -- Blaikie -- McLaughlin -- Nunziata -- Robinson
-- Solomon -- Taylor -- 7
NAYS-CONTRE
Members--Députés
-- Ablonczy -- Adams -- Alcock -- Allmand -- Anderson
-- Arseneault -- Assadourian -- Asselin -- Augustine
-- Bachand -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger
-- Bellemare -- Benoit -- Bergeron -- Bernier -- (Gaspé)
-- Bernier -- (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Bethel
-- Bevilacqua -- Blondin-Andrew -- Bodnar -- Bonin
-- Breitkreuz -- (Yorkton -- Melville)
-- Brown -- (Oakville -- Milton) -- Brushett -- Bryden
-- Byrne -- Caccia -- Campbell -- Cannis -- Canuel -- Catterall
-- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Chatters -- Chrétien -- (Frontenac)
-- Chrétien -- (Saint-Maurice) -- Clancy -- Cohen
-- Collenette -- Collins -- Comuzzi -- Copps -- Cowling
-- Crawford -- Crête -- Culbert -- Cullen -- Cummins
-- Dalphond-Guiral -- Daviault -- de Savoye -- DeVillers
-- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dromisky -- Dubé
-- Duceppe -- Duhamel -- Dumas -- Duncan -- Dupuy -- Easter
-- Eggleton -- English -- Epp -- Fewchuk -- Finestone
-- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana -- Forseth -- Frazer -- Fry
-- Gaffney -- Gagliano
-- Gagnon -- (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
-- Gagnon -- (Québec) -- Gallaway -- Gauthier -- Gerrard
-- Godin -- Goodale -- Graham -- Grey -- (Beaver River)
-- Grose -- Grubel -- Guarnieri -- Guay -- Guimond -- Hanger
-- Harb -- Harper -- (Churchill) -- Harper -- (Simcoe Centre)
-- Harvard -- Hill -- (Macleod)
-- Hill -- (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hopkins
-- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jackson -- Jacob
-- Johnston -- Jordan -- Keyes -- Kilger -- (Stormont - Dundas)
-- Kirkby -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Landry -- Langlois
-- Lastewka -- Laurin -- Lavigne -- (Beauharnois -- Salaberry)
-- Lavigne -- (Verdun -- Saint-Paul) -- Lebel
-- LeBlanc -- (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso)
-- Lee -- Leroux -- (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux -- (Shefford)
-- Lincoln -- Loney -- Loubier -- MacAulay -- MacDonald
-- MacLellan -- (Cape/Cap-Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Malhi
-- Maloney -- Manley -- Manning -- Marchand -- Marchi
-- Marleau -- Massé -- McClelland -- (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest)
-- McCormick -- McKinnon
-- McLellan -- (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest) -- McTeague
-- McWhinney -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith
-- Mills -- (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Mills -- (Red Deer)
-- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Murray -- Nault -- Nunez
-- O'Brien -- (Labrador) -- O'Brien -- (London -- Middlesex)
-- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Paré -- Parrish -- Patry
-- Peric -- Peters -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney
-- Picard -- (Drummond) -- Pickard -- (Essex -- Kent)
-- Pillitteri -- Pomerleau -- Proud -- Ramsay -- Reed
-- Regan -- Richardson -- Rideout -- Robichaud -- Robillard
-- Rocheleau -- Rock -- Sauvageau -- Schmidt
-- Scott -- (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury) -- Serré
-- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- Skoke -- Solberg
-- Speaker -- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle
-- Stewart -- (Northumberland) -- Stinson -- Strahl
-- Szabo -- Telegdi -- Thalheimer -- Thompson -- Torsney
-- Tremblay -- (Lac-Saint-Jean)
-- Tremblay -- (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay -- (Rosemont)
-- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Venne -- Volpe -- Walker
-- Wappel -- Wells -- Whelan -- Williams -- Wood -- Young
-- Zed -- 219
Paired Members--Députés Pairés
-- Anawak -- Bélisle -- Bellehumeur -- Boudria -- Brien
-- Calder -- Deshaies -- Dingwall -- Fillion -- Godfrey
-- Hickey -- Lalonde -- Lefebvre -- Mifflin -- Murphy
-- St-Laurent
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded
division on Motion No. 5 of Mr. Solomon (Regina -- Lumsden),
seconded by Mr. Nunez (Bourassa), -- That Bill C-23 be amended
by deleting Clause 7.
