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43rd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION

Journals No. 6 Thursday, December 12, 2019 10:00 a.m.

Prayer

Daily Routine Of Business

Tabling of Documents

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the table, — Copy of the Protocol of Amendment to the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America, and the United Mexican States, dated December 10, 2019. — Sessional Paper No. 8532-431-1.

laid upon the table, — Reports of the Information Commissioner of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, pursuant to the Access to Information Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1, sbs. 94(2) and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. P-21, sbs. 72(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8561-431-940-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h)(v), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

laid upon the table, — Reports of the Auditor General of Canada to the House of Commons (Fall 2019) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, pursuant to the Auditor General Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-17, sbs. 7(3) and (5). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-64-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts)

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the table, — Document entitled “Annual Report to Parliament for the 2018 to 2019 Fiscal Year: Federal Regulatory Management Initiatives” (USB key included). — Sessional Paper No. 8525-431-4.

Pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), laid upon the table, — Public Accounts of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, as follows: (1) Volume I — Summary Report and Consolidated Financial Statements, (2) Volume II — Details of Expenses and Revenues, (3) Volume III — Additional Information and Analyses (USB key included), pursuant to the Financial Administration Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-11, sbs. 64(1). — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-214-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(g), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts)

Presenting Reports from Interparliamentary Delegations

Pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), presented the report of the Canada-China Legislative Association (CACN), 23rd Bilateral Meeting, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hong Kong and Macao, China, from May 18 to 26, 2019. — Sessional Paper No. 8565-431-68-01.

Presenting Petitions

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

— by , one concerning justice (No. 431-00024) and one concerning foreign affairs (No. 431-00025);

— by , one concerning animals (No. 431-00026);

— by , one concerning justice (No. 431-00027);

— by , one concerning justice (No. 431-00028);

— by , one concerning justice (No. 431-00029);

— by , one concerning justice (No. 431-00030);

— by , one concerning justice (No. 431-00031).

Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mrs. Bessette (Brome—Missisquoi), seconded by Mr. Weiler (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country), — That the following address be presented to Her Excellency the Governor General:

To Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Military Merit, Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY:

We, Her Majesty's most loyal and dutiful subjects, the House of Commons of Canada, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Excellency for the gracious Speech which Your Excellency has addressed to both Houses of Parliament;

And of the amendment of , seconded by , — That the motion be amended by adding the following:

“and wish to inform Your Excellency that Canada is threatened by:

(a) declining productivity and competitiveness, a rising cost of living, and challenges to our society, which require (i) offering a plan for tax relief for Canadians with a path to a balanced budget, (ii) restoring Canada as an attractive place to invest, (iii) addressing social challenges that limit the ability of Canadians to achieve their full potential, (iv) developing a real environment plan that strengthens the competitiveness of our economic sectors and tackles global climate change;

(b) a weakening position within an increasingly uncertain world, which requires (i) confronting threats such as the regimes in Moscow and Beijing, and protecting Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic, (ii) developing a principled foreign policy that stands with traditional allies such as NATO, Ukraine, and Israel, (iii) facing the rise of protectionism and strengthening the relationship with our largest trading partners; and

(c) a national unity crisis, which requires (i) respecting provincial jurisdiction and scrapping the carbon tax, (ii) stopping the attack on the Western Canadian economy, (iii) restoring confidence in our national institutions, starting by returning ethics and accountability to the federal government”.

The debate continued.

Royal Assent

The Speaker informed the House that Her Excellency the Governor General will proceed to the Senate today at 3:30 p.m., for the purpose of giving the royal assent to a certain bill.

Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mrs. Bessette (Brome—Missisquoi), seconded by Mr. Weiler (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country), in relation to the Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne;

And of the amendment of , seconded by .

The debate continued.

