Votes for the 39th Parliament, 1st Session

#219 Failed That the motion be amended by adding after the word “instruments” the following: “and should appoint a Minister of State for Water, under the authority of the Minister of the Environment, to oversee and administer the water resources management strategy”.

#218 Passed C-6 That Bill C-6, An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments.

#217 Failed C-6 That Bill C-6 be amended by deleting Clause 44.

#216 Failed C-6 That Bill C-6 be amended by deleting Clause 43.

#215 Failed C-6 That Bill C-6 be amended by deleting Clause 36.

#214 Failed C-6 That Bill C-6 be amended by deleting Clause 35.

#213 Failed C-6 That Bill C-6, in Clause 49, be amended by replacing line 14 on page 78 with the following: “(2) Sections 5.31 to 5.393 of the Aeronautics Act, as enacted by section 12 of this Act, shall not have”

#212 Failed C-6 That Bill C-6, in Clause 49, be amended by deleting lines 14 to 16 on page 78.

#211 Failed C-6 That Bill C-6, in Clause 12, be amended by deleting line 35 on page 11 to line 5 on page 16.

#210 Failed C-6 That Bill C-6 be amended by deleting Clause 12.

#209 Passed That the Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, presented on Monday, February 12, 2007, be concurred in.

#208 Passed C-31 That a message be sent to the Senate to acquaint their Honours that this House agrees with amendments numbered 1 to 11 made by the Senate to Bill C-31, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Public Service Employment Act; And that this House agrees with the principles set out in amendment 12 but would propose the following amendment: Senate amendment 12 be amended as follows: Clause 42, page 17: (a) Replace line 23 with the following: "17 to 19 and 34 come into force 10 months" (b) Add after line 31 the following: "(3) Paragraphs 162( i.1) and (i.2) of the Canada Elections Act, as enacted by section 28, come into force six months after the day on which this Act receives royal assent unless, before that day, the Chief Electoral Officer publishes a notice in the Canada Gazette that the necessary preparations have been made for the bringing into operation of the provisions set out in the notice and that they may come into force on the day set out in the notice.".

#207 Passed That, in accordance with subsection 81(1) of the Parliament of Canada Act, Chapter P-1 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, this House approve the appointment of Mary Elizabeth Dawson as Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner.

#206 Passed C-11 That the amendments made by the Senate to Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and the Railway Safety Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and concurred in.

#204 Passed That the 16th Report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, presented on Monday, June 11, 2007, be concurred in.

#203 Failed That, in the opinion of the House, in relation to the proposed tax on distributions from publicly traded income trusts or publicly traded partnerships, other than those that only hold passive real estate investments, the government should repeal its planned 31.5 per cent tax regime and replace it with an immediate 10 per cent tax to be paid by such entities with the revenue to be shared equitably with provincial governments provided that the tax would be refundable to investors who are Canadian residents in order to: ( a) minimize the loss of savings to Canadians who invested in income trusts; (b) preserve the strengths of the income trust sector; (c) create tax fairness by eliminating any tax leakage caused by the income trust sector; and (d) create neutrality by eliminating any incentive to convert from a corporation to an income trust purely for tax purposes.

#202 Passed C-52 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#201 Passed C-52 That this question be now put.

#200 Passed C-52 That, in relation to Bill C-52, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007, not more than one further sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration of the third reading stage of the Bill; and That, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Business on the day allotted to the consideration of the third reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the Bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.

#199 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government has failed to live up to verbal and written commitments made to Premiers by the Prime Minister during the last election campaign with respect to the Equalization Program and the Atlantic Accords.

#198 Passed C-298 That Bill C-298, An Act to add perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) to the Virtual Elimination List under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments.

#197 Passed That the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Thursday, June 22, 2006, be concurred in.

#196 Passed C-52 That Bill C-52, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments.

#195 Passed C-52 That Bill C-52 be amended by deleting Clause 45.

#194 Passed That the Ninth Report of the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented on Friday, May 18, 2007, be concurred in.

#193 Passed C-280 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#192 Failed C-45 That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word "That" and substituting the following: “Bill C-45, An Act respecting the sustainable development of Canada's seacoast and inland fisheries, be not now read a second time but that it be read a second time this day six months hence.”.

#191 Passed C-10 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#190 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, given the desire of Canadians that this Parliament meaningfully address concerns about air quality and climate change, the government should call Bill C-30, Canada's Clean Air and Climate Change Act, for debate and decision at Report stage and Second reading as soon as possible.

#189 Passed C-53 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.

#188 Passed That the 13th Report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented on Tuesday, March 27, 2007, be concurred in.

#187 Passed C-52 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

#186 Passed C-52 That the question be now put.

#185 Failed That, in the opinion of the House, the government's mistaken policies with respect to interest non-deductibility and income trusts are making it increasingly difficult for Canadian businesses to succeed internationally, while making Canadian businesses increasingly vulnerable to foreign takeovers, thus putting Canadian jobs, head offices and investment at risk and contributing to a hollowing out of Canadian enterprise; and this House calls upon the Prime Minister to instruct his Minister of Finance to resolve these dangers by withdrawing his interest non-deductibility proposal and entering into meaningful public consultations on appropriate measures to combat tax abuses, and by withdrawing his proposal to tax income trusts and replacing it with the Liberal alternative as summarized in the 14th Report of the Standing Committee on Finance, presented on February 28, 2007.

#184 Passed C-280 That Bill C-280, An Act to Amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (coming into force of sections 110, 111 and 171), be concurred in at report stage.

#183 Passed C-269 That Bill C-269, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (improvement of the employment insurance system), as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

#182 Passed C-207 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

#181 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should move an amendment to the Competition Act so that the Commissioner of Competition have the power to initiate investigations of the price of gas and the role of refining margins in the determination of the said price.

#180 Passed That the motion be amended by adding after the words “said prices” the following: “and that the government also move to amend the Act to decriminalize the anti-competitive pricing practices and treat them as reviewable under the abuse of dominance provision and furthermore, the government should create a petroleum monitoring agency such as the one proposed by the Bloc Quebecois and recommended in the Fifth report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology presented in this House on November 7, 2003”.

