Votes for the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session

#158 Passed That the Eighth Report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, presented on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, be concurred in.

#157 Failed C-291 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

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

#155 Passed That, given the undisputed privileges of Parliament under Canada’s constitution, including the absolute power to require the government to produce uncensored documents when requested, and given the reality that the government has violated the rights of Parliament by invoking the Canada Evidence Act to censor documents before producing them, the House urgently requires access to the following documents in their original and uncensored form: all documents referred to in the affidavit of Richard Colvin, dated October 5, 2009; all documents within the Department of Foreign Affairs written in response to the documents referred to in the affidavit of Richard Colvin, dated October 5, 2009; all memoranda for information or memoranda for decision sent to the Minister of Foreign Affairs concerning detainees from December 18, 2005 to the present; all documents produced pursuant to all orders of the Federal Court in Amnesty International Canada and British Columbia Civil Liberties Association v. Chief of the Defence Staff for the Canadian Forces, Minister of National Defence and Attorney General of Canada; all documents produced to the Military Police Complaints Commission in the Afghanistan Public Interest Hearings; all annual human rights reports by the Department of Foreign Affairs on Afghanistan; and all documents referred to by the Chief of Defence Staff in his December 9, 2009 press conference, and all other relevant documents; and accordingly the House hereby orders that these documents be produced in their original and uncensored form forthwith.

#154 Passed That the motion be amended by adding before the word “accordingly” the following: “all documents referred to by the Chief of Defence Staff in his December 9, 2009 press conference, and all other relevant documents; and”.

#153 Passed C-62 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#152 Passed C-62 That Bill C-62, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, be concurred in at report stage.

#151 Failed C-62 That Bill C-62 be amended by deleting Clause 37.

#150 Failed C-62 That Bill C-62 be amended by deleting Clause 14.

#149 Passed That the House do now proceed to the Orders of the Day.

#148 Passed C-62 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

#147 Passed That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, a bill in the name of the Minister of Finance, entitled An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, shall be disposed of as follows: 1. not more than one sitting day shall be allotted to the second reading stage of the bill and, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on the day of the consideration of the said 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; 2. not more than four hours following the adoption of the second reading motion, any proceedings before the Committee to which the bill stands referred shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and in turn every question necessary for the disposal of the committee stage of the bill shall be put forthwith and successively without further debate or amendment; a representative of the Committee may report the bill to the House by depositing the said report with the Clerk of the House, whereupon it shall be deemed to have been duly presented to the House, provided that if the bill is not reported from the Committee by 11:00 p.m. on the day of the adoption of the second reading motion, the bill shall immediately be deemed to have been reported from the Committee without amendment; that for the sole purposes of this Order, the deadline for notice of report stage motions shall be 3:00 a.m. the day following the adoption of the second reading motion; 3. the bill may be taken up at report stage at the next sitting of the House following the notice deadline for the presentation of report stage motions, provided that a motion for third reading may be made immediately after the bill has been concurred in at report stage; 4. not more than one sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration at report stage and third reading stage of the bill and, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on the day of the consideration of the said stages 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 stages of the bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment; 5. should a recorded division be requested on any motion in relation to any stage of the bill and such a division is eligible to be deferred pursuant to Standing Order 45, the division may be deferred to a time not later than the end of Government Orders on the day that stage is under consideration and the operation of Standing Order 45(6) shall be suspended in relation to this bill; and 6. if the bill is not read a third time and passed by Friday, December 11, 2009, when the House adjourns on Friday, December 11, 2009, it shall stand adjourned until Saturday, December 12, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.; commencing on December 12, 2009, and concluding on the day on which a motion that the House stands adjourned pursuant to this Order is adopted the hours of sitting, the Order of Business of the House and the provisions of Standing Order 54 shall be those provided in the Standing Orders for a Tuesday; at any time on or after December 12, 2009, a Minister of the Crown may propose, without notice, a motion that, upon adjournment on the day on which the said motion is proposed, the House shall stand adjourned until Monday, January 25, 2010; the said motion shall immediately be deemed to have been adopted provided that for the purposes of Standing Order 81(10)( c), the House shall be deemed to have been adjourned on December 11, 2009, and provided that, during the adjournment, for the purposes of any other Standing Order, the House shall be deemed to stand adjourned pursuant to Standing Order 28.

