Debates of April 21st, 2004
House of Commons Hansard #38 of the 37th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was tlicho.
Topics
- Agriculture
- Government of Canada
- Member for Thornhill
- Badminton
- Compton—Stanstead
- Taxation
- Bill C-260
- Rail Transportation
- Louise Arbour and Guy Laliberté
- Rural Communities
- Seniors
- Women Voters
- National Volunteer Week
- Mental Health
- Military Heritage
- Stan Darling
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Government Contracts
- Taxation
- Lobbyists
- Government Contracts
- Health
- Older Workers
- Government Contracts
- Health
- Foreign Affairs
- Government Contracts
- Public Service
- Technology Partnerships Canada
- Music Industry
- RCMP Pension Fund
- Agriculture
- National Drug Strategy
- National Unity Fund
- Public Works and Government Services
- Ethics Commissioner
- Committees of the House
- Government Response to Petitions
- Committees of the House
- Old Age Security Act
- Income Tax Act
- Public Service Commission
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Question No. 55
- Question No. 57
- Question No. 59
- Question No. 61
- Question No. 69
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Question No. 58
- Question No. 68
- Question No. 71
- Motions for Papers
- Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act
- Criminal Code
- Budget Implementation Act, 2004
- Westbank First Nation Self-Government Act
- Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Act
- The Armenian People
National Unity Fund
Oral Question Period
3 p.m.
Bloc
Odina Desrochers Lotbinière—L'Érable, QC
Mr. Speaker, it has been three weeks since the Prime Minister's cabinet said it would be able to provide information on the secret national unity fund within 48 hours. On Monday, the Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board said he had no record of the events and that he had to prepare a list of these events.
What is the President of the Treasury Board waiting for to table the existing lists of events that received money through this fund?
National Unity Fund
Oral Question Period
3 p.m.
Papineau—Saint-Denis
Québec
Liberal
Pierre Pettigrew Minister of Health
Mr. Speaker, the Treasury Board Secretariat is working with all the departments in order to gather information on the use of the national unity reserve. In order to obtain this type of information, it must scrutinize all government programs and activities that go back a number of years. A certain amount of time is needed to complete this process.
Public Works and Government Services
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Vancouver Quadra
B.C.
Liberal
Stephen Owen Minister of Public Works and Government Services
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table two letters, in both official languages, one from a flag outlet in B.C. and the other from Les Scouts du Québec.
Ethics Commissioner
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Brossard—La Prairie
Québec
Liberal
Jacques Saada Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister responsible for Democratic Reform
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, biographical notes on Bernard Shapiro. The government has recommended Mr. Shapiro for the position of ethics commissioner.
Pursuant to Standing Order 111.1(1), I have asked the chair of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs to consider the proposed nomination of Mr. Shapiro as ethics commissioner.
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Papineau—Saint-Denis
Québec
Liberal
Pierre Pettigrew Minister of Health
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the government's response to the report of the Standing Committee on Official Languages entitled, “Access to Health Care for the Official Language Minority Communities: Legal Bases, Current Initiatives and Future Prospects”.
Government Response to Petitions
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Sarnia—Lambton
Ontario
Liberal
Roger Gallaway Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's responses to 111 petitions.
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
John Williams St. Albert, AB
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, which deals with the committee's request that legal fees for public servants called before this committee in relation to chapters 3, 4 and 5 of the November 2003 report of the Auditor General of Canada be paid for by the government.
Notwithstanding Standing Order 109, the committee requests that the government table a response to this report as soon as possible.
Old Age Security Act
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Bloc
Marcel Gagnon Champlain, QC
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-515, an act to amend the Old Age Security (monthly guaranteed income supplement).
Mr. Speaker, the purpose of this bill is to oblige the government to reimburse the $3 billion it owes in guaranteed income supplements to the elderly from whom it has been withheld.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Income Tax Act
Routine Proceedings
April 21st, 2004 / 3:05 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
Greg Thompson New Brunswick Southwest, NB
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-516, an act to amend the Income Tax Act (Campobello Island, Deer Island, Grand Manan Island and White Head Island).
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce this bill, an act to amend the Income Tax Act, to recognize the special and isolated status of Campobello Island, Deer Island, Grand Manan Island, including White Head Island, by making each of them a proscribed northern zone, so that persons living there will be entitled to a residency deduction under section 110.7 of the Income Tax Act.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Public Service Commission
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
Brossard—La Prairie
Québec
Liberal
Jacques Saada Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister responsible for Democratic Reform
Mr. Speaker, I move:
That, in accordance with subsection 3(5) of the Act respecting employment in the Public Service of Canada, chapter P-33 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, this House approve the appointment of Maria Barrados of Ottawa, Ontario, as President of the Public Service Commission for a term of seven years.
Public Service Commission
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
The Speaker
Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
Public Service Commission
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
Public Service Commission
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
An hon. member
On division.
Public Service Commission
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
The Speaker
I declare the motion carried on division.
(Motion agreed to)
Petitions
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
Liberal
Rose-Marie Ur Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36 I wish to present eight petitions, each containing several hundred names of Canadians. They call upon Parliament to take whatever action is required to maintain the current legal definition of marriage in law in perpetuity, and to prevent any court from overturning or amending that definition.