#179 Passed C-10 That Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum penalties for offences involving firearms) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments.

#178 Passed C-10 That Bill C-10 be amended by restoring Clause 17 as follows: “17. Section 239 of the Act is replaced by the following: 239. (1) Every person who attempts by any means to commit murder is guilty of an indictable offence and liable (a) if a restricted firearm or prohibited firearm is used in the commission of the offence or if any firearm is used in the commission of the offence and the offence is committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with, a criminal organization, to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of (i) in the case of a first offence, five years, (ii) in the case of a second offence, seven years, and (iii) in the case of a third or subsequent offence, ten years; (a.1) in any other case where a firearm is used in the commission of the offence, to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of four years; and (b) in any other case, to imprisonment for life. (2) In determining, for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a), whether a convicted person has committed a second, third or subsequent offence, if the person was earlier convicted of any of the following offences, that offence is to be considered as an earlier offence: (a) an offence under this section; (b) an offence under subsection 85(1) or (2) or section 244; or (c) an offence under section 220, 236, 272 or 273, subsection 279(1) or section 279.1, 344 or 346 if a firearm was used in the commission of the offence. However, an earlier offence shall not be taken into account if ten years have elapsed between the day on which the person was convicted of the earlier offence and the day on which the person was convicted of the offence for which sentence is being imposed, not taking into account any time in custody. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the only question to be considered is the sequence of convictions and no consideration shall be given to the sequence of commission of offences or whether any offence occurred before or after any conviction.”

#177 Passed C-10 That the Motion proposing to restore Clause 17 of Bill C-10 be amended: (a) by substituting the following for subparagraphs 239(1)(a)(ii) and (iii) contained in that Motion: “(ii) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, seven years;” (b) by substituting, in the English version, the following for the portion of subsection 239(2) before paragraph (a) contained in that Motion: “(2) In determining, for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a), whether a convicted person has committed a second or subsequent offence, if the person was earlier convicted of any of the following offences, that offence is to be considered as an earlier offence:”.

#176 Passed C-10 That Bill C-10 be amended by restoring Clause 2 as follows: “2. (1) Paragraph 85(1)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following: (a) while committing an indictable offence, other than an offence under section 220 (criminal negligence causing death), 236 (manslaughter), 239 (attempted murder), 244 (discharging firearm with intent), 272 (sexual assault with a weapon) or 273 (aggravated sexual assault), subsection 279(1) (kidnapping) or section 279.1 (hostage-taking), 344 (robbery) or 346 (extortion), (2) Paragraphs 85(3)(b) and (c) of the Act are replaced by the following: (b) in the case of a second offence, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of three years; and (c) in the case of a third or subsequent offence, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of five years.”

#175 Passed C-10 That the Motion proposing to restore Clause 2 of Bill C-10 be amended by substituting the following for paragraphs 85(3)(b) and (c) contained in that Motion: “(b) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of three years.”.

#174 Passed C-10 That Bill C-10 be amended by restoring Clause 1 as follows: “1. Section 84 of the Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after subsection (4): (5) In determining, for the purposes of any of subsections 85(3), 95(2), 96(2) and 98(4), section 98.1 and subsections 99(2), 100(2), 102(2), 103(2) and 117.01(3), whether a convicted person has committed a second, third or subsequent offence, if the person was earlier convicted of any of the following offences, that offence is to be considered as an earlier offence: (a) an offence under section 85, 95, 96, 98, 98.1, 99, 100, 102 or 103 or subsection 117.01(1); (b) an offence under section 244; or (c) an offence under section 220, 236, 239, 272 or 273, subsection 279(1) or section 279.1, 344 or 346 if a firearm was used in the commission of the offence. However, an earlier offence shall not be taken into account if ten years have elapsed between the day on which the person was convicted of the earlier offence and the day on which the person was convicted of the offence for which sentence is being imposed, not taking into account any time in custody. (6) For the purposes of subsection (5), the only question to be considered is the sequence of convictions and no consideration shall be given to the sequence of commission of offences or whether any offence occurred before or after any conviction.”

#173 Passed C-10 That the Motion proposing to restore Clause 1 of Bill C-10 be amended by substituting the following for the portion of subsection 84(5) before paragraph (a) contained in that Motion: “(5) In determining, for the purposes of any of subsections 85(3), 95(2), 99(2), 100(2) and 103(2), whether a convicted person has committed a second or subsequent offence, if the person was earlier convicted of any of the following offences, that offence is to be considered as an earlier offence:”.

#172 Passed C-10 That Bill C-10 be amended by restoring the long title as follows: “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum penalties for offences involving firearms) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act”

#171 Failed That a special committee of the House be created to continue the work on electoral reform as outlined in the 43rd Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs from the 38th Parliament and to make further recommendations on strengthening and modernizing the democratic and electoral systems; that the membership of the special committee be established by the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs and the membership report of the special committee be presented to the House within five sitting days after the adoption of this motion; that substitutions to the membership of the special committee be allowed, if required, in the manner provided by Standing Order 114(2); that the special committee have all of the powers granted to standing committees by Standing Order 108; that there be a maximum length for speeches by members of the special committee of 10 minutes on any single item; that the special committee be authorized to hold hearings across Canada; that the special committee be allowed to look into creating a citizens’ consultation group and issue an interim report to the House on this matter within six weeks of the special committee being struck; and that the special committee table its final report in the House of Commons no later than March 1, 2008.

#170 Passed C-343 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

#169 Passed C-299 That Bill C-299, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Canada Evidence Act and the Competition Act (personal information obtained by fraud), as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

#168 Passed That the 16th Report of the Standing Committee on Status of Women, presented on Wednesday, April 18, 2007, be concurred in.

#167 Passed That this House apologize to the survivors of Indian Residential Schools for the trauma they suffered as a result of policies intended to assimilate First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, causing the loss of aboriginal culture, heritage and language, while also leaving a sad legacy of emotional, physical and sexual abuse.

