Debates of June 11th, 1998

Division No. 216

[André Harvey, Progressive Conservative, Chicoutimi, QC]

Mr. Speaker, the members of our party who are present vote nay on this motion.

[Mike Scott, Reform, Skeena, BC]

Mr. Speaker, on the first vote I abstained from voting and I would like to be recorded as voting in favour of this motion.

[The Speaker]

The abstention will not be recorded but you will be recorded on this vote.

[Gerald Keddy, Progressive Conservative, South Shore, NS]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to be recorded as voting no on this motion as well.

[Rob Anders, Reform, Calgary West, AB]

Mr. Speaker, I voted against the first motion but I am voting in favour of the second.

[The Speaker]

Colleagues, we can do this quite expeditiously. Those who want to vote differently from their party on this vote, I invite you to stand and I will call you by name.

The hon. member for Cypress Hills—Grasslands, the hon. member for Skeena, the hon. member for Cariboo—Chilcotin, the hon. member for Saanich—Gulf Islands, the hon. member for Calgary West, the hon. member for South Shore.

(The House divided on Motion No. 3, which was negatived on the following division:)

Division No. 217

[The Speaker]

I declare Motion No. 3 defeated

[Sheila Copps, Liberal, Minister of Canadian Heritage]

moved that the bill be concurred in.

[Marlene Catterall, Liberal, Ottawa West—Nepean, ON]

Mr. Speaker, I believe you would find consent in the House that the vote taken on the previous motion be applied to the vote on concurrence in reverse.

[Chuck Strahl, Reform, Fraser Valley, BC]

Mr. Speaker, at concurrence stage on Bill C-38 the Reform Party will vote yes.

[Stéphane Bergeron, Bloc, Verchères, QC]

Mr. Speaker, members of the Bloc Quebecois are against this motion.

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

Mr. Speaker, members of the NDP will vote yes with the inclusion of the member for Bras D'or who has just arrived.

[André Harvey, Progressive Conservative, Chicoutimi, QC]

Mr. Speaker, members of our party vote yea on this motion.

[The Speaker]

I invite members who are voting opposite to what their party has said to please stand and be recorded.

[Mike Scott, Reform, Skeena, BC]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to have my vote as abstaining on this motion.

[The Speaker]

Colleagues, as you know, we do not have abstaining votes in the House.

[Chuck Strahl, Reform, Fraser Valley, BC]

Mr. Speaker, we are getting close to the end. We must have a provision if we are going to apply votes for those who do not wish to stand. We either have to go through the whole process here and allow people to remain seated or we have to strike the member for Skeena from either yes or no, just not recorded.

[The Speaker]

That is what we are going to do.

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

Division No. 218

[The Speaker]

I declare the motion agreed to.

The House resumed consideration of the motion that Bill C-37, an act to amend the Judges Act and to make consequential amendments to other acts, be read the third time and passed.

Judges Act

[The Speaker]

Pursuant to order made on Wednesday, June 10, 1998, the next recorded division is on the motion at the third reading stage of Bill C-37.

[Marlene Catterall, Liberal, Ottawa West—Nepean, ON]

Mr. Speaker, you would find there is unanimous consent that the hon. members who voted on the previous motion be recorded as having voted on the motion now before the House, with Liberal members voting nay.

[The Speaker]

Is there agreement to proceed in such a fashion?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Chuck Strahl, Reform, Fraser Valley, BC]

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