Debates of March 12th, 2008

Supplementary Estimates (B), 2007-08

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

No.

[The Speaker, Liberal, Peter Milliken]

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

[Some hon. members]

Yea.

[The Speaker, Liberal, Peter Milliken]

All those opposed will please say nay.

[Some hon. members]

Nay.

[The Speaker, Liberal, Peter Milliken]

In my opinion the yeas have it.

And five or more members having risen:

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

Vote #65

[The Speaker, Liberal, Peter Milliken]

I declare the motion carried.

[Vic Toews, Conservative, President of the Treasury Board]

moved that Bill C-48, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2008, be read the first time.

(Motion deemed adopted and bill read the first time)

[Vic Toews, Conservative, Provencher, MB]

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

[The Speaker, Liberal, Peter Milliken]

Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

No

[The Speaker, Liberal, Peter Milliken]

The hon. chief government whip is rising on a point of order.

[Jay Hill, Conservative, Prince George—Peace River, BC]

Mr. Speaker, if you were to seek it, you would find unanimous consent of the House to apply the results of the vote just taken to the motion presently before the House with Conservative members present this evening voting in support, and I would like the Prime Minister to be added to the vote.

[The Speaker, Liberal, Peter Milliken]

Is there unanimous consent to proceed in this way?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[Karen Redman, Liberal, Kitchener Centre, ON]

Mr. Speaker, Liberals who have voted on the previous question should be registered as voting in favour.

[Michel Guimond, Bloc, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC]

Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois members will vote for this motion.

[Yvon Godin, NDP, Acadie—Bathurst, NB]

Mr. Speaker, members of the NDP are proud to be the official opposition and vote no to this motion.

[André Arthur, Independent, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, QC]

Mr. Speaker, I vote in favour of this motion.

[Blair Wilson, Independent, West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC]

Mr. Speaker, I vote in favour.

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

Vote #66

[The Speaker, Liberal, Peter Milliken]

I declare the motion carried.

Accordingly, this bill is referred to committee of the whole.

I do now leave the chair for the House to go into committee of the whole.

(Bill read the second time and the House went into committee of the whole thereon, Mr. Blaikie in the chair)

[The Chair, NDP, Bill Blaikie]

Order, please. The House is now in committee of the whole on Bill C-48. The hon. member for Davenport.

[Mario Silva, Liberal, Davenport, ON]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the President of the Treasury Board to provide the House with the assurance that the bill is in its usual and habitual form.

(On Clause 2)