Debates of April 20th, 2004
House of Commons Hansard #37 of the 37th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was agreement.
Topics
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Business of the House
- Westbank First Nation Self-Government Act
- Economic Development
- Agriculture
- Canadian Sikh Community
- Information Rights Week
- Status of Women
- Justice
- Canadian Prostate Cancer Research Initiative
- Employment Insurance
- Volunteer Award
- Income Tax
- Holocaust Memorial Day
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Holocaust Memorial Day
- Volunteer Awards
- Canadian Youth
- Government Contracts
- Employment Insurance
- Health
- Government Contracts
- International Aid
- Health
- National Defence
- Government Contracts
- Fisheries
- Government Contracts
- Status of Women
- Government Contracts
- The Environment
- Shipbuilding
- Olympic Games
- Agriculture
- Points of Order
- Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act
- Budget Implementation Act, 2004
- Income Tax Act
- Budget Implementation Act, 2004
- Privilege
- Budget Implementation Act, 2004
- Westbank First Nation Self-Government Act
- Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act
- The Armenian People
- Avian Flu
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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)
In my opinion the nays have it.
And more than five members having risen:
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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)
The recorded division on the Motion No. 1 stands deferred.
The next question is on Motion No. 3. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Some hon. members
No.
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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)
All those in favour of the motion will please say yea.
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Some hon. members
Yea.
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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)
All those opposed will please say nay.
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Some hon. members
Nay.
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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)
In my opinion the yeas have it.
And more than five members having risen:
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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)
The recorded division on Motion No. 3 stands deferred.
The House will now proceed to the deferred recorded division of the report stage of the bill.
Call in the members
And the bells having rung:
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The Acting Speaker (Bélair)
At the request of the government whip, the vote stands deferred until tomorrow night at 5:30 p.m.
The House resumed from April 19 consideration of the motion that Bill C-31, an act to give effect to a land claims and self-government agreement among the Tlicho, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Government of Canada, to make related amendments to the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act and to make consequential amendments to other acts, be read the second time and referred to a committee.
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April 20th, 2004 / 5:05 p.m.
Liberal
Don Boudria Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise to support Bill C-31, the Tlicho land claims and self-government act. The principle component of the legislation is a tripartite agreement negotiated by representatives of the people, the Government of Canada and the Northwest Territories, as all of us would know.
The agreement is remarkable for a number of reasons. Let me remind the House of the reasons why it is so.
It will provide certainty for the exercise of aboriginal and treaty rights within the traditional territory of the Tlicho, almost 20% of this great land mass of Canada, namely the Northwest Territories. Within their traditional territory, the Tlicho people will own an unbroken parcel of land of some 39,000 square kilometres and they will have all the rights and responsibilities that come with self-government.
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Bloc
Michel Guimond Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-De- Beaupré—Île-D'Orléans, QC
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I apologize for interrupting the hon. member for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, but I would like you to check with the Table, because I believe we had reached the turn of the hon. member for Drummond, who rose at the same time as the member for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell.
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The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)
The Bloc Quebecois whip is correct. I apologize to the hon. member for Drummond, but I simply did not see her. We are correcting the situation and she now has the floor.