Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Peter Van Loan

Status Of Women Minister Rona Ambrose Dept: Members of Parliament voted 203 to 91 against Motion 312, sponsored by Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth, according to CBC. Although Prime Minister Stephen Harper had opposed the motion and voted against it, some members of his cabinet voted in favour. Those included Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, Public Works and Status of Women Minister Rona Ambrose, government House leader Peter Van Loan, International Co-operation Minister Julian Fantino, Trade Minister Ed Fast, Intergovernmental Affairs Peter Penashue, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, and National Revenue Minister Gail Shea and a motion to study the Criminal Code's definition of when human life begins was defeated in the House of Commons Wednesday night. The private member's motion sought to set up a committee to study how the Criminal Code defines when life begins. The provision, in the homicide section of the code, says a child becomes a human being when it has fully left its mother's body. MOTION 312 How MPs voted on whether to study when life begins (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.