Debates of March 17th, 1998

Division No. 102

[The Speaker]

I declare the motion lost.

[Marcel Massé, Liberal, President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for Infrastructure]

moved:

That Supplementary Estimates (B) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1998, be concurred in.

[Bob Kilger, Liberal, Stormont—Dundas, ON]

Mr. Speaker, if the House would agree I would propose that you seek unanimous consent that members who voted on the previous motion be recorded as having voted on the motion now before the House, with Liberal members voting yea.

[The Speaker]

Is there agreement to proceed in this fashion?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Chuck Strahl, Reform, Fraser Valley, BC]

Mr. Speaker, Reform Party members present will vote no to this motion.

[Stéphane Bergeron, Bloc, Verchères, QC]

Mr. Speaker, members of the Bloc Quebecois oppose the motion.

[John Solomon, NDP, Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK]

Mr. Speaker, NDP members present will vote no to this motion.

[André Harvey, Progressive Conservative, Chicoutimi, QC]

Mr. Speaker, members of our party present in the House tonight will be voting against the motion.

[John Nunziata, Independent, York South—Weston, ON]

Mr. Speaker, I will be voting no.

[Stéphane Bergeron, Bloc, Verchères, QC]

Mr. Speaker, with respect to the vote just taken, I would like to point out that my colleague, the member for Louis-Hébert, had to be away.

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

Division No. 103

[The Speaker]

I declare the motion carried.

[Bob Kilger, Liberal, Stormont—Dundas, ON]

Mr. Speaker, I believe that you would find consent to apply the results of the vote just taken to the supply bill motion for second reading in the name of the President of the Treasury Board.

[The Speaker]

I think I have to introduce the bill and then I can do that.

[Marcel Massé, Liberal, Hull—Aylmer, QC]

moved that Bill C-33, an act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the Public Service for the financial year ending March 31, 1998, be read the first time.

(Motion deemed adopted and bill read the first time)

[Marcel Massé, Liberal, Hull—Aylmer, QC]

moved that the bill be read the second time and referred to committee of the whole.

[Bob Kilger, Liberal, Stormont—Dundas, ON]

Mr. Speaker, I believe that you would find consent to apply the results of the vote just taken to the above motion.

[The Speaker]

Is there agreement to proceed in this fashion?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

(Motion agreed to, bill read the second time and the House went into committee thereon, Mr. Milliken in the chair)

[The Chairman]

The House is in committee of the whole on Bill C-33. Shall clause 2 carry?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[An hon. member]

On division.

(Clause 2 agreed to)

[Monte Solberg, Reform, Medicine Hat, AB]

Mr. Chairman. could the minister give the House his assurance that this bill is in the usual form?

[Marcel Massé, Liberal, Hull—Aylmer, QC]

Mr. Chairman, the form of the bill is the same as those passed in previous years.

[The Chairman]

Shall clause 3 carry?