#146 Failed That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after paragraph 1 and substituting the following: “upon the adoption of the second reading motion, the Standing Committee on Finance shall undertake public hearings in which opinions of Canadians on this legislation shall be heard; the choices of witnesses to be heard in this process will be made by the Committee; in relation to its study of the Bill, members of the Committee be authorized to travel in Ontario and British Columbia, and that the necessary staff do accompany the Committee; and the Committee shall report these Canadians views back to this House before February 28, 2010.”.

#145 Passed That, in relation to the consideration of Government Business No. 8, the debate not be further adjourned.

#144 Passed Ways and Means motion to amend the Excise Tax Act.

#143 Failed That the debate be now adjourned.

#142 Passed C-393 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.

#141 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, as the various waterways known as the “Northwest Passage” are historic internal waters of Canada, the government should endeavour to refer to these waterways as the “Canadian Northwest Passage”; recognize the importance of the Northwest Passage to the Inuit; support the identification of an appropriate Inuktitut name for the whole Northwest Passage in cooperation with Inuit land claims organizations and territorial governments; and that this name be used in conjunction with the “Canadian Northwest Passage” when referring to internal Canadian waterways.

#140 Passed That the motion be amended by adding after the words “Canadian Northwest Passage” the following: “; recognize the importance of the Northwest Passage to the Inuit; support the identification of an appropriate Inuktitut name for the whole Northwest Passage in cooperation with Inuit land claims organizations and territorial governments; and that this name be used in conjunction with the “Canadian Northwest Passage” when referring to internal Canadian waterways”.

#139 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should, in accordance with Part 1 of the Inquiries Act, call a Public Inquiry into the transfer of detainees in Canadian custody to Afghan authorities from 2001 to 2009.

#138 Passed That the matter of the question of privilege raised by the Member from Mount Royal be now referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

#137 Passed That the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development, and the Status of Persons with Disabilities be instructed to examine current federal support measures that are available to adoptive parents and their adopted children, recognizing and respecting provincial and territorial jurisdictions in this regard and, following completion of its study, report back to the House with its findings.

#136 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, it is imperative the government move expeditiously to allocate the necessary resources to put in place a full-time dedicated helicopter fully equipped to search and rescue standards at the airport nearest to offshore oil activity and that it be available on a 24-hour basis with a crew trained in all aspects of search and rescue.

#135 Passed C-36 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#134 Failed C-36 That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: “Bill C-36, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, be not now read a third time but be referred back to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights for the purpose of reconsidering Clauses 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 with a view to making any amendments which may be called for as a result of information undertaken to be placed before the Committee by departmental officials on November 4, 2009, but which the office of the Minister of Public Safety failed to provide before the Committee considered the Bill at clause-by-clause.”.

#133 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, Canada should commit to propose at the Copenhagen conference on climate change: 1. reducing, through absolute reduction targets, greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized countries to 25% lower than 1990 levels, by 2020; 2. the necessity of limiting the rise in global temperatures to less than 2oC higher than in the preindustrial era; and 3. supporting the developing countries in their efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and adapt to climate change.

#132 Passed That the debate be now adjourned.

#131 Failed That the debate be now adjourned.

#130 Passed C-395 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

#129 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, for greater certainty, the government should take steps to ensure that counselling a person to commit suicide or aiding or abetting a person to commit suicide is an offence under section 241 of the Criminal Code, regardless of the means used to counsel or aid or abet including via telecommunications, the Internet or a computer system.

#128 Passed C-51 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#127 Failed C-392 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.

#126 Passed C-308 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

#125 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, provincial and local health authorities and health care workers should receive the maximum possible support from the federal government in handling the H1N1 flu pandemic and related vaccination efforts, and the Government of Canada should therefore immediately: ( a) allocate the full $400 million set aside for pandemic response in the 2006 budget to support additional medical staff for vaccinations and patient care; (b) increase support for emergency planning to help local health authorities cope with long line-ups and shortages of both vaccines and health care workers; (c) divert the money now being spent on needless, partisan advertising of government budgetary measures to a new public awareness campaign to keep Canadians informed with essential up-to-date information throughout the pandemic; and (d) implement the recommendations of the Auditor General of Canada pertaining to emergency management as set forth in Chapter Seven of her 2009 Fall Report to the House of Commons.

