House of Commons Debates VOLUME 147 Ï NUMBER 010 Ï 2nd SESSION Ï 41st PARLIAMENT OFFICIAL REPORT (HANSARD) Tuesday, October 29, 2013 Speaker: The Honourable Andrew Scheer CONTENTS (Table of Contents appears at back of this issue.) 507 HOUSE OF COMMONS Tuesday, October 29, 2013 The House met at 10 a.m. that the House immediately adopt the provisions of private member's Motion No. 461, listed on today's Order Paper, that deals specifically with the creation of a special committee of this House on security and intelligence oversight, to be appointed to study and make Prayers recommendations with respect to the appropriate method of parliamentary oversight of Canadian government policies, regula- tions and activities in the areas of intelligence, including all of those ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS departments, agencies and review bodies, civilian and military, involved in the collection, analysis and dissemination of intelligence Ï (1005) for the purpose of Canada's national security. [English] The Speaker: Does the hon. member for St. John's East have the PRIVACY COMMISSIONER unanimous consent of the House? The Speaker: I have the honour to lay upon the table the annual Some hon. members: No. report on the Privacy Act of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada for the year 2012-13. *** [Translation] PETITIONS This document is deemed to have been permanently referred to the HUMAN RIGHTS Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. Mrs. Joy Smith (Kildonan—St. Paul, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I have several hundred petitioners among my constituents in *** Winnipeg, Manitoba. They call upon the House of Commons to [English] ensure that the Holodomor and Canada's first national internment FIRST NATIONS ELECTIONS ACT operations are permanently and prominently displayed at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in its galleries. Hon. John Duncan (for the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development) moved for leave to introduce Bill C-9, An CRIMINAL CODE Act respecting the election and term of office of chiefs and Mrs. Joy Smith (Kildonan—St. Paul, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I also councillors of certain First Nations and the composition of council of have petitions from across Canada calling on Parliament to ensure those First Nations. that the Criminal Code be amended to decriminalize the selling of He said: Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the special order made sexual services, to criminalize the purchasing of sexual services and previously, I would like to inform the House that this bill is in the to provide support to those who desire to leave prostitution. same form as Bill S-6 was in the previous session at the time of [Translation] prorogation. VIA RAIL (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) The Speaker: The Chair is satisfied that this bill is in the same Mr. Guy Caron (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Bas- form as Bill S-6 when it was before the House at the time of ques, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I would like to present a petition signed prorogation of the 1st session of the 41st Parliament. by 4,288 people who want to put an end to the cuts that VIA Rail is making to its services across the country, particularly in eastern Accordingly, pursuant to the order made on Monday, October 21, Quebec. The petition also calls upon the federal government to 2013, the bill is deemed read a second time and referred to the reverse the cuts that have been made, as well as those that are set out Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Develop- in the 2012-13 estimates. ment. As a result of these cuts, VIA Rail has announced a significant (Bill read the second time and referred to a committee) reduction in services in eastern Quebec, particularly for the stations Mr. Jack Harris: Mr. Speaker, I would like to seek the in La Pocatière, Rivière-du-Loup, Mont-Joli, Bonaventure, Port- unanimous consent of the House for the following motion that, Daniel, Grande Rivière and Barachois. The Rimouski, Chandler and notwithstanding any standing order or usual practice of the House New Richmond stations are going to lose their staff. 508 COMMONS DEBATES October 29, 2013 Government Orders I collected the signatures on the petition from people in Rimouski- Government of Canada to immediately legislate a ban on the Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques and my colleagues from importation of shark fin to Canada. Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, Montmagny— L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup and Gaspésie—Îles-de-la- NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD DAY Madeleine collected the signatures from people in their ridings. The petition calls for VIA Rail to reverse its decision, leave the stations Mr. Fin Donnelly (New Westminster—Coquitlam, NDP): Mr. open and keep the staff in place. It also calls upon the federal Speaker, in the final petition, the petitioners call upon the government to reverse the cuts that have been made. I am therefore Government of Canada to designate March 18 as National pleased to table this petition bearing 4,288 names in the House. Sustainable Seafood Day. [English] *** PENSIONS Ms. Linda Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona, NDP): Mr. QUESTIONS ON THE ORDER PAPER Speaker, I am pleased to table a petition from Albertans calling on the government to take action on the changes to old age security. Mr. Tom Lukiwski (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of Petitioners oppose the changes to extend eligibility to the age of 67 the Government in the House of Commons, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I as it will take money out of the pockets of future generations when ask that all questions be allowed to stand. they retire. They call upon the Government of Canada to maintain the retirement age for old age security at 65 years and to make the The Speaker: Is that agreed? required investments in the guaranteed income supplement to lift every Canadian senior out of poverty. Some hon. members: Agreed. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION Mr. Kennedy Stewart (Burnaby—Douglas, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present two petitions. The first contains a local petition to bring proportional representation to Canada. The petitioners object to our winner-take-all voting system and would like to have a GOVERNMENT ORDERS fair system where all votes count. Ï (1010) [English] ELECTRONIC PETITIONS ECONOMIC ACTION PLAN 2013 ACT NO. 2 Mr. Kennedy Stewart (Burnaby—Douglas, NDP): Mr. Speaker, the second of the two petitions is to support my motion on electronic The House resumed from October 28 consideration of the motion petitioning, which constituents think would be a good addition to our that Bill C-4, A second act to implement certain provisions of the parliamentary process. budget tabled in Parliament on March 21, 2013 and other measures, NAVIGABLE WATERS PROTECTION ACT be read the second time and referred to a committee, and of the amendment. Mr. Dennis Bevington (Western Arctic, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present a petition from some 200 residents of the Mr. Dennis Bevington (Western Arctic, NDP): Mr. Speaker, I Northwest Territories asking for the attention of the House of rise today to debate this particular bill, another omnibus bill coming Commons to the following. There are a number of rivers within the from the Conservative Party, which contains a number of very Northwest Territories and the Yukon that have been excluded from significant issues. the Navigable Waters Protection Act. The petitioners would like to see these rivers included in that act. This can be done through a simple order in council. The rivers include the Liard River, the One of those issues deals with an act that is really only directed Thelon River, the Soper River and the South Nahanni River. These toward the constituency I represent, the Northwest Territories. It is are rivers of significance to northerners and to the rest of the country. called the amendments to the Mackenzie Gas Project Impacts Act, and the bill changes the conditions of a particular fund that was set KITSILANO COAST GUARD STATION up through the work of the previous Liberal government and then Mr. Fin Donnelly (New Westminster—Coquitlam, NDP): Mr. through the work of the Conservative government in 2006 to deal Speaker, I have three petitions today. In the first, the petitioners call with potential impacts from the Mackenzie gas project, a project that upon the Government of Canada to rescind the decision to shut the was put forward by Imperial Oil and, throughout the last decade, Kitsilano Coast Guard station. They ask that the government went through environment assessment. reinstate full funding to maintain this Coast Guard station, which plays a pivotal role in one of the busiest ports in Canada. Support of most first nations groups along the Mackenzie Valley was achieved for this 1,200-kilometre-long pipeline with a collector SHARK FINNING field in the Mackenzie Delta. The Inuvialuit of that region also Mr. Fin Donnelly (New Westminster—Coquitlam, NDP): Mr. supported the project. We did go through a process by which this Speaker, in the second petition, the petitioners call upon the project achieved support. October 29, 2013 COMMONS DEBATES 509 Government Orders Part of that support came because of the decision by the federal impacts that the communities recognized would exist after taking on government, both Liberals and Conservatives at the time, to a a major industrial project. It would forever change the landscape in provide socio-economic impact fund to the communities. This fund, their regions. It would forever change the economics and would put which was established as a trust fund of $500 million, was to be enormous social pressure on these communities. divided among the communities, the regions, the aboriginal organizations that represented the regions down the Mackenzie What we have now is a move to a system that would have a Valley and in the Mackenzie Delta.