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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 277 Wednesday, March 28, 2018 2:00 p.m.

Prayer

National Anthem

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.

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

laid upon the Table, — Report of the Acting Chief Electoral Officer of Canada on the 2017 By-elections, pursuant to the Canada Elections Act, S.C. 2000, c. 9, s. 536. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-421-4-04. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs)

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 response, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), to the following petition:

— No. 421-02076 concerning dairy products. — Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-71-02.

Motions

Mr. Lamoureux (Winnipeg North), seconded by Mr. Carr (Winnipeg South Centre), moved, — That the House do now proceed to the Orders of the Day.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 643 -- Vote n^o 643)
YEAS: 166, NAYS: 132
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Amos Anandasangaree Arseneault Arya Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Baylis Beech Bennett Bibeau Bittle Blair Boissonnault Bossio Bratina Breton Brison Caesar-Chavannes Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Cormier Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Drouin Dubourg Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fry Fuhr Garneau Gerretsen Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Graham Hardie Harvey Hébert Hogg Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Iacono Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Khalid Khera Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Leslie Levitt Lightbound Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig MacAulay (Cardigan) MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) May (Cambridge) McCrimmon McDonald McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Monsef Morrissey Murray Nassif Nault Ng O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Picard Poissant Qualtrough Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Saini Samson Sangha Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sorbara Tabbara Tan Tassi Tootoo Trudeau Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Yip Young Total: -- 166
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Allison Angus Arnold Ashton Aubin Barlow Barsalou-Duval Beaulieu Benson Benzen Bergen Bernier Berthold Bezan Blaikie Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boucher Boudrias Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brassard Brosseau Brown Calkins Caron Carrie Chong Choquette Christopherson Clarke Cooper Deltell Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Dubé Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Eglinski Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Finley Fortin Gallant Garrison Généreux Genuis Gill Gladu Godin Gourde Hoback Jeneroux Johns Julian Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kusie Kwan Lake Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Laverdière Leitch Liepert Lloyd Lobb MacGregor MacKenzie Maguire Malcolmson Masse (Windsor West) Mathyssen May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCauley (Edmonton West) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Moore Motz Nantel Nater Nicholson O'Toole Paul-Hus Pauzé Poilievre Quach Ramsey Rankin Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Sansoucy Saroya Scheer Schmale Shields Shipley Sopuck Sorenson Stanton Ste-Marie Stetski Strahl Stubbs Sweet Thériault Tilson Trost Trudel Van Kesteren Van Loan Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Waugh Webber Weir Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 132
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun

Presenting Reports from Committees

By unanimous consent, Mr. Sorenson (Battle River—Crowfoot), from the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented the 43rd Report of the Committee, "Report 3, Settlement Services for Syrian Refugees—Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, of the Fall 2017 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada". — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-368.

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. 87 and 89) was tabled.

Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Goodale (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), seconded by Mr. Morneau (Minister of Finance), — That Bill C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

The debate continued.

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1501 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-91.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1502 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-92.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1503 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-93.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1504 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-94.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1505 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-95.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1506 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-96.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1507 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-97.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1508 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-98.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1509 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-99.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the Table, — Answer to question Q-1510 on the Order Paper. — Sessional Paper No. 8530-421-100.

Government Orders

The debate continued.

At 5:15 p.m., pursuant to Order made Tuesday, March 27, 2018, under the provisions of Standing Order 78(3), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 644 -- Vote n^o 644)
YEAS: 206, NAYS: 88
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anandasangaree Angus Arseneault Arya Ashton Aubin Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Beaulieu Beech Bennett Benson Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Boissonnault Bossio Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Bratina Breton Brison Brosseau Caesar-Chavannes Cannings Caron Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Choquette Christopherson Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff Davies DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fortin Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fry Fuhr Garneau Garrison Gerretsen Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Graham Hajdu Hardie Harvey Hébert Hogg Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Johns Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Julian Khalid Khera Kwan Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Laverdière LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Leslie Levitt Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig MacAulay (Cardigan) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Malcolmson Maloney Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCrimmon McDonald McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Monsef Moore Morrissey Mulcair Murray Nantel Nassif Nault Ng O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Pauzé Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Picard Poissant Quach Qualtrough Ramsey Rankin Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rota Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Saini Samson Sangha Sansoucy Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sorbara Ste-Marie Stetski Tabbara Tan Tassi Thériault Tootoo Trudel Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Yip Young Total: -- 206
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Allison Anderson Arnold Barlow Benzen Bergen Berthold Bezan Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boucher Brassard Calkins Carrie Chong Clarke Cooper Deltell Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Eglinski Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Finley Gallant Généreux Genuis Gladu Godin Gourde Hoback Jeneroux Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kusie Lake Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Leitch Liepert Lloyd Lobb MacKenzie Maguire McCauley (Edmonton West) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Motz Nater Nicholson Nuttall O'Toole Paul-Hus Poilievre Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Saroya Scheer Schmale Shields Shipley Sopuck Sorenson Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tilson Trost Van Kesteren Van Loan Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Waugh Webber Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 88
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, Bill C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and Regulations in relation to firearms, was read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

