HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
35th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION
JOURNALS
No. 164
Friday, April 25, 1997
10:00 a.m.
PRAYERS
GOVERNMENT ORDERS
The Order was read for the second reading and reference
to the Standing Committee on Industry of Bill C-67, An Act
to amend the Competition Act and another Act in consequence.
Mr. Peters (Secretary of State (International Financial
Institutions)) for Mr. Manley (Minister of Industry),
seconded by Mrs. Stewart (Secretary of State (Latin America
and Africa)), moved, -- That the Bill be now read a second time
and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry.
Debate arose thereon.
INTERRUPTION
At 10:12 a.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 10:26 a.m., the sitting resumed.
STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
Pursuant to Standing Order 31, Members made statements.
ORAL QUESTIONS
Pursuant to Standing Order 30(5), the House proceeded
to Oral Questions.
DAILY ROUTINE OF BUSINESS
Tabling of Documents
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Pagtakhan
(Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister) laid upon
the Table, -- Orders in Council approving certain
appointments made by the Governor General in Council,
pursuant to Standing Order 110(1), as follows:
-- P.C. 1997-447 and P.C. 1997-448. -- Sessional Paper No.
8540-352-2F. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to
the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food);
-- P.C. 1997-461. -- Sessional Paper No. 8540-352-8M.
(Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing
Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade);
-- P.C. 1997-462, P.C. 1997-463, P.C. 1997-464, P.C. 1997-465
and P.C. 1997-466. -- Sessional Paper No. 8540-352-24J.
(Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing
Committee on Transport);
-- P.C. 1997-536 and P.C. 1997-537. -- Sessional Paper No.
8540-352-22J. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred
to the Standing Committee on Industry);
-- P.C. 1997-539, P.C. 1997-540 and P.C. 1997-541. -- Sessional
Paper No. 8540-352-7D. (Pursuant to Standing
Order 32(6), referred to the Standing Committee on
Environment and Sustainable Development);
-- P.C. 1997-542. -- Sessional Paper No. 8540-352-18I.
(Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing
Committee on Health);
-- P.C. 1997-546 and P.C. 1997-547. -- Sessional Paper No.
8540-352-16K. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred
to the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development);
-- P.C. 1997-551. -- Sessional Paper No. 8540-352-6J.
(Pursuant to Standing Order 32(6), referred to the Standing
Committee on Natural Resources).
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr.Pagtakhan (Parliamentary Secretary
to the Prime Minister) laid upon the Table, -- Government responses, pursuant
to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions:
-- Nos. 352-1833, 352-1863 and 352-2062 concerning AIDS
research. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-117C;
-- No. 352-1900 concerning illegal immigration from South East
Asia. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-157;
-- No. 352-1935 concerning refugees and immigrants convicted
of a crime. -- Sessional Paper No. 8545-352-158;
-- Nos. 352-1958, 352-1967, 352-1968, 352-1969, 352-1991, 352-
1992, 352-2006, 352-2012, 352-2017, 352-2021, 352-2036, 352-
2040, 352-2041, 352-2042, 352-2043, 352-2048, 352-2074, 352-
2076, 352-2077, 352-2080, 352-2091, 352-2096, 352-2101, 352-
2107 and 352-2130 concerning the highway system. -- Sessional
Paper No. 8545-352-137J;
-- No. 352-2010 concerning alcoholic beverages. -- Sessional
Paper No. 8545-352-41V.
Presenting Reports from Inter-parliamentary Delegations
Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), Mrs. Barnes (Parliamentary Secretary to
the Minister of National Revenue) presented the Report of the Canadian
Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) concerning its
participation at the 46th Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar held at
Westminster, London, from March 4 to 15, 1997. -- Sessional Paper No.
8565-352-53F.
Introduction of Private Members' Bills
Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion
of Mr. Althouse (Mackenzie), seconded by Mr. de Jong
(Regina -- Qu'Appelle), Bill C-439, An Act respecting the
measurement of economic activity by criteria that reflect
resource consumption and environmental stress, was
introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and
ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the
House.
Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion
of Mr. Duhamel (St. Boniface), seconded by Mr. Bertrand
(Pontiac -- Gatineau -- Labelle), Bill C-440, An Act to vacate
the conviction of Louis Riel, was introduced, read the first
time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading
at the next sitting of the House.
Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion
of Mr. Hopkins (Renfrew -- Nipissing -- Pembroke), seconded by
Mr. Fewchuk (Selkirk -- Red River), Bill C-441, An Act
respecting the territorial integrity of Canada, was
introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and
ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the
House.
Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion
of Ms. Catterall (Ottawa West), seconded by Mr. Harb (Ottawa
Centre), Bill C-442, An Act to amend the National Capital
Act, was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be
printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting
of the House.
Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion
of Mr. Harb (Ottawa Centre), seconded by Mr. Loney (Edmonton
North), Bill C-443, An Act to amend the Criminal Code
(definition of child), was introduced, read the first time,
ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at
the next sitting of the House.
By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Harb (Ottawa
Centre), seconded by Mr. Loney (Edmonton North), Bill C-444,
An Act to amend the Canadian Bill of Rights (right to
housing), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be
printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting
of the House.
Motions
By unanimous consent, it was ordered, -- That, during this
session of Parliament, whenever the House stands adjourned: (a)
if a bill or bills are awaiting Royal Assent, the Speaker
may, at the request of the Government, give notice that the
House shall meet at a specified time for the purposes of
Royal Assent, (b) the House shall meet at the specified time for
those purposes only and immediately thereafter the Speaker
shall adjourn the House to the time to which it had formerly
been adjourned; and (c) in the event of the Speaker being unable to
act owing to illness or other cause, the Deputy Speaker, the
Deputy Chairman of Committees or the Assistant Deputy
Chairman of Committees shall act in the Speaker's stead for
all purposes of this Order.
Presenting Petitions
Pursuant to Standing Order 36, petitions certified correct by the Clerk
of Petitions were presented as follows:
-- by Mr. Hopkins (Renfrew -- Nipissing -- Pembroke), one concerning the Patent
Act (drug research) (No. 352-2340);
-- by Mr. Richardson (Perth -- Wellington -- Waterloo), one concerning sexual
orientation (No. 352-2341);
-- by Mr. McClelland (Edmonton Southwest), one concerning taxes on books
(No. 352-2342) and two concerning crimes of violence (Nos. 352-2343 and
352-2344);
-- by Mr. Chatters (Athabasca), one concerning crimes of violence (No.
352-2345), one concerning taxes on books (No. 352-2346) and one concerning
parental rights and responsibilities (No. 352-2347);
-- by Mr. Harb (Ottawa Centre), one concerning waste management (No.
352-2348);
-- by Mr. Morrison (Swift Current -- Maple Creek -- Assiniboia), one concerning
the Food and Drugs Act (No. 352-2349) and one concerning the unemployment
insurance program (No. 352-2350);
-- by Mr. Duncan (North Island -- Powell River), one concerning the tax on
gasoline (No. 352-2351) and one concerning crimes of violence (No.
352-2352).
Questions on Order Paper
Mr. Pagtakhan (Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime
Minister) presented the answers to questions Q-62, Q-63, Q-64,
Q-65, Q-67 and Q-97 on the Order Paper.
GOVERNMENT ORDERS
The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr.
Manley (Minister of Industry), seconded by Mrs. Stewart
(Secretary of State (Latin America and Africa)), -- That Bill
C-67, An Act to amend the Competition Act and another Act in
consequence, be now read a second time and referred to the
Standing Committee on Industry.
The debate continued.
PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS
At 1:31 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), the
House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members'
Business.
The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr.
Gallaway (Sarnia -- Lambton), seconded by Mr. Crawford (Kent),
-- That the amendment made by the Senate to C-216, An Act to
amend the Broadcasting Act (broadcasting policy), be now
read a second time and concurred in;
And of the amendment of Mr. Leroux (Richmond -- Wolfe),
seconded by Mrs. Picard (Drummond), -- That the motion be
amended by deleting all the words after the word ``That'' and
substituting the following:
``a message be sent to the Senate to inform their Honours
that this House rejects the amendment made by the Senate to
Bill C-216, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act
(broadcasting policy), because, in the opinion of this
House, it does not bring the Bill into conformity with the
objectives of the Broadcasting Act with regard to French-
language services.''
Debate arose thereon.
The question was put on the amendment and, pursuant to
Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until
Monday, April 28, 1997, at the ordinary hour of daily
adjournment..