#124 Passed C-391 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

#123 Passed C-50 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#122 Passed C-50 That Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and to increase benefits, {as amended}, be concurred in at report stage [with a further amendment/with further amendments] .

#121 Passed C-50 That Bill C-50, in Clause 1, be amended by replacing lines 9 to 25 on page 1 with the following: “( a) the number of weeks of benefits set out in the table in Schedule I that applies in respect of a claimant is increased as a result of the application of any of subsections 12(2.1) to (2.4), in which case (i) in respect of a benefit period established for the claimant on or after January 4, 2009 that has not ended on the day on which this subsection is deemed to have come into force, the length of the claimant’s benefit period is increased by the number of weeks by which the number of weeks of benefits set out in the table in Schedule I that applies in respect of the claimant is increased as a result of the application of any of subsections 12(2.1) to (2.4), and (ii) in respect of a benefit period established for the claimant during the period that begins on the day on which this subsection is deemed to have come into force and ends on September 11, 2010, if the maximum number of weeks during which benefits may be paid to the claimant under subsection 12(2) is equal to or greater than 51 weeks as a result of the application of any of subsections 12(2.1) to (2.4), the length of the claimant’s benefit period is that maximum number of weeks increased by two weeks; or ( b) the number of weeks of benefits set out in Schedule 10 to the Budget Implementation Act, 2009 that applies in respect of a claimant is increased as a result of the application of any of sections 3 to 6 of An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and to increase benefits, introduced in the second session of the fortieth Parliament as Bill C-50, in which case(i) in respect of a benefit period established for the claimant on or after January 4, 2009 that has not ended on the day on which this subsection is deemed to have come into force, the length of the claimant’s benefit period is increased by the number of weeks by which the number of weeks of benefits set out in that Schedule 10 that applies in respect of the claimant is increased as a result of the application of any of those sections 3 to 6, and (ii) in respect of a benefit period established for the claimant during the period that begins on the day on which this subsection is deemed to have come into force and ends on September 11, 2010, if the maximum number of weeks during which benefits may be paid to the claimant under that Schedule 10 is equal to or greater than 51 weeks as a result of the application of any of those sections 3 to 6, the length of the claimant’s benefit period is that maximum number of weeks increased by two weeks.”

#120 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should as quickly as possible implement a genuine income support program for older workers who lost their job in order to ease their transition from active employment to pension benefits.

#119 Passed C-290 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

#118 Passed C-42 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

#117 Passed C-52 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

#116 Failed C-306 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.

#115 Passed That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development(extension of time, pursuant to Standing Order 97.1, to consider Bill C-311, An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change), presented on Thursday, October 8, 2009, be concurred in.

#114 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should act urgently to provide the forestry industry, which has been hit hard by the economic crisis, with assistance which is similar to that given to the automotive industry concentrated in Ontario, and primarily through tax credits, loans and loan guarantees so that companies have immediate access to cash, and tax measures for private woodlot owners.

#113 Tie That the House do now proceed to the Orders of the Day.

#112 Failed C-23 That the amendment be amended by adding after the word “matter” the following: “, including having heard vocal opposition to the accord from human rights organizations”.

#111 Passed C-51 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

#110 Failed That this House has lost confidence in the government.

#109 Passed C-268 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#108 Passed C-268 That Bill C-268, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum sentence for offences involving trafficking of persons under the age of eighteen years), as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

#107 Failed C-268 That Bill C-268 be amended by deleting Clause 2.

#106 Passed C-304 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

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

#104 Passed Notice of Ways and Means motion to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on January 27, 2009 and to implement other measures.

#103 Passed C-49 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#102 Passed C-49 That Bill C-49, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2010 be concurred in at report stage.

#101 Passed C-49 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole.

#100 Passed That the Supplementary Estimates (A) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010, be concurred in.