Deferred Recorded Divisions

Private Members' Business

Pursuant to Standing Order 98(4), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Sangha (Brampton Centre), seconded by Mr. Samson (Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook), — That Bill C-344, An Act to amend the Department of Public Works and Government Services Act (community benefit), be concurred in at report stage.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 645 -- Vote n^o 645)
YEAS: 200, NAYS: 92
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anandasangaree Angus Arseneault Arya Ashton Aubin Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Beech Bennett Benson Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Boissonnault Bossio Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Bratina Breton Brison Brosseau Caesar-Chavannes Cannings Caron Carr Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Choquette Christopherson Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff Davies DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fry Fuhr Garneau Garrison Gerretsen Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Graham Hajdu Harvey Hébert Hogg Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Johns Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Julian Khalid Khera Kwan Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Laverdière LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Leslie Levitt Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig MacAulay (Cardigan) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Malcolmson Maloney Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCrimmon McDonald McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Monsef Moore Morrissey Mulcair Murray Nantel Nassif Nault Ng O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Picard Poissant Quach Qualtrough Ramsey Rankin Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rota Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Saini Samson Sangha Sansoucy Sarai Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sorbara Stetski Tabbara Tan Tassi Tootoo Trudel Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Yip Young Total: -- 200
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Allison Anderson Arnold Barlow Beaulieu Benzen Bergen Berthold Bezan Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boucher Brassard Calkins Carrie Chong Clarke Cooper Deltell Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Eglinski Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Finley Fortin Gallant Généreux Genuis Gladu Godin Gourde Hoback Jeneroux Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kusie Lake Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Leitch Liepert Lloyd Lobb MacKenzie Maguire McCauley (Edmonton West) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Motz Nater Nicholson Nuttall O'Toole Paul-Hus Pauzé Poilievre Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Saroya Scheer Schmale Shields Shipley Sopuck Sorenson Ste-Marie Strahl Stubbs Sweet Thériault Tilson Trost Van Kesteren Van Loan Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Webber Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 92
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, the Bill was concurred in at report stage and ordered for a third reading at the next sitting of the House.


Pursuant to Standing Order 98(4), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Levitt (York Centre), seconded by Mr. Mendicino (Eglinton—Lawrence), — That Bill S-232, An Act respecting Canadian Jewish Heritage Month, be now read a third time and do pass.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 646 -- Vote n^o 646)
YEAS: 294, NAYS: 0
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Aldag Alghabra Alleslev Allison Amos Anandasangaree Anderson Angus Arnold Arseneault Arya Ashton Aubin Ayoub Badawey Bagnell Barlow Baylis Beaulieu Beech Bennett Benson Benzen Bergen Berthold Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boissonnault Bossio Boucher Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Brassard Bratina Breton Brison Brosseau Caesar-Chavannes Calkins Cannings Caron Carr Carrie Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Chong Choquette Christopherson Clarke Cooper Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff Davies DeCourcey Deltell Dhaliwal Dhillon Di Iorio Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Eglinski Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Fergus Fillmore Finley Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fortin Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fry Fuhr Gallant Garneau Garrison Généreux Genuis Gerretsen Gladu Godin Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gourde Graham Hajdu Hardie Harvey Hébert Hoback Hogg Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Jeneroux Johns Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Julian Kelly Kent Khalid Khera Kitchen Kmiec Kusie Kwan Lake Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Laverdière LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Leitch Leslie Levitt Liepert Lloyd Lobb Lockhart Long Longfield Ludwig MacAulay (Cardigan) MacGregor MacKenzie MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maguire Malcolmson Maloney Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCauley (Edmonton West) McCrimmon McDonald McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Monsef Moore Morrissey Motz Mulcair Murray Nantel Nassif Nater Nault Ng Nicholson Nuttall O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan O'Toole Ouellette Paradis Paul-Hus Pauzé Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Picard Poilievre Poissant Quach Qualtrough Ramsey Rankin Rayes Reid Rempel Richards Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rota Ruimy Rusnak Sahota Saini Samson Sangha Sansoucy Sarai Saroya Scarpaleggia Scheer Schiefke Schmale Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Shields Shipley Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sopuck Sorbara Sorenson Ste-Marie Stetski Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tabbara Tan Tassi Thériault Tilson Tootoo Trost Trudel Van Kesteren Van Loan Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Vecchio Viersen Virani Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Webber Whalen Wilkinson Wilson-Raybould Wong Wrzesnewskyj Yip Young Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 294
NAYS -- CONTRE Nil--Aucun
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.

Private Members' Business

At 6:16 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

Mrs. Stubbs (Lakeland), seconded by Mr. Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles), moved, — That the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security be instructed to undertake a study on rural crime in Canada and consider factors, including but not limited to: (i) current rural crime rates and trends, (ii) existing RCMP and other policing resources and policies in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities, particularly in relation to population density, policing geographic area, and staff shortages, (iii) current partnerships with provincial, municipal, and Indigenous police forces, (iv) possible recommendations to improve rural crime prevention and to curb emerging crime rates, and that the Committee report its findings to the House within six months of the adoption of this motion. (Private Members' Business M-167)

Debate arose thereon.

Ms. Moore (Abitibi—Témiscamingue), seconded by Mr. Rankin (Victoria), moved the following amendment, — That the motion be amended by adding, after the words “emerging crime rates,” the following:

“(v) measures to increase the tactical and operational effectiveness of Indigenous police forces, (vi) strategies and resources dedicated to the judicial and rehabilitation systems in rural areas, (vii) improved support for victims of rural crime,”.

Debate arose thereon.

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 — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the Eighth Report of the Standing Committee on National Defence, "Canada's support to Ukraine in crisis and armed conflict" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-320), presented to the House on Monday, December 11, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-421-320.

— by — Response of the government, pursuant to Standing Order 109, to the Eighth Report of the Standing Committee on International Trade, "Priorities of Canadian Stakeholders Having an Interest in Bilateral and Trilateral Trade in North America, Between Canada, the United States and Mexico" (Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-324), presented to the House on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8512-421-324.

— by — Summary of the Corporate Plan for 2017-2018 to 2021-2022 of Marine Atlantic Inc., pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 125(4). — Sessional Paper No. 8562-421-846-02. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

Adjournment Proceedings

At 7:16 p.m., 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 7:42 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).