#166 Failed Whereas, (1) all Members of this House, whatever their disagreements about the mission in Afghanistan, support the courageous men and women of the Canadian Forces; (2) the government has admitted that the situation in Afghanistan can not be won militarily; (3) the current counter-insurgency mission is not the right mission for Canada; (4) the government has neither defined what ‘victory’ would be, nor developed an exit strategy from this counter-insurgency mission; therefore this House condemns this government and calls for it to immediately notify NATO of our intention to begin withdrawing Canadian Forces now in a safe and secure manner from the counter-insurgency mission in Afghanistan; and calls for Canada to focus its efforts to assist the people of Afghanistan on a diplomatic solution, and re-double its commitment to reconstruction and development.

#165 Passed C-327 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

#164 Passed C-278 That Bill C-278, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (benefits for illness, injury or quarantine), be concurred in at report stage.

#163 Passed C-377 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

#162 Passed C-16 That a Message be sent to the Senate to acquaint Their Honours that this House disagrees with the amendment made by the Senate to Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act.

#161 Failed That, (1) whereas all Members of this House, whatever their disagreements may be about the mission in Afghanistan, support the courageous men and women of the Canadian Forces; (2) whereas in May 2006, the government extended Canada's military commitment in Southern Afghanistan to February 2009; (3) whereas it is incumbent upon Canada to provide adequate notice to the other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of our intentions beyond that date; (4) whereas by February 2009, Canada's military mission in Southern Afghanistan will represent one of the largest and longest military commitments in Canadian history; and (5) whereas Canada's commitment to the reconstruction and security of Afghanistan is not limited to our combat operations in Southern Afghanistan; this House call upon the government to confirm that Canada’s existing military deployment in Afghanistan will continue until February 2009, at which time Canadian combat operations in Southern Afghanistan will conclude; and call upon the government to notify NATO of this decision immediately.

#160 Passed That the House call on the government to set fixed greenhouse gas reduction targets as soon as possible so as to meet the objectives of the Kyoto Protocol, a prerequisite for the establishment, as expeditiously as possible, of a carbon exchange in Montréal.

#159 Passed That motion M-243 be amended by replacing the words "no later than May 2007", with the words "no later than November 30, 2007".

#158 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should act on the motion proposing to help the textile and clothing industries adopted in the House on October 5, 2005, and worded as follows: “That, in the opinion of the House, the government should establish, in compliance with international agreements, a policy of assistance to the textile and clothing industries in order to enable the industries to compete throughout the world, particularly by allowing clothing made with Canadian textiles but manufactured abroad to be imported without customs duties and by creating an income support program for older workers.”.

#157 Failed That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Health, presented on Monday, September 18, 2006, be concurred in.

#156 Passed That the 11th Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Wednesday, February 28, 2007, be concurred in.

#155 Passed C-46 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#154 Passed C-46 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

#153 Passed That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practices of the House, a bill in the name of the Minister of Labour, entitled An Act to provide for the resumption and continuation of railway operations, shall be disposed of as follows: ( a) commencing when the said bill is read a first time and concluding when the said bill is read a third time, the House shall not adjourn except pursuant to a motion proposed by a Minister of the Crown, and no Private Members' Business shall be taken up; (b) the said bill may be read twice or thrice in one sitting; (c) after being read a second time, the said bill shall be referred to a Committee of the Whole; and (d) during consideration of the said bill, no division shall be deferred.

#152 Passed That, in relation to the consideration of Government Business No. 15, the debate not be further adjourned.

#151 Passed That the House affirm its commitment to Canada's military personnel and call on the government to continue to provide them with the best possible equipment and support to carry out their responsibilities.

#150 Passed C-265 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

#149 Passed C-293 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#148 Passed C-293 That Bill C-293, An Act respecting the provision of development assistance abroad, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments.

#147 Passed C-293 That Bill C-293, in Clause 9, be amended by replacing lines 30 to 35 on page 4 with the following: “to preparing the report required under section 13 of the Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act, contribute the following to the report submitted to Parliament under subsection (1): ( a) the position taken by Canada on any resolution that is adopted by the Board of”

#146 Passed C-293 That Bill C-293, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing line 25 on page 3 with the following: “official development assistance as defined by this Act”

#145 Passed C-293 That Bill C-293, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 22 on page 3 with the following: “et des organismes de la société civile”

#144 Passed C-293 That Bill C-293, in Clause 4, be amended by replacing lines 26 and 27 on page 3 with the following: “that meets the criteria in subsections (1) and (1.1).”

#143 Passed C-293 That Bill C-293, in Clause 4, be amended by adding after line 16 on page 3 the following: “(1.1) Notwithstanding subsection (1), official development assistance may be provided for the purposes of alleviating the effects of a natural or artificial disaster or other emergency occurring outside Canada.”

#142 Passed C-293 That Bill C-293, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing, in the French version, line 6 on page 3 with the following: “les organisations de défense des droits de la”

#141 Passed C-293 That Bill C-293, in Clause 3, be amended by replacing, in the English version, line 4 on page 3 with the following: “or”

#140 Passed C-35 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to a legislative committee.

#139 Passed That this House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government.

#138 Failed That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: “this House condemn the government for a budget that does so little with so much, failing to look beyond the next election to the next generation and failing to tackle Canada’s 21st century social, economic and environmental challenges by ignoring the difficult circumstances of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged citizens; by paying only lip-service to Aboriginal peoples; by providing no broad-based income tax relief for ordinary middle-income Canadians, and particularly by not reversing the personal income tax increases imposed in last year’s budget; by not pursuing greater Canadian economic competitiveness and innovation; by offering no direct support to post-secondary undergraduate students and only a pitiful amount for early learning and child care; by ignoring the imperatives of a clean and sustainable environment, including the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, advancing no significant new measures to deal with greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental priorities in a coherent manner; and by resorting to misleading presentations of budget figures, including gross exaggerations of increased federal transfers to provinces and other orders of government”.