INTERRUPTION
At 1:49 p.m., pursuant to Order made Thursday, April
24, 1997 the sitting was suspended.
At 3:34 p.m., the sitting resumed.
ROYAL ASSENT
The Speaker informed the House that the Right
Honourable the Deputy Governor General will proceed to the
Senate today at 3:38 p.m. for the purpose of giving the
Royal Assent to certain Bills.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
Messages were received from the Senate as follows:
-- ORDERED: That a Message be sent to the House of Commons
to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-37,
An Act to implement an agreement between Canada and the
Russian Federation, a convention between Canada and the
Republic of South Africa, an agreement between Canada and
the United Republic of Tanzania, an agreement between Canada
and the Republic of India and a convention between Canada
and Ukraine, for the avoidance of double taxation and the
prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on
income, without amendment.
-- ORDERED: That a Message be sent to the House of Commons
to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-39,
An Act respecting the York Factory First Nation and the
settlement of matters arising from an agreement relating to
the flooding of land, without amendment.
-- ORDERED: That a Message be sent to the House of Commons
to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed C-40, An
Act respecting the Nelson House First Nation and the
settlement of matters arising from an agreement relating to
the flooding of land, without amendment.
-- ORDERED: That a Message be sent to the House of Commons
to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-46,
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (production of records in
sexual offence proceedings, without amendment.
-- ORDERED: That a Message be sent to the House of Commons
to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-92,
An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, the Income Tax
Application Rules and another Act related to the Income Tax
Act, without amendment.
-- ORDERED: That a Message be sent to the House of Commons
to acquaint that House that the Senate has passed Bill C-93,
An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled
in Parliament on February 18, 1997, without amendment.
ROYAL ASSENT
A Message was received from the honourable John Major,
Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, in his capacity
as Deputy Governor General, desiring the immediate
attendance of the House in the Senate.
Accordingly, the Speaker, with the House, proceeded to
the Senate.
The Commons returned to the Chamber.
Whereupon, the Speaker reported that, when the Commons
had been in the Senate, the Right Honourable the Deputy
Governor General was pleased to give, in Her Majesty's name,
the Royal Assent to the following Bills:
Bill C-29, An Act to regulate interprovincial trade in and
the importation for commercial purposes of certain
manganese-based substances -- Chapter No. 11;
Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act,
the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act and the Income Tax
Act -- Chapter No. 12;
Bill C-71, An Act to regulate the manufacture, sale,
labelling and promotion of tobacco products, to make
consequential amendments to another Act and to repeal
certain Acts -- Chapter No. 13;
Bill C-81, An Act to implement the Canada-Chile Free Trade
Agreement and related agreements -- Chapter No. 14;
Bill C-82, An Act to amend certain laws relating to
financial institutions -- Chapter No. 15;
Bill C-27, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (child
prostitution, child sex tourism, criminal harassment and
female genital mutilation) -- Chapter No. 16;
Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (high risk
offenders), the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, the
Criminal Records Act, the Prisons and Reformatories Act and
the Department of the Solicitor General Act -- Chapter No.
17;
Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and certain
other Acts -- Chapter No. 18;
Bill C-77, An Act concerning an order under the
International Development (Financial Institutions)
Assistance Act -- Chapter No. 19;
Bill C-34, An Act to establish programs for the marketing of
agricultural products, to repeal the Agricultural Products
Board Act, the Agricultural Products Cooperative Marketing
Act, the Advance Payments for Crops Act and the Prairie
Grain Advance Payments Act and to make consequential
amendments to other Acts -- Chapter No. 20;
Bill C-38, An Act to provide for mediation between insolvent
farmers and their creditors, to amend the Agriculture and
Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act and to
repeal the Farm Debt Review Act -- Chapter No. 21;
Bill C-84, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and the
Immigration Act -- Chapter No. 22;
Bill C-95, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal
organizations) and to amend other Acts in consequence --
Chapter No. 23;
Bill C-32, An Act to amend the Copyright Act -- Chapter No.
