The hon. member for Vancouver East.
House of Commons Hansard #82 of the 37th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was money.
House of Commons Hansard #82 of the 37th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was money.
Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC
Mr. Speaker, the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs has just concluded four weeks of hearings across Canada, where there is overwhelming opposition to the first nations governance act.
When it comes to its own practice of governance, the government is clearly anti-democratic in ramming through this flawed legislation. Will the minister today commit to go back to the drawing board, abide by the democratic principle of respect for first nations and hear their opposition to the bill? Will he go back to the drawing board because there is so much opposition, overwhelmingly so?
Bob Nault LiberalMinister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Mr. Speaker, I do not think we have to take any lessons from the NDP about good governance. I have had the opportunity to see Bob Rae in action.
I can say, though, that what we are doing is looking very closely at wanting to improve the lives of first nations citizens. How we improve the lives of first nations citizens is by putting in the fundamentals of good governance.
The committee has just concluded its hearings. It is now looking at the discussions and the amendments that possibly could be made. We did send the bill to committee before second reading to give committee members plenty of time to look at it in detail. We hope that they will come back with a report that will make the lives of first nations--
Joe Clark Progressive Conservative Calgary Centre, AB
Mr. Speaker, I have a short question for the Minister of National Defence.
On Thursday, March 20, the government voted in favour of a motion that read, and I quote:
That this House call upon the government not to participate in the military intervention initiated by the United States in Iraq.
Was the Minister of National Defence aware at the time of the vote that members of the Canadian Forces currently on exchange with foreign units could find themselves in front line combat situations?
John McCallum LiberalMinister of National Defence
Mr. Speaker, the right hon. member I am sure is aware that while the motion he describes was indeed passed by the House, there was an amendment to that motion which was defeated by a massive four to one margin, a motion calling upon the government to bring back the ships and bring back the exchange officers.
Contrary to what we have been hearing from that corner of the House, the government would, if anything, be in contempt of Parliament if we did what the NDP is suggesting and brought back our ships and exchange soldiers, which of course we are not proposing to do.
Presence in GalleryOral Question Period
The Speaker
I would like to draw to the attention of all hon. members the presence in the gallery of the Honourable Neil Andrew, M.P., Speaker of the House of Representatives of Australia, and his accompanying delegation.
Presence in GalleryOral Question Period
The Speaker
I would also like to draw to the attention of hon. members the presence in the gallery of the Honourable Stan Hagen, Minister of Sustainable Resource Management and Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries of the Government of British Columbia.
The House resumed from March 28 consideration of the motion that Bill C-314, an act to amend the Canada Transportation Act, be read the second time and referred to a committee.
Canada Transportation ActPrivate Members' Business
The Speaker
It being 3:03 p.m., the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-314 under private members' business.
Call in the members.
(The House divided on the motion, which was negatived on the following division:)
The House resumed from March 31 consideration of the motion that Bill C-20, an act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children and other vulnerable persons) and the Canada Evidence Act, be read the second time and referred to a committee, and of the motion that the question be now put.
Criminal CodeGovernment Orders
The Speaker
The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the previous question at the second reading stage of Bill C-20.
Marlene Catterall Liberal Ottawa West—Nepean, ON
Mr. Speaker, I believe that you would find consent in the House that those who voted on the previous motion be recorded as voting on the motion now before the House, with Liberal members voting yes.
Criminal CodeGovernment Orders
The Speaker
Is there unanimous consent to proceed in this way?
Dale Johnston Canadian Alliance Wetaskiwin, AB
Mr. Speaker, Canadian Alliance members here today will vote no to this motion.
Michel Guimond Bloc Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-De- Beaupré—Île-D'Orléans, QC
Mr. Speaker, the members of the Bloc Quebecois are voting against this motion.
Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB
Mr. Speaker, the members of the NDP are voting against this motion.
Gerald Keddy Progressive Conservative South Shore, NS
Mr. Speaker, the members of the Progressive Conservative Party will be voting no to this motion.
Pierrette Venne Bloc Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
Mr. Speaker, I am voting in favour of this motion.
(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)
Criminal CodeGovernment Orders
The Speaker
I wish to inform the House that because the last vote was done as a private member's vote, it is going to take some time to do a calculation, the exact numbers of yeas and nays on the vote, but I am advised by the Table that the motion would carry given the number of votes. Accordingly, I declare the motion, that the question be now put, carried.
Hon. members will be able to read all the figures in tomorrow's Journals. It is fascinating stuff.
The next question is on the motion at the second reading stage of Bill C-20.