#99 Passed C-48 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#98 Passed C-48 That Bill C-48, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2010, be concurred in at report stage.

#97 Passed C-48 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole.

#96 Passed That the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010, less the amounts voted in Interim Supply, be concurred in.

#95 Passed That this House recognizes that its constitutional role of holding the government to account requires regular, orderly, timely and clearly understood procedural opportunities for doing so, while not unduly restricting the ability of the government to manage its legislative program; and therefore orders that section 10 of Standing Order 81 be amended temporarily for the balance of 2009 by adding, immediately after paragraph ( c) thereof, the following:“( d) In each of the supply periods described in paragraph (a), the first allotted day shall be no earlier than the ninth sitting day and no later than the thirteenth sitting day in that period; and no fewer than four nor more than seven sitting days shall be permitted to pass between allotted days within each period, provided that, in any case, the last allotted day in each period shall not be more than seven sitting days before the last sitting day in that period.”provided that the Speaker shall, after consultation with the House Leaders, table in the House no later than December 1, 2009, a proposed formula for a fair and even distribution of allotted days in each of the supply periods of 2010; and, with particular regard to proceedings in 2009 only, when the House adjourns on Friday, June 19th, 2009, it shall stand adjourned until Monday, September 14th, and, in order to avoid conflicts with G-20 meetings, when the House adjourns on Friday, September 18th, it shall stand adjourned until Monday, September 28th, provided that, for the purpose of granting Royal Assent to any bills, the House shall, during the aforementioned adjournment periods, be deemed to stand adjourned pursuant to Standing Order 28, and provided that the supply period ending December 10th, 2009 shall be deemed to commence on September 14th; and, in addition to the accountability reports already required by the Liberal amendment to the 2009 Budget motion, the government shall prepare a further accountability report, meeting all the requirements of that said Liberal amendment, and table it in the House during the week beginning September 28th, 2009, and an allotted day for the Official Opposition shall be designated to take place on the third sitting day following the tabling of the report, provided that for the purposes of Standing Order 81(10)( d) above, this allotted day be deemed the first allotted day in the supply period ending December 10th, 2009.

#94 Passed C-309 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.

#93 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should increase its support of Canada’s renewable energy sector, allow our country to participate in the worldwide effort to develop renewable energy sources and enlist Canada as a full member of the International Renewable Energy Agency.

#92 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should give direct assistance to artists by increasing the annual budget of the Canada Council for the Arts to $300 million and should roll back the cuts it announced in the cultural sector and restore funding for the following programs to their fiscal 2008-2009 levels: Arts Promotion Program, Trade Routes, National Training Program for the Film and Video Sector, New Media Research Networks Fund, Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund, Canada Feature Film Fund and Canadian Music Memories Program.

#91 Failed That, in the opinion of the House, securities regulation falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of Quebec and the provinces and that, therefore, the federal government should reject, once and for all, the idea of creating a single securities regulator for all of Canada, thereby respecting the unanimous will of the National Assembly of Quebec.

#90 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, in light of the legitimate concerns of Canadians that pensions and their retirement security may not be there for them in their retirement years, the Government of Canada should begin to work with the provinces and territories to ensure the sustainability of Canadians’ retirement incomes by bringing forward for review by the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Research Working Group at the earliest opportunity, measures such as: ( a) expanding and increasing the CPP, OAS and GIS to ensure all Canadians can count on a dignified retirement;( b) establishing a self-financing pension insurance program to ensure the viability of workplace sponsored plans in tough economic times;( c) ensuring that workers’ pension funds go to the front of the line of creditors in the event of bankruptcy proceedings;( d) in the interest of appropriate management of the CPP that the Government of Canada immediately protect the CPP from imprudent investment practices by ceasing the practice of awarding managers performance-based bonuses; and( e) take all necessary steps to recover those bonuses for 2009, ensuring managers in the future are paid appropriate industry-competitive salaries.

#89 Passed That the motion be amended: ( a) by adding after the word “forward” the following:“for review by the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Research Working Group”; and ( b) by deleting the words “/QPP”.

#88 Failed C-279 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

#87 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should implement a program to reduce the effort on the Atlantic Lobster Fishery to ensure a viable industry for future generations with a lobster license retirement plan, and provide adequate funding to remove a number of lobster fleets from the water by cancelling licenses.

