Debates of Jan. 29th, 2003
House of Commons Hansard #48 of the 37th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was united.
Topics
- Lebanese New Year's Levee
- Queen's Jubilee Medal
- International Year of Freshwater
- Peter Gzowski Internship Program
- Samuel Clark
- Member for LaSalle—Émard
- Film Industry
- Lafarge Canada
- Order of Canada
- Brian Baker
- Literacy
- Foreign Affairs
- St. Lawrence Pilots
- Economic Development
- National Drinking Water Standards
- Report of the Privacy Commissioner
- Iraq
- Canada Post
- Gasoline Tax
- Ethics
- Foreign Aid
- The Environment
- Homelessness
- Iraq
- Human Resources Development
- National Defence
- Health
- French in International Institutions
- Industry
- Road Infrastructure
- Species at Risk
- Firearms Registry
- Guaranteed Income Supplement
- Canada Elections Act
- Softwood Lumber
- Presence in Gallery
- Privilege
- Points of Order
- Business of the House
- Government Response to Petitions
- Canada Elections Act
- Political Financing
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Canadian Safe Drinking Water Act
- Criminal Code
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Motions for Papers
- Assisted Human Reproduction Act
- Report of the Privacy Commissioner
- Assisted Human Reproduction Act
- Employment Insurance Act
- Iraq
Criminal Code
Routine Proceedings
3:45 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Jim Gouk Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan, BC
Mr. Speaker, in the interests of public safety, I ask that the bill not be read a second time but instead be referred directly to committee for all party non-partisan consideration, and I seek unanimous consent for that.
Criminal Code
Routine Proceedings
3:50 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker
Does the hon. member for Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan have leave to ask for unanimous consent?
Criminal Code
Routine Proceedings
3:50 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
Criminal Code
Routine Proceedings
3:50 p.m.
Some hon. members
No.
Criminal Code
Routine Proceedings
3:50 p.m.
Liberal
Peter Adams Peterborough, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would like to seek unanimous consent to return to presenting reports from committees.
Criminal Code
Routine Proceedings
3:50 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker
Is it agreed?
Criminal Code
Routine Proceedings
3:50 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
January 29th, 2003 / 3:50 p.m.
Liberal
Peter Adams Peterborough, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present the 15th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs regarding the membership and associate membership of committees of the House and I should like to move concurrence at this time.
(Motion agreed to)
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
3:50 p.m.
Liberal
Peter Adams Peterborough, ON
Mr. Speaker, if the House gives its consent, I move:
That the membership of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be modified as follows: Rodger Cuzner for Wayne Easter, Lynn Myers for Tony Tirabassi, Benoît Sauvageau for Pierre Brien.
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
3:50 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker
The House has heard the terms of the motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
3:50 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
(Motion agreed to)
Petitions
Routine Proceedings
3:50 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
John Herron Fundy Royal, NB
Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to rise in the House today to present a petition duly certified by the Clerk on behalf of one of my constituents, Deborah Moss, from Canaan Forks, New Brunswick.
The petition calls upon Parliament to protect all children by taking all necessary steps to ensure that all materials which promote or glorify child pornography in any shape or form be appropriately outlawed in this nation. It is the minimum that we owe our children. I appreciate the opportunity to present this petition.
Petitions
Routine Proceedings
3:50 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Darrel Stinson Okanagan—Shuswap, BC
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition on behalf of my constituents calling upon Parliament to support rural route letter couriers.
Letter couriers on rural routes are calling upon Parliament to repeal one paragraph of the Canada Post Corporation Act, section 13(5), which prevents them from bargaining collectively to improve their pay and working conditions. The petitioners believe that this denial of a fundamental right allows Canada Post Corporation to maintain salaries and working conditions at a level that is unfair and that this constitutes discrimination against rural workers.
Petitions
Routine Proceedings
3:50 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Myron Thompson Wild Rose, AB
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise again to present another petition, bringing the total to 3,645 constituents from the Airdrie, Calgary and Cochrane districts in my riding, calling on the government to come up with legislation immediately to stamp out and obliterate child pornography from the face of the earth, and I certainly support that petition.
Petitions
Routine Proceedings
3:50 p.m.
Liberal
Paul Szabo Mississauga South, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition on behalf of a number of Canadians, including people from my own riding of Mississauga South, on the subject of stem cell research. These petitioners accept, as I do, that life begins at conception and they would like to draw to the attention of the House that Canadians support ethical stem cell research, which has already shown encouraging potential to provide cures and therapies for illnesses and diseases.
They also want to point out that non-embryonic stem cells, also known as adult stem cells, have also shown significant progress without the immune rejection or ethical problems associated with embryonic stem cells. The petitioners therefore call upon Parliament to support legislative measures which support adult stem cell research to find the cures and therapies necessary for Canadians.