2007-06-22

The Speaker: I wish to inform the House that pursuant to Standing Order 28(4) I have recalled the House this day for the sole purpose of granting royal assent to certain bills.
The Speaker: I have the honour to inform the House that a communication has been received as follows:
 Rideau Hall 
 Ottawa 
 June 22, 2007 
 Sir, 
 I have the honour to inform you that the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will proceed to the Senate chamber today, the 22nd of June 2007, at 12:00 p.m., for the purpose of giving royal assent to certain bills of law. 
 Yours sincerely, 
 Sheila-Marie Cook 

The Speaker: I have the honour to inform the House that a message has been received from the Senate informing this House that the Senate has passed the following bills:
 Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (adoption). 
 Bill C-47, An Act respecting the protection of marks related to the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games and protection against certain misleading business associations and making a related amendment to the Trade-marks Act. 
 Bill C-61, An Act to amend the Geneva Conventions Act, An Act to incorporate the Canadian Red Cross Society and the Trade-marks Act. 
 Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Quarantine Act. 
 Bill C-59, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (unauthorized recording of a movie). 
 Bill C-52, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007. 
 Bill C-288, An Act to ensure Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the Kyoto Protocol. 

[Stage Direction]
A message was delivered by the Usher of the Black Rod as follows:
 Mr. Speaker, the Right Honourable Governor General desires the immediate attendance of this honourable House in the chamber of the honourable the Senate. 
Accordingly, the Speaker with the House went up to the Senate chamber. 
 And being returned: 
The Speaker: I have the honour to inform the House that when the House did attend Her Excellency the Governor General in the Senate chamber Her Excellency was pleased to give, in Her Majesty's name, the royal assent to the following bills:
Bill C-12, An Act to provide for emergency management and to amend and repeal certain Acts--Chapter 15;
Bill C-294, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (sports and recreation programs)--Chapter 16;
Bill S-6, An Act to amend the First Nations Land Management Act--Chapter 17;
Bill C-40, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, the Excise Act, 2001 and the Air Travellers Security Charge Act and to make related amendments to other Acts--Chapter 18;
Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and the Railway Safety Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts--Chapter 19;
Bill C-277, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (luring a child)--Chapter 20;
Bill C-31, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Public Service Employment Act--Chapter 21;
Bill C-18, An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to DNA identification--Chapter 22;
Bill C-60, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2008--Chapter 23;
Bill C-14, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (adoption)--Chapter 24;
Bill C-47, An Act respecting the protection of marks related to the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games and protection against certain misleading business associations and making a related amendment to the Trade-marks Act--Chapter 25;
Bill C-61, An Act to amend the Geneva Conventions Act, An Act to incorporate the Canadian Red Cross Society and the Trade-marks Act--Chapter 26;
Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Quarantine Act--Chapter 27;
Bill C-59, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (unauthorized recording of a movie)--Chapter 28;
Bill C-52, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007--Chapter 29;
Bill C-288, An Act to ensure Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the Kyoto Protocol--Chapter 30.
It being 12:23 p.m., the House stands adjourned until Monday, September 17, 2007, at 11 a.m., pursuant to Standing Orders 28(2) and 24(1).
The first session of the 39th Parliament was prorogued by royal proclamation on September 14, 2007.