CANADA VOLUME 133 S NUMBER 013 S 2nd SESSION S 35th PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Thursday, March 14, 1996 Speaker: The Honourable Gilbert Parent CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) The House of Commons Debates and the Proceedings of Committee evidence are accessible on the Parliamentary Internet Parlementaire at the following address: http://www.parl.gc.ca 679 HOUSE OF COMMONS Thursday, March 14, 1996 The House met at 10 a.m. This report should be deemed permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations. _______________ * * * Prayers CIVIL AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES _______________ COMMERCIALIZATION ACT Hon. David Anderson (Minister of Transport, Lib.) moved ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS for leave to introduce Bill C-20, an act respecting the commercial- ization of civil air navigation services. [English] He said: Mr. Speaker, I wish to inform the House that in accordance with Standing Order 73(1), it is the intention of the GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO PETITIONS government that this bill be referred to a committee before second Mr. Paul Zed (Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the reading. Government in the House of Commons, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and referred to both official languages, the government’s response to 15 petitions a committee.) presented during the first session. * * * * * * PETITIONS [Translation] TAXATION PUBLIC SERVICE STAFF RELATIONS BOARD Mr. Paul Szabo (Mississauga South, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, Mr. Paul DeVillers (Parliamentary Secretary to President of pursuant to Standing Order 36, I wish to present two petitions. the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Inter- The first petition has to do with the family. The petitioners governmental Affairs, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing would like to draw to the attention of the House that managing the Orders 32(2) and to section 114 of the Public Service Staff family home and caring for preschool children is an honourable Relations Act, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, profession which has not been recognized for its value to our copies of the 28th annual report of the Public Service Staff society. Relations Board. The petitioners therefore pray and call on Parliament to pursue Pursuant to Standing Orders 32(5), this report is deemed perma- initiatives to eliminate tax discrimination against families who nently referred to the Standing Joint Committee on Government decide to provide care in the home to preschool children, the Operations. disabled, the chronically ill and the aged. * * * LABELLING OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES [English] Mr. Paul Szabo (Mississauga South, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, the second petition is from Sarnia, Ontario. PARLIAMENTARY EMPLOYMENT AND STAFF RELATIONS ACT The petitioners would like to bring to the attention of the House that the consumption of alcoholic beverages may cause health Mr. Paul DeVillers (Parliamentary Secretary to President of problems or impair one’s ability, and specifically that fetal alcohol the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Inter- syndrome and other alcohol related birth defects are 100 per cent governmental Affairs, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing preventable by avoiding alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Order 32(2) and in accordance with section 84 of the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act, I wish to table, in both The petitioners therefore pray and call on Parliament to enact official languages, the ninth annual report on the administration of legislation to require health warning labels to be placed on the the act by the Public Service Staff Relations Board. containers of all alcoholic beverages. 680 COMMONS DEBATES March 14, 1996 Privilege DISTINCT SOCIETY The Speaker: All those in favour of the motion will please say Mr. Chuck Strahl (Fraser Valley East, Ref.): Mr. Speaker, I yea. have two petitions to present on behalf of my constituents. Some hon. members: Yea. The first petition calls on Parliament to ensure the equality of all The Speaker: All those opposed will please say nay. provinces by refusing to designate one province a distinct society, if such a designation confers special status or powers not enjoyed Some hon. members: Nay. by all other provinces. The Speaker: In my opinion the yeas have it. HUMAN RIGHTS And more than five members having risen: Mr. Chuck Strahl (Fraser Valley East, Ref.): Mr.Speaker, the The Speaker: Call in the members. second petition is one of an ongoing series of petitions that many members receive. (The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:) It concerns the lack of necessity of including the phrase sexual