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House of Commons Debates VOLUME 146 Ï NUMBER 264 Ï 1st SESSION Ï 41st PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Thursday, June 6, 2013 Speaker: The Honourable Andrew Scheer CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) 17793 HOUSE OF COMMONS Thursday, June 6, 2013 The House met at 10 a.m. [English] GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO PETITIONS Mr. Tom Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of Prayers the Government in the House of Commons, CPC): Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8) I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's responses to 29 petitions. ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS *** Ï (1005) RESPECT FOR COMMUNITIES ACT [English] Hon. Leona Aglukkaq (Minister of Health, CPC) moved for leave to introduce Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs PRIVACY COMMISSIONER and Substances Act. The Speaker: I have the honour to lay upon the table the report of (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) the Privacy Commissioner on the application of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act for the year *** 2012. [Translation] [Translation] COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h), this document is deemed to have been permanently referred to the Standing Committee on ACCESS TO INFORMATION, PRIVACY AND ETHICS Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. Mr. Pierre-Luc Dusseault (Sherbrooke, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the seventh *** report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR INTEGRITY and Ethics concerning Bill C-461, An Act to amend the Access to COMMISSIONER Information Act and the Privacy Act (disclosure of information). The Speaker: Pursuant to section 38 of the Public Servants The committee has studied the bill and has decided to report the Disclosure Protection Act, I have the honour to lay upon the table the bill back to the House with amendments. report of the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner for the fiscal year ended March 23, 2013. *** [English] PETITIONS This report is deemed to have been permanently referred to the CROWN CORPORATIONS Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates. Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP): I have the honour, pursuant to Section 38 of the Public Servants Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition in this House from Disclosure Protection Act, to lay upon the table the special report of over 2,600 people who oppose Bill C-60, particularly with respect to the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner concerning an investiga- the Treasury Board's ability to interfere in the collective agreement tion into a disclosure of wrongdoing. negotiations of crown corporations. These people are extremely worried, even outraged, about this precedent. Crown corporations [Translation] must be independent and able to negotiate their collective agreements on their own and at arms' length. This is known as This report is deemed permanently referred to the Standing freedom of negotiation and that is why I am presenting this petition Committee on Government Operations and Estimates. today. 17794 COMMONS DEBATES June 6, 2013 Routine Proceedings [English] Ï (1010) IMPAIRED DRIVING SEARCH AND RESCUE Mr. Earl Dreeshen (Red Deer, CPC): Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to rise today to present petitions on behalf of 171 Canadians Mr. Jack Harris (St. John's East, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I have the from Alberta and British Columbia regarding impaired driving honour to present a petition on behalf of a number of residents of my causing death. These citizens want to see tougher laws and the constituency of St. John's East and other ridings in Newfoundland implementation of new mandatory minimum sentencing for those and Labrador. The petitioners are calling on the Government of persons convicted of impaired driving causing death. Canada to reverse the decision to close the Canadian Coast Guard These petitioners also want the Criminal Code of Canada to be Maritime Rescue Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, changed to redefine the offence of impaired driving causing death as to reinstate the staff and restore its full services. vehicular manslaughter. NATIONAL PARKS These residents and many others in Newfoundland and Labrador are still outraged and concerned that the Government of Canada has Hon. John McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood, Lib.): Mr. closed this very valuable rescue coordinating facility in St. John's Speaker, I have the honour to present a petition on behalf of several that has participated actively in saving lives for many years. hundred petitioners concerning Rouge Park, the largest urban park in Canada. [Translation] The petitioners point out that this is a great opportunity to save 100 square kilometres in a public land assembly. They want the EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE government to strengthen and implement the ecological vision, to restore and protect the 600-metre-wide corridor, and to conduct a Mrs. Anne-Marie Day (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, rational, scientific and transparent public planning process. NDP): Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to present three petitions calling [Translation] on the Government of Canada to reverse the devastating changes to employment insurance contained in its mammoth bill. The EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE consequences of these changes have been felt since the spring of 2012. Ms. Christine Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I am presenting a petition that was drawn up in the wake of budget 2012. People in my riding are opposed to the measures in this [English] budget, particularly the ones related to employment insurance reform. They are calling for these measures to be repealed FOREIGN INVESTMENT immediately. I want to present this petition because I believe this budget is still Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP): Mr. Speaker, having some very negative consequences for my riding. I rise this morning to present two petitions. The first is signed by literally hundreds and hundreds of people from Sidney, in my riding, [English] Victoria, Vancouver, Prince George and many locations throughout British Columbia. The petitioners call on the Government of Canada CHIEF FIREARMS OFFICERS to refuse to ratify the Canada-China investment treaty, based on the Mrs. Cheryl Gallant (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, CPC): fact that it affects Canada's sovereignty and undermines our ability to Mr. Speaker, petitioners wish to have the federal government replace pass domestic laws and regulations, municipally, provincially and the chief firearms officers from the provinces and territories with a federally, giving the People's Republic of China the right to single civilian agency so that firearms laws could be applied equally challenge these laws and sue for billions. across Canada. THE ENVIRONMENT We certainly wish good luck to the Hupacasath First Nations, who are before the Federal Court in Vancouver today. Hon. Wayne Easter (Malpeque, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition from constituents and others who are concerned about the possibility of an oil spill in the Gulf of St. THE ENVIRONMENT Lawrence. They request the establishment of an immediate moratorium on oil and gas exploration and development in the Gulf Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich—Gulf Islands, GP): Mr. Speaker, of St. Lawrence and they call on the government to commit to the second petition is from residents of Ottawa, Wallaceburg, establishing an environmental assessment review panel, which Kingston and other locations in Ontario. I have two petitions to the would include representation from all gulf provinces and aboriginal same effect. Petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada to leaders, to determine the impact of oil and gas exploration and cease and desist from promoting the Enbridge project and accept the development in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. wisdom of British Columbians that the project should not proceed. June 6, 2013 COMMONS DEBATES 17795 Speaker's Ruling [Translation] Services Centre. This is a safety issue. The centre is crucial to the safety of boaters and marine traffic on all of the lakes and rivers all STATUS OF WOMEN the way from Lake Winnipeg down through to Lake Huron. Ms. Paulina Ayala (Honoré-Mercier, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I have the honour of presenting a petition asking that the Financial Administration Act be amended to encourage balanced representa- The petitioners are asking that this House reverse the govern- tion. Canadian women are currently under-represented on boards of ment's decision to close this important safety centre, which has been directors of crown corporations, where they hold 27% of upper an important institution in the northern marine community for over management positions. Diversity—which includes the male-to- 100 years. female ratio, geographic representation, ethnicity and even the age of directors—is an essential part of good organizational governance. *** [English] IMPAIRED DRIVING QUESTIONS ON THE ORDER PAPER Mr. Mark Warawa (Langley, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to present two petitions. The first is a petition that Mr. Tom Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of highlights the sad fact that last year 22-year-old Kassandra Kaulius the Government in the House of Commons, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I was killed by a drunk driver. A group of people who have also lost ask that all questions be allowed to stand. loved ones to impaired drivers, called Families for Justice, have put together this petition. They want to see tougher laws and the The Speaker: Is that agreed? implementation of new mandatory minimum sentencing for those persons convicted of impaired driving causing death. Some hon. members: Agreed. SEX SELECTION Mr. Mark Warawa (Langley, CPC): Mr. Speaker, the second petition regards gendercide. Petitioners highlight that there are 200 *** million missing girls in the world right now because of discrimina- tion against girls. They are calling on Parliament to condemn POINTS OF ORDER discrimination against females through gendercide.
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