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Tuesday, June 8, 1999 CANADA VOLUME 135 S NUMBER 240 S 1st SESSION S 36th PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Tuesday, June 8, 1999 Speaker: The Honourable Gilbert Parent CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) All parliamentary publications are available on the ``Parliamentary Internet Parlementaire'' at the following address: http://www.parl.gc.ca 15957 HOUSE OF COMMONS Tuesday, June 8, 1999 The House met at 10 a.m. International Space Station and to make related amendments to other Acts. _______________ (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) Prayers * * * _______________ PETITIONS ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Mr. Werner Schmidt (Kelowna, Ref.): Mr. Speaker, it is D (1005) indeed an honour and a privilege to present some 3,000-plus [Translation] petitioners who have come to the House with a petition. They would request that parliament take all measures necessary to GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO PETITIONS ensure that possession of child pornography remains a serious criminal offence, and that federal police forces be directed to give Mr. Peter Adams (Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the priority to enforcing this law for the protection of our children. Government in the House of Commons, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in This is a wonderful petition and I endorse it 100%. both official languages, the government’s response to 10 petitions. THE CONSTITUTION * * * Mr. Svend J. Robinson (Burnaby—Douglas, NDP): Mr. [English] Speaker, I am presenting two petitions this morning. The first petition has been signed by residents of my constituency of COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE Burnaby—Douglas as well as communities across Canada. INDUSTRY The petitioners, members of the Humanist Association of Cana- da and others, seek changes to the preamble to Canada’s constitu- Ms. Susan Whelan (Essex, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I have the tion and to the charter of rights. They wish to remove the reference honour to present, in both official languages, the 19th report of the to the supremacy of God in the preamble and to change the wording Standing Committee on Industry entitled ‘‘Research Funding— of the charter of rights to reflect the fact that Canada is a secular Strengthening the Sources of Innovation’’. country which respects the deeply held views of people of many different religious faiths as well as those who have no religious For two years the committee has monitored the funding of beliefs. federal research and research across Canada. We believe that Canada’s investment needs to be strengthened and we present this YUGOSLAVIA report today. Mr. Svend J. Robinson (Burnaby—Douglas, NDP): Mr. * * * Speaker, the second petition notes that the NATO attack on Yugoslavia is illegal under the charters of the United Nations and CIVIL INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AGREEMENT NATO, and that the best hope for world peace rests on the rule of IMPLEMENTATION ACT international law administered by the United Nations. It notes that the present war, intended to reduce the persecution, killing and Hon. John Manley (Minister of Industry, Lib.) moved for displacement of Kosovars, has drastically increased all three. leave to introduce Bill C-85, an act to implement the Agreement among the Government of Canada, Governments of Member States Therefore, the petitioners call on the House of Commons to of the European Space Agency, the Government of Japan, the withdraw immediately all Canadian Armed Forces from the war Government of the Russian Federation, and the Government of the and use all our influence to convince the United Nations to arrange United States of America concerning Cooperation on the Civil a ceasefire followed by further negotiations on the future of 15958 COMMONS DEBATES June 8, 1999 Routine Proceedings Kosovo. They petition Milosevic to put an end to the ethnic I thank those who have signed this petition for representing their cleansing that is taking place in Yugoslavia, including in the views to parliament. Today we have an opportunity to debate this province of Kosovo. issue— D (1010) The Acting Speaker (Mr. McClelland): The hon. member for Peterborough. [Translation] NATIONAL CHILD TAX BENEFIT KOSOVO Mr. Raymond Lavigne (Verdun—Saint-Henri, Lib.): Mr. Mr. Peter Adams (Peterborough, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I rise to Speaker, I have the honour to table a petition signed by my present a petition on behalf of the people in Peterborough who are constituents which calls upon the government to withdraw our concerned about children living in poverty. military support in Yugoslavia and to stop the bombing. They point out that thousands of children in Canada are not [English] receiving the national child tax benefit. They believe that in Ontario, which has the highest child poverty rate in Canada, that all CHILD PORNOGRAPHY families should receive the national child tax benefit to help alleviate child poverty, and that it is time to amend the national