orientation in any amendment to the Canadian Human Rights Act (Division No. 10) and asks Parliament not to amend the human rights code, the YEAS human rights act or the charter of rights and freedoms in any way which would tend to single out same sex relationships and give Members Alcock Allmand them some kind of special status. Anderson Arseneault Assadourian Augustine I would like to table these two petitions. Baker Bakopanos Barnes Beaumier D Bélanger Bertrand (1010 ) Bethel Bevilacqua Bodnar Bonin GASOLINE TAXES Boudria Brown (Oakville—Milton) Brushett Bryden Calder Campbell Mr. Mac Harb (Ottawa Centre, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I am Cauchon Chan Clancy Collenette delighted to table a petition signed by people who are opposed to Comuzzi Crawford gasoline price tax increases. They were delighted by the fact that Culbert DeVillers Dingwall Discepola the government listened to the people and did not increase them. Duhamel Dupuy Easter English Fewchuk Finestone * * * Flis Fontana Gaffney Gagliano Gagnon (Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine) Gallaway QUESTIONS ON THE ORDER PAPER Gerrard Godfrey Goodale Graham Mr. Paul Zed (Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the Gray (Windsor West/Ouest) Grose Government in the House of Commons, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I ask Guarnieri Harb Harvard Hopkins that all questions be allowed to stand. Hubbard Ianno Iftody Jackson The Speaker: Shall all questions stand? Jordan Karygiannis Keyes Kirkby Knutson Lastewka Some hon. members: Agreed. LeBlanc (Cape/Cap-Breton Highlands—Canso) Lee Loney MacDonald MacLellan (Cape/Cap-Breton—The Sydneys) Malhi * * * Maloney Marleau McCormick McGuire McKinnon McTeague PRIVILEGE McWhinney Mifflin Milliken Minna MOTION THAT DEBATE BE NOT FURTHER ADJOURNED Mitchell Murphy Murray Nault O’Brien O’Reilly Hon. Alfonso Gagliano (Minister of Labour and Deputy Pagtakhan Parrish Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.) Mr. Patry Peric Peterson Phinney Speaker, I move: Pickard (Essex—Kent) Pillitteri Proud Reed That with regard to the consideration of the motion of the hon. member for Regan Richardson Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt with regard to a reference to be made to the Ringuette-Maltais Robichaud Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, that the debate be not Scott (Fredericton—York—Sunbury) Serré further adjourned. Shepherd Speller St. Denis Stewart (Brant) Stewart (Northumberland) Szabo The Speaker: Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the Telegdi Terrana motion? Thalheimer Torsney Ur Vanclief Verran Volpe Some hon. members: Agreed. Wappel Whelan Wood Young Some hon. members: No. Zed—121 March 14, 1996 COMMONS DEBATES 681 Privilege NAYS 18, 1996 at 6.30 p.m., and that during any debate on the said motion after 3 p.m. this day, no quorum calls or dilatory motions shall be received. Members The Speaker: Does the hon. member have the unanimous Althouse Asselin consent of the House to move the motion? Bachand Bélisle Bellehumeur Benoit Bergeron Bernier (Gaspé) Bernier (Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead) Bhaduria Some hon. members: Agreed. Breitkreuz (Yorkton—Melville) Bridgman Brien Canuel Chatters Chrétien (Frontenac) The Speaker: The House has heard the terms of the motion. Is it Crête Dalphond-Guiral Daviault de Savoye the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion? Debien Deshaies Dubé Duceppe Dumas Duncan Some hon. members: Agreed. Epp Fillion Forseth Frazer Gagnon (Québec) Gilmour Godin Gouk (Motion agreed to.) Grubel Guimond Hanger Hart Hermanson Hill (Macleod) Mr. Szabo: Mr. Speaker, at the close of business yesterday, the Hoeppner Jacob Jennings Johnston member from Rimouski had just finished her address to the House. Lalonde Landry I am wondering whether questions or comments can be addressed Langlois Laurin Lavigne (Beauharnois—Salaberry) Lebel to the member. Leblanc (Longueuil) Leroux (Richmond—Wolfe) Leroux (Shefford) Loubier Mayfield McClelland (Edmonton Southwest/Sud-Ouest) The Speaker: The member has concluded her remarks. Because McLaughlin Ménard Mercier Meredith we have just passed a motion that the debate be not further Morrison Nunez adjourned, there will not be any questions or comments put. Paré Picard (Drummond) Pomerleau Ramsay Ringma Rocheleau Sauvageau Solomon D (1100 ) Speaker Strahl Tremblay (Rimouski—Témiscouata) Tremblay (Rosemont) Venne White (North Vancouver) —76 So we will all know, all of the debates will now be 20 minutes. There will be no questions and comments at the end of the debate. If members are splitting their time, would they please inform the PAIRED MEMBERS Chair when they get on your feet. Mr. Ted White (North Vancouver, Ref.): Mr. Speaker, I will be nil/aucun splitting my time with another member from the Reform Party. D On March 12 when my colleague, the member for Okanagan— (1055 ) Similkameen—Merritt,