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Core 1..160 Hansard (PRISM::Advent3b2 15.00) House of Commons Debates VOLUME 146 Ï NUMBER 167 Ï 1st SESSION Ï 41st PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Tuesday, October 23, 2012 Speaker: The Honourable Andrew Scheer CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) 11323 HOUSE OF COMMONS Tuesday, October 23, 2012 The House met at 10 a.m. official languages the 2011-2012 Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator, as required under section 192 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act. Prayers *** GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO PETITIONS ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS Mr. Tom Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of Ï (1000) the Government in the House of Commons, CPC): Mr. Speaker, [English] pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to two petitions. AUDITOR GENERAL OF CANADA The Deputy Speaker: I have the honour to lay upon the table the *** fall 2012 Report of the Auditor General of Canada. [Translation] Ï (1005) Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), this document is deemed to CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999 have been permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. Mr. Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, NDP) moved for leave to introduce Bill C-455, An Act to amend the Canadian Environ- *** mental Protection Act, 1999 (electronic products recycling program). [English] He said: Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce a bill entitled an act to COMMISSIONER OF LOBBYING amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (electronic The Deputy Speaker: Pursuant to section 10.5 of the Lobbying products recycling program), with thanks to my seconder, the Act, it is my duty to present to the House a report on investigation member for Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca. from the Commissioner of Lobbying. The bill would ensure that all electronic products containing toxic *** substances sold in Canada would be disposed of and recycled in a FOREIGN AFFAIRS responsible manner. Electronics are ubiquitous in our lives today. Mr. Gerald Keddy (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Computers, tablets, smart phones and countless other devices help to International Trade, for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities connect us with each other and participate in the 21st century Agency and for the Atlantic Gateway, CPC): Mr. Speaker, economy. However, we must use these products responsibly. We pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), I have the honour to table, in both must follow the principle of sustainable development, which states official languages, the treaty entitled “Agreement to Amend the Free that in meeting our own needs we must not compromise the ability Trade Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the of future generations to meet theirs. Government of the Republic of Chile, Done at Santiago on 5 December 1996, as Amended, Between the Government of Canada The bill is the idea of two bright young students in my riding, and the Government of The Republic of Chile”, done at Santiago on Kaitlyn Fung and Wilson Wu, who attend Windermere Secondary April 16, 2012. School. They submitted this idea as part of my 2012 Create Your Canada contest. I congratulate them for their initiative and work to An explanatory memorandum is included with the treaty. help build a better nation. They and young people all across Canada *** know we must act now to ensure the health and wellbeing of future generations. OFFICE OF THE CORRECTIONAL INVESTIGATOR Ms. Candice Bergen (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister I hope all members will join me in supporting this important bill of Public Safety, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to table in both and their wonderful idea. 11324 COMMONS DEBATES October 23, 2012 Routine Proceedings (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) (Motion agreed to) *** *** EXCISE ACT, 2001 Ï (1010) Mr. James Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake, CPC) moved for leave BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE to introduce Bill C-456, An Act to amend the Excise Act, 2001 (spirits). Hon. Peter Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent for the He said: Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from following motion. Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River for seconding my bill to reduce the excise tax on spirits by $1 per litre of absolute alcohol. I move that, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practices of the House, on any day Bill C-15 is under consideration As you know, Mr. Speaker, Windsor is home to a distillery, as is at second reading, the House shall sit beyond the ordinary hour of my riding of Selkirk—Interlake. It is a major economic factor within daily adjournment and shall not be adjourned before such our local communities. proceedings have been completed except pursuant to a motion to Crown Royal, the most famous of all the Canadians whiskies, is adjourn proposed by a Minister of the Crown. completely made in Gimli, Manitoba, and is the number one export The Deputy Speaker: Does the hon. House leader have the whisky around the world. unanimous consent of the House to move the motion? There are only four major whiskies in the world and Canadian rye Some hon. members: Agreed. whisky is world-renowned and is an iconic part of our heritage and culture. An hon. member: No. Unfortunately, when we drink a rye and Coke, we are paying The Deputy Speaker: There is no unanimous consent. twice as much in excise tax versus beer or wine. Therefore, it is about time that we provide the same type of tax breaks to the Hon. Peter Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House distillery industry, so that spirits can be manufactured, jobs created of Commons, CPC): Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 56.1, and more agriculture products bought from our farmers. Corn, I move: wheat, barley and of course rye are major components of our whisky. That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practices of the House, on any day C-15 is under consideration at second reading, the House shall sit beyond the Therefore, it is important that we provide this tax incentive by ordinary hour of daily adjournment and shall not be adjourned before such reducing it by $1 per litre of alcohol. I would ask that the proceedings have been completed except pursuant to a motion to adjourn proposed government act upon this as soon as we return to balanced budgets by a Minister of the Crown. and the Government of Canada's books are in order. The Deputy Speaker: Will those members who object to the (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) motion please rise in their places? *** And 25 or more members having risen: GREY CUP The Deputy Speaker: More than 25 members having risen, the Hon. Peter Van Loan (Leader of the Government in the House motion is deemed to have been withdrawn. of Commons, CPC): Mr. Speaker, there have been consultations among the parties and I hope you will find unanimous consent for (Motion withdrawn) the following motion. *** I move: PETITIONS That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, in recognition of the 100th Grey Cup, at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, KATIMAVIK the House resolve itself into Committee of the Whole in order to welcome Mark Cohon, Russ Jackson, Ave Poggione, and Bryce Russell; that the Speaker be Mr. James Bezan (Selkirk—Interlake, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I am permitted to preside over the Committee of the Whole and make welcoming remarks on behalf of the House; and, when the proceedings of the Committee have concluded pleased to rise today on behalf of constituents in my riding to present or at approximately 3:15 p.m. the Committee shall rise and the House shall resume its a petition brought to me by Meghan Chorney of East Selkirk. She business as though it were 3:00 p.m. has collected more than 480 names in support of Katimavik and The Deputy Speaker: Does the hon. House leader have the asking the government to reinstate that youth program, which she unanimous consent of the House to move the motion? had participated in and found to be very useful in her education and awareness of issues around Canada. Some hon. members: Agreed. COMMUNITY ACCESS PROGRAM The Deputy Speaker: The House has heard the terms of the motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion? Ms. Judy Foote (Random—Burin—St. George's, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I present a petition on behalf of the residents of the town of Some hon. members: Agreed. St. George's, in my riding of Random—Burin—St. George's. October 23, 2012 COMMONS DEBATES 11325 Government Orders The petitioners are having great difficulty with the government's HOUSE OF COMMONS decision to cut financing for the community access program. The Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Winnipeg North, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, it government having done that has caused undue hardship to so many is with pleasure that I table a petition from residents of Winnipeg individuals who always used the CAP sites, particularly the one at North calling on the government not to increase the size of the House the library in St. George's, to access the Internet to do some work or of Commons from 308 to 338. some business by using that site. A lot of those people do not own computers and have no idea how The petitioners realize, as most Canadians do, that it is to use them, and when they go to the library, people there actually unnecessary for us to increase the number of politicians in Canada help them. We are finding their access is being limited.
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