House of Commons Hansard #50 of the 36th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was cape.

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Committees Of The HouseRoutine Proceedings

3:40 p.m.

The Acting Speaker (Ms. Thibeault)

The House has heard the terms of the motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?

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Some hon. members

Agreed.

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Some hon. members

No.

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The Acting Speaker (Ms. Thibeault)

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

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Some hon. members

Yea.

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The Acting Speaker (Ms. Thibeault)

All those opposed will please say nay.

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Some hon. members

Nay.

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The Acting Speaker (Ms. Thibeault)

In my opinion the nays have it.

And more than five members having risen:

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The Acting Speaker (Ms. Thibeault)

Call in the members.

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

Division No. 686Routine Proceedings

4:25 p.m.

Reform

Werner Schmidt Reform Kelowna, BC

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I noticed that the member for Trinity—Spadina and I came into the House at about the same time. He was allowed to vote and I was not. If I had been here at the same time, I would have voted with my party.

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The Speaker

Did the hon. member for Trinity—Spadina enter the House after I had read the motion?

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Liberal

Tony Ianno Liberal Trinity—Spadina, ON

Yes, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker

The member's name will be withdrawn from the voting list.

I declare the motion carried.

It is my duty, pursuant to Standing Order 38, to inform the House that the questions to be raised tonight at the time of adjournment are as follows: the hon. member for Parkdale—High Park, Health; the hon. member for Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik, Gasoline Prices; the hon. member for Acadie—Bathurst, Employment Insurance.

PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

4:30 p.m.

Reform

Jim Gouk Reform West Kootenay—Okanagan, BC

Madam Speaker, I have had several petitions to present for some time, but because of the unusual proceedings in the House I have not been able to introduce them.

The first petition deals with rural route mail carriers. The petitioners seek the support of the House in ensuring basic rights to help Canada Post improve wages and working conditions for rural mail carriers, which are unfair and discriminate against rural workers. Therefore the petitioners call upon parliament to repeal section 13(5) of the Canada Post Corporation Act.

PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

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Reform

Jim Gouk Reform West Kootenay—Okanagan, BC

Madam Speaker, I have another petition from constituents who are calling on parliament to fund the national highway system in the 2000 budget to reduce fatalities and injuries on roadways.

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Reform

Jim Gouk Reform West Kootenay—Okanagan, BC

Madam Speaker, in the third petition the petitioners call on parliament to enforce labelling on all foods containing genetically modified organisms.

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Reform

Jim Gouk Reform West Kootenay—Okanagan, BC

Madam Speaker, the final petition deals with child pornography, particularly in British Columbia. The petitioners request that parliament, at the earliest opportunity, invoke section 33 of the charter of rights and freedoms to override the B.C. court of appeal decision and reinstate subsection 163.1(4) of the criminal code, making possession of child pornography illegal.

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Liberal

Rose-Marie Ur Liberal Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON

Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I am pleased to present a petition signed by residents of Newmarket, Mississauga, Kitchener, Burlington and Whitby which urges the government to support the auto industry in its clean fuel program and to implement new fuel standards for gasoline with zero MMT.

PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

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Liberal

Rose-Marie Ur Liberal Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON

Madam Speaker, I have another petition signed by residents of Petrolia, Brigden and Corunna who urge the government to help in eliminating child poverty by using the federal budget to introduce a multi-year plan to improve the well-being of Canada's children.

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4:30 p.m.

Reform

Jay Hill Reform Prince George—Peace River, BC

Madam Speaker, I rise today to present a petition signed by over 600 people from Newfoundland, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Alberta, B.C., Ontario, New Brunswick, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The petitioners call on parliament to pass into law Bill C-494, which would formally fund and administer the new identities program under the witness protection program, providing necessary protection of last resort for those trying to protect their lives and the lives of their children from abusive spouses.

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Liberal

Peter Adams Liberal Peterborough, ON

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise to present a petition from citizens of the Peterborough area who are concerned about genetic engineering.

Genetic engineering of food, plants and animals is still relatively new, but it is expanding at an extraordinary rate. It now involves the manipulation of the most basic building blocks of life and requires such a high level of science and technology that it places new forms of basic foods in the hands of large corporations.

Genetic engineering of plants in one field can affect those in another through the spread of pollen.

Plants have been developed to produce a terminator gene which prevents farmers from growing seed for future plantings.

The petitions call upon parliament to direct the Government of Canada to ban all terminator gene development in Canada and to work with the United Nations to ban such development worldwide.

PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

4:35 p.m.

Reform

Reed Elley Reform Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC

Madam Speaker, I have two petitions which I would like to present today.

The first petition is on behalf of 77 petitioners from my riding who draw to the attention of the House that rural route mail carriers are not covered under a collective agreement. They call upon parliament to repeal section 13(5) of the Canada Post Corporation Act to protect these workers.

PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

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Reform

Reed Elley Reform Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC

Madam Speaker, it gives me a great deal of pleasure to present to the House a petition signed by 5,325 people from Vancouver Island.

The petitioners draw the attention of the government to the problem of genetically modified organisms. They call upon parliament to enforce labelling of all foods that contain genetically modified organisms and to make sure that adequate testing is done on these foods to ensure the safety of our food supply.

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Progressive Conservative

Scott Brison Progressive Conservative Kings—Hants, NS

Madam Speaker, it is with pleasure that I rise today to present a petition signed by people from across Nova Scotia, who urge the government to fulfill the 1989 House of Commons pledge to end child poverty by the year 2000.

Obviously we are now in the year 2000, which makes it even more important that we address the very important issue of child poverty post-haste in the House.

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Liberal

Jean Augustine Liberal Etobicoke—Lakeshore, ON

Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, it is my pleasure to present four petitions on behalf of my constituents of Etobicoke—Lakeshore.

The first petition calls upon parliament to use federal budget 2000 to introduce a multi-year plan to improve the well-being of Canada's children.