24;
Bill C-92, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, the Income
Tax Application Rules and another Act related to the Income
Tax Act -- Chapter No. 25;
Bill C-93, An Act to implement certain provisions of the
budget tabled in Parliament on February 18, 1997 -- Chapter
No. 26;
Bill C-37, An Act to implement an agreement between Canada
and the Russian Federation, a convention between Canada and
the Republic of South Africa, an agreement between Canada
and the United Republic of Tanzania, an agreement between
Canada and the Republic of India and a convention between
Canada and Ukraine, for the avoidance of double taxation and
the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on
income -- Chapter No. 27;
Bill C-39, An Act respecting the York Factory First Nation
and the settlement of matters arising from an agreement
relating to the flooding of land -- Chapter No. 28;
Bill C-40, An Act respecting the Nelson House First Nation
and the settlement of matters arising from an agreement
relating to the flooding of land -- Chapter No. 29;
Bill C-46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (production of
records in sexual offence proceedings) -- Chapter No. 30;
Bill C-300, An Act respecting the establishment and award of
a Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal for Canadians who have
served with an international peacekeeping mission -- Chapter
No. 31;
Bill S-15, An Act to amend An Act to incorporate the Bishop
of the Arctic of the Church of England in Canada.
RETURNS AND REPORTS DEPOSITED WITH THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE
Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), papers deposited with
the Clerk of the House were laid upon the Table as follows:
-- by the Speaker -- Minutes of Proceedings of the Board of
Internal Economy of the House of Commons for March 18, 1997,
pursuant to Standing Order 121(4). -- Sessional Paper No. 8560-
352-2N.
-- by the Speaker -- Amendments to the By-laws adopted by the
Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons on April
22, 1997, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, S. C.
1991, c. 20, sbs. 52.5(2). -- Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-
324G.
-- by the Speaker -- Report of the Auditor General of Canada
for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1997, pursuant to the
Privacy Act, R. S. 1985, c. P-21, sbs. 72(2). -- Sessional
Paper No. 8561-352-627A. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5),
permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice
and Legal Affairs)
-- by Ms. Copps (Minister of Canadian Heritage) -- Annual
Report of Official Languages for 1995-96, together with
summaries of the Status Report for 1995-96 and the Multi-Year
Action Plans for 1996-97, pursuant to the Official
Languages Act, R. S. 1985, c. 31 (4th supp.), s. 44. -- Sessional
Paper No. 8560-352-301C. (Pursuant to Standing
Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Joint
Committee on Official Languages)
-- by Ms. Copps (Minister of Canadian Heritage) -- Management
Plan for Elk Island National Park for 1996-2001, pursuant to
the Act to amend the National Parks Act and to amend An Act
to amend the National Parks Act, S. C. 1988, ch. 48, sbs.
5(1.1). -- Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-482. (Pursuant to
Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing
Committee on Canadian Heritage)
-- by Mr. Irwin (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development) -- Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109,
to the 6th Report of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and
Northern Development, "Aboriginal Peoples' Rights" (Sessional Paper No.
8510-352-57), presented to the House on Tuesday, November 26,
1996. -- Sessional Paper No. 8512-352-57.
-- by Mr. Martin (Minister of Finance) -- Summaries of the
Corporate Plan for 1997-98 to 2001-2002 and of the Operating
and Capital Budgets for 1997-98 of the Canada Deposit
Insurance Corporation, pursuant to the Financial
Administration Act, R. S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). -- Sessional
Paper No. 8562-352-847A. (Pursuant to Standing
Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee
on Finance)
-- by Ms. McLellan (Minister of Natural Resources) -- Report
of the National Energy Board for the year ended December 31,
1996, pursuant to the National Energy Board Act, R. S. 1985,
c. N-7, s. 133. -- Sessional Paper No. 8560-352-188A.
(Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to
the Standing Committee on Natural Resources)
PETITIONS FILED WITH THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE
Pursuant to Standing Order 36, petitions certified
correct by the Clerk of Petitions were filed as follows:
-- by Mr. Lebel (Chambly), one concerning Canada's railways (No. 352-2353);
-- by Mr. Strahl (Fraser Valley East), one concerning crimes of violence
(No. 352-2354), one concerning sex offenders (No. 352-2355), one concerning
taxes on books (No. 352-2356) and one concerning police dogs (No.
352-2357);
-- by Mr. Fontana (London East), two concerning taxes on books (Nos.
352-2358 and 352-2359);
-- by Mrs. Ablonczy (Calgary North), one concerning taxes on books (No. 352-
2360) and one concerning the highway system (No. 352-2361).
ADJOURNMENT
At 3:54 p.m., pursuant to Order made Thursday, April
24, 1997, the Speaker adjourned the House until Monday at
11:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).