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44th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals

No. 198

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

10:00 a.m.



The acting clerk informed the House of the unavoidable absence of the Speaker.

Whereupon, Mr. d'Entremont (West Nova), Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole, took the chair, pursuant to subsection 43(1) of the Parliament of Canada Act.

Prayer
Daily Routine Of Business

Introduction of Government Bills

Pursuant to Standing Orders 68(2) and 69(1), on motion of Mr. Lametti (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety), Bill C-48, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (bail reform), was introduced, read the first time, ordered to be printed and ordered for a second reading at the next sitting of the House.


Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Brassard (Barrie—Innisfil), from the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, presented the eighth report of the committee, "Main Estimates 2023-24: Vote 1 under Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying, Vote 1 under Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Vote 1 under Office of the Senate Ethics Officer and Votes 1 and 5 under Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-261.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 71) was tabled.


Mrs. Zahid (Scarborough Centre), from the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, presented the 16th report of the committee, "Asylum-Seekers at Canada's Border". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-441-262.

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. 41 to 44, 46, 50 to 53 and 60) was tabled.


Presenting Petitions

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

— by Mr. Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George), one concerning agriculture (No. 441-01457);

— by Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), one concerning justice (No. 441-01458);

— by Mr. Mazier (Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa), one concerning justice (No. 441-01459).

Government Orders

The order was read for the consideration at report stage of Bill C-21, An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms), as reported by the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security with amendments.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(5), the Deputy Speaker selected and grouped for debate the following motions:

Group No. 1 — Motions Nos. 1 to 6 and 9 to 13.

Group No. 1

Ms. Dancho (Kildonan—St. Paul), seconded by Mr. Shipley (Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte), moved Motion No. 1, — That Bill C-21 be amended by deleting Clause 0.1.

Ms. Dancho (Kildonan—St. Paul), seconded by Mr. Shipley (Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte), moved Motion No. 2, — That Bill C-21 be amended by deleting Clause 1.1.

Ms. Dancho (Kildonan—St. Paul), seconded by Mr. Shipley (Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte), moved Motion No. 3, — That Bill C-21 be amended by deleting Clause 4.

Ms. Dancho (Kildonan—St. Paul), seconded by Mr. Shipley (Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte), moved Motion No. 4, — That Bill C-21 be amended by deleting Clause 5.

Ms. Dancho (Kildonan—St. Paul), seconded by Mr. Shipley (Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte), moved Motion No. 5, — That Bill C-21 be amended by deleting Clause 6.

Ms. Dancho (Kildonan—St. Paul), seconded by Mr. Shipley (Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte), moved Motion No. 6, — That Bill C-21 be amended by deleting Clause 17.

Ms. Dancho (Kildonan—St. Paul), seconded by Mr. Shipley (Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte), moved Motion No. 9, — That Bill C-21 be amended by deleting Clause 36.

Mr. Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by Ms. Tassi (Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario), moved Motion No. 10, — That Bill C-21, in Clause 36, be amended by replacing lines 16 and 17 on page 45 with the following:

“must deliver to a peace officer any firearm that they possess within 24 hours or”

Mr. Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by Ms. Tassi (Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario), moved Motion No. 11, — That Bill C-21, in Clause 37, be amended

(a) by replacing line 4 on page 46 with the following:

“or a chief firearms officer”

(b) by replacing line 19 on page 46 with the following:

“cer the firearm to which”

(c) by replacing lines 29 and 30 on page 46 with the following:

“ferred to in subsection (4), deliver to a peace officer any firearm that they pos-”

Ms. Dancho (Kildonan—St. Paul), seconded by Mr. Shipley (Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte), moved Motion No. 12, — That Bill C-21 be amended by deleting Clause 43.

Mr. Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety), seconded by Ms. Tassi (Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario), moved Motion No. 13, — That Bill C-21, in Clause 45, be amended by adding after line 5 on page 51 the following:

“(1.11) The portion of paragraph 117(k) of the Act after subparagraph (ii) is replaced by the following:

of firearms, prohibited weapons, restricted weapons, prohibited devices, ammunition, prohibited ammunition, cartridge magazines and components and parts designed exclusively for use in the manufacture of or assembly into firearms;”

Debate arose on the motions in Group No. 1.

Requests for Extension of Sitting Hours

Pursuant to order made Tuesday, November 15, 2022, Mr. Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) requested that the ordinary hour of daily adjournment on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, be 12:00 a.m. and this request was deemed adopted.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-21, An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms), as reported by the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 to 6 and 9 to 13).

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 1.