#137 Failed That this House regret that the party now forming the government has abandoned the principles respecting the Atlantic Accords, equalization and non-renewable resource revenues as articulated in the motion it put before the House on Tuesday, March 22, 2005.

#136 Passed C-292 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#135 Failed C-257 That Bill C-257, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (replacement workers), as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

#134 Failed C-257 That Bill C-257, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 3 to 10 on page 3 with the following: “employer from using the services of an employee referred to in paragraph (2.1)( c) to avoid the destruction of the employer’s property or serious damage to that property. (2.4) The services referred to in subsection (2.3) shall exclusively be conservation services and not services to allow the continuation of the production of goods or services, which is otherwise prohibited by subsection (2.1).”

#133 Failed C-257 That Bill C-257, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing line 4 on page 2 with the following: “( c) use, in the”

#132 Passed C-280 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.

#131 Passed C-252 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#130 Failed That the motion be amended by adding after the words “orders of government” the following: “, and this House further condemn this government for increasing the prosperity gap between very wealthy and ordinary working families by continuing the previous government's obsession with corporate tax reductions and failing to address the increasing costs that working families face every day”.

#129 Failed That the House denounce the laisser-faire attitude of the government that prevailed in its negotiations with Boeing, regret the fact that Quebec did not get its fair share of the economic spin-offs of this contract given the significance of its aeronautics industry, nearly 60%, and call on the government to provide fair regional distribution of economic spin-offs for all future contracts.

#128 Failed C-294 That Bill C-294, in Clause 1, be amended by replacing lines 10 to 15 on page 1 with the following: “(A) the taxpayer is, in that month, a registered participant with, or member of, (I) a sports team or recreation program of the employer in respect of which membership or participation is restricted to persons under 21 years of age, or (II) a sports team or recreation program of a college or university,”

#127 Passed That the 13th Report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented on Wednesday, February 7, 2007, be concurred in.

#126 Failed Consideration of a motion made pursuant to the Anti-terrorism Act, S.C. 2001, c. 41, s. 4: 1. That pursuant to subsection 83.32(1) of the Criminal Code, the application of sections 83.28, 83.29 and 83.3 of that Act be extended for a period of three years from the first day on which this resolution is passed by both Houses of Parliament. 2. That this Resolution come into force on the day on which it has been passed by both Houses of Parliament..

#125 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, immigrants to Canada and persons seeking Canadian citizenship are poorly served by this government.

#123 Passed C-292 That Bill C-292, An Act to implement the Kelowna Accord, be concurred in at report stage.

#122 Failed C-304 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

#121 Failed C-11 That Bill C-11 be amended by deleting Clause 5.

#120 Failed C-11 That Bill C-11 be amended by deleting Clause 3.

#119 Passed That, given the importance of the fisheries in Ontario and the introduction of Bill C-45, An Act respecting the sustainable development of Canada's seacoast and inland fisheries, by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans which addresses the concerns of the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations, and pursuant to Standing Order 124 and subsection 19.1(5) of the Statutory Instruments Act, the resolution of the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations providing that subsection 36(2) of the Ontario Fishery Regulations, 1989, be revoked, presented to the House on February 7, 2007, in its Fourth Report (Report No. 78 — Disallowance), not be adopted and that the matter be referred back to the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations for further review.

#118 Passed That the Fifth Report of the Standing Committee on International Trade, presented on Wednesday, December 13, 2006, be concurred in.

#117 Passed C-31 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#116 Passed C-31 That this question be now put.

#115 Passed That, in the opinion of this House, the government is failing to act in accordance with the democratic and open values expected of its office by imposing a narrow minded, socially conservative ideology as reflected in its approach to the judicial appointment process to dramatically increase the influence of right-wing ideology in the judiciary, its refusal to honour Canada's international obligations under the Kyoto Protocol including a refusal to act immediately to introduce regulations under the Canada Environmental Protection Act, its misconception that Canadians don’t want or need a dramatic increase in child care spaces on a national basis, its budget spending cuts directed at aboriginal people and silencing advocacy work done on behalf of women and the most vulnerable Canadians even in the face of budget surpluses, its failure to protect and promote linguistic and cultural diversity, and its undemocratic assault on farmers who support the Canadian Wheat Board.

#114 Failed That, in the opinion of the House, there is a growing prosperity gap in Canada that is making it harder for working and middle-class families to make ends meet and sees more and more Canadians, including women, children, seniors, aboriginal people and people with disabilities, slipping into poverty and therefore calls on the government, in cooperation with the provinces and territories, to implement a national anti-poverty strategy beginning with the reinstatement of the federal minimum wage to be initially set at $10 per hour.

#113 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the Minister of Health should continue to work collaboratively with Statistics Canada, the provincial and territorial cancer registries, and key stakeholders towards the ultimate goal of creating uniform national standards and guidelines for the surveillance of all malignant and benign brain tumours, including data collection, analysis and reporting.

#112 Passed C-288 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#111 Passed C-288 That Bill C-288, An Act to ensure Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments.

#110 Passed C-288 That Bill C-288, in Clause 10, be amended by replacing, in the French version, lines 4 and 5 on page 9 with the following: “de la Chambre des communes, lesquels les déposent devant leur chambre respective”

#109 Passed C-288 That Bill C-288, in Clause 10, be amended: (a) by replacing, in the French version, line 30 on page 8 with the following: “(i) sur la probabilité que chacun des règle-” (b) by replacing, in the French version, line 34 on page 8 with the following: “(ii) sur la probabilité que l'ensemble des” (c) by replacing, in the French version, line 39 on page 8 with the following: “(iii) sur toute autre question qu'elle estime”

#108 Passed C-288 That Bill C-288, in Clause 5, be amended by replacing, in the English version, line 11 on page 4 with the following: “(iii.1) a just”

#107 Passed That the Tenth Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Thursday, February 8, 2007, be concurred in.

#106 Passed That the Third Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, presented on Friday, May 19, 2006, be concurred in.