The question was put on motion No. 5 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 47, NAYS: 179. (See list under Division No. 211)
Group No. 4
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded
division on Motion No. 7 of Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane),
seconded by Mr. Deshaies (Abitibi), -- That Bill C-23, in
Clause 10, be amended by replacing line 2 on page 6 with the
following:
``more than seven permanent members, among whom there shall
be at least one representative of an organization generally
recognized for at least five years for its work in
environmental protection and a representative of the nuclear
industry, to be''
The question was put on Motion No. 7 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 76, NAYS: 150. (See list under Division No. 212)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded
division on Motion No. 8 of Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane),
seconded by Mr. Deshaies (Abitibi), -- That Bill C-23, in
Clause 10, be amended by replacing line 3 on page 6 with the
following:
``appointed by the Governor in Council following approval by
resolution of the Senate and the House of Commons.''
The question was put on Motion No. 8 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 76, NAYS: 150. (See list under Division No. 212)
Group No. 5
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded
division on Motion No. 9 of Mr. Solomon (Regina -- Lumsden),
seconded by Mr. Nunez (Bourassa), -- That Bill C-23, in Clause
33, be amended by replacing lines 15 to 17 on page 19 with
the following:
``33. While exercising any authority under the Act, an
inspector shall make all reasonable efforts to be
accompanied by a member of a health and safety committee or
an environment committee whose sphere of activity is
affected by the authority exercised by the inspector, and
the inspector may also be accompanied by any other person
chosen by the inspector.''
The question was put on Motion No. 9 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 7, NAYS: 219. (See list under Division No. 213)
Group No. 6
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded
division on Motion No. 10 of Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane),
seconded by Mr. Deshaies (Abitibi), -- That Bill C-23, in
Clause 44, be amended by
(a) replacing lines 21 to 23 on page 27 with the following:
``44. (1) The Commission may, with the approval of the
Governor in Council and subject to subsections (1.1) and
(1.2), make regulations''; and
(b) adding after line 25 on page 30 the following:
``(1.1) In making a regulation under subsection (1), the
Commission shall have regard to the principle that persons
subject to the regulation should not be required to bear
costs that are unreasonable in comparison with the
anticipated benefits.
(1.2) The Commission shall make no regulation under
subsection (1) that, in its opinion, will require persons
subject to the regulation to bear costs that are
unreasonable in comparison with the anticipated benefits.''
The question was put on Motion No. 10 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 41, NAYS: 185. (See list under Division No. 206)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded
division on Motion No. 11 of Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane),
seconded by Mr. Deshaies (Abitibi), -- That Bill C-23, in
Clause 44, be amended by replacing lines 5 to 7 on page 29
with the following:
``(i) prescribing the fees that may be charged for the
provision, by the Commission, of information, products and
services, following consultation with any parties who have
notified the Commission in writing of their desire to be
consulted in this matter;''
The question was put on Motion No. 11 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 69, NAYS: 157. (See list under Division No. 205)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded
division on Motion No. 12 of Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane),
seconded by Mr. Deshaies (Abitibi), -- That Bill C-23, in
Clause 44, be amended by replacing lines 8 to 10 on page 29
with the following:
(i) initial fees or the method of calculating the initial
fees that may be charged for a licence or class of licence,
and
(ii) after consultation with the licensees, the fees or the
method of calculating the fees that may be charged for
renewal of a licence or class of licence;''
The question was put on Motion No. 12 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 69, NAYS: 157. (See list under Division No. 205)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded
division on Motion No. 13 of Mr. Solomon (Regina -- Lumsden),
seconded by Mr. Nunez (Bourassa), -- That Bill C-23, in Clause
44, be amended by deleting lines 15 to 19 on page 30.
The question was put on Motion No. 13 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 7, NAYS: 219. (See list under Division No. 213)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded
division on Motion No. 14 of Mr. Solomon (Regina -- Lumsden),
seconded by Mr. Nunez (Bourassa), -- That Bill C-23, in Clause
44, be amended by replacing lines 14 to 17 on page 31 with
the following:
``(5) The Governor in Council may, subject to
affirmative resolution of the House of Commons, make
regulations generally as the Governor in Council considers
necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act.''
The question was put on Motion No. 14 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 76, NAYS: 150. (See list under Division No. 212)
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred
recorded division on Motion No. 15 of Ms. McLellan (Minister
of Natural Resources), seconded by Mrs. Cowling
(Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural
Resources), -- That Bill C-23, in Clause 44, be amended by
adding after line 20 on page 32 the following:
``(12) A copy of each regulation that the Commission
proposes to make under paragraphs (1)(i) or (1)(j) shall be
published in the Canada Gazette and a reasonable opportunity
shall be given to persons to make representations to the
Commission with respect thereto.''
