House of Commons Hansard #165 of the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was drug.

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Bill C-348Conscientious Objection ActRoutine Proceedings

3:25 p.m.

NDP

Bill Siksay NDP Burnaby—Douglas, BC

Mr. Speaker, there have been consultations among the parties and I believe you would find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move:

That Bill C-348, An Act respecting conscientious objection to the use of taxes for military purposes, be withdrawn from the order paper.

Bill C-348Conscientious Objection ActRoutine Proceedings

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Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Peter Milliken

Does the hon. member for Burnaby--Douglas have the unanimous consent of the House to propose this motion?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Peter Milliken

The House has heard the terms of the motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Peter Milliken

(Order discharged and bill withdrawn)

Foreign AffairsRoutine Proceedings

3:25 p.m.

Liberal

Larry Bagnell Liberal Yukon, YT

Mr. Speaker, there have been discussions among the parties and I think you would find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move:

That this House request that the Government of Burma release the Leader of the National League for Democracy and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest, which has been imposed on her since 1989.

Foreign AffairsRoutine Proceedings

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Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Peter Milliken

Does the hon. member for Yukon have the unanimous consent of the House to propose this motion?

Foreign AffairsRoutine Proceedings

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Peter Milliken

The House has heard the terms of the motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Peter Milliken

(Motion agreed to)

Foreign AffairsRoutine Proceedings

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Bloc

Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC

Mr. Speaker, I seek the unanimous consent of this House to adopt the following motion:

That the government's notice of ways and means motion No. 13, tabled in the House by the Minister of Labour on December 8, 2006, be deemed adopted and that the bill listed on the order paper under “Introduction of Government Bills” and entitled “An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, the Wage Earner Protection Program Act and chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005” be deemed to have been introduced in the House, deemed to have been read the first time and printed, deemed to have been read the second time and referred to a committee of the whole, deemed considered in committee of the whole, deemed reported with the following amendment:

“That clause 32 of the bill be replaced by the following:

32(1) Paragraphs 67(1)(b) to (b.3) of the same statute, as enacted by subsection 57(1) of Chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada 2005, are replaced by the following:

(b) any property that as against the bankrupt is exempt from execution or seizure under any laws applicable in the province within which the property is situated and within which the bankrupt resides;

( b.1) goods and services tax credit payments that are made in prescribed circumstances to the bankrupt and that are not property referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

( b.2 ) prescribed payments relating to the essential needs of an individual that are made in prescribed circumstances to the bankrupt and that are not property referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

(b.3) without restricting the generality of paragraph (b), property in a registered retirement savings plan or a registered retirement income fund, as those expressions are defined in the Income Tax Act, or in any prescribed plan, other than property contributed to any such plan or fund in the 12 months before the date of bankruptcy,”

deemed concurred in at the report stage as amended, and deemed read the third time and passed”.

Foreign AffairsRoutine Proceedings

3:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Peter Milliken

Does the hon. member for Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert have the unanimous consent of the House to move this motion?

Foreign AffairsRoutine Proceedings

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

No.

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Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Peter Milliken

There is no unanimous consent.

Foreign AffairsRoutine Proceedings

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York—Simcoe Ontario

Conservative

Peter Van Loan ConservativeLeader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform

Very briefly, Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Yesterday you made what I thought was a prudent ruling that we already had heard the motion several times previously and that we had heard the will of the House. Since it was already indicated that it would not have unanimous consent, you did not allow the full reading of it.

Today you have allowed it again. I merely raise the point that it is clear that there is not going to be unanimous consent for what we have heard already every day so far this week. I think it would be prudent in the future when we have this to not allow this kind of filibuster to continue.

Foreign AffairsRoutine Proceedings

3:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Peter Milliken

I appreciate the hon. member's intervention. I do not mind saying that part of the reason I interrupted yesterday was because the hon. member I thought had been reading her motion before and in fact had made a statement. Had I realized, because as the hon. member knows I was in a serious conversation with one of his colleagues, I would have stomped on that statement.