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.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Government Orders

Pursuant to order made Thursday, June 23, 2022, the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded divisions at report stage of Bill S-5, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, to make related amendments to the Food and Drugs Act and to repeal the Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Virtual Elimination Act, as reported by the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development with amendments.

Group No. 1

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 1 of Ms. Collins (Victoria), seconded by Ms. McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona), — That the amendment to Clause 9 of Bill S-5 be deleted.

The question was put on Motion No. 1 and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division No. 324 -- Vote no 324)
YEAS: 201, NAYS: 109

YEAS -- POUR

Aldag
Alghabra
Ali
Anand
Anandasangaree
Angus
Arseneault
Arya
Ashton
Atwin
Bachrach
Badawey
Bains
Baker
Barron
Barsalou-Duval
Battiste
Beaulieu
Beech
Bendayan
Bennett
Bérubé
Bibeau
Bittle
Blaikie
Blair
Blanchet
Blanchette-Joncas
Blaney
Boissonnault
Boulerice
Bradford
Brière
Brunelle-Duceppe
Cannings
Casey
Chabot
Chagger
Chahal
Champoux
Chatel
Chen
Chiang
Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)
Collins (Victoria)
Cormier
Coteau
Dabrusin
Damoff
DeBellefeuille

Desbiens
Desilets
Desjarlais
Dhaliwal
Dhillon
Diab
Dong
Dubourg
Duclos
Duguid
Dzerowicz
El-Khoury
Erskine-Smith
Fergus
Fillmore
Fisher
Fonseca
Fortier
Fortin
Fragiskatos
Fraser
Freeland
Gaheer
Garon
Garrison
Gaudreau
Gazan
Gerretsen
Gill
Gould
Green
Guilbeault
Hajdu
Hanley
Hardie
Hepfner
Holland
Housefather
Hughes
Hussen
Hutchings
Iacono
Idlout
Ien
Jaczek
Johns
Jowhari
Julian
Kayabaga
Kelloway

Khalid
Khera
Koutrakis
Kusmierczyk
Kwan
Lalonde
Lambropoulos
Lametti
Lamoureux
Lapointe
Larouche
Lattanzio
Lauzon
LeBlanc
Lebouthillier
Lemire
Lightbound
Long
Longfield
Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga)
MacAulay (Cardigan)
MacDonald (Malpeque)
MacGregor
MacKinnon (Gatineau)
Maloney
Martinez Ferrada
Mathyssen
May (Cambridge)
May (Saanich—Gulf Islands)
McDonald (Avalon)
McGuinty
McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam)
McLeod
McPherson
Mendès
Mendicino
Miao
Michaud
Miller
Morrice
Morrissey
Murray
Naqvi
Ng
Noormohamed
Normandin
O'Connell
Oliphant
O'Regan
Pauzé

Perron
Petitpas Taylor
Plamondon
Powlowski
Qualtrough
Rayes
Robillard
Rodriguez
Rogers
Romanado
Sahota
Sajjan
Saks
Samson
Sarai
Scarpaleggia
Schiefke
Serré
Sgro
Shanahan
Sheehan
Sidhu (Brampton East)
Sidhu (Brampton South)
Simard
Singh
Sorbara
Sousa
Ste-Marie
St-Onge
Sudds
Tassi
Taylor Roy
Thériault
Therrien
Thompson
Trudel
Turnbull
Valdez
Van Bynen
van Koeverden
Vandal
Vandenbeld
Vignola
Villemure
Virani
Vuong
Wilkinson
Yip
Zahid
Zarrillo
Zuberi

Total: -- 201

NAYS -- CONTRE

Aitchison
Albas
Allison
Arnold
Baldinelli
Barlow
Barrett
Berthold
Bezan
Block
Bragdon
Brassard
Brock
Calkins
Caputo
Carrie
Chambers
Chong
Cooper
Dalton
Dancho
Davidson
Deltell
d'Entremont
Doherty
Dowdall
Dreeshen

Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry)
Ellis
Epp
Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster)
Fast
Ferreri
Findlay
Gallant
Genuis
Godin
Goodridge
Gourde
Gray
Hallan
Jeneroux
Kelly
Kmiec
Kram
Kramp-Neuman
Kurek
Kusie
Lake
Lantsman
Lawrence
Lehoux
Lewis (Essex)
Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk)

Liepert
Lloyd
Lobb
Maguire
Martel
Mazier
McCauley (Edmonton West)
McLean
Melillo
Moore
Morantz
Morrison
Motz
Muys
Nater
O'Toole
Patzer
Paul-Hus
Perkins
Poilievre
Redekopp
Reid
Rempel Garner
Richards
Roberts
Rood
Ruff