The question was put on Motion No. 15 and it was agreed to on the
following division:
YEAS-POUR
Members--Députés
-- Ablonczy -- Adams -- Alcock -- Allmand -- Anderson
-- Arseneault -- Assadourian -- Asselin -- Augustine
-- Bachand -- Barnes -- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger
-- Bellemare -- Benoit -- Bergeron -- Bernier -- (Gaspé)
-- Bernier -- (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Bethel
-- Bevilacqua -- Bhaduria -- Blaikie -- Blondin-Andrew
-- Bodnar -- Bonin -- Breitkreuz -- (Yorkton -- Melville)
-- Brown -- (Oakville -- Milton) -- Brushett -- Bryden
-- Byrne -- Caccia -- Campbell -- Cannis -- Canuel -- Catterall
-- Chamberlain -- Chan -- Chatters -- Chrétien -- (Frontenac)
-- Chrétien -- (Saint-Maurice) -- Clancy -- Cohen
-- Collenette -- Collins -- Comuzzi -- Copps -- Cowling
-- Crawford -- Crête -- Culbert -- Cullen -- Cummins
-- Dalphond-Guiral -- Daviault -- de Savoye -- DeVillers
-- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dromisky -- Dubé
-- Duceppe -- Duhamel -- Dumas -- Duncan -- Dupuy -- Easter
-- Eggleton -- English -- Epp -- Fewchuk -- Finestone
-- Finlay -- Flis -- Fontana -- Forseth -- Frazer -- Fry
-- Gaffney -- Gagliano
-- Gagnon -- (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
-- Gagnon -- (Québec) -- Gallaway -- Gauthier -- Gerrard
-- Godin -- Goodale -- Graham -- Grey -- (Beaver River)
-- Grose -- Grubel -- Guarnieri -- Guay -- Guimond -- Hanger
-- Harb -- Harper -- (Churchill) -- Harper -- (Simcoe Centre)
-- Harvard -- Hill -- (Macleod)
-- Hill -- (Prince George -- Peace River) -- Hopkins
-- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody -- Irwin -- Jackson -- Jacob
-- Johnston -- Jordan -- Keyes -- Kilger -- (Stormont-Dundas)
-- Kirkby -- Knutson -- Kraft Sloan -- Landry -- Langlois
-- Lastewka -- Laurin -- Lavigne -- (Beauharnois -- Salaberry)
-- Lavigne -- (Verdun -- Saint-Paul) -- Lebel
-- LeBlanc -- (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso)
-- Lee -- Leroux -- (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux -- (Shefford)
-- Lincoln -- Loney -- Loubier -- MacAulay -- MacDonald
-- MacLellan -- (Cape/Cap-Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Malhi
-- Maloney -- Manley -- Manning -- Marchand -- Marchi
-- Marleau -- Massé -- McClelland -- (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest)
-- McCormick -- McKinnon -- McLaughlin
-- McLellan -- (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest) -- McTeague
-- McWhinney -- Ménard -- Mercier -- Meredith
-- Mills -- (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Mills -- (Red Deer)
-- Minna -- Mitchell -- Murphy -- Murray -- Nault -- Nunez
-- Nunziata -- O'Brien -- (Labrador)
-- O'Brien -- (London -- Middlesex) -- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan
-- Paré -- Parrish -- Patry -- Peric -- Peters -- Peterson
-- Pettigrew -- Phinney -- Picard -- (Drummond)
-- Pickard -- (Essex -- Kent) -- Pillitteri -- Pomerleau
-- Proud -- Ramsay -- Reed -- Regan -- Richardson -- Rideout
-- Robichaud -- Robillard -- Robinson -- Rocheleau -- Rock
-- Sauvageau -- Schmidt -- Scott -- (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury)
-- Serré -- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- Skoke
-- Solberg -- Solomon -- Speaker -- Speller -- St. Denis
-- Steckle -- Stewart -- (Northumberland) -- Stinson
-- Strahl -- Szabo -- Taylor -- Telegdi -- Thalheimer
-- Thompson -- Torsney -- Tremblay -- (Lac-Saint-Jean)
-- Tremblay -- (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay -- (Rosemont)
-- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Venne -- Volpe -- Walker
-- Wappel -- Wells -- Whelan -- Williams -- Wood -- Young
-- Zed -- 226
NAYS-CONTRE
Members--Députés
-- 0
Paired Members--Députés Pairés
-- Anawak -- Bélisle -- Bellehumeur -- Boudria -- Brien
-- Calder -- Deshaies -- Dingwall -- Fillion -- Godfrey
-- Hickey -- Lalonde -- Lefebvre -- Mifflin -- Murphy
-- St-Laurent
Group No. 7
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded
division on Motion No. 16 of Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane),
seconded by Mr. Deshaies (Abitibi), -- That Bill C-23 be
amended by adding after line 12 on page 36 the following new
Clause:
``51.1 No person shall be found guilty of an offence
under this Act or a regulation made thereunder if the person
establishes that he or she exercised all due diligence to
prevent its commission.''