#86 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should reconsider its decision to eliminate the funding channelled through the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec to non-profit bodies active in the economic development sector, reinstate full funding and eligibility criteria, and continue such funding beyond March 31, 2011.

#85 Passed That the motion be amended by replacing the words “and reinstate their funding” with the words “reinstate full funding and eligibility criteria, and continue such funding beyond March 31, 2011”.

#84 Passed C-280 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

#83 Failed That, pursuant to Standing Order 27(1), except for Friday, June 12 and Friday June 19, 2009, commencing on Wednesday, June 10, 2009, and concluding on Tuesday, June 23, 2009, the House shall continue to sit until 10:00 p.m.

#82 Passed C-15 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#81 Passed C-15 That this question be now put.

#80 Failed C-307 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Official Languages.

#79 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should work with its North American partners to promptly pursue a North American cap-and-trade market with absolute greenhouse gas emission targets based on scientific knowledge, using 1990 as the base year.

#78 Passed C-302 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

#77 Failed That the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities be instructed to consider the introduction in Canada of a national voluntary service policy for young people by analyzing existing programs and using the work done by the Voluntary Sector Initiative in 2003 as its point of departure; by holding public hearings; and by presenting a report to the House no later than November 16, 2009 that would contain among other things a review of similar policies in the rest of the world and a summary of the evidence heard.

#76 Passed C-15 That Bill C-15, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

#75 Failed C-15 That Bill C-15 be amended by deleting Clause 3.

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

#73 Passed C-24 That this question be now put.

#72 Passed C-20 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources.

#71 Passed C-232 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

#70 Passed C-288 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

#69 Passed That, in the opinion of this House, the government should as soon as possible introduce a bill providing: a 110 dollar monthly increase in the guaranteed income supplement paid to pensioners; the continuation of the payment, for a period of six months, of the old age security pension and supplement to a person whose spouse or common-law partner has died; automatic registration for people 65 entitled to the guaranteed income supplement; full retroactivity of the guaranteed income supplement for seniors who have been short-changed.

#68 Failed C-8 That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word "That" and substituting the following: “Bill C-8, An Act respecting family homes situated on First Nation reserves and matrimonial interests or rights in or to structures and lands situated on those reserves, be not now read a second time but that it be read a second time this day six months hence.”.

#67 Passed C-201 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs.

#66 Passed C-273 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.

#65 Passed C-310 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities.

#64 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should provide Service Canada with a mandate to offer full passport services at all service centres and all international border communities in Canada and follow through on its commitment made on September 4, 2008, to add new receiving sites for passport applications.

#63 Passed That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “all” and substituting the following: “service centres and all international border communities in Canada and follow through on its commitment made on September 4, 2008, to add new receiving sites for passport applications”.

#62 Passed That the amendment be amended by adding after the words “service centres” the following: “and all international border communities”.

#61 Failed That Standing Order 89 be amended by deleting the words “and of second reading of a private Member’s public bill originating in the Senate”; and Standing Order 86.2(2) be amended by deleting the words “a Senate public bill or”.

#60 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should act immediately to implement the measures of the Advisory Group report "National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries" by creating, in an appropriate legal framework and with the funds needed, an independent ombudsman office with the power to receive and investigate complaints.

#59 Passed C-11 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#58 Failed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should introduce in the House, no later than October 15, 2009, a bill to amend the Canada Labour Code to prohibit the use of replacement workers in labour disputes falling under the jurisdiction of the federal government while at the same time ensuring that essential services are maintained.

#57 Tie C-241 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

#56 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should negotiate in good faith with the Government of Quebec to resolve the dispute dating back over ten years regarding the harmonization of the QST with the GST in the early 1990s and agree to provide $2.6 billion in compensation to Quebec for this harmonization, and that Quebec continue to administer these harmonized taxes.

#55 Passed C-11 That Bill C-11, An Act to promote safety and security with respect to human pathogens and toxins, {as amended}, be concurred in at report stage [with a further amendment/with further amendments] .

