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CANADA House of Commons Debates VOLUME 140 Ï NUMBER 102 Ï 1st SESSION Ï 38th PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Thursday, May 19, 2005 Speaker: The Honourable Peter Milliken 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 6195 HOUSE OF COMMONS Thursday, May 19, 2005 The House met at 10 a.m. Transport on November 18 of last year. The committee travelled across Canada from Saint John, New Brunswick to Vancouver and heard from stakeholders, air carrier unions and provincial govern- ments and has decided to table an interim report. Prayers The committee is also requesting a government response pursuant to Standing Order 109. ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS At this time I would like to take the opportunity to thank all members of the committee from both sides of the House for their Ï (1000) input and diligence and also the committee staff. [Translation] *** ANTI-TERRORISM ACT Ï (1005) Hon. Roy Cullen (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION ACT pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), I have the honour to table, in both Mr. Bill Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas, NDP) moved for leave to official languages, the annual report on the use of arrests without introduce Bill C-397, an act respecting conscientious objection to the warrant pursuant to the Anti-Terrorism Act. use of taxes for military purposes. *** He said: Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce a private member's bill that would allow people who object on conscientious [English] grounds to paying taxes for military purposes to have a prescribed JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA percentage of their income tax diverted into a special account. Hon. Paul Harold Macklin (Parliamentary Secretary to the The bill would recognize the deeply held views, often related to Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.): Mr. deeply held religious convictions, of some Canadians that participat- Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2) it is my pleasure to table, ing in any way in the activities of war and the accumulation of in both official languages, the annual report concerning investigative weapons sanctions and perpetuates killing and violence. hearings and recognisance with conditions December 24, 2003 to December 23, 2004. The bill would provide an important option for conscientious objection and would ensure that the tax dollars of those Canadians *** who hold these beliefs are spent for peaceful purposes. [Translation] (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE *** CANADIAN HERITAGE EDUCATION BENEFITS ACT Ms. Marlene Catterall (Ottawa West—Nepean, Lib.): Mr. Mr. Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Centre, Lib.) moved for Speaker, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the leave to introduce Bill C-398, an act respecting education benefits ninth report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on its for spouses and children of certain deceased federal enforcement study of the Canadian Feature Film Industry. officers. [English] He said: Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to introduce a private member's bill entitled an act respecting education benefits for TRANSPORT spouses and children of certain deceased federal enforcement Hon. Roger Gallaway (Sarnia—Lambton, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I officers. have the honour to table, in both official languages, the fourth report of the Standing Committee on Transport. This initiative was originally the vision of a former member of the House, Janko Peric of Cambridge, Ontario. Mr. Peric introduced this Your committee studied the subject of air liberalization in the bill during the last Parliament and I hope we will see him back in the Canadian airport system following a request by the Minister of House to continue his fight for public safety initiatives. 6196 COMMONS DEBATES May 19, 2005 Routine Proceedings The bill would provide for educational benefits of a financial The Speaker: Motion No. 52 is a motion that the third report of nature to the surviving spouse and children of federal enforcement the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills Development, officers who die from injuries received or illnesses contracted in the Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities discharge of their duties. presented on Tuesday, February 15, be concurred in. The bill mirrors legislation that currently exists in the province of Is there unanimous consent to revert to motions so the member Ontario. In light of the tragic deaths of four RCMP officers in can put this motion to the House? Mayerthorpe, Alberta earlier this year, I would hope that colleagues from all sides of the House will lend their support to this worthy Some hon. members: Agreed. initiative. We owe the families of those who risk their lives for the safety of all Canadians. Some hon. members: No. (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) The Speaker: It appears there is no consent. I think we will go *** ahead with petitions for the time being. PETITIONS AUTISM KIDNEY DISEASE Mr. Werner Schmidt (Kelowna—Lake Country, CPC): Mr. Hon. Peter Adams (Peterborough, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I am Speaker, I would like to present a petition according to Standing proud to present two petitions from citizens of the Peterborough area Order 36 on behalf of constituents in Kelowna—Lake Country. who are concerned about kidney disease. The petitioners request that two things be done in Parliament: Over the years I have received tens of thousands of signatures of First, that the Canada Health Act and the corresponding regulations people who are concerned for those on dialysis and for those who be amended to include the IBI/ABA therapy for children with have other kidney problems. They greatly appreciate the work being autism; and second, that there be the creation of academic schools at done by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the fine the doctoral level and at the undergraduate level so that the treatment work being done by the Ottawa institute. and the therapy for autism be taught at the universities. However they point out that kidney disease is a huge and growing On behalf of these constituents and petitioners, I present this to the problem in Canada and that real progress is being made in various House. ways of presenting and coping with kidney disease, in particular the development of the bio-artificial kidney. Mr. Gurmant Grewal (Newton—North Delta, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I am also very pleased to rise today on behalf of the The petitioners call upon Parliament to make research funding constituents of Newton—North Delta to present a petition signed by available to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the a large number of petitioners calling upon Parliament to amend the explicit purpose of conducting bio-artificial kidney research as an Canada Health Act and regulations to include intensive behavioural extension of the research being successfully conducted at several intervention therapy for children with autism as a medically centres in the United States. necessary treatment and require all provinces to fund this treatment. I have two more petitions. I want to thank, in particular, Ken The petitioners call upon Parliament to contribute to the creation Sharp of Peterborough who has spearheaded this movement to of academic chairs at a university in each province to teach this increase the emphasis on kidney research in Canada. particular treatment. Ken has been on kidney dialysis all his adult life. For him, the bio- HUMAN RIGHTS artificial kidney offers an opportunity for mobility and full living which is not possible on dialysis. Mr. Navdeep Bains (Mississauga—Brampton South, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I am presenting a petition to the House of Commons with The petitioners call upon Parliament to support the Canadian respect to Jaswant Singh Khalra, an internationally respected human Institutes of Health Research and have an institute for the explicit rights defender. It was alleged that he was brutally murdered by the purpose of conducting bio-artificial kidney research as an extension police in the Punjab state of India. of the research being successfully conducted at several centres in the United States. On March 25, 2005, a leading Indian newspaper, The Tribune, Mr. Yvon Godin: Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I was to reported that one of the accused police officers of the Jaswant Singh introduce Motion No. 52 in the House, which is on the order paper, Khalra murder said he tried to kill a prosecution lawyer, Mr. but it went very fast from private members' bills to petitions. I would Brijinder Singh Sodhi, in front of the court. ask for unanimous consent to go back to motions. Many Canadians have signed this petition with respect to Ï (1010) assistance for the human rights action committee. They want Hon. Peter Adams: Mr. Speaker, I must say, as a member of the Parliament to intervene to protect the life of Mr. Brijinder Singh House sitting here at the moment, I have not memorized the Sodhi, so justice can prevail. There are many petitions. I hope Standing Orders and I think it is important we know what Motion Parliament can intervene on behalf of these individuals as per their No. 52 is. request. May 19, 2005 COMMONS DEBATES 6197 Government Orders [Translation] [Translation] CANADA POST QUESTIONS ON THE ORDER PAPER Mr. Marc Boulianne (Mégantic—L'Érable, BQ): Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to present a petition in accordance with the Hon. Dominic LeBlanc (Parliamentary Secretary to the Standing Orders on behalf of people from Saint-Julien, in the vast Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.): riding of Mégantic—L'Érable.