Scheer
Schmale
Seeback
Shields
Shipley
Small
Soroka
Steinley
Stewart
Strahl
Stubbs
Thomas
Tochor
Tolmie
Uppal
Van Popta
Vecchio
Vidal
Vien
Viersen
Vis
Wagantall
Warkentin
Waugh
Webber
Williams
Williamson
Zimmer

Total: -- 109

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Aboultaif
Blois
Drouin

Ehsassi
Falk (Provencher)
Généreux

Gladu
Hoback
Joly

Jones
McKay
Savard-Tremblay

Total: -- 12

The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on Motion No. 2 of Ms. May (Saanich—Gulf Islands), seconded by Ms. Collins (Victoria), — That the amendment to Clause 39.1 of Bill S-5 be amended by replacing subsections 108.1(1) and (2) with the following:

“108.1 (1) If the information that the Ministers assess under subsection 108(1) or (2) is in respect of a vertebrate or a prescribed living organism or group of living organisms, the Ministers shall ensure that the public is provided with the opportunity to bring forward any relevant Indigenous knowledge and scientific information before the expiry of the period for assessing that information.

(2) If the Minister is provided under paragraph 106(1)(a) with information in respect of a vertebrate or a prescribed living organism or group of living organisms, the Minister shall publish that information in the Environmental Registry within five days after its receipt.”

The question was put on Motion No. 2 and it was negatived on the following division:

(Division No. 325 -- Vote no 325)
YEAS: 55, NAYS: 256

YEAS -- POUR

Angus
Ashton
Bachrach
Barron
Barsalou-Duval
Beaulieu
Bérubé
Blaikie
Blanchet
Blanchette-Joncas
Blaney
Boulerice
Brunelle-Duceppe
Cannings

Chabot
Champoux
Collins (Victoria)
DeBellefeuille
Desbiens
Desilets
Desjarlais
Fortin
Garon
Garrison
Gaudreau
Gazan
Gill
Green

Hughes
Idlout
Johns
Julian
Kwan
Larouche
Lemire
MacGregor
Mathyssen
May (Saanich—Gulf Islands)
McPherson
Michaud
Morrice
Normandin

Pauzé
Perron
Plamondon
Rayes
Simard
Singh
Ste-Marie
Thériault
Therrien
Trudel
Vignola
Villemure
Zarrillo

Total: -- 55

NAYS -- CONTRE

Aitchison
Albas
Aldag
Alghabra
Ali
Allison
Anand
Anandasangaree
Arnold
Arseneault
Arya
Atwin
Badawey
Bains
Baker
Baldinelli
Barlow
Barrett
Battiste
Beech
Bendayan
Bennett
Berthold
Bezan
Bibeau
Bittle
Blair
Block
Boissonnault
Bradford
Bragdon
Brassard
Brière
Brock
Calkins
Caputo
Carrie
Casey
Chagger
Chahal
Chambers
Chatel
Chen
Chiang
Chong
Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)
Cooper
Cormier
Coteau
Dabrusin
Dalton
Damoff
Dancho
Davidson
Deltell
d'Entremont
Dhaliwal
Dhillon
Diab
Doherty
Dong
Dowdall
Dreeshen
Dubourg

Duclos
Duguid
Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry)
Dzerowicz
El-Khoury
Ellis
Epp
Erskine-Smith
Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster)
Fast
Fergus
Ferreri
Fillmore
Findlay
Fisher
Fonseca
Fortier
Fragiskatos
Fraser
Freeland
Gaheer
Gallant
Genuis
Gerretsen
Godin
Goodridge
Gould
Gourde
Gray
Guilbeault
Hajdu
Hallan
Hanley
Hardie
Hepfner
Holland
Housefather
Hussen
Hutchings
Iacono
Ien
Jaczek
Jeneroux
Jowhari
Kayabaga
Kelloway
Kelly
Khalid
Khera
Kmiec
Koutrakis
Kram
Kramp-Neuman
Kurek
Kusie
Kusmierczyk
Lake
Lalonde
Lambropoulos
Lametti
Lamoureux
Lantsman
Lapointe
Lattanzio