#54 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should take action to protect consumers who are particularly vulnerable in tough economic times; and therefore, this House calls on the government to introduce, within 6 months, comprehensive legislation, similar to the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 introduced by the Obama Administration in the United States, that would: ( a) protect consumers from “any time, any reason” interest rate increases and account changes; (b) prohibit unfair application of card payments; (c) protect cardholders who pay on time; (d) limit abusive fees and penalties; (e) prohibit issuers from using a consumer’s card history with another creditor to raise interest rates (“universal default” ban); (f) prohibit issuers from charging interest on debt that has already been repaid; (g) ensure that cardholders are informed of the terms of their account; and (h) protect young consumers from aggressive credit card solicitations.

#53 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government has failed to take all necessary steps to ensure that the US Administration and the US Congress fully understand the critical importance of our shared border to trade and economic security in both Canada and the United States; and must ensure that the Canada-U.S. border remains an efficient gateway through which our national security, personal, and commercial interests are properly promoted and defended.

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

#51 Passed C-291 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.

#50 Passed C-300 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.

#49 Passed C-268 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

#48 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should not extend the amnesty on gun control requirements set to expire on May 16, 2009, and should maintain the registration of all types of firearms in its entirety.

#47 Passed C-311 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

#46 Passed That this House recognizes the indispensible role of CBC–Radio Canada in providing national, regional, and local programming including news coverage and services to linguistic minorities throughout Canada, and therefore regrets the financial hardship and substantial lay-offs that CBC–Radio Canada currently faces; and urges the Government to provide CBC–Radio Canada with the bridge financing it requires to maintain 2008 staffing and service levels.

#45 Passed C-2 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#44 Failed C-2 That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: “Bill C-2, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the States of the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland), the Agreement on Agriculture between Canada and the Republic of Iceland, the Agreement on Agriculture between Canada and the Kingdom of Norway and the Agreement on Agriculture between Canada and the Swiss Confederation, be not now read a third time but be referred back to the Standing Committee on International Trade for the purpose of reconsidering clause 33 with a view to re-examining the phase out of shipbuilding protections”.

#43 Passed That the Second Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented on Wednesday, February 25, 2009, be concurred in.

#42 Failed That the debate be now adjourned.

#41 Passed C-9 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#40 Passed C-22 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#39 Passed C-22 That the Bill be concurred in at report stage.

#38 Passed C-22 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole.

#37 Passed That this House do concur in Interim Supply as follows: That a sum not exceeding $26,760,237,896.42 being composed of: (1) three twelfths ($15,448,846,331.75) of the total of the amounts of the items set forth in the Proposed Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 of the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010 which were laid upon the Table Thursday, February 26, 2009, except for those items below: (2) eleven twelfths of the total of the amount of Canadian Grain Commission Vote 40, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Vote 10, Treasury Board Vote 5 and Treasury Board Vote 35 (Schedule 1.1), of the said Estimates, $3,541,493,083.34; (3) seven twelfths of the total of the amount of Canada Council for the Arts Vote 10, Public Service Staffing Tribunal Vote 105, Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Vote 25 and Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Vote 15 (Schedule 1.2) of the said Estimates, $132,330,310.00; (4) six twelfths of the total of the amount of National Battlefields Commission Vote 60, Public Service Labour Relations Board Vote 100, Finance Vote 5, Fisheries and Oceans Vote 10, Human Resources and Skills Development Vote 5, Justice Vote 1, Library of Parliament Vote 10 and Canadian Air Transport Security Authority Vote 20 (Schedule 1.3) of the said Estimates, $1,227,462,510.00; (5) five twelfths of the total of the amount of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Vote 15, National Arts Centre Corporation Vote 55, Public Health Agency of Canada Vote 50, Indian Affairs and Northern Development Vote 10, Registry of the Specific Claims Tribunal Vote 55, Canadian Space Agency Vote 35, Statistics Canada Vote 95, Marine Atlantic Inc. Vote 35 and Veterans Affairs Vote 5 (Schedule 1.4), of the said Estimates, $3,107,973,675.00; (6) four twelfths of the total of the amount of Canadian Museum for Human Rights Vote 30, Office of the Co-ordinator, Status of Women Vote 85, Public Service Commission Vote 95, Citizenship and Immigration Vote 5, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Vote 15, Health Vote 10, Indian Affairs and Northern Development Vote 1, Industry Vote 1, Public Works and Government Services Vote 1, Office of Infrastructure of Canada Vote 55 and Treasury Board Secretariat Vote 1 (Schedule 1.5), of the said Estimates, $3,302,131,986.33; be granted to Her Majesty on account of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010.