The question was put on Motion No. 16 and it was negatived on the
following division:
YEAS: 69, NAYS: 157. (See list under Division No. 205)
The House proceeded to the putting of the question on
Motion No. 17 of Ms. McLellan (Minister of Natural
Resources), seconded by Mrs. Cowling (Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources), -- That Bill
C-23 be amended by adding after line 12 on page 36 the
following:
``51.1 A person shall not be found to have contravened
any provision of this Act, other than section 50, if it is
established that the person exercised all due diligence to
prevent its commission.''
The question was put on Motion No. 17 and it was agreed to on the
following division:
YEAS: 226, NAYS: 0. (See list under Division No. 214)
Group No. 8
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded
division on Motion No. 18 of Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane),
seconded by Mr. Deshaies (Abitibi), -- That Bill C-23, in
Clause 72, be amended by replacing lines 33 to 37 on page 42
with the following:
``72. The Commission shall, within four months after the
end of each fiscal year, submit to the Minister a report of
the activities of the Commission under this Act for that
fiscal year, incorporating any comments received from any
interested party regarding its internal management,
operations and business practices and stating how such
comments have affected the way it carries out its mandate,
and the Minister shall cause the''
The question was put on Motion No. 18 and it was
negatived on the following division:
YEAS: 76, NAYS: 150. (See list under Division No. 212)
The House proceeded to the putting of the question on Motion
No. 19 of Mr. Canuel (Matapédia -- Matane), seconded by Mr.
Deshaies (Abitibi), -- That Bill C-23, in Clause 72, be amended
by replacing lines 33 to 40 on page 42 with the following:
``72. The Commission shall, within four months after
the end of each fiscal year,
(a) hold public hearings, in accordance with the prescribed
rules of procedure, regarding its internal management,
operations and business partners during the fiscal year; and
(b) submit to the Minister a report of the activities of the
Commission under this Act, including the public hearings
held under paragraph (a), for that fiscal year, and
the Minister shall cause the report to be laid before each
House of Parliament on any of the first fifteen days on
which that House is sitting after receiving it.''
The question was put on Motion No. 19 and it was
negatived on the following division:
YEAS: 76, NAYS: 150. (See list under Division No. 212)
Ms. McLellan (Minister of Natural Resources), seconded by Mr. Irwin
(Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development), moved, -- That Bill
C-23,
An Act to establish the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and to make
consequential amendments to other Acts, as amended, be concurred in at report
stage with further amendments.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the
following division:
YEAS: 226, NAYS: 0. (See list under Division No. 214)
Accordingly, the Bill, as amended, was concurred in at
report stage with further amendments and ordered for a third
reading at the next sitting of the House.
Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to
the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion
of Mr. Gray (Solicitor General of Canada), seconded by Mrs.
