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42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 321 Wednesday, September 19, 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

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union respecting its participation at the Annual Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations, held in New York, New York, on February 22 and 23, 2018. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-60-18.

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association respecting its participation at the meetings of the Sub-Committee on Future Security and Defence Capabilities of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from September 11 to 14, 2017. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-421-50-25.

Presenting Reports from Committees

Mr. Finnigan (Miramichi—Grand Lake), from the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented the 13th Report of the Committee (Bill C-281, An Act to establish a National Local Food Day, without amendment). — Sessional Paper No. 8510-421-448.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 103) was tabled.

Mr. Christopherson (Hamilton Centre), from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented the 69th Report of the Committee, which was as follows:

The Committee recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, the following changes to the lists of members of the following standing committees:

Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage


Randy Boissonnault for Julie Dzerowicz Wayne Long for Richard Hébert

Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration


Salma Zahid for Gary Anandasangaree

Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development


Julie Dzerowicz for Deborah Schulte Joe Peschisolido for Churence Rogers Mark Warawa for Blaine Calkins

Standing Committee on Finance


Peter Fragiskatos for Raj Grewal Kim Rudd for Jennifer O'Connell

Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans


Blaine Calkins for Larry Miller Colin Fraser for Bernadette Jordan

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development


Leona Alleslev for Garnett Genuis

Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates


Jean Yip for Ramez Ayoub

Standing Committee on Health


Raj Grewal for John Oliver

Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities


Kerry Diotte for Mark Warawa Gordie Hogg for Mona Fortier

Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs


Yves Robillard for Gary Anandasangaree Don Rusnak for Dan Vandal

Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology


Celina Caesar-Chavannes for Mary Ng

Standing Committee on International Trade


Terry Sheehan for Linda Lapointe

Standing Committee on Natural Resources


Kent Hehr for Mary Ng

Standing Committee on Official Languages


Mona Fortier for Paul Lefebvre Emmanuella Lambropoulos for Dan Vandal Jean Rioux for Linda Lapointe

Standing Committee on Public Accounts


Randeep Sarai for Paul Lefebvre

Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security


Jim Eglinski for Alain Rayes Ruby Sahota for Peter Fragiskatos

Standing Committee on the Status of Women


Bob Bratina for Sean Fraser Sonia Sidhu for Bernadette Jordan

Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities


Churence Rogers for Sean Fraser

Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs


Shaun Chen for Colin Fraser Karen Ludwig for Emmanuella Lambropoulos

The Committee further recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, that the names of the following Members be added to the lists of associate members of the following standing committees:

Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics


Leona Alleslev

Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food


Leona Alleslev

Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage


Leona Alleslev

Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration


Leona Alleslev

Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development


Leona Alleslev Blaine Calkins

Standing Committee on Finance


Leona Alleslev

Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans


Leona Alleslev Larry Miller

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development


Garnett Genuis

Standing Committee on Health


Leona Alleslev Majid Jowhari

Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities


Leona Alleslev Mark Warawa

Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs


Leona Alleslev

Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights


Leona Alleslev

Standing Committee on National Defence


Leona Alleslev

Standing Committee on Natural Resources


Leona Alleslev

Standing Committee on Official Languages


Leona Alleslev

Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs


Leona Alleslev

Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security


Leona Alleslev Alain Rayes

Standing Committee on the Status of Women


Leona Alleslev

Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities


Leona Alleslev

Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs


Leona Alleslev

The Committee further recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, the following changes to the list of members of the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations:


Larry Miller for Jim Eglinski Ramesh Sangha for Nicola Di Iorio Martin Shields for Kerry Diotte Geng Tan for John Oliver

The Committee further recommends, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114, that the names of the following Members be added to the lists of associate members of the following standing joint committees:

Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament


Leona Alleslev

Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations


Leona Alleslev Kerry Diotte Jim Eglinski

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 3) is tabled.

Motions

By unanimous consent, it was resolved, — That the 69th Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, presented earlier today, be concurred in.

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, — That the membership of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs be amended as follows: Ms. Lapointe (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles) for Ms. Tassi (Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas) and Mrs. Kusie (Calgary Midnapore) for Mr. Richards (Banff—Airdrie); and that the name of Mr. Richards (Banff—Airdrie) be added to the list of associate members of the said Committee.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning social benefits (No. 421-02603) and one concerning veterans' affairs (No. 421-02604);

— by , one concerning transportation (No. 421-02605);

— by , one concerning discrimination (No. 421-02606);

— by , one concerning discrimination (No. 421-02607);

— by , one concerning the regulation of food and drugs (No. 421-02608);

— by , one concerning a national day (No. 421-02609);

— by , two concerning firearms (Nos. 421-02610 and 421-02611);

— by , one concerning health care services (No. 421-02612);

— by , one concerning the Canada Post Corporation (No. 421-02613) and one concerning military medals and decorations (No. 421-02614);

— by , one concerning organ donation (No. 421-02615).

Government Orders

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities of Bill C-81, An Act to ensure a barrier-free Canada.

Ms. Qualtrough (Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility), seconded by Ms. Bennett (Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

Debate arose thereon.