The hon. member for Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert knows well that, when seeking the unanimous consent of the House for a motion, one has to move it immediately. As I said, she made a statement. I thought she might have changed a word here and there in her motion. That is why I did not interrupt her today.

Perhaps something else can be done about this tomorrow, should it continue, because this was the same motion. I think that she has brought it forward at least five times. I do not think it is necessary to present the same motion every day, and the hon. member for Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert is aware of all that.

The hon. member for Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, on a point of order.

Foreign AffairsRoutine Proceedings

3:30 p.m.

Bloc

Carole Lavallée Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC

I shall be brief this time, Mr. Speaker. I am very sorry about yesterday, but you will understand that the reason the Bloc Québécois is pressing so hard to bring this motion forward over and over is to make sure that the Conservatives, first, make sense of it and, second, have enough sense to realize that this is an important motion. I will come back—

Foreign AffairsRoutine Proceedings

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Liberal

The Speaker Liberal Peter Milliken

Fine, but everyone can read the motion, given that the same one is proposed day after day. The translation is available in Hansard, and I am sure that the hon. Leader of the Government in the House of Commons has read it many times.

Human TraffickingPetitionsRoutine Proceedings

June 6th, 2007 / 3:30 p.m.

Conservative

Joy Smith Conservative Kildonan—St. Paul, MB

Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present to the House today. Canadians all across this country are calling on our government to continue to combat the human trafficking crime that is occurring in our country.

PovertyPetitionsRoutine Proceedings

3:30 p.m.

Liberal

Ken Boshcoff Liberal Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON

Mr. Speaker, a grade 11 student from Atikokan High School, Alacia Henderson, took it upon herself to make a statement about poverty. Alacia collected over 400 names drawing the attention of the House that funding programs for poverty should be increased, that funding for homeless shelters should be increased, and calling upon Parliament to lower the population of people living in poverty on the streets of Canada.

I commend this young lady for gathering these signatures and taking this initiative. Congratulations Alacia.

Visitor VisasPetitionsRoutine Proceedings

3:30 p.m.

NDP

Chris Charlton NDP Hamilton Mountain, ON

Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to table in the House today. The first petition is on behalf of over 100 members of the Polish community in Hamilton and all of their friends.

Poland is a free, democratic and proud country within the European Union. As a member of the EU, Poland uses all of the same secure passport identification that other EU countries use, including biometric passport technology. In light of those circumstances, it is bizarre that people coming to Canada from Poland still need a visitor's visa.

Why do we not lift the visitor visa requirements, so that we can increase family visitation, tourism, cultural exchanges and trade missions? That is exactly what the petitioners are asking from the Parliament of Canada. I am delighted to promote their call for action by tabling this petition on their behalf today.

ImmigrationPetitionsRoutine Proceedings

3:35 p.m.

NDP

Chris Charlton NDP Hamilton Mountain, ON

Mr. Speaker, I am also pleased to table another petition today calling on this House to adopt the NDP's Bill C-394, the once in a lifetime bill. This petition was circulated by the Philippino community in my home town of Hamilton.

All of the petitioners agree that family reunification must be a key component of a fair immigration policy. The current family class rules, as we all well know, are too restrictive and mean that many close relatives are not eligible to come to Canada.

The petitioners are asking Parliament to ensure, by passing Bill C-394, that Canadian citizens and landed immigrants are given the once in a lifetime opportunity to sponsor a family member from outside the current family class as it is currently defined in the Immigration Refugee Protection Act, so that they may be reunited with loved ones from around the world.

It has been my privilege to work with the Philippino community in Hamilton to bring this petition forward on their behalf today.

Fisheries ActPetitionsRoutine Proceedings

3:35 p.m.

Conservative

John Cummins Conservative Delta—Richmond East, BC

Mr. Speaker, I have a petition to present to the House today signed by many people from the province of British Columbia.

The petitioners call on the government to withdraw the new Fisheries Act, Bill C-45. The petitioners are requesting this of the government because they feel that there has been insufficient input from both recreational and commercial fishermen. They want this bill withdrawn and rewritten.