Debates of Oct. 4th, 1995

Employment Equity Act

[Some hon. members]

No.

[The Deputy Speaker]

All those in favour of the motion will please say yea.

[Some hon. members]

Yea.

[The Deputy Speaker]

All those opposed will please say nay.

[Some hon. members]

Nay.

[The Deputy Speaker]

In my opinion the nays have it.

And more than five members having risen:

[The Deputy Speaker]

Pursuant to Standing Order 76(8), a recorded division on the motion is deferred.

The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred divisions at the report stage of the bill now before the House.

Call in the members.

And the bells having rung:

[The Deputy Speaker]

Having heard the request from the chief government whip, the vote will be deferred until five o'clock.

[Don Boudria, Liberal, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON]

Mr. Speaker, in view of the fact that only slightly over ten minutes are left, instead of pursuing other government business perhaps the House would give its consent to suspend for 12 minutes.

[The Deputy Speaker]

Is there unanimous consent to suspend the House for 12 minutes?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

(The sitting of the House was suspended at 4.47 p.m.)

The House resumed at 5.01 p.m.

[The Deputy Speaker]

The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred divisions on Bill C-64. The first question will be on Motion No. 1.

Call in the members.

(The House divided on the motion, which was negatived on the following division:)

[The Deputy Speaker]

I declare Motion No. 1 lost. I therefore declare Motions Nos. 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17 also lost.

The next question is on Motion No. 5 of group 3.

[Don Boudria, Liberal, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON]

Mr. Speaker, if you were to seek it I believe you would find unanimous consent to apply the vote taken on the previous motion to the motion now before the House.

[The Deputy Speaker]

Is that agreed?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[John Bryden, Liberal, Hamilton—Wentworth, ON]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to be recorded as voting with the government on this motion.

[Diane Marleau, Liberal, Sudbury, ON]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to be recorded as voting with the government on this and further votes.

[Brian Tobin, Liberal, Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, NL]

Mr. Speaker, I wish to bring to your attention, thanks to the proddings of my colleague opposite, that I missed the first vote. I am now here and wish to be counted with the government subsequently.

(The House divided on the motion, which was negatived on the following division:)

[The Deputy Speaker]

I declare Motion No. 5 lost.

The next question is on group 4, Motion No. 7.

[Don Boudria, Liberal, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON]

Mr. Speaker, I believe the House would give its unanimous consent that all members who voted on the previous motion, that is Motion No. 5, be recorded as having voted on the

motion now before the House, with the Liberal members recorded as voting nay.

[Gilles Duceppe, Bloc, Laurier—Sainte-Marie, QC]

The Bloc Quebecois members will vote yea.

A positive vote on Motion No. 13 will obviate the necessity of the question being put on Motion No. 14.

[Bob Ringma, Reform, Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC]

Reform members will vote in favour of this motion except for those who wish to vote otherwise. This is the only time I will say that this evening.

[Jim Silye, Reform, Calgary Centre, AB]

I wish to vote otherwise, Mr. Speaker. I vote against this motion.