Lauzon
Lawrence
LeBlanc
Lebouthillier
Lehoux
Lewis (Essex)
Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk)
Liepert
Lightbound
Lloyd
Lobb
Long
Longfield
Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga)
MacAulay (Cardigan)
MacDonald (Malpeque)
MacKinnon (Gatineau)
Maguire
Maloney
Martel
Martinez Ferrada
May (Cambridge)
Mazier
McCauley (Edmonton West)
McDonald (Avalon)
McGuinty
McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam)
McLean
McLeod
Melillo
Mendès
Mendicino
Miao
Miller
Moore
Morantz
Morrison
Morrissey
Motz
Murray
Muys
Naqvi
Nater
Ng
Noormohamed
O'Connell
Oliphant
O'Regan
O'Toole
Patzer
Paul-Hus
Perkins
Petitpas Taylor
Poilievre
Powlowski
Qualtrough
Redekopp
Reid
Rempel Garner
Richards
Roberts
Robillard
Rodriguez
Rogers

Romanado
Rood
Ruff
Sahota
Sajjan
Saks
Samson
Sarai
Scarpaleggia
Scheer
Schiefke
Schmale
Seeback
Serré
Sgro
Shanahan
Sheehan
Shields
Shipley
Sidhu (Brampton East)
Sidhu (Brampton South)
Small
Sorbara
Soroka
Sousa
Steinley
Stewart
St-Onge
Strahl
Stubbs
Sudds
Tassi
Taylor Roy
Thomas
Thompson
Tochor
Tolmie
Turnbull
Uppal
Valdez
Van Bynen
van Koeverden
Van Popta
Vandal
Vandenbeld
Vecchio
Vidal
Vien
Viersen
Virani
Vis
Vuong
Wagantall
Warkentin
Waugh
Webber
Weiler
Wilkinson
Williams
Williamson
Yip
Zahid
Zimmer
Zuberi

Total: -- 256

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Aboultaif
Blois
Drouin

Ehsassi
Falk (Provencher)
Généreux

Gladu
Hoback
Joly

Jones
McKay
Savard-Tremblay

Total: -- 12

Accordingly, Motion No. 3 was also negatived on the same division.

Pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(9), Mr. Guilbeault (Minister of Environment and Climate Change), seconded by Ms. Jaczek (Minister of Public Services and Procurement), moved, — That the bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with a further amendment.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division No. 326 -- Vote no 326)
YEAS: 309, NAYS: 2

YEAS -- POUR

Aitchison
Albas
Aldag
Alghabra
Ali
Allison
Anand
Anandasangaree
Angus
Arnold
Arseneault
Arya
Ashton
Atwin
Bachrach
Badawey
Bains
Baker
Baldinelli
Barlow
Barrett
Barron
Barsalou-Duval
Battiste
Beaulieu
Beech
Bendayan
Bennett
Berthold
Bérubé
Bezan
Bibeau
Bittle
Blaikie
Blair
Blanchet
Blanchette-Joncas
Blaney
Block
Boissonnault
Boulerice
Bradford
Bragdon
Brassard
Brière
Brock
Brunelle-Duceppe
Calkins
Cannings
Caputo
Carrie
Casey
Chabot
Chagger
Chahal
Chambers
Champoux
Chatel
Chen
Chiang
Chong
Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek)
Collins (Victoria)
Cooper
Cormier
Coteau
Dabrusin
Dalton
Damoff
Dancho
Davidson
DeBellefeuille
Deltell
d'Entremont
Desbiens
Desilets
Desjarlais

Dhaliwal
Dhillon
Diab
Doherty
Dong
Dowdall
Dreeshen
Dubourg
Duclos
Duguid
Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry)
Dzerowicz
El-Khoury
Ellis
Epp
Erskine-Smith
Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster)
Fast
Fergus
Ferreri
Fillmore
Findlay
Fisher
Fonseca
Fortier
Fortin
Fragiskatos
Fraser
Freeland
Gaheer
Gallant
Garon
Garrison
Gaudreau
Gazan
Genuis
Gerretsen
Gill
Godin
Goodridge
Gould
Gourde
Gray
Green
Guilbeault
Hajdu
Hallan
Hanley
Hardie
Hepfner
Holland
Housefather
Hughes
Hussen
Hutchings
Iacono
Idlout
Ien
Jaczek
Jeneroux
Johns
Jowhari
Julian
Kayabaga
Kelloway
Kelly
Khalid
Khera
Kmiec
Koutrakis
Kram
Kramp-Neuman
Kurek
Kusie
Kusmierczyk
Kwan
Lake