Mr. Green (Hamilton Centre), seconded by Ms. Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe), moved the following subamendment, — That the amendment be amended by:

(a) replacing the words “tax relief for Canadians with a path to a balanced budget”, with the words “making Canada's millionaires, billionaires, and biggest corporations pay their fair share, ensuring that we can fund critical services and make needed investments for the long term”;

(b) adding, after the word “potential,”, the words “including building half a million affordable homes and expanding health care to include a universal public pharmacare program and a national dental care program,”;

(c) adding, after the words “climate change”, the words “with a bold plan, including stronger targets and eliminating subsidies to big polluters who are already profitable, (v) addressing the rising cost of living by taking on the big telecom companies to bring down the high cost of telephone and Internet services that families and small businesses need”;

(d) replacing the words “regimes in Moscow and Beijing, and protecting Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic”, with the words “climate crisis and the rise of far-right extremist leaders”;

(e) replacing the words “with traditional allies such as NATO, Ukraine, and Israel”, with the words “for multilateralism, peace, and justice”;

(f) replacing the words “strengthening the relationship with our largest trading partners”, with the words “ensuring that any future trade deal is fair for workers, people and our environment”; and

(g) deleting all of the words after the words “unity crisis, which requires” and substituting the following: “(i) taking immediate action to ensure Indigenous communities have clean drinking water, and access to health care and support, (ii) respecting provincial jurisdiction and supporting a strengthened Quebec within a united Canada, (iii) helping workers, particularly those in Western Canada, struggling to make ends meet within a rapidly changing global economy, (iv) restoring confidence in our national institutions, starting by bringing ethics and accountability to the federal government and making sure that the government listens to people and not just to the wealthy and the well-connected”.

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.

Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne

And of the amendment of , seconded by ;

And of the subamendment of , seconded by .

The debate continued.

Royal Assent

A message was received from Her Excellency the Governor General desiring the immediate attendance of the Commons in the Senate.

Accordingly, the Speaker, with the Commons, proceeded to the Senate.

The Commons returned to the chamber.

Whereupon, the Speaker also reported that he had addressed Her Excellency the Governor General as follows:

“May it please Your Excellency:

The Commons of Canada have voted supplies required to enable the government to defray certain expenses of the public service.

In the name of the Commons I present to Your Excellency the following bill:

An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.

To which bill I humbly request Your Excellency's assent.”

Whereupon, the Clerk of the Senate, by Command of Her Excellency the Governor General, did say:

“In Her Majesty's name, Her Excellency the Governor General thanks Her Loyal Subjects, accepts their benevolence, and assents to this bill.”

Bill C-2, An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020 (Appropriation Act No. 3, 2019-20) — Chapter No. 30.

Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne

And of the amendment of , seconded by ;

And of the subamendment of , seconded by .

The debate continued.

At 6:15 p.m., pursuant to Standing Order 50(5), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the subamendment and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 7 -- Vote n^o 7)
YEAS: 23, NAYS: 290
YEAS -- POUR Angus Ashton Bachrach Blaikie Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Boulerice Cannings Davies Duvall Garrison Gazan Green Harris Hughes Johns Julian Kwan MacGregor Manly Masse Mathyssen McPherson Singh Total: -- 23
NAYS -- CONTRE Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Alghabra Alleslev Amos Anand Anandasangaree Arnold Arseneault Arya Badawey Bagnell Bains Baker Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Barsalou-Duval Battiste Beech Bendayan Bennett Benzen Bergen Bergeron Berthold Bérubé Bessette Bezan Bibeau Bittle Blair Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Blois Bragdon Brassard Bratina Brière Brunelle-Duceppe Calkins Carr Carrie Casey Chabot Chagger Champoux Charbonneau Chen Chiu Chong Cooper Cormier Cumming Dabrusin Dalton Damoff Dancho Davidson DeBellefeuille Deltell d'Entremont Desbiens Desilets Dhaliwal Dhillon Diotte Doherty Dong Dowdall Dreeshen Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Duncan (Etobicoke North) Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Epp Erskine-Smith Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Fergus Fillmore Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fortin Fragiskatos Freeland Fry Gallant Garneau Gaudreau Généreux Genuis Gerretsen Gill Gladu Godin Gould Gourde Gray Guilbeault Hajdu Hallan Harder Hardie Hoback Holland Housefather Hussen Hutchings Iacono Jaczek Jansen Jeneroux Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Kelloway Kelly Kent Khalid Khera Kitchen Kmiec Koutrakis Kram Kurek Kusie Kusmierczyk Lake Lalonde Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Larouche Lattanzio Lauzon Lawrence Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lehoux Lemire Levitt Lewis (Essex) Liepert Lightbound Lloyd Lobb Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) MacAulay (Cardigan) MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maguire Maloney Marcil Martel Martinez Ferrada May (Cambridge) Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLean McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) McLeod (Northwest Territories) Melillo Mendès Mendicino Michaud Miller Monsef Moore Morantz Morneau Morrison Morrissey Motz Murray Nater Ng Normandin O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan Patzer Perron Petitpas Taylor Plamondon Poilievre Powlowski Qualtrough Ratansi Redekopp Regan Reid Rempel Garner Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Rood Ruff Sahota (Calgary Skyview) Sahota (Brampton North) Saini Sajjan Samson Sangha Sarai Savard-Tremblay Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schmale Schulte Seeback Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Shields Shin Shipley Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simard Simms Sloan Sorbara Soroka Spengemann Stanton Steinley Ste-Marie Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tabbara Tassi Thériault Therrien Tochor Trudeau Trudel Turnbull Uppal Van Bynen van Koeverden Van Popta Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Vidal Viersen Vignola Virani Vis Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Weiler Williamson Wong Yip Young Yurdiga Zahid Zann Zimmer Zuberi Total: -- 290
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Beaulieu Boudrias Fraser LeBlanc Pauzé Wilkinson Total: -- 6

