Votes and Proceedings Friday, 4 June 1999 - No. 41

Ten o´clock
President : Mr. Jean-Pierre Charbonneau

The paper version of the Votes and Proceedings takes precedence over its electronic equivalent.
The headings under the table of contents are neither all-inclusive nor restrictive.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS

• Introduction of Bills


• Presenting Papers


• Presenting Petitions


• Oral Questions and Answers


• Motions Without Notice


• Notices of Proceedings in Committees

ORDERS OF THE DAY

• Government Bills


• Deferred Divisions


• Government Bills

APPENDIX

• Recorded Divisions

THAT this Assembly reiterate its confidence in the Vice-Presidents of the National Assembly, the Members for Chauveau and for Saint-Maurice.

67 An Act to amend the Act respecting labour standards as regards differences in treatment.

The annual report of the Conseil interprofessionnel du Québec for the fiscal year ended 31 March 1999.
(Sessional Paper No. 371-19990604)

A copy of the agreement reached on 21 May 1999 between the Government of Québec and the Conseil des Montagnais de Natashquan, concerning the development and management of wildlife resources.
(Sessional Paper No. 372-19990604)

The abstract of a petition respecting the school territory of the Municipality of Preissac as well as the stability and survival of Saint-Paul de Preissac school, and signed by 297 citizens of Preissac.
(Sessional Paper No. 373-19990604)

A copy of a memorandum from the Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General, dated 6 December 1995, concerning the inquiry report from the Auditor General on the granting of service contracts by the Secrétariat à la restructuration (See Votes and Proceedings of 6 December 1995, Sessional Paper 767).
(Sessional Paper No. 374-19990604)

A copy of a letter from the Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General, dated 26 November 1996, regarding an article published on 25 November 1996 in the Gazette newspaper and dealing with certain events that took place in May of 1996 (See Votes and Proceedings of 27 November 1996, Sessional Paper 489).
(Sessional Paper No. 375-19990604)

The legal opinion from the Legal Affairs branch of the Ministère du Revenu, concerning the agreement signed with Mr. Byron Horne, "Club Rez Enr." (See Votes and Proceedings of 4 June 1998, Sessional Paper 1684).
(Sessional Paper No. 376-19990604)

THAT the National Assembly offer its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Ulric Blackburn, who passed away last 2 June, and mark his important contribution to the development of the city of Chicoutimi and of the Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean region in addition to his involvement in the Union des municipalities du Québec.

According to parliamentary tradition, no motion may be written in the form of a speech, a pamphlet or a presentation, thus complying with section 150 of the Geoffrion rules.

the Committee on Labour and the Economy, to continue its clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 39, An Act respecting the Société nationale du cheval de course;

the Committee on Education, to give clause-by-clause consideration to Bill 17, An Act to amend the Education Act for Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native Persons, and to Bill 7, An Act to amend the Act respecting the Conseil supérieur de l´éducation in order to establish the advisory committee on the financial accessibility of education;

the Committee on Transportation and the Environment, to continue its clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 61, An Act respecting the Société de la faune et des parcs du Québec;

the Committee on Planning and the Public Domain, to continue its clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 46, An Act to amend the Act respecting municipal taxation and the Act respecting municipal debts and loans, and of Bill 23, An Act to amend the Act respecting the Communauté urbaine de Montréal;

for 11 June 1999, the Committee on Public Finance, to hear the interested parties and give clause-by-clause consideration to Private Bill 213, An Act to amend the Act respecting the Mouvement des caisses Desjardins;

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the Committee on Public Administration shall hold a deliberative meeting for the purpose of considering the draft report on the accountability duties of deputy ministers and chief executive officers of public bodies and to organize its autumn 1999 schedule.
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It is possible to suspend paragraph (3) of Standing Order 87 via a motion to suspend certain rules of procedure. Standing Order 87 provides solely for the sequence in which the Orders of the Day shall be taken up by the Assembly. The suspension of the application of paragraph (3) in Standing Order 87 does not eliminate the possibility of introducing a motion relating to the conduct of the Parliament and of its Members. However, such a motion would not have precedence in the Assembly so long as the motion to suspend certain rules of procedure is in force.

According to parliamentary tradition, the committee which gives clause-by-clause consideration to a bill is only required to adopt the constituent elements of the bill. It is not required to adopt the bill as such. It is the Assembly which disposes of the bill at the passage stage.