#105 Passed That, having recognized the principle of complying with the Kyoto targets, it is the opinion of this House that the government should provide the Government of Quebec with the sum of $328 million to enable it to implement its plan to meet the Kyoto Protocol targets.

#104 Passed That the motion be amended by replacing the words “the sum of” with the words “a sum of not less than” and by adding after the words “Kyoto Protocol targets” the following: “and that the Government of Canada provide appropriate funding to every other Canadian province and territory for the transition to Kyoto, following negotiations”.

#103 Passed C-26 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#102 Passed That the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, presented on Monday, November 6, 2006, be concurred in.

#101 Passed C-31 That Bill C-31, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Public Service Employment Act, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

#100 Failed C-31 That Bill C-31 be amended by deleting Clause 21.

#99 Failed C-31 That Bill C-31 be amended by deleting Clause 18.

#98 Passed That, in the opinion of this House: ( a) there is overwhelming scientific evidence that the world's climate is changing as a result of human activity and this poses the most serious ecological threat of our time;( b) the government must reconfirm Canada’s commitment to honour the principles and targets of the Kyoto Protocol in their entirety;( c) the government must create and publish a credible plan to reduce Canada's greenhouse gas emissions to meet Canada's Kyoto commitments;( d) the government must establish a 'cap and trade' emission reductions system and regulations for industry; and( e) the Canadian Environmental Protection Act is available immediately to launch the necessary action.

#97 Passed C-26 That Bill C-26, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal interest rate), be concurred in at report stage.

#96 Passed That the Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Wednesday, December 6, 2006, be concurred in.

#95 Passed That the Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Monday, October 2, 2006, be concurred in.

#94 Failed That this House call on the government to introduce legislation to restore the traditional definition of marriage without affecting civil unions and while respecting existing same-sex marriages.

#93 Passed C-24 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#92 Passed That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “include” and substituting the following: “( a) the development, in cooperation with provincial/territorial governments, of evidence based standards for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder; (b) the development, in cooperation with provincial governments, of innovative funding methods for the care of those with autism spectrum disorder; (c) consulting with provincial/territorial governments and other stakeholders on the requirements of implementing a national surveillance program for autism spectrum disorder; and (d) the provision of additional federal funding for health research into autism spectrum disorder.”.

#91 Passed C-278 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

#90 Passed C-24 That Bill C-24, An Act to impose a charge on the export of certain softwood lumber products to the United States and a charge on refunds of certain duty deposits paid to the United States, to authorize certain payments, to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and to amend other Acts as a consequence, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments.

#89 Failed C-24 That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 50.

#88 Failed C-24 That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 18.

#87 Passed C-24 That Bill C-24, in Clause 17, be amended by: (a) replacing lines 42 and 43 on page 12 with the following: “product from the charges referred to in sections 10 and 14.” (b) replacing line 3 on page 13 with the following: “charges referred to in sections 10 and 14.”

#86 Failed C-24 That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 17.

#85 Failed C-24 That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 13.

#84 Passed C-24 That Bill C-24, in Clause 12, be amended by replacing lines 2 to 13 on page 8 with the following: “who is certified under section 25.”

#83 Passed C-24 That Bill C-24, in Clause 10.1, be amended by: (a) replacing line 27 on page 5 with the following: “referred to in section 10:” (b) replacing line 12 on page 6 with the following: “underwent its first primary processing in one of”

#82 Failed C-24 That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 10.

#81 Failed C-24 That Bill C-24, in Clause 107, be amended by replacing lines 37 and 38 on page 89 with the following: “which it is made but no earlier than November 1, 2006.”

#80 Failed C-24 That Bill C-24, in Clause 100, be amended by replacing line 3 on page 87 with the following: “( a) specifying any requirements or conditions that, in the opinion of the Government of Canada, should be met in order for a person to be certified as an independent remanufacturer;”

#79 Failed C-24 That Bill C-24 be amended by deleting Clause 8.

#78 Failed C-285 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

#77 Passed That Vote 1, in the amount of $53,905,150, under PARLIAMENT — The Senate — Programs Expenditures, in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007 be concurred in.

#76 Passed That Vote 10, in the amount of $256,094,000, under NATURAL RESOURCES — Department — Grants and Contributions, in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007 be concurred in.

#75 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the Conservative government has broken its promise to reduce medical wait times and to provide the necessary funding and resources to achieve the goals of the First Ministers’ Accord on Health Care Renewal.

#74 Failed That this House recognize that Quebeckers form a nation.

#73 Failed That the motion be amended by adding after the word “nation” the following: “currently within Canada”.

#72 Passed That this House recognize that the Québécois form a nation within a united Canada.

#71 Passed C-303 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

#70 Passed C-284 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

#69 Failed C-290 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

#68 Passed C-279 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

#67 Passed C-2 That the motion be amended by: 1. Deleting from the paragraph commencing with the words “Disagrees with” the following: 67; 2. Inserting in the paragraph commencing with the words “Agrees with”, immediately after the number “158”, the following: “and 67”; and 3. Deleting the paragraph commencing with the words “Senate amendment 67”;.

#66 Failed C-2 That the motion be amended by: 1. Deleting from the paragraph commencing with the words “Disagrees with” the following: 118, 119; 2. Inserting in the paragraph commencing with the words “Agrees with”, immediately after the number “158”, the following: “and 118 and 119”; and 3. Deleting the paragraph commencing with the words “Amendment 118” and the paragraph commencing with the words “Amendment 119”..

#65 Passed C-2 That the amendment be amended by deleting paragraphs “A” and “B”.

#64 Passed C-17 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#63 Passed C-269 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

#62 Failed C-222 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

#61 Failed C-283 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

#60 Passed C-253 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

#59 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should immediately take the following steps to assist members and veterans of the Canadian Forces and their families: 1. amend Section 31 (1) of the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act so that second spouses of CF members and veterans have access to pension rights upon the death of the Canadian Forces member or veteran; 2. extend the Veterans Independence Program (VIP) to all widows of all veterans, regardless of the time of death of the veteran and regardless of whether the veteran was in receipt of VIP services prior to his or her death; 3. increase the Survivor’s Pension Amount upon death of Canadian Forces retiree to 66% from the current amount of 50%; 4. eliminate the unfair reduction of Service Income Security Insurance Plan (SISIP) long term disability benefits from medically released members of the Canadian Forces; and 5. eliminate the deduction from annuity for retired and disabled CF members.

