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Core 1..184 Hansard (PRISM::Advent3b2 15.50) House of Commons Debates VOLUME 146 Ï NUMBER 229 Ï 1st SESSION Ï 41st PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Speaker: The Honourable Andrew Scheer CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) 15187 HOUSE OF COMMONS Tuesday, March 26, 2013 The House met at 10 a.m. (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) *** Prayers [Translation] ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS SUPPORT FOR GRANDPARENTS ACT Ï (1005) Mr. Claude Gravelle (Nickel Belt, NDP) moved for leave to [English] introduce Bill C-487, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Income Tax Act (support for grandparents). COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NATIONAL SECURITY He said: Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Mr. Kevin Sorenson (Crowfoot, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I have the Pierrefonds—Dollard for supporting my bill. honour to present, in both official languages, the ninth report of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security in [English] relation to Bill C-51, an act to amend the Witness Protection Program Act and to make a consequential amendment to another act. Today, I am happy to introduce my bill to amend the Employment The committee has done its work on this, and I am pleased to Insurance Act and the Income Tax Act to support grandparents who report that it has been reported back to the House unamended. We are raising their grandchildren. look forward to the House accepting this report. *** The 2011 census indicated there are over 75,000 children in Canada being raised by grandparents. These families are called CONFLICT MINERALS ACT skipped generation households. This is a dramatic increase of over Mr. Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre, NDP) moved for leave to 50% in just 20 years. In fact the figure of 75,000 children in these introduce Bill C-486, An Act respecting corporate practices relating families is probably the tip of the iceberg, knowing that many of to the extraction, processing, purchase, trade and use of conflict these arrangements are informal. minerals from the Great Lakes Region of Africa. He said: Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to introduce a bill entitled, The main issue here is financial assistance for the grandparents an act respecting corporate practices relating to the extraction, who step up during a family crisis to take care of children. Most processing, purchase, trade and use of conflict minerals from the grandparents who raise a grandchild with no parents present are Great Lakes Region of Africa. ineligible for the child care expenses deduction because they do not work or have a partner with no income. My bill will remove these The conflict minerals that end up in many products, such as our barriers. My bill will also permit grandparents to receive employ- cellphones and game consoles, are responsible for funding and ment insurance benefits for parental leave to take care of fuelling a war that has killed more than five million people in the grandchildren under the age of five. Democratic Republic of Congo. The war in the Congo is the deadliest conflict since World War II. Rape is widely used as a strategy and a weapon of war. In some of these households, there are mental health issues, drug issues or other social issues. Thanks to organizations such as The bill ensures that minerals used in Canadian products will not CANGRANDS, which is here today, these grandparents have benefit armed groups engaged in atrocities. We developed the bill in stepped up to prevent their grandchildren from being placed into consultation with industry and civil society. I urge all members to care and are frequently already struggling to make ends meet on support the bill in Parliament. Let us make Canada a leader in ending limited incomes. The least we can do is recognize this and afford rape and war in the Congo. them the same benefits biological parents would receive. 15188 COMMONS DEBATES March 26, 2013 Routine Proceedings (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) It is my pleasure to table this petition that she signed and circulated among her colleagues in Montreal and on Montreal's south *** shore. This highlights just how much Quebeckers have mobilized NATIONAL HOCKEY DAY ACT against this reform, as have many other Canadians. I am very proud to table this petition in the hopes that the government will Ms. Linda Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona, NDP) moved for acknowledge it and cancel this unacceptable reform. leave to introduce Bill C-488, An Act respecting a National Hockey Day. [English] She said: Mr. Speaker, this is the second time that I have brought EXPERIMENTAL LAKES AREA this bill to the House. I am very grateful that my bill is being seconded by my wonderful colleague, the NDP critic for sport, the Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP): Mr. Speaker, member for Chambly—Borduas, a great advocate for sport and for I rise this morning to present three petitions. our winter national sport, hockey. I am still receiving petitions from Canadians who are hoping that The intention of the bill is to recognize the role that hockey plays the government will reverse the decision to close the unique world- in our communities. It is a game played by all ages and by all sexes. renowned Experimental Lakes Area. These petitioners are from It is important for the government to recognize this winter sport and Winnipeg. encourage the engagement of everyone, including new Canadians, to encourage new Canadians to get out on local rinks, to flood their THE ENVIRONMENT backyards and get to know their neighbours by inviting children over. Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP): Mr. Speaker, the second petition is from residents in the Vancouver area. Given Hockey has played a major role in Canadian identity historically the sensitivity of the coastlines of British Columbia and particularly and into the future. The intention of the bill is not to put focus on the navigational hazards of the British Columbian coast, the those professional hockey players that people like to fight over, it is petitioners say the movement of oil tankers will make spills quite the reverse. It is to encourage people to get out and watch their inevitable. Therefore they call for a permanent ban. kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews or their neighbour's kids and cheer them on. Everyone participates. FALUN GONG The intention is to declare the third Friday in February national Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP): Mr. Speaker, hockey day. Regrettably as a backbencher I cannot say that this will last are petitions from residents of the Toronto area highlighting the be a statutory holiday, but I am sure that the government would love human rights abuses in the People's Republic of China. Petitioners to adopt the bill and make it so. call on the government to act to protect, in particular, practitioners of (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) Falun Gong and Falun Dafa, and I am sure that extends to other *** minority groups within China. Ï (1010) [Translation] [Translation] EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PETITIONS Ms. Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe (Pierrefonds—Dollard, SEX SELECTION NDP): Mr. Speaker, today I am tabling a petition signed by men Mr. Royal Galipeau (Ottawa—Orléans, CPC): Mr. Speaker, as and women of Pierrefonds who want to bring our attention to the fact you know, I am the father of three sons and one daughter, and the that trafficking in persons and sexual exploitation are serious crimes grandfather of two charming girls. that we must fight vigorously. They are asking the House to support Bill C-452, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (exploitation and Today, it is in honour of my granddaughters that I am tabling a trafficking in persons). petition signed by people in Orleans and elsewhere in eastern Ontario to protect female fetuses that would otherwise be aborted *** simply to prevent a girl from being born. I am tabling this petition pursuant to Standing Order 36. [English] EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE QUESTIONS ON THE ORDER PAPER Mr. Matthew Dubé (Chambly—Borduas, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I have the honour of tabling a petition that was sent to me by a Saint- Mr. Tom Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of Basile-le-Grand resident concerning this government's botched and the Government in the House of Commons, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I unacceptable employment insurance reform. She works in the ask that all questions be allowed to stand. academic community at a Montreal university. There has been very little discussion about that particular community in the context of The Speaker: Is that agreed? this reform, but people in the academic environment, teachers, staff, and so on, will be greatly affected by it. Some hon. members: Agreed. March 26, 2013 COMMONS DEBATES 15189 Privilege PRIVILEGE That has been managed by yourself, Mr. Speaker, for those who are independent members of this Parliament. For those who are S. O. 31 members of an official party, as I am a member of the Conservative Mr. Mark Warawa (Langley, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I rise on a Party, in an organized way, we, the Liberal Party and the NDP question of privilege. It is an honour to come before you regarding provide you with a list of those who will be making S. O. 31s. the right of a member of Parliament to introduce an S. O. 31. However, what has to be guaranteed is that each member of the House has the equal opportunity to make an S. O. 31. Our policy manual, O'Brien and Bosc, at page 60 states the classic definition of “parliamentary privilege”.
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