#36 Passed C-21 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#35 Passed C-21 That the Bill be concurred in at report stage.

#34 Passed C-21 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole.

#33 Passed That the Supplementary Estimates (C) for fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, be concurred in..

#32 Passed That, due to the extraordinary nature of the spending authority proposed in Treasury Board Vote 35 in the Main Estimates for 2009-2010, this House calls upon the government to table in the House, by April 3rd, 2009, a list of the departments and programs which are likely to require access to this extraordinary authority; and on each occasion that the government uses Vote 35, this House calls upon the government to table in the House, within one sitting day of each such use, a report disclosing: ( a) the name and location of each project to which the funding is being provided (including the federal electoral district in which it is located),( b) the amount of federal funding,( c) the department and program under which the federal funding is being provided, and( d) what each project is intended to achieve in fighting the recession, and why it requires recourse to Vote 35 rather than any other source of funds; andthat each such report shall be posted on a publicly accessible government website, and referred immediately to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates and to the Auditor General.

#31 Failed C-9 That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word “That” and substituting the following: “Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992, be not now read a third time, but be referred back to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities for the purpose of reviewing Clause 5.2 with a view to reviewing the procedures on security clearances.”.

#30 Passed That the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, presented on Thursday, February 26, 2009, be concurred in.

#29 Passed C-2 That Bill C-2, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the States of the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland), the Agreement on Agriculture between Canada and the Republic of Iceland, the Agreement on Agriculture between Canada and the Kingdom of Norway and the Agreement on Agriculture between Canada and the Swiss Confederation, {as amended}, be concurred in at report stage [with a further amendment/with further amendments] .

#28 Failed C-2 That Bill C-2 be amended by deleting Clause 33.

#27 Passed That, given this government has continually failed to improve Canada’s research funding to build Canada into a competitive, progressive knowledge-based economy, and given that science, research and innovation are the foundations of a strong economy and the creators of the jobs of tomorrow, in the opinion of this House, the government should reinvest in these areas to ensure long term, predictable and globally competitive federal funding.

#26 Passed That, in the opinion of this House, the government must address the alarming growth in the number of unemployed Canadians and the increasing number of Employment Insurance claimants; confirm its commitment to a social safety net to help regular Canadians through tough times and bring forward reforms to Employment Insurance rules to expand eligibility and improve benefits, including: ( a) eliminate the two-week waiting period; ( b) reduce the qualifying period to a minimum of 360 hours of work, regardless of the regional rate of unemployment;( c) allow self-employed workers to participate in the plan;( d) raise the rate of benefits to 60% and base benefits on the best 12 weeks in the qualifying period; and( e) encourage training and re-training.

#25 Passed That, in the opinion of the House, by providing only $170 million in funding over two years in the latest budget to assist the forestry industry, the government is showing once again its lack of concern for the Quebec economy, which has been hard hit by the forestry crisis, since this amount falls well short of what this industry needs to see it through the current crisis, especially since this funding will serve to extend programs that are ill-suited to the needs of the industry in crisis; the government should therefore establish a real plan as soon as possible to help the forestry industry, a plan including a series of specific, sustainable development measures, including loans and loan guarantees, refundable tax credits for research and development, a policy to encourage the use of lumber in the construction and renovation of federal public buildings and measures to support energy and ethanol production from forestry waste.

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

#23 Passed C-10 That this question be now put.

#22 Passed C-10 That Bill C-10, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on January 27, 2009 and related fiscal measures, {as amended}, be concurred in at report stage [with a further amendment/with further amendments] .

#21 Failed C-10 That Bill C-10 be amended by deleting Clause 394.

#20 Failed C-10 That Bill C-10 be amended by deleting Clause 383.

#19 Failed C-10 That Bill C-10 be amended by deleting Clause 358.