#58 Passed C-6 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

#57 Passed Ways and Means motion to amend the Income Tax Act.

#56 Passed C-17 That Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Judges Act and certain other Acts in relation to courts, as amended, be concurred in at report stage and read a second time.

#55 Passed That the Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, presented on Friday, May 19, 2006, be concurred in.

#54 Passed C-299 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

#53 Failed C-9 That Bill C-9, in Clause 1, be amended (a) by replacing lines 6 to 13 on page 1 with the following: “742.1 (1) If a person is convicted of an offence and the court imposes a sentence” (b) by adding after line 25 on page 1 the following: “(2) Despite subsection (1), the court shall not order that an offender serve the sentence in the community if the offender is convicted of any of the following offences: ( a) an offence punishable by a minimum term of imprisonment; ( b) an offence prosecuted by way of indictment for which the maximum term of imprisonment is fourteen years or more; and( c) any of the following offences, if prosecuted by way of indictment and punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years:(i) a terrorism offence, (ii) a criminal organization offence, (iii) an offence under any of the following provisions: (A) section 83.231 (hoax — terrorist activity), (B) subsection 88(1) (possession of weapon for dangerous purpose), (C) section 144 (prison breach), (D) section 160 (bestiality, compelling, in presence of or by child), (E) subsection 212(1) (procuring), (F) section 221 (causing bodily harm by criminal negligence), (G) subsection 249(3) (dangerous operation causing bodily harm), (H) subsection 252(1.2) (offence involving bodily harm), (I) subsection 255(2) (impaired driving causing bodily harm), (J) section 264 (criminal harassment), (K) section 267 (assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm), (L) section 271 (sexual assault), (M) section 279 (kidnapping, forcible confinement), (N) section 279.02 (trafficking in persons — material benefit), (O) section 281 (abduction of person under 14), (P) section 282 (abduction in contravention of custody order), (Q) section 283 (abduction), (R) paragraph 334( a) (theft),(S) subsections 342(1) and (3) (theft, forgery of credit card, unauthorized use of credit card data), (T) paragraph 348(1)( e) (breaking and entering with intent, committing offence or breaking out),(U) section 349 (being unlawfully in dwelling-house), (V) section 354 (possession of property obtained by crime), (W) section 382 (fraudulent manipulation of stock exchange transactions), (X) subsection 382.1(1) (prohibited insider trading), (Y) section 396 (offences in relation to mines), (Z) section 400 (false prospectus), (Z.1) section 403 (personation with intent), (Z.2) section 424.1 (threat against United Nations or associated personnel), (Z.3) section 435 (arson for fraudulent purpose), and (Z.4) section 465 (conspiracy), (iv) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Criminal Code, chapter C-34 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, as they read immediately before January 4, 1983: (A) section 145 (attempt to commit rape), and (B) section 156 (indecent assault on male), (v) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act:(A) section 5 (trafficking), (B) section 6 (importing and exporting), and (C) section 7 (production), (vi) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Food and Drugs Act, as they read immediately before the coming into force of section 64 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act:(A) section 39 (trafficking in controlled drugs), (B) section 44.2 (possession of property obtained by trafficking in controlled drugs), (C) section 44.3 (laundering proceeds of trafficking in controlled drugs), (D) section 48 (trafficking in restricted drugs), (E) section 50.2 (possession of property obtained by trafficking in restricted drugs), and (F) section 50.3 (laundering proceeds of trafficking in restricted drugs), and (vii) an offence under any of the following provisions of the Narcotic Control Act, as they read immediately before the coming into force of section 64 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act:(A) section 19.1 (possession of property obtained by certain offences), and (B) section 19.2 (laundering proceeds of certain offences).”

#52 Passed That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Thursday, June 22, 2006, be concurred in.

#51 Failed C-300 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.

#50 Passed C-257 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

#49 Failed That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: “the 17th Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented on Friday, October 20, 2006, be not now concurred in, but that it be recommitted to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs with instruction that it amend the same so as to recommend that Standing Order 106(4) be amended by replacing the words “five days” with the words “ten days””.

#48 Passed That the First Report of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, presented on Friday, May 12, 2006, be concurred in.

#47 Passed That the Seventh Report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented on Thursday, October 5, 2006, be concurred in.

#46 Failed That, in the opinion of the House, the government inherited the best economic and fiscal position of any incoming federal government and has not demonstrated the need, value or wisdom of its announced expenditure cuts which unfairly disadvantage the most vulnerable groups in Canadian society.

#45 Passed C-292 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

#43 Passed C-24 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on International Trade.

#42 Passed That the Eight Report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented on Thursday, October 5, 2006, be concurred in.

#41 Failed C-24 That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word "That" and substituting the following: “the House decline to proceed with Bill C-24, An Act to impose a charge on the export of certain softwood lumber products to the United States and a charge on refunds of certain duty deposits paid to the United States, to authorize certain payments, to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and to amend other Acts as a consequence, because it opposes the principle of the bill, which is to abrogate the North American Free Trade Agreement, to condone illegal conduct by Americans, to encourage further violations of the North American Free Trade Agreement and to undermine the Canadian softwood sector by leaving at least $ 1 billion in illegally collected duties in American hands, by failing to provide open market access for Canadian producers, by permitting the United States to escape its obligations within three years, by failing to provide necessary support to Canadian workers, employers and communities in the softwood sector and by imposing coercive and punitive taxation in order to crush dissent with this policy”.

#40 Passed That the House reiterate to the government the importance of implementing a real income support program for older workers that would apply to all older workers in all economic sectors, in all regions.

