Marcel Massé

[Appropriation Act No. 1, 1997-98, March 12th, 1997]

moved that the bill be read the third time and passed.

[Appropriation Act No. 1, 1997-98, March 12th, 1997]

moved that Bill C-88 be concurred in.

[Appropriation Act No. 1, 1997-98, March 12th, 1997]

Madam Speaker, the proportions requested in the bill are for all essential needs of the federal public service until the second period for the authorization of expenditures in 1997-98.

The bill does not release the full amount of any of the items. The bill is in the usual form of interim supply bills. Concurring in this bill will in no way prejudice the rights or privileges of members to criticize items in the Estimates when these are examined in committee.

The usual undertaking is hereby given that these rights and privileges will be respected and that they will be neither abolished nor restricted in any way through concurring in this bill.

(Clauses 2 to 5 inclusive agreed to.)

(Schedules A and B agreed to.)

(Clause 1 agreed to.)

(Preamble agreed to.)

(Title agreed to.)

(Bill deemed reported.)

[Appropriation Act No. 1, 1997-98, March 12th, 1997]

moved that Bill C-88, 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 second time and referred to committee of the whole.

(Motion agreed to, bill read the second time and the House went into committee thereon, Mrs. Ringuette-Maltais in the chair.)

[Appropriation Act No. 1, 1997-98, March 12th, 1997]

moved that Bill 88, 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.)

[Interim Supply, March 12th, 1997]

moved:

That the House concur in Interim Supply as follows:

That a sum not exceeding $33,194,135,278.35 being composed of:

(1) nine-twelfths ($25,397,186,592.00) of the total of the amounts of the items set forth in the Main Estimates for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1998 which were laid upon the Table Thursday, February 20, 1997, and except for those items below:

(2) eleven-twelfths of the total of the amount of Canadian Heritage Vote 35, Environment Vote 5, Finance Votes 15 and 20, Fisheries and Oceans Vote 10, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Vote 5, Human Resources Development Votes 5 and 35, Industry Votes 30 and 35, Justice Vote 1, National Defence Vote 10, Natural Resources Vote L15, Public Works and Government Services Votes 20 and 25, Transport Votes 1 and 20, and Treasury Board Votes 5 and 10 (Schedule A) of the said Estimates, $2,423,142,384.68;

(3) ten-twelfths of the total of the amount of Environment Votes 1 and 10, Human Resources Development Vote 10, Indian Affairs and Northern Development Votes 15 and 40, Industry Vote 40, Justice Vote 5, Parliament Vote 1, Public Works and Government Services Vote 15, and Transport Vote 35 (Schedule B) of the said Estimates, $5,373,806,301.67;

be granted to Her Majesty on account of the fiscal year ending March 31, 1998.

(Motion agreed to.)

[Supply, March 12th, 1997]

moved that the bill be read the third time and passed.

(Motion agreed to, bill read the third time and passed.)

[Supply, March 12th, 1997]

moved that Bill C-87, an act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 1997, be concurred in at report stage (without amendments).

[Supply, March 12th, 1997]

Madam Speaker, this bill is absolutely identical to bills adopted in the past.

(Clauses 2 to 7 inclusive agreed to.)

(Appendix agreed to.)

(Clause 1 agreed to.)

(Preamble agreed to.)

(Title agreed to.)

(Bill reported.)

[Supply, March 12th, 1997]

moved that Bill C-87, an act for granting Her Majesty certain sums of money for the public service of Canada for the financial year ending March 31, 1997, be read the second time and referred to committee of the whole.