#18 Failed C-10 That Bill C-10 be amended by deleting Clause 317.

#17 Failed C-10 That Bill C-10 be amended by deleting Clause 445.

#16 Failed C-10 That Bill C-10 be amended by deleting Clause 295.

#15 Failed C-10 That Bill C-10 be amended by deleting Clause 6.

#14 Passed That, in the opinion of this House, and as experience has demonstrated, the most efficient, expeditious and stimulative method of transferring federal funding for municipal infrastructure projects is by means of mechanisms similar to those put in place, beginning in 2005, to share with municipalities on a per capita basis a significant and growing portion of the federal excise tax on gasoline; and the House calls upon the government to transfer at least half of its proposed new infrastructure funding in this manner over the next two years, with no requirement that these additional federal funds be matched by the municipalities with which they are shared.

#13 Passed That the debate be now adjourned.

#12 Failed That, in the opinion of the House, the government should immediately renounce two measures contained in the recent budget: ( a) establishing a national securities commission, because establishing such a commission would constitute an intolerable intrusion into Quebec’s jurisdiction, and the current passport system functions very well; and( b) unilaterally amending the equalization formula, since the Prime Minister, in a letter to the Premier of Quebec dated March 19, 2007, promised that transfers to the provinces would be predictable and long term, and should also comply with the government of Quebec’s request to give the revenues generated by Hydro-Québec’s transmission and distribution activities the same treatment, regardless of the equalization calculation, as that given Hydro One’s revenues.

#11 Passed C-12 That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

#10 Passed C-12 That Bill C-12, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2009, {as amended}, be concurred in at report stage [with a further amendment/with further amendments] .

#9 Passed C-12 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole.

#8 Passed That the Supplementary Estimates (B) for fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, be concurred in.

#7 Passed C-10 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

#6 Passed C-10 That this question be now put.

#5 Passed C-2 That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on International Trade.

#4 Passed Notice of Ways and Means motion to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on January 27, 2009 and related fiscal measures.

#3 Passed That this House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government, on condition that the Government table reports in Parliament no later than five sitting days before the last alloted day in each of the supply periods ending March 26, 2009, June 23, 2009 and December 10, 2009: (a) to provide on-going economic and fiscal updates;(b) to detail the actual implementation of the budget;(c) to itemize the actual effects of the budget with respect to:- the protection of the most vulnerable in Canadian society,- the minimizing of existing job losses,- the creation of the employment opportunities of tomorrow,- the provision of economic stimilus in a manner fair to all regions of Canada, and- the assurance that the Government's deficit is not a burden to future generations or a detriment to economic recovery; and(.d) to provide details on any adjustments or new measures as may be required to benefit the Canadian economy

#2 Passed That the motion be amended by adding the following: “, on condition that the Government table reports in Parliament no later than five sitting days before the last alloted day in each of the supply periods ending March 26, 2009, June 23, 2009 and December 10, 2009: ( a) to provide on-going economic and fiscal updates;( b) to detail the actual implementation of the budget;( c) to itemize the actual effects of the budget with respect to:- the protection of the most vulnerable in Canadian society, - the minimizing of existing job losses, - the creation of the employment opportunities of tomorrow, - the provision of economic stimilus in a manner fair to all regions of Canada, and - the assurance that the Government's deficit is not a burden to future generations or a detriment to economic recovery; and ( d) to provide details on any adjustments or new measures as may be required to benefit the Canadian economy.”.

#1 Failed That the amendment be amended by deleting all the words after the words “on condition that the Government” and substituting the following: “maintain the right of women to settle pay equity issues in court, and abandon its preference for tax cuts for the well-off, instead redistributing this revenue to the neediest members of our society, particularly by responding to the unanimous demands of the National Assembly of Quebec as formulated in the motion adopted on January 15, 2009, to assist workers, communities and businesses hit by the economic slowdown, support at-risk sectors, particularly manufacturing and forestry, in the same way as the automobile industry, and enhance the employment insurance program by making the eligibility criteria more flexible, and on condition that it maintain the equalization program in its current form and relinquish the idea of setting up a pan-Canadian securities commission.”.