#39 Passed C-277 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

#38 Passed C-288 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

#37 Failed C-24 That the amendment be amended by adding the following: “specifically because it fails to immediately provide loan guarantees to softwood companies, because it fails to un-suspend outstanding litigation which is almost concluded and which Canada stands to win, and because it punishes companies by imposing questionable double taxation, a provision which was not in the agreement signed by the Minister of International Trade”.

#36 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government fails to recognize the many roles of women in Canadian society and the importance of providing all Canadian women with equal opportunity; and the House objects to the government’s partisan and discriminatory cuts in federal support for women’s programs and services.

#35 Passed That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, presented on Wednesday, June 7, 2006, be concurred in.

#34 Passed C-293 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.

#33 Passed Ways and Means motion to introduce an Act to impose a charge on the export of certain softwood lumber products to the United States and a charge on refunds of certain duty deposits paid to the United States, to authorize certain payments, to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and to amend other Acts as a consequence.

#32 Passed C-2 That Bill C-2, in Clause 315, be amended by replacing lines 19 to 25 on page 207 with the following: “provincial government or a municipality, or any of their agencies; ( c.1) a band, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, or an aboriginal body that is party to a self-government agreement given effect by an Act of Parliament, or any of their agencies;”

#31 Passed C-2 That Bill C-2, in Clause 315, be amended by adding after line 27 on page 206 the following: “( e) requiring the public disclosure of basic information on contracts entered into with Her Majesty for the performance of work, the supply of goods or the rendering of services and having a value in excess of $10,000.”

#30 Failed C-2 That Bill C-2, in Clause 123, be amended by (a) replacing line 43 on page 105 to line 6 on page 106 with the following: “selected candidate is referred for consideration to a committee of the House of Commons designated or established for that purpose. (5) After the committee considers the question, the Attorney General may recommend to the Governor in Council that the selected candidate be appointed as Director, or may refer to the committee the appoint-” (b) replacing lines 12 and 13 on page 106 with the following: “for cause. The Director”

#29 Failed C-2 That Bill C-2 be amended by deleting Clause 165.1.

#28 Passed C-2 That Bill C-2, in Clause 146, be amended by replacing lines 3 to 31 on page 118 with the following: “16.1 (1) The following heads of government institutions shall refuse to disclose any record requested under this Act that contains information that was obtained or created by them or on their behalf in the course of an investigation, examination or audit conducted by them or under their authority: ( a) the Auditor General of Canada; ( b) the Commissioner of Official Languages for Canada; ( c) the Information Commissioner; and ( d) the Privacy Commissioner.(2) However, the head of a government institution referred to in paragraph (1)( c) or (d) shall not refuse under subsection (1) to disclose any record that contains information that was created by or on behalf of the head of the government institution in the course of an investigation or audit conducted by or under the authority of the head of the government institution once the investigation or audit and all related proceedings, if any, are finally concluded.”

#27 Passed C-2 That Bill C-2, in Clause 78, be amended by deleting lines 4 to 8 on page 80.

#26 Passed C-2 That Bill C-2, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing line 1 on page 33 with the following: “(2) Subject to subsection 6(2) and sections 21 and 30, nothing in this Act abrogates or dero-”

#25 Passed C-2 That Bill C-2, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing line 12 on page 6 with the following: “(2) No minister of the Crown, minister of state or parliamentary secretary shall, in his or her capacity as a member of the Senate or the House of Commons, debate or vote on a question that would place him or her in a conflict of interest.”

#24 Passed C-5 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#23 Passed C-3 That Bill C-3, An Act respecting international bridges and tunnels and making a consequential amendment to another Act, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with a further amendment.

#22 Passed That the House recognize the urgent need to improve the quality of life of Canada’s Aboriginals, First Nations, Inuit and Métis, living both on and off reserve, which requires focused and immediate initiatives by the government in areas such as health, water, housing, education, and economic opportunities and, especially, immediately moving forward with the implementation of the Kelowna Accord with its full funding commitments.

#21 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should rectify decades of underfunding of seniors programs by: ( a) creating a Seniors Charter that recognizes older Canadians as creative, active and valued members of our society, and that this Charter shall enshrine the right of every senior living in Canada to the following: (i) income security, through protected pensions and indexed public income support that provides a reasonable state of economic welfare; (ii) housing, through secure accessible, and affordable housing; (iii) wellness, through health promotion and preventative care; (iv) health care, through secure, public, accessible, universal health care including primary care, dental care, homecare, palliative and geriatric care, and pharmacare; (v) self-development, through lifelong access to affordable recreation, education and training, (vi) government services, through timely access to all federal government services and programs, including family re-unification; and (b) creating a Seniors Advocate to: (i) conduct public education and awareness initiatives on the rights of seniors; (ii) ensure that all new or revised policies and programs affecting seniors receive public input from older persons; (iii) require that all new policies and programs affecting seniors are announced with specific timelines for implementation; (iv) act as an Ombudsman for seniors with respect to all government services and programs making recommendations as appropriate and that this Seniors Advocate publish and report annually to Parliament on government policies and programs affecting seniors, including the effectiveness of federal funding related to the needs of older persons.

#20 Passed That the motion be amended by adding after the words “government should” the following: “work with the provinces to”.

#19 Passed That the First Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented on Thursday, June 8, 2006, be concurred in.

#18 Passed C-10 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

#17 Passed That the First Report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, presented on Wednesday, May 17, 2006, be concurred in.