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. Eyolfson (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley), seconded by Mr. Longfield (Guelph), — That Bill S-228, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (prohibiting food and beverage marketing directed at children), 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. 884 -- Vote n^o 884)
YEAS: 210, NAYS: 79
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Amos Anandasangaree Angus Arseneault Arya Aubin Ayoub Badawey Bains Barsalou-Duval Baylis Beaulieu Beech Bennett Benson Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Boissonnault Bossio Boudrias Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Bratina Breton Brison Brosseau Caesar-Chavannes Cannings Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Choquette Christopherson Cormier Cullen Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff Davies DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Donnelly Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fry Fuhr Garneau Garrison Genuis Gerretsen Gill Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Graham Grewal Hardcastle Hardie Hehr Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Johns Jordan Jowhari Julian Khalid Khera Kwan Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Laverdière LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Leslie Lightbound Lockhart Longfield Ludwig MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Malcolmson Maloney Marcil Masse (Windsor West) Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Monsef Moore Morneau Morrissey Murray Nantel Nault O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Pauzé Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Picard Plamondon Poissant Quach Qualtrough Ramsey Rankin Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Saganash Sahota Saini Sajjan Samson Sangha Sansoucy Sarai Scarpaleggia Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Ste-Marie Stetski Tabbara Tan Tassi Thériault Trudeau Trudel Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Weir Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Yip Young Zahid Total: -- 210
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Alleslev Allison Anderson Arnold Barlow Bergen Berthold Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boucher Brassard Calkins Carrie Chong Clarke Cooper Deltell Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Eglinski Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Finley Gallant Généreux Gladu Godin Gourde Harder Hoback Jeneroux Kelly Kent Kitchen Kusie Lake Liepert Lloyd Lobb Lukiwski MacKenzie Martel McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Motz Nater Nicholson Nuttall Paul-Hus Poilievre Rayes Reid Richards Saroya Shields Shipley Sorenson Stanton Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tilson Trost Van Kesteren Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Waugh Webber Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 79
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.


Pursuant to Standing Order 98(4), the House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion of Mr. Jowhari (Richmond Hill), seconded by Mr. Longfield (Guelph), — That Bill C-375, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (presentence report), as amended, be concurred in at report stage.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following division:
(Division No. 885 -- Vote n^o 885)
YEAS: 210, NAYS: 81
YEAS -- POUR Aldag Alghabra Amos Anandasangaree Angus Arseneault Arya Aubin Ayoub Badawey Bains Barsalou-Duval Baylis Beaulieu Beech Bennett Benson Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Boissonnault Bossio Boudrias Boulerice Boutin-Sweet Bratina Breton Brison Brosseau Caesar-Chavannes Cannings Casey (Cumberland—Colchester) Casey (Charlottetown) Chagger Champagne Chen Choquette Christopherson Cormier Cullen Cuzner Dabrusin Damoff Davies DeCourcey Dhaliwal Dhillon Donnelly Drouin Dubé Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona) Dusseault Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Eyking Eyolfson Fergus Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fragiskatos Fraser (West Nova) Fraser (Central Nova) Fry Fuhr Garneau Garrison Gerretsen Gill Goldsmith-Jones Goodale Gould Graham Grewal Hardcastle Hardie Hébert Hehr Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Johns Jordan Jowhari Julian Khalid Khera Kwan Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Lapointe Lauzon (Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation) Laverdière LeBlanc Lebouthillier Lefebvre Leslie Lightbound Lockhart Longfield Ludwig MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Malcolmson Maloney Marcil Masse (Windsor West) Massé (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia) Mathyssen May (Cambridge) May (Saanich—Gulf Islands) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Mendès Mendicino Mihychuk Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs) Monsef Moore Morneau Morrissey Murray Nantel Nault O'Connell Oliphant Oliver O'Regan Ouellette Paradis Pauzé Peschisolido Peterson Petitpas Taylor Picard Plamondon Poissant Quach Qualtrough Ramsey Rankin Ratansi Rioux Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rota Rudd Ruimy Rusnak Saganash Sahota Saini Sajjan Samson Sangha Sansoucy Sarai Scarpaleggia Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simms Sohi Sorbara Spengemann Ste-Marie Stetski Tabbara Tan Tassi Thériault Trudeau Trudel Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Virani Weir Wilson-Raybould Wrzesnewskyj Yip Young Zahid Total: -- 210
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Albas Albrecht Alleslev Allison Anderson Arnold Barlow Bergen Berthold Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Block Boucher Brassard Calkins Carrie Chong Clarke Cooper Deltell Diotte Doherty Dreeshen Eglinski Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Finley Gallant Généreux Genuis Gladu Godin Gourde Harder Hoback Jeneroux Kelly Kent Kitchen Kusie Lake Liepert Lloyd Lobb Lukiwski MacKenzie Martel McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Miller (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound) Motz Nater Nicholson Nuttall Paul-Hus Poilievre Rayes Reid Richards Saroya Shields Shipley Sorenson Stanton Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tilson Trost Van Kesteren Vecchio Viersen Wagantall Warawa Warkentin Waugh Webber Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 81
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Nil--Aucun
Accordingly, the Bill, as amended, was concurred in at report stage and ordered for a third reading at the next sitting of the House.

Private Members' Business

At 6:21 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 30(7), the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business.

The Order was read for the second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage of Bill C-376, An Act to designate the month of April as Sikh Heritage Month.

Mr. Dhaliwal (Surrey—Newton), seconded by Ms. Sahota (Brampton North), moved, — That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

Debate arose thereon.

Pursuant to Standing Order 93(1), the Order was dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

Adjournment Proceedings

At 7:21 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 7:48 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).