The question was put on the amendment and it was negatived on the following division:
(Division No. 8 -- Vote n^o 8)
YEAS: 109, NAYS: 204
YEAS -- POUR Aboultaif Aitchison Albas Alleslev Arnold Baldinelli Barlow Barrett Benzen Bergen Berthold Bezan Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis) Bragdon Brassard Calkins Carrie Chiu Chong Cooper Cumming Dalton Dancho Davidson Deltell d'Entremont Diotte Doherty Dowdall Dreeshen Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry) Epp Falk (Battlefords—Lloydminster) Falk (Provencher) Fast Finley (Haldimand—Norfolk) Gallant Généreux Genuis Gladu Godin Gourde Gray Hallan Harder Hoback Jansen Jeneroux Kelly Kent Kitchen Kmiec Kram Kurek Kusie Lake Lawrence Lehoux Lewis (Essex) Liepert Lloyd Lobb Maguire Martel Mazier McCauley (Edmonton West) McColeman McLean McLeod (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo) Melillo Moore Morantz Morrison Motz Nater Patzer Poilievre Redekopp Reid Rempel Garner Rood Ruff Sahota (Calgary Skyview) Schmale Seeback Shields Shin Shipley Sloan Soroka Stanton Steinley Strahl Stubbs Sweet Tochor Uppal Van Popta Vidal Viersen Vis Wagantall Warkentin Waugh Webber Williamson Wong Yurdiga Zimmer Total: -- 109
NAYS -- CONTRE Alghabra Amos Anand Anandasangaree Angus Arseneault Arya Ashton Bachrach Badawey Bagnell Bains Baker Barsalou-Duval Battiste Beech Bendayan Bennett Bergeron Bérubé Bessette Bibeau Bittle Blaikie Blair Blanchet Blanchette-Joncas Blaney (North Island—Powell River) Blois Boulerice Bratina Brière Brunelle-Duceppe Cannings Carr Casey Chabot Chagger Champoux Charbonneau Chen Cormier Dabrusin Damoff Davies DeBellefeuille Desbiens Desilets Dhaliwal Dhillon Dong Drouin Dubourg Duclos Duguid Duncan (Etobicoke North) Duvall Dzerowicz Easter Ehsassi El-Khoury Ellis Erskine-Smith Fergus Fillmore Finnigan Fisher Fonseca Fortier Fortin Fragiskatos Freeland Fry Garneau Garrison Gaudreau Gazan Gerretsen Gill Gould Green Guilbeault Hajdu Hardie Harris Holland Housefather Hughes Hussen Hutchings Iacono Jaczek Johns Joly Jones Jordan Jowhari Julian Kelloway Khalid Khera Koutrakis Kusmierczyk Kwan Lalonde Lambropoulos Lametti Lamoureux Larouche Lattanzio Lauzon Lebouthillier Lefebvre Lemire Levitt Lightbound Long Longfield Louis (Kitchener—Conestoga) MacAulay (Cardigan) MacGregor MacKinnon (Gatineau) Maloney Manly Marcil Martinez Ferrada Masse Mathyssen May (Cambridge) McCrimmon McDonald McGuinty McKay McKenna McKinnon (Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) McLeod (Northwest Territories) McPherson Mendès Mendicino Michaud Miller Monsef Morneau Morrissey Murray Ng Normandin O'Connell Oliphant O'Regan Perron Petitpas Taylor Plamondon Powlowski Qualtrough Ratansi Regan Robillard Rodriguez Rogers Romanado Sahota (Brampton North) Saini Sajjan Samson Sangha Sarai Savard-Tremblay Scarpaleggia Schiefke Schulte Serré Sgro Shanahan Sheehan Sidhu (Brampton East) Sidhu (Brampton South) Sikand Simard Simms Singh Sorbara Spengemann Ste-Marie Tabbara Tassi Thériault Therrien Trudeau Trudel Turnbull Van Bynen van Koeverden Vandal Vandenbeld Vaughan Vignola Virani Weiler Yip Young Zahid Zann Zuberi Total: -- 204
PAIRED -- PAIRÉS Beaulieu Boudrias Fraser LeBlanc Pauzé Wilkinson Total: -- 6

