Debates of Nov. 21st, 2005
House of Commons Hansard #154 of the 38th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was cultural.
Topics
- Question Period
- Points of Order
- Parliament of Canada Act
- Criminal Code
- Rodd Hotels and Resorts
- Landfill Site
- Gun Violence
- John Junior Hanna
- La Seigneurie
- Agriculture
- A. M. Sormany High School
- Centenarians
- National Child Day
- Pearson Airport
- Federal Gas Tax Funding
- Automobile Industry
- Mayor of Vancouver
- Henri Tranquille
- Child Care
- House of Commons
- Saint-François Forestry Cooperative
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Automobile Industry
- Federal-Provincial Relations
- Government Policies
- Seniors
- Government Policies
- Softwood Lumber
- Sponsorship Program
- Government Appointments
- Government Contracts
- Employment Insurance
- Foreign Affairs
- Automobile Industry
- Justice
- Intergovernmental Affairs
- Automobile Industry
- National Defence
- Child Care
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Taxation
- International Trade
- Agriculture
- Equalization
- National Defence
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Government Contracts
- Shipbuilding Industry
- Business of the House
- Global Partnership Program
- Government Response to Petitions
- Committees of the House
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Alternative Fuels Act
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Question No. 215
- Question No. 216
- Question No. 217
- Question No. 218
- Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act
- Criminal Code
- Supply
Fisheries and Oceans
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Liberal
Scott Simms Bonavista—Exploits, NL
Mr. Speaker, today is World Fisheries Day, and this is a resource that feeds millions of people around the world each and every day. However, more than 70% of the world's resources of fisheries are fully exploited or depleted.
More than a year ago the government embarked on a strategy to combat illegal overfishing on the Grand Banks off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. Could the minister please update the House on this initiative?
Fisheries and Oceans
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Halifax West
Nova Scotia
Liberal
Geoff Regan Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Mr. Speaker, under the leadership of the Prime Minister, we continue to make the fight against overfishing a top priority, as we saw again last week at the APEC summit in Korea. We are also putting our words into action. Because of our enhanced enforcement on the Grand Banks, the number of vessels fishing groundfish last week was down by nearly 70% since over the last two years. There is more work to be done, but our strategy is working.
Government Contracts
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
NDP
Judy Wasylycia-Leis Winnipeg North, MB
Mr. Speaker, the Virginia Fontaine scandal goes to the highest levels of the federal government. The ringleaders, assistant deputy minister Paul Cochrane and director Patrick Nottingham, siphoned off millions of dollars for their personal use in the form of cars, cruises and condos, yet they received little slaps on the wrist for this criminality. Hard to imagine how the deputy minister at the time, David Dodge, or the minister at the time, Allan Rock, knew nothing about this scandal.
With no accountability in sight, will the government finally agree to an independent inquiry to get justice for those denied critical services by the government's actions?
Government Contracts
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Winnipeg South
Manitoba
Liberal
Reg Alcock President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board
Mr. Speaker, the member will try to hang anything she can on this event. The fact is the wrongdoing was identified. The person has been charged, disciplined and dismissed. This matter is at an end. The money was identified. We have been to court on that. The person has been penalized for it. I am not sure what else she wants to find out.
Shipbuilding Industry
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Bloc
Jean-Yves Roy Matapédia—Matane, QC
Mr. Speaker, the government is currently conducting a special review of its policy on the costs of ship transfers imposed during the assessment of bids relating to refitting work.
Considering that, when it comes to procurement, the federal government's responsibility is twofold, in that it must get the best value for taxpayers' money while also promoting economic development, does the minister not think that, in the name of regional equity, he should correct his policy, which systematically penalizes Quebec's shipbuilding industry?
Shipbuilding Industry
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Vancouver Kingsway
B.C.
Liberal
David Emerson Minister of Industry
Mr. Speaker, there is a massive procurement program with DND and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans over the next 10 to 15 years. I am working right now with the industry ensuring that there is substantial Canadian content in those procurement initiatives going forward.
Business of the House
Oral Questions
November 21st, 2005 / 3 p.m.
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek
Ontario
Liberal
Tony Valeri Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I think you would find unanimous consent for the following. I move:
That Bill C-53 be deemed to have been concurred in at report stage and read a third time and passed on division;
That Bill C-54 be deemed to have been read a third time and passed on division;
That Bill C-55 be deemed to have been reported from the committee with the following amendments presented by the government:
That Bill C-55, in clause 131, be amended by replacing line 41 on page 127 with the following:
as provided in this section or under the laws of the
That Bill C-55, in clause 131, be amended by adding after line 11 on page 129 the following:
(8) For greater certainty, any collective agreement that the company and the bargaining agent have not agreed to revise remains in force, and the court shall not alter its terms.
and that the said bill be deemed to have been concurred in at report stage and read a third time and passed on division;
That Bill C-66 be deemed to have been read a second time, referred to and reported from committee without amendment, concurred in at report stage and read a third time and passed on division.
Business of the House
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
The Speaker
Does the hon. government House leader have the unanimous consent of the House to propose this motion?
Business of the House
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
Business of the House
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
The Speaker
The House has heard the terms of the motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
Business of the House
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
(Motion agreed to)
Business of the House
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Liberal
Tony Valeri Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would like to draw to your attention the fact that the House has just expressed confidence in this government once again through the passage of Bill C-66.
Business of the House
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
The Speaker
I am sure the House is glad to hear the news, but I do not think it is a point of order.
(Bill C-53. On the Order: Government Orders:)
November 16, 2005--The Minister of Justice--Consideration at report stage and second reading of Bill C-53, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (proceeds of crime) and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, without amendment.
(Bill concurred in at report stage, read a third time and passed)
(Bill C-54. On the Order: Government Orders:)
November 3, 2005--Resuming consideration of the motion of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development that Bill C-54, An Act to provide first nations with the option of managing and regulating oil and gas exploration and exploitation and of receiving moneys otherwise held for them by Canada, be read the third time and passed.
(Bill read the third time and passed)
(Bill C-55. On the Order: Government Orders:)
October 5, 2005--Minister of Industry--An Act to establish the Wage Earner Protection Program Act, to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
(Bill concurred in at report stage, read the third time and passed)
(Bill C-66. On the Order: Government Orders:)
November 1, 2005--Resuming consideration of the motion of the Minister of Finance that Bill C-66, An Act to authorize payments to provide assistance in relation to energy costs, housing energy consumption and public transit infrastructure, and to make consequential amendments to certain Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.
(Bill read a second time, referred to and reported from committee without amendment, concurred in at report stage, read the third time and passed)
Global Partnership Program
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Papineau
Québec
Liberal
Pierre Pettigrew Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), I am pleased to table, in both official languages, the first annual report of the Global Partnership Program.
Government Response to Petitions
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Beauséjour
New Brunswick
Liberal
Dominic LeBlanc Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour pursuant to Standing Order 36(8) to table, in both official languages, the government's response to 21 petitions.