Stewart (Secretary of State (Latin America and Africa)), -- That
Bill C-53, An Act to amend the Prisons and
Reformatories Act, be now read a third time and do pass.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to
on the following division:
YEAS-POUR
Members--Députés
-- Adams -- Alcock -- Allmand -- Anderson -- Arseneault
-- Assadourian -- Asselin -- Augustine -- Bachand -- Barnes
-- Beaumier -- Bélair -- Bélanger -- Bellemare -- Bergeron
-- Bernier -- (Gaspé)
-- Bernier -- (Mégantic -- Compton -- Stanstead) -- Bethel
-- Bevilacqua -- Bhaduria -- Blaikie -- Blondin-Andrew
-- Bodnar -- Bonin -- Brown -- (Oakville -- Milton)
-- Brushett -- Bryden -- Byrne -- Caccia -- Campbell
-- Cannis -- Canuel -- Catterall -- Chamberlain -- Chan
-- Chrétien -- (Frontenac) -- Chrétien -- (Saint-Maurice)
-- Clancy -- Cohen -- Collenette -- Collins -- Comuzzi
-- Copps -- Cowling -- Crawford -- Crête -- Culbert
-- Cullen -- Dalphond-Guiral -- Daviault -- de Savoye
-- DeVillers -- Dhaliwal -- Dion -- Discepola -- Dromisky
-- Dubé -- Duceppe -- Duhamel -- Dumas -- Dupuy -- Easter
-- Eggleton -- English -- Fewchuk -- Finestone -- Finlay
-- Flis -- Fontana -- Fry -- Gaffney -- Gagliano
-- Gagnon -- (Bonaventure -- Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
-- Gagnon -- (Québec) -- Gallaway -- Gauthier -- Gerrard
-- Godin -- Goodale -- Graham -- Grose -- Guarnieri
-- Guay -- Guimond -- Harb -- Harper -- (Churchill)
-- Harvard -- Hopkins -- Hubbard -- Ianno -- Iftody
-- Irwin -- Jackson -- Jacob -- Jordan -- Keyes
-- Kilger -- (Stormont -- Dundas) -- Kirkby -- Knutson
-- Kraft Sloan -- Landry -- Langlois -- Lastewka -- Laurin
-- Lavigne -- (Beauharnois -- Salaberry)
-- Lavigne -- (Verdun -- Saint-Paul) -- Lebel
-- LeBlanc -- (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands -- Canso)
-- Lee -- Leroux -- (Richmond -- Wolfe) -- Leroux -- (Shefford)
-- Lincoln -- Loney -- Loubier -- MacAulay -- MacDonald
-- MacLellan -- (Cape/Cap-Breton -- The Sydneys) -- Malhi
-- Maloney -- Manley -- Marchand -- Marchi -- Marleau
-- Massé -- McCormick -- McKinnon -- McLaughlin
-- McLellan -- (Edmonton Northwest/Nord-Ouest) -- McTeague
-- McWhinney -- Ménard -- Mercier
-- Mills -- (Broadview -- Greenwood) -- Minna -- Mitchell
-- Murphy -- Murray -- Nault -- Nunez -- Nunziata
-- O'Brien -- (Labrador) -- O'Brien -- (London -- Middlesex)
-- O'Reilly -- Pagtakhan -- Paré -- Parrish -- Patry
-- Peric -- Peters -- Peterson -- Pettigrew -- Phinney
-- Picard -- (Drummond) -- Pickard -- (Essex -- Kent)
-- Pillitteri -- Pomerleau -- Proud -- Reed -- Regan
-- Richardson -- Rideout -- Robichaud -- Robillard -- Robinson
-- Rocheleau -- Rock -- Sauvageau
-- Scott -- (Fredericton -- York -- Sunbury) -- Serré
-- Shepherd -- Sheridan -- Simmons -- Skoke -- Solomon
-- Speller -- St. Denis -- Steckle -- Stewart -- (Northumberland)
-- Szabo -- Taylor -- Telegdi -- Thalheimer -- Torsney
-- Tremblay -- (Lac-Saint-Jean)
-- Tremblay -- (Rimouski -- Témiscouata) -- Tremblay -- (Rosemont)
-- Ur -- Valeri -- Vanclief -- Venne -- Volpe -- Walker
-- Wappel -- Wells -- Whelan -- Wood -- Young -- Zed -- 198
Paired Members--Députés Pairés
-- Anawak -- Bélisle -- Bellehumeur -- Boudria -- Brien
-- Calder -- Deshaies -- Dingwall -- Fillion -- Godfrey
-- Hickey -- Lalonde -- Lefebvre -- Mifflin -- Murphy
-- St-Laurent
Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and
passed.
PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS
At 6:34 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the
House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members'
Business.
Ms. McLaughlin (Yukon), seconded by Mr. Taylor (The
Battlefords -- Meadow Lake), moved, -- That, in the opinion of
this House, the Minister of Canadian Heritage should proceed
immediately to exempt CBC North from layoffs and funding
reductions to the operating budget resulting from the $127
million reduction in federal funding to the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation announced in 1996, as well as
future cuts should they occur. (Private Members' Business M-288)
Debate arose thereon.
Pursuant to Standing Order 96(1), the Order was dropped
from the Order Paper.
PETITIONS FILED WITH THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE
Pursuant to Standing Order 36, a petition certified
correct by the Clerk of Petitions was filed as follows:
-- by Mrs. Barnes (London West), concerning sexual orientation (No.
352-1570).
ADJOURNMENT
At 7:30 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House
until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order
24(1).