Lalonde
Lambropoulos
Lametti
Lamoureux
Lantsman
Lapointe
Larouche
Lattanzio
Lauzon
Lawrence
LeBlanc
Lebouthillier
Lehoux
Lemire
Lewis (Essex)
Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk)
Liepert
Lightbound
Lloyd
Lobb
Long
Longfield
Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga)
MacAulay (Cardigan)
MacDonald (Malpeque)
MacGregor
MacKinnon (Gatineau)
Maguire
Maloney
Martel
Martinez Ferrada
Mathyssen
May (Cambridge)
Mazier
McCauley (Edmonton West)
McDonald (Avalon)
McGuinty
McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam)
McLean
McLeod
McPherson
Melillo
Mendès
Mendicino
Miao
Michaud
Miller
Moore
Morantz
Morrison
Morrissey
Motz
Murray
Muys
Naqvi
Nater
Ng
Noormohamed
Normandin
O'Connell
Oliphant
O'Regan
O'Toole
Patzer
Paul-Hus
Pauzé
Perkins
Perron
Petitpas Taylor
Plamondon
Poilievre
Powlowski
Qualtrough
Rayes
Redekopp
Reid
Rempel Garner

Richards
Roberts
Robillard
Rodriguez
Rogers
Romanado
Rood
Ruff
Sahota
Sajjan
Saks
Samson
Sarai
Scarpaleggia
Scheer
Schiefke
Schmale
Seeback
Serré
Sgro
Shanahan
Sheehan
Shields
Shipley
Sidhu (Brampton East)
Sidhu (Brampton South)
Simard
Singh
Small
Sorbara
Soroka
Sousa
Steinley
Ste-Marie
Stewart
St-Onge
Strahl
Stubbs
Sudds
Tassi
Taylor Roy
Thériault
Therrien
Thomas
Thompson
Tochor
Tolmie
Trudel
Turnbull
Uppal
Valdez
Van Bynen
van Koeverden
Van Popta
Vandal
Vandenbeld
Vecchio
Vidal
Vien
Viersen
Vignola
Villemure
Virani
Vis
Vuong
Wagantall
Warkentin
Waugh
Webber
Weiler
Wilkinson
Williams
Williamson
Yip
Zahid
Zarrillo
Zimmer
Zuberi

Total: -- 309

NAYS -- CONTRE

May (Saanich—Gulf Islands)

Morrice

Total: -- 2

PAIRED -- PAIRÉS

Aboultaif
Blois
Drouin

Ehsassi
Falk (Provencher)
Généreux

Gladu
Hoback
Joly

Jones
McKay
Savard-Tremblay

Total: -- 12

Accordingly, the bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage with a further amendment and ordered for a third reading at the next sitting of the House.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-21, An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms), as reported by the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 to 6 and 9 to 13).

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 1.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That, notwithstanding the order made on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, the Chair be allowed to accept a request for unanimous consent after receiving a notice from the House leaders or whips of all recognized parties stating that they are in agreement with such a request.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-21, An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms), as reported by the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 to 6 and 9 to 13).

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 1.

Private Members' Business

At 5:30 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(6), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Davidson (York—Simcoe), seconded by Mr. Chambers (Simcoe North), — That Bill C-280, An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (deemed trust – perishable fruits and vegetables), be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.

The debate continued.

The question was put on the motion and, pursuant to order made Thursday, June 23, 2022, the recorded division was deferred until Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Government Orders

At 6:16 p.m., by unanimous consent, the House resumed consideration at report stage of Bill C-21, An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms), as reported by the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security with amendments;

And of the motions in Group No. 1 (Motions Nos. 1 to 6 and 9 to 13).

The debate continued on the motions in Group No. 1.

At 11:59 p.m., pursuant to order made Tuesday, May 9, 2023, the Deputy Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on Motion No. 1 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division, which also applies to Motions Nos. 2 to 6, 9 and 12, was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 10 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division, which also applies to Motion No. 11, was deferred.

The question was put on Motion No. 13 and, pursuant to Standing Order 76.1(8), the recorded division was deferred.

Pursuant to order made Thursday, June 23, 2022, the recorded divisions were further deferred until Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the expiry of the time provided for Oral Questions.

Returns and Reports Deposited with the Acting Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(1), a paper deposited with the Acting Clerk of the House was laid upon the table as follows:

— by Mr. Alghabra (Minister of Transport) — Order Repealing Interim Order No. 6 Respecting Flooded Areas, dated May 9, 2023, pursuant to the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, S.C. 2001, c. 26, sbs. 10.1(7). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-441-1223-15. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

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Adjournment Proceedings

At 12:03 a.m., by unanimous consent and pursuant to Standing Order 38(1), the question “That this House do now adjourn” was deemed to have been proposed.

After debate, the question was deemed to have been adopted.

Accordingly, at 12:22 a.m., the Deputy Speaker adjourned the House until later today at 2:00 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).