Mr. Randy White (Langley—Abbotsford, Ref.): Mr. Speaker, child tax benefit so that no province in Canada will be allowed to I have a petition signed by literally thousands of people from across claw it back. the country asking parliament to take all measures necessary to ensure that possession of child pornography remains a serious Therefore, they urge the Parliament of Canada to amend the criminal offence, and that federal police forces be directed to give agreement with all provinces to allow all children living in poverty priority to enforcing this law for the protection of children. to receive the national child tax benefit to improve their quality of life. CHEMICAL PESTICIDES CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Mr. Clifford Lincoln (Lac-Saint-Louis, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions. Mr. Grant Hill (Macleod, Ref.): Mr. Speaker, I have another The first petition states that residents of Canada call on parlia- petition here that reflects on child pornography, adding to the ment to enact an immediate moratorium on the cosmetic use of 140,000 that have already been brought to the House. chemical pesticides until such time as their use has been scientifi- cally proven to be safe and the long term consequences of the There are more than 3,000 signatures here from western Canada application are known. asking for parliament to ensure that the possession of child pornography be maintained as a severe crime. MMT HUMAN RIGHTS Mr. Clifford Lincoln (Lac-Saint-Louis, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, the second petition states that the use of the additive MMT in Canadian Mr. Paul Szabo (Mississauga South, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I am gasoline presents an environmental problem affecting every man, pleased to present a petition on the subject of human rights signed woman and child in Canada. by a number of Canadians, including from my own riding of Mississauga South. Therefore, the petitioners call on parliament to set, by the end of this calendar year, national clean fuel standards for gasoline with The petitioners would like to draw to the attention of the House zero MMT and low-sulphur content. that human rights abuses continue to be rampant around the world in countries such as Indonesia and Kosovo. They also acknowledge MARRIAGE that Canada continues to be internationally recognized as a cham- pion of human rights. Mr. Deepak Obhrai (Calgary East, Ref.): Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today on behalf of Canadians who have signed this The petitioners therefore call on the Government of Canada to petition on the concept of marriage. continue to speak out against such abuses, and also to seek to bring Recent court rulings have created a sense of public confusion on to justice those responsible for such abuses. the definition of marriage and spouse. It is the intent of this petition to set the record straight and to ask parliament to accept the concept CHILD PORNOGRAPHY of marriage as the voluntary union of a single, unmarried male and a single, unmarried female. Mr. Keith Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, Ref.): Mr. Speaker, I, too, have thousands upon thousands of names of Further, it asks parliamentarians to ensure that marriage, as it has Canadians who are disgusted by child pornography and want always been known and understood in Canada, be preserved and parliament to take all the measures necessary to ensure that child protected. pornography remains a serious criminal offence. They want to June 8, 1999 COMMONS DEBATES 15959 Routine Proceedings prompt the government to get its act in gear and start enacting laws and fundamental one, and that the denial of access can constitute that will cut out this nonsense. elder abuse and can have a serious detrimental emotional impact on both grandparents and grandchildren. Mr. Grant McNally (Dewdney—Alouette, Ref.): Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions on a similar theme. Hundreds of constituents Therefore, they petition parliament to amend the Divorce Act to from Dewdney—Alouette are horrified by child pornography and include a provision, as supported in Bill C-340, regarding the right are astounded by the legal determinations that the possession of of spouses, parents and grandparents to have access to or custody child pornography is not criminal. of their children and grandchildren. They ask parliament to protect the most vulnerable members of ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS society, our children, from sexual abuse and to take all necessary steps to ensure possession of child pornography remains a serious Ms. Bev Desjarlais (Churchill, NDP): Mr. Speaker, pursuant to criminal offence. Standing Order 36, I rise to present a petition to add hundreds of signatures to those already presented from urban aboriginals in The second petition asks that parliament amend the charter to Ontario who are concerned about the federal government’s down- prevent the development, purchase and ownership of child pornog- loading of housing to the provinces. They are concerned that the raphy.
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