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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 392 Tuesday, March 19, 2019 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

laid upon the Table, — Work Plan of the Parliamentary Budget Officer for 2019-2020, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S., 1985, c. P-1, s. 79.13. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-1141-02.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) laid upon the Table, — Government responses, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petitions:

— No. 421-03192 concerning national historic sites. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-161-05;

— Nos. 421-03194 and 421-03195 concerning health care services. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-31-58;

— No. 421-03196 concerning China. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-13-32;

— No. 421-03198 concerning warships. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-229-03;

— No. 421-03199 concerning the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-115-07;

— No. 421-03200 concerning waste management. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-35-08;

— No. 421-03202 concerning navigable waters. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-101-33.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Ms. Sgro (Humber River—Black Creek), from the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, presented the 28th Report of the Committee, "Assessing the Impact of Aircraft Noise in the Vicinity of Major Canadian Airports". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-533.

Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee requested that the government table a comprehensive response.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meetings Nos. 115 to 117, 120, 122, 123, 125, 126, 128, 132 and 133) was tabled.

Motions

Mr. Nuttall (Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte), seconded by Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington), moved, — That the 51st Report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented on Thursday, October 4, 2018, be concurred in. (Concurrence in Committee Reports No. 29)

Debate arose thereon.

At 1:04 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 66(2), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to Standing Order 45, the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders.

Presenting Petitions

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, petitions certified by the Clerk of Petitions were presented as follows:

— by , one concerning a national day (No. 421-03312);

— by , one concerning firearms (No. 421-03313);

— by , one concerning Aboriginal affairs (No. 421-03314);

— by , one concerning Canadian heritage (No. 421-03315);

— by , two concerning cannabis (Nos. 421-03316 and 421-03317);

— by , one concerning organ transplants (No. 421-03318);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 421-03319) and one concerning the pension system (No. 421-03320);

— by , one concerning assisted suicide (No. 421-03321) and one concerning sex selection (No. 421-03322);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 421-03323);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 421-03324);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 421-03325);

— by , one concerning organ transplants (No. 421-03326) and one concerning health care services (No. 421-03327);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 421-03328).

Government Orders

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs of Bill C-92, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families.

Mr. O'Regan (Minister of Indigenous Services), seconded by Mr. MacAulay (Minister of Veterans Affairs), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs.

Debate arose thereon.

Statements By Members

Pursuant to Standing Order 31, Members made statements.

Oral Questions

Pursuant to Standing Order 30(5), the House proceeded to Oral Questions.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. O'Regan (Minister of Indigenous Services), seconded by Mr. MacAulay (Minister of Veterans Affairs), — That Bill C-92, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs.

The debate continued.

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance) laid upon the Table, —

(1) “Budget 2019” — Sessional Paper No. 8570-421-27.

(2) Notice of a Ways and Means motion to amend the Income Tax Act and other related legislation. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-421-28.

(3) Notice of a Ways and Means motion to amend the Excise Tax Act. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-421-29.

(4) Notice of a Ways and Means motion to amend the Excise Act, 2001. — Sessional Paper No. 8570-421-30.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), at the request of Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance), an Order of the Day was designated for the consideration of each Ways and Means motion, notice of which was laid upon the Table earlier today.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Orders

Pursuant to Standing Order 45, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George), seconded by Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington), — That it be an instruction to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans that, during its consideration of Bill S-203, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts (ending the captivity of whales and dolphins), the Committee be granted the power to travel throughout Canada to hear testimony from interested parties and that the necessary staff do accompany the Committee, provided that the travel does not exceed 15 sitting days. (Government Business No. 27)
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 1007 -- Vote n^o 1007)
YEAS: 85, NAYS: 223
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Alleslev Anderson Arnold Barlow Barrett Benzen Bergen Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boucher Brassard Calkins Carrie Chong Clarke Cooper Davidson Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Eglinski Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Finley Gallant Généreux Genuis Gladu Gourde Harder Hoback Jeneroux Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kusie Lake Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Leitch Liepert Lloyd Lukiwski MacKenzie Maguire McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Motz Nater Nicholson Nuttall Obhrai O'Toole Poilievre Raitt Reid Richards Saroya Scheer Schmale Shields Shipley Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Strahl Stubbs Sweet Trost Van Kesteren Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Webber Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 85
NAYS -- CONTRE Aldag Alghabra Amos Anandasangaree Angus Arseneault Arya Aubin Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Bains Barsalou-Duval Baylis Beaulieu Beech Bendayan Bennett Benson Bernier Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Boissonnault Bossio Boudrias Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Bratina Breton Brosseau Caesar-Chavannes Cannings Caron Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Choquette Christopherson Clement Cormier Cullen Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff Davies DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Donnelly Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fortin Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Freeland Fry Fuhr Garneau Garrison Gerretsen Gill Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Graham Grewal Hajdu Hardcastle Hardie Harvey Hébert Hehr Hogg Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Johns Jolibois Joly Jones Jordan Julian Kang Khalid Khera Kwan Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Laverdière LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig MacAulay (Cardigan) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Masse (Windsor West) Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Monsef Morneau Morrissey Murray Nantel Nassif Nault Ng O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Pauzé Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Philpott Picard Plamondon Poissant Quach Qualtrough Ramsey Rankin Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Saini Sajjan Samson Sangha Sansoucy Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Ste-Marie Stetski Tabbara Tan Tassi Tootoo Trudeau Trudel Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Yip Zahid Total: -- 223
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Bibeau Leslie Marcil Moore Thériault Young Total: -- 6

Government Orders

At 5:02 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), the House proceeded to the consideration of Ways and Means Motion No. 27 for the Budget presentation.

Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance), seconded by Ms. Murray (President of the Treasury Board), moved, — That the House approve in general the budgetary policy of the government. (Ways and Means No. 27)

Debate arose thereon.

Mr. Poilievre (Carleton), seconded by Mr. Nater (Perth—Wellington), moved, — That the debate be now adjourned.

Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), the motion was deemed adopted.

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), papers deposited with the Clerk of the House were laid upon the Table as follows:

— by — Amendments to the By-laws adopted by the Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons on December 6, 2018, pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, R.S. 1985, c. P-1, sbs. 52.5(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8527-421-50.

— by — Service Fees Report of Veterans Affairs Canada for 2017 to 2018, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, sbs. 20. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-1158-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs)

— by — Service Fees Report of Veterans Review and Appeal Board for 2017 to 2018, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, sbs. 20. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-1159-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs)

— by — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the 53rd Report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, "Report 1, Building and Implementing the Phoenix Pay System, of the 2018 Spring Reports of the Auditor General of Canada" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-472), presented to the House on Monday, November 19, 2018. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-421-472.

Adjournment

At 6:16 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).