Debates of Nov. 3rd, 2011
House of Commons Hansard #43 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was representation.
Topics
- Question Period
- Public Accounts of Canada
- Supplementary Estimates (B), 2011–12
- Members' Expenditures
- Government Response to Petitions
- Certificates of Nomination
- Cell Phone Freedom Act
- Auditor General of Canada
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Fair Representation Act
- Roger Béliveau
- Urban Environment
- Food Banks
- Ukraine
- Family Doctor Week
- Burlington Teen Tour Band
- Richard Hyndman
- George Dow
- Robert Wilson Wight
- Millennium Development Goals
- Canadian Forces
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
- Immigration
- Heroism
- New Democratic Party of Canada
- Minister of Public Safety
- Firearms Registry
- Public Safety
- Auditor General
- The Economy
- G8 Summit
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- National Defence
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Public Safety
- Veterans
- Taxation
- Auditor General
- FedNor
- Veterans
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Political Donations
- Employment Insurance
- Government Policies
- Presence in Gallery
- Points of Order
- Business of the House
- Fair Representation Act
- Points of Order
- Fair Representation Act
- Criminal Code
Public Accounts of Canada
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Parry Sound—Muskoka
Ontario
Conservative
Tony Clement President of the Treasury Board and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario
Mr. Speaker, it is an honour for me to table today, in both official languages, the 2011 public accounts of Canada. The Government of Canada committed to strictly managing our financial resources and to showing more accountability and transparency in our reports. For the 13th consecutive year, the government has received an unqualified audit opinion from the Auditor General of Canada on the financial statements. The Government of Canada has every reason to be proud of this.
A message from His Excellency the Governor General transmitting supplementary estimates (B) for the financial year ending March 31, 2012, was presented by the President of the Treasury Board and read by the Speaker to the House.
Members' Expenditures
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Conservative
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
I have the honour to lay upon the table a document entitled “Individual Member's Expenditures for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2011”.
Government Response to Petitions
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre
Saskatchewan
Conservative
Tom Lukiwski 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 response to three petitions.
Certificates of Nomination
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
NDP
David Christopherson Hamilton Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the first report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts in regard to the certificate of nomination of Michael Ferguson to the position of Auditor General of Canada.
Cell Phone Freedom Act
Routine Proceedings
November 3rd, 2011 / 10:05 a.m.
NDP
Bruce Hyer Thunder Bay—Superior North, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-343, An Act respecting the locking of cellular telephones.
Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure today to introduce a private member's bill, the cellphone freedom bill. The bill takes an important step, providing more consumer choice and promoting competition in the domestic wireless market. It would do that by striking a healthy balance on the issue of mobile phone network locks.
Network locks means that Canadian consumers' cellphones are locked to work only on the network of the carrier from which they buy their phone. The cellphone freedom act would level the playing field for Canadian cellphone customers. It would mandate that consumers buying new cellphones in Canada must be informed of any cell network lock on their phones before sale. It would require phone companies to unlock handsets upon request, without charge, when consumers purchase new phones outright. It says that carriers must unlock handsets upon request, free of charge again, when a consumer comes to the end of his or her service contract, or any time thereafter.
I invite members of all parties to stand up for competition and consumers and support the cellphone freedom bill.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Auditor General of Canada
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
York—Simcoe
Ontario
Conservative
Peter Van Loan Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
moved:
That, in accordance with subsection 3(1) of the Auditor General Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. A-17, and pursuant to Standing Order 111.1, this House approve the appointment of Michael Ferguson as Auditor General of Canada for a term of 10 years.
Auditor General of Canada
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Conservative
Auditor General of Canada
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
No.
Auditor General of Canada
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Conservative
Auditor General of Canada
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Some hon. members
Yea.
Auditor General of Canada
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Conservative
Auditor General of Canada
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Some hon. members
Nay.
Auditor General of Canada
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Conservative
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
In my opinion the yeas have it.
And five or more members having risen:
Call in the members.
(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)