#16 Passed That, in light of the rapid increase in the value of the Canadian dollar, high global energy costs, the overhang from huge budgetary and trade deficits in the United States of America, the rise of new economies such as China, India and Brazil as major global players, and the unprecedented demographic change that is about to take place in Canada with the imminent retirement of the Baby Boom generation, in the opinion of the House, future Canadian economic growth and broad-based prosperity demand – in addition to a competitive tax regime (especially in relation to income tax rates and brackets) and the strategic positioning of Canada at the centre of global commerce and networks – focused and immediate investments by the government in: (1) measures to reduce financial barriers that now stand in the way of students seeking greater access to post-secondary education, including most particularly grant programs aimed at offsetting the high costs of tuition; (2) labour market partnership agreements with provincial/territorial governments to help promote a culture of lifelong learning and workplace skills development in conjunction with business and labour; (3) targeted initiatives to strengthen skills, job-readiness and successful workplace participation among First Nations, Metis, Inuit and other Aboriginal peoples – as envisioned as part of the Kelowna Accords – as well as among new immigrants, older workers and people with disabilities; (4) a suite of measures, including more adequate support for the indirect costs of university-based research, for graduate studies, for Canada’s three major granting councils, the Canada Foundation for Innovation and Genome Canada, to strengthen Canada’s hard-won global lead in publicly-funded research and development; (5) the accelerated commercialization of new technologies and the practical adoption of the best advanced technologies by Canadian business, industry and academia.

#15 Passed C-294 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

#14 Passed That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, presented on Wednesday, May 31, 2006, be concurred in.

#13 Passed C-9 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

#12 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should establish a plan to counteract the negative effects of repeated increases in gas prices, specifically including: a surtax on the profits of major oil companies, the creation of a petroleum monitoring agency, and the strengthening of the Competition Act.

#11 Failed That the House do now proceed to the Orders of the Day.

#10 Passed That, in view of the ratification by Canada of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, the House insist that the government provide direction to trade negotiators to ensure that domestic cultural rights are not undermined in any trade talks, and that its departments and agencies maintain the program policies and regulations in support of Canada's artistic sector and cultural industries, in particular, by maintaining or enhancing: ( a) existing Canadian cultural content requirements; (b) current restrictions on foreign ownership in the cultural sector; and (c) financial support for public broadcasting in both official languages.

#9 Passed That, (1) whereas the House on April 10, 2006 debated a motion in support of Canada’s significant commitment in Afghanistan; (2) whereas Canada’s commitment in Afghanistan is an important contribution, with that of more than 30 other countries, to international efforts under the auspices of the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); (3) whereas these international efforts are reducing poverty, enhancing human rights and gender equality, strengthening civil society and helping to build a free, secure and self-sustaining democratic state for all Afghan men, women and children; and (4) whereas Canada’s commitment in Afghanistan is consistent with Canada’s support of freedom, democracy, the rule of law and human rights around the world; the House support the government’s two year extension of Canada’s deployment of diplomatic, development, civilian police and military personnel in Afghanistan and the provision of funding and equipment for this extension.

#8 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should: ( a) take the necessary measures to ensure that Canada meets its objective for greenhouse gas reduction established under the Kyoto Protocol, in an equitable manner while respecting the constitutional jurisdictions and responsibilities of Quebec and the provinces; and (b) publish, by October 15, 2006, an effective and equitable plan for complying with the Kyoto Protocol that includes a system of emission objectives for large emitters along with an exchange of emission rights accompanied by a bilateral agreement with Quebec and the provinces that want it, which could be based on a territorial approach.

#7 Failed That, in the opinion of the House, beginning on the 22nd day of April (Earth Day) next: ( a) all pesticides which are regulated pursuant to the Pest Control Products Act be banned (i) within a dwelling-house, (ii) on any parcel of land on which a dwelling-house is situated, (iii) on any place that is within one hundred metres of a parcel of land described in paragraph (ii), (iv) in any school, hospital, office or similar building in which members of the public customarily stay for more than a day or work, or (v) on any private or public land that is customarily used by members of the public as visitors, licensees or in any other authorized capacity for recreation or entertainment, including but not limited to parks and sports grounds; ( b) that this ban not apply to a building used for the husbandry of animals, the cultivation of plants or the storage, processing, packaging or distribution of plants or animals or products made primarily from plants or animals, or in the immediate vicinity of such a building;( c) that this ban not apply to a control product used within an enclosed building: to purify water intended for the use of humans or animals; to control or destroy a health hazard; to control or destroy pests that have caused an infestation; for commercial agricultural purposes; as a wood perservative; or as an insect repellent for personal use; and( d) that should further exemptions be sought to this pesticide ban, then the onus to prove safety shall be placed on the manufacturer to show to the satisfaction of both the Minister of Health and the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health, through scientific and medical evidence, that an exemption is justified.

#6 Passed That this House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government.

#5 Failed That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: “this House condemns the government for a budget which: ( a) abandons any federal leadership role in the development of social policy;( b) ignores the Kyoto Protocol and the battle against climate change;( c) destroys federal-provincial agreements which were creating high quality, universal, affordable and developmental childcare spaces;( d) walks away from the Kelowna Accord with Canada’s aboriginal people and all provinces and territories;( e) fails to deal with student access to post secondary education, including the high cost of tuition, or to provide adequate support for science and technology;( f) raises the income tax rate for all Canadian taxpayers; and( g) eliminates the policies of fiscal responsibility which have fostered Canada’s robust economy for over a decade.”.

#4 Passed C-5 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.

#3 Passed That this House support the government’s ratification of the North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) Agreement.

#2 Failed That the House recognize that an effective, Canada-wide early learning and child care system requires both continued vigorous effort to provide supports for family incomes and proactive intergovernmental activity to create a sufficient number of high quality, universally accessible, affordable and developmental child care spaces to meet the broad range of needs of Canadian children; that the House observe that the present government has made, in both these tasks, significantly less progress than its predecessor, which had provided income support programs for families with children totalling more than $10 billion per year and had negotiated child-care space-creating agreements with all provinces valued at at least an additional $1 billion per year; and, therefore, that the House urge the government to increase substantially its activities in this regard in order to provide Canadian families with the early learning and child care facilities that they need and deserve.

#1 Failed That the amendment be amended by adding after the words “for over a decade” the following: “And that the House further condemns this government for the continuation of the last governments’ obsession with corporate tax reductions as opposed to spending to help working families; specifically condemning the higher priority given to physical infrastructure while ignoring direct financial assistance for students at our post secondary institutions, the lack of spending to reform our inadequate employment insurance system, and the on-going lack of commitment to create not-for-profit childcare spaces with multi-year funding.”.