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 — Reports of the Chief Electoral Officer for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, pursuant to the Access to Information Act, R.S. 1985, c. A-1, sbs. 94(2) and to the Privacy Act, R.S. 1985, c. P-21, sbs. 72(2). — Sessional Paper No. 8561-431-645-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(h)(v), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics)

— by — Service Fees Report of the National Research Council of Canada from 2018 to 2019, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 20. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-1207-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— by — Service Fees Report of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada from 2018 to 2019, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 20. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-1211-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— by — Service Fees Report of the Canadian Space Agency from 2018 to 2019, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 20. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-1228-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— by — Service Fees Report of Statistics Canada from 2018 to 2019, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 20. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-1229-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology)

— by — Service Fees Report of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada from 2018 to 2019, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 20. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-1198-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs)

— by — Service Fees Report of the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food for 2018 to 2019, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 20. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-1189-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— by — Service Fees Report of the Canadian Grain Commission for 2018 to 2019, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 20. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-1190-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food)

— by Mr. Duclos (President of the Treasury Board) — Actuarial Report (including the certification of assets) on the Pension Plan for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, as at March 31, 2018, and certificate of assets of the Pension Plan, pursuant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act, R.S. 1985, c. R-11, s. 30. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-580-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates)

— by — Service Fees Report of Transport Canada from 2018 to 2019, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 20. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-1204-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities)

— by — Service Fees Report of the Public Health Agency of Canada for 2018 to 2019, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 20. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-1191-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

— by — Service Fees Report of the Department of Health for 2018 to 2019, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 20. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-1187-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Health)

— by — Report of operations under the Fisheries Development Act for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, pursuant to the Fisheries Development Act, R.S. 1985, c. F-21, s. 10. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-292-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans)

— by — Service Fees Report of the Department of Justice for 2018 to 2019, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 20. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-1178-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights)

— by — Service Fees Report of Employment and Social Development Canada from 2018 to 2019, pursuant to the Service Fees Act, S.C. 2017, c. 20, s. 20. — Sessional Paper No. 8560-431-1199-01. (Pursuant to Standing Order 32(5), permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities)

Petitions Filed with the Clerk of the House

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, a petition certified by the Clerk of Petitions was filed as follows:

— by , one concerning consumer protection (No. 431-00032).

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 7:36 p.